After Dark

After

"I saw it" I stutter, briefly "it snatched a little kid, and I think that it followed us here."" I know, I know I should have told someone, but who would believe me, a creepy clown snatches a kid and the town is supposed to believe that. 

Alexas gone her body was found by the Old stream she is gone, and It is all my fault I stated. How can I live with myself, knowing that I am the reason my friend is dead. 

Alex, Mark, and Stella, both stare at me as I told them what I thought. I sigh through my nose " I think the clown killed her." " The clown" the all seemed to say in union. 

I put my head in my hands " Yes, Yeah, I have seen him around lately, and I have nightmares, about him. Dude it is real you have to believe me." 

It was mark who replied " I believe you mean, I mean clowns are pretty scary, but this dude do you honestly think that a clown killed Alexa? I mean it is all insane."

" This whole thing is insane!" I hissed. 

"I have not  seen Anthony in awhile I wonder how he was doing especially since he was the last one to see her" 

" Wait do you think Anthony killed her?" 

"No Of course not he liked her" I breathed 

" Has not stoped anyone before" Mark seemed to say

I was speechless, and words seemed to fail me at those words, Anthony was my best friend. 

"Get out!" I hissed " you do not believe me that it is some creep in a clown suit that killed, but you believe it was her best friend. Let me guess, Do you also think that little kids run away and has never been seen again in Fun land just a prank to get kids to stay together!" 

He said nothing which answered just about everything that I have asked him.

"Get out!" I hissed again. This time he listened, and slowly he walked away, and did  not once look back at me. 

I did not see him for a few days either; nor Stella. It grew dark and quite on the other side. 

I was alone. The nightmares grew worse and once they had only haunted my nights, but now they haunted my days, and school became unbearable. 

I was utterly and truly alone. 

Mark, and Stella did not breath a word and somewhere along the line they stoped sitting by each other. Once where long glances in another directions had been now their was nothing, but withering glares indicated to each other. 

where the sound of their laughter now fell mute, they grew apart. 

I never saw Anthony anymore it was like he disappeared until one day he found me. 

I can see it on his face in his eyes the still lingering grief. 

He was paler then the last I saw him, and he looked as if he has not ate in weeks not since Alexa died. 

" We need to talk" His voice was hollow, and raspy as if he has been screaming into the inky black darkness of his bed room.