The Fog

Chapter 19

A group of ladies leads me away and into a shop. We walk in and I look around to see all these beautiful shirts and dresses and skirts. The women lead me to a back room and sit me down in a little lounge area.

"I'm Annabelle," she says extending her hand for me to shake, "thanks so much for saving our town, I wish there was more we could do to thank you than a feast, well it'll actually be more like a cookout." I shake her hand and chuckle a bit.

"Well nice to meet you Annabelle, I'm Elizabeth. And I love a good cookout and it is perfectly fine I don't need any repayment, just knowing you guys can live you lives normally again is enough for me." I smile but then notice her frowning a bit. "Is something wrong?"

"Those marks, did that creature injure you? The little girl we lost had those same marks." Then she points to my scar.

"Ah, uh no not that monster. I encountered a monster the same type as the one I killed here and that one gave me my scars."

"Oh do they hurt?" She asks with a concerned look on her face.

"Not anymore, Michael my boyfriend and partner gave me some special cream so it doesn't burn anymore."

"So Michael is the name of the boy you were with."she says with a grin.

"Yes we're traveling the road together to kill monsters, like the one we killed here."I explained to her. We kept conversing for a while and getting to know each other until it was almost time for food.

"Oh my dear you cannot wear that it is covered with blood, let's find you something in the shop to wear." Annabelle gets up and starts looking through the racks, a couple minutes later she returns with clothes in her hands and ushers me into a changing room. I put on the clothes she picked out and look in the mirror in awe. I was wearing a see-through black button up shirt with a cute black bralette underneath and a pair of red skinny jeans with a pair of black boots to finish the look. I walk out and Annabelle gives me a smile of approval and together we walk out of the shop and into town square. As we arrive you can see the whole town partying and celebrating with food on tables all around. As I walk up the crowd erupts with cheers and claps looking at me. People shake my hand as I walk by and thank me, then I finally see the person I was looking for, Michael.

"Did you miss me?" I ask him walking up and kissing his lips.

"Mhm I did and what did I do for my girlfriend to look so hot." He asks smirking.

"Ah my other clothes were covered in blood so Annabelle forced me to change and picked this lovely outfit out for me." I point at Annabelle and motion her to come over.

"Ahhh, you must be Michael, Elizabeth has told me a lot about you." She says walking over to us.

"Really I was only gone 3 hours and I still consumed your thoughts." He smirks and I blushed looking away.

"Well Annabelle was wondering who you were so I had to tell her." I say pushing some of my hair behind my ear. The rest of the night was great, there was food, games, and I met some new people. Around two the next morning we said our goodbyes and I gave Annabelle my number in case something else happens. We wave goodbye and Michael gets in the drivers seat and drives us fifteen minutes away to a campground site. He parks the truck and turns it off. I pull out a pair of shorts and a cropped halter top that matches and quickly change. I then pull out some blankets from under the seat and Michael puts his legs up on the seat with his back and head sitting straight up against the door and window. I rested my head in his lap and curled the rest of my body on the seat pulling the few blankets we had around us to keep warm. We fell asleep for the night and woke up later to the sun shining in our faces. But woke up to a terrible realization.