Unseen secrets

Where we stand (Final Chapter)

Chapter twenty four

Amber's point of view

2:38 a.m. the digital clock read on the nightstand next to me. I then looked over at Maia, she looked away and stared back at the television. I couldn't remember anything that happened a couple of hours ago. Everything was a blur that I can't even put back together. A puzzle I'll never be able to solve, because Maia won't tell me anything.

I was getting tired but like I always am, I'll never be able to sleep. I decided to close my eyes and lay on my pillow. Trying to block out the television and random thoughts, it was useless. Sighing, sitting back up I covered my face. All I wanted was sleep.

"You should try sleeping pills maybe you can get some sleep for once in your life." Maia said throwing a pill bottle at me. I picked it up seeing it had her name on it. At least I wasn't the only one who couldn't sleep. Taking one out I threw it back at her. "You'll only sleep for six hours. I usually don't get to sleep twelve like the bottle says." She turned off the light and said "Goodnight." I finally drifted off to sleep.

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Just like Maia said I ended up waking up at eight in the morning. The sun made the room light up. Making my head spin and start to ace. I got out of bed only to have Maia glaring at me from under her covers. She rolled over and went back to sleep.

It was only 7:30 in the morning. I was use to getting up this early. I decided to walk downstairs and see if my parents were awake. Silently walking I saw that no one was up. I sighed and walked back up on the way I heard a muffled shriek.

When I opened the door I saw Maia standing on my bed. "Hey, what are you doing?" I questioned confused. She took one look at me and sat down pointing to her bed. I walked staring at the floor seeing nothing. I then took her blanket and pulled it back. I watched a snakes head pop up from under them.

Wide eyed and terrified I ended up joining Maia. She handed me a note that read: "Running isn't an option."

I tried to bring myself to realize that this was all happening. Only a part of my brain wasn't connecting to anything. I felt like I was floating, traveling somewhere else that wasn't here. I stepped off the bed and jerked the covers off reveling nothing. Maia got down and looked around and shrugged her shoulders. I read the note again before hearing loud thuds come from down stairs. I started running down the stairs as the door slammed shut behind me. I looked around seeing nothing, I opened my parent's door expecting them to be in there. Confused I turned around and walked back upstairs, I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I backed up watching my steps.

I glanced in the kitchen seeing nothing. Walking back up the stairs I saw what I was missing, the pool of blood in the middle of the floor. Staring right at it looking for anything else. It got replaced with two bodies of my slaughtered parents. In pure shock I crawled up the stairs jerking the door open right into another catastrophe. The room was scattered with knives already soaked in blood. Maia stood shaking staring at them, she probably thought I was the one who got stabbed to pieces.

One by one they started to rise off the ground. All of them pointing at Maia encircling her. She dropped to the ground sending them to the walls. "We need to get the hell out of here." She said grabbing her phone. I followed her down the stairs and watched her shatter the glass sliding door. I avoided looking at the blood and bodies on the floor. I was already in enough shock.

"Why did you have to break the glass?" I asked stepping outside. Where were we even going to go in the middle of the woods?

"You really think the doors were going to open? Just be glad the sliding door was there or we'd probably would have die in there. How far are we from your grandparents?"

I tried to think but was overwhelmed with a bunch of thoughts. "Not that far." I finally said pointing left.

We started walking and I felt like we were just making a huge wall between us. My vision started to get blurry from tears building up in my eyes. I ended up face-planting a tree. I looked around in confusion. Maia wasn't in front of me anymore. I started to panic and screamed her name. "Maia!" Getting no response it just worried me more. I kept running trying to make it to my grandparents house. Still listening for any sign of Maia.

"I ran, I cried. I tried keeping it inside. Only darkness remains, no light to be seen. Her name burns in my head. Who's more twisted, I'll never know. I made a mistake, I ended her life. I should have never pulled a knife. Now she haunts me and my dreams. I fail to make her leave. Maia doesn't know she's just an accessory, she'll probably just end up dead. I hate to think, that this was all my fault. Karma's a bitch and it's coming for me. She doesn't want to rest in peace. I'm ending my life, so then we'll both be in peace."

I turned around feeling my pocket, the piece paper wasn't there. I saw Emily standing there confused reading what I wrote only an hour ago. "You what I don't get? This ending." I felt myself start to shake. "I like the remorse you have but your still standing here. What, didn't have enough time to finish?"

"I'm sorry!" I yelled. "Okay, I'm sorry. I can't change the past. I can't help what I did. I was confused and lost and I didn't mean to do it. I didn't know what I was doing. I didn't mean to kill you so, can you just move on in the afterlife and leave me the hell alone." I said staring at the paper as it fell to the ground.

"Everyone thought I was insane because I decided to get ran over by a car. While you spit lies out of your mouth every chance you got, sent me off to our aunts house. You faked such an act of innocence, like you did nothing even wrong. You walked right over and you knew your exact plan. You killed me planned the whole thing from beginning to what even happened after the end. I once thought maybe I'm the crazy one but I'm glad to say it truly is you." I stood speechless. Is this what killers feel like admitting to crimes? "I planned most of my stuff to don't worry. Guess we're both a little insane. Yes, I will leave you alone. I was here just to finally tell you that it's all over for us. I won't come back and I'll be moving on. This ending though isn't accurate. Dying is way to simple, too painless. Living is hard, living on earth is even harder. Guess what though? Living in jail, that's hardest."

Everything went silent but distance sirens. I looked around perplexed to what was even happening. I looked down seeing I was holding a knife covered in blood. Close by me Maia was laying lifeless. The piece of paper was gone and I felt nothing but numb. The sirens started getting closer. Are they coming for me? I silently thought. The world started spinning. A little voice filling my head.

"The end isn't always what you think. Your words and actions have cursed you. I hope you have a plan for this because your facing life in jail, who knows maybe even death. Your mind is filled with crazed thoughts. You have no where to run. I hope you have fun. Sleep carefully I'll be waiting in the corner for you. I do forgive you, because now we're even."