Moss (under major Editing)

Chapter_8

The next day

While my parents were at work and my little brother at school, I stayed home to think. I missed the warm smells of this house, it wasn't too much or too little. It was just right.

My fingers slightly ran along the granite table tops. The coldness sending chills through my body. I remember running up and down the all white tiles with my mom as she chased me and dad cooked dinner. He was a great cook, better than grandma before she died after my 5th birthday.

I smiled as I ran over to the wall and saw my height marks that my mom recorded every year. I now towered over it all and a smile went across my lips.

I went into the fridge and grabbed a soda, opening the bottle and sipping down the liquid.

"Fern." I hear a voice say behind me, I looked around and saw Moss. I was so shocked and scared that I dropped the soda and it went all over the kitchen floor.

"Don't be scared, Fern." He said and I didn't know what to say so I just stared at him. He walked closer to me and I took a step back. "I came to see you, I love you."

"I left because I wanted to see my family."

"Well I left because I wanted to see you." He sighs and walks over to me but stops when he sees how uncomfortable I look and instead he sits on a chair a few feet away.

"I loved you Moss. In some crazy weird way, I loved you." I said and sighed. "But I think I need some time, to think."

"Please come back with me, that's all I ask. Just for a month." Moss pleaded.

"I don't know...."

"Please babe, I love you more than anything."

"Just a month, huh?"

A smile lifted his face. "Yes!" He said happily.

"Fine, but I want to leave a note for my family."

"Anything that will make you happy babe."

So I wrote a note stating that I left and will be back in a month. Right when my life was getting normal Moss showed up to wreck it.

But it was fine because deep down I loved Moss and I knew he loved me too. So that night after dinner I told my family I loved them so much and that made my mom cry.

"Oh Fern, I haven't heard that from you in years." She said wiping away a tear and kissing me on the forehead. "It would break my heart if something ever happened to you again."

"Yeah.." I whispered. "I'll clean the dishes, you guys can go to bed if you would like."

"Okay sweetheart." My dad said and they retreated upstairs as I gathered the dishes and placed them into the sink. I hear some heavy footsteps walking to me and then stopping a couple of inches away.

"Moss, just give me 30 minutes and we can leave." I said happily but the person didn't respond back. I turned around and saw Leo. His eyes stared at me and I stared right back at him.

"What are you doing here?" I step back as he steps closer.

"The school wants you back and Moss too."

"Well we were going back."

Leo sighed. "Fern, they sent me here to kill you." A sword moved out his hand and bounced on the floor as it fell to the ground.

"But why? I didn't tell anybody about the school."

"The headmaster doesn't care, he wants you and Moss dead. Where do you think Moss is right now? He's hiding."

I gulp. "So are you going to kill me?"

"No, just give me some of your hair and blood."

"What!"

"I have to convince him and if he doesn't  believe me I'll be the one dead. Lying to the head master is a death penalty."

"Okay fine." And Leo cuts off my hair to the point it was only above my collarbone.

He takes some blood too and heads to the door. "Remember, don't come back." He said before leaving.

I sigh and finish doing the dishes but Moss storms in. "We have to go."

"Where?"

"School."

"No, they will kill us there."

He stared at me. "How do you know that?"

"Leo was here and told me everything. We have to hide."

"But we can't hide forever, they will find us."

"I don't care Mosd, as long as I'm with you."

"Well..then pack  and I'll be waiting outside.