The Whisper

Chapter 5

A.N - I'll remove these from the chapters later ;)

The chapters that have *Edited ....* on them means the are edited and changed/sort of re-written. I will continue editing these and changing up the story a little. So if you have previously read this book, could please go back over the story because when I start putting up new chapters you'll be confused.

Thanks everyone!

*Edited 13/12/15 *

I sit up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes quicker than you can say 'Orlando Bloom is mine'

Taking one look at the sky I know that it's probably something around five-thirty in the morning. Groaning I slam back onto my makeshift pillow which being a jumper, isn't very successful at softening the blow as my head slams onto the tree branch. 

Well something is definitely broken. Sadly, whether it's my skull or the tree branch I'm most definitely screwed.

Slowly lowering my head onto the jumper I shut my eyes, shifting back into unconsciousness. 

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So you really haven't heard the stories then, rings through my ears, completely and utterly taking over my mind. And unluckily for my mind the best thing to do would be to wake up, but we all know that that isn't happening. 

Sadly, not soon after I've decided that I'm going on Strike from waking up, I feel someone shaking me awake.  Whoever is doing this better be ready, they have official signed a contract for a death wish. Eventually I wake as I know that we must move. And a good time to wake up too, a smile instantly brightens up my face as I see the bright oranges and pinks in the sky.

Everyone is eating and setting up camp in a tree, they obviously accepted the fact that I wouldn't be waking up for a while and moved on.

"Jess! Are you alright?" Ben asks letting go of my shoulders with a concerned frown. While King Doucebag's trying to hold in a laugh. Britney trails on behind.

"Are you okay?" She keeps asking me, checking to see if I have any bruises and such.

" I'm fine just- ugh! Just get off me for Pete's sake!" I shake her hands off and look at the two staring at me like I'm possessed or something. "What? Why are you looking at me like I'm a spawn of Satan?" 

They fleetingly look at each other.

Matt gives Britney a nod and she turns to face me again.

"You had a nightmare."

"Pfft. That's it? Really guys? That's -"

"You were kicking and screaming and calling out a guy's name. I think it was -"

"I already know what the name was." I state cooly.

Matt turns to me "Well? Who is it? Awww! Does Jess not want to tell us about her ex boyfriend who dumped her cause she's too annoying?" He laughs.

I look him directly in the eyes with a stone cold glare. "Number One. Not like it's any of your business, but I've never had a boyfriend. Number Two. I am not annoying you twerp! And Number Three. Where the heck is Ben?"

"I'm here! I'm here! Just packing stuff since we have to leave soon."

"Why is he the only one doing anything?" I look Britney and Matt. "Well go! We have to get going!"

We begin packing everything up. Storing things in any bags or carrying we possibly can. Leaving our work books behind. Do you know how much text books cost? I was not going to leave behind, that's around 500 bucks out the window if I do!

"Well. Let's get going then." Matt says taking the lead with Britney of course, trying to catch up with him.

I walk beside Ben. Staying silent and fiddling with my fingers as we remain awkwardly quiet. I try looking at the trees and counting how many alive birds I find (so far I'm up to 19 in about an hour), until my curiosity gets the best of me.

"Are you going to tell me one of the stories or am I going to have to force it out of you?

"How did I know that question was coming?" He laughs.

I roll my eyes smiling, "Shut up. Can you please tell me?"

"I'll make you a deal. Okay?" I nod, "You have to tell me why you're here in return for a story"

"One story in return for why I'm here? Nope. Make that five."

"Three and we have a deal."

"Fine. Deal."

"Ok." He turns away and keeps walking.

"Okay... what's the story?"

"You want to hear one now?"

"Yep."

"You're sure?" he asks

"You may proceed."

He laughs shaking his head. "Okay. Well when I was young, about eleven or twelve my cousin Emily, who was about 6 years younger, was heading to school with me when she saw this girl Caitlin. Caitlin was her age, and they were messing around playing some game where the challenged each other to do stuff -"

"Kinda like truth or dare but just the dares kinda thing?"

"Yeah, I guess so. Anyways, Caitlin told her to go into the forest and bring her back a branch off the fifteenth tree. Promising that she would give her a chocolate bar. Being a kid at the time she was naive enough to go into the forest despite the stories for a chocolate bar." He lets out a cruel laugh, anger in his eyes, "I should have gone in and looked for her. Instead I decided to wait there. I waited for 3 hours and she never came out. That night I heard screams and her calling out my name when all of a sudden it ceased and went eerily quiet. I don't know if it was a dream, just a figment of my imagination. All I know is that with every scream it felt like someone was slowly ripping me apart. I have never heard from or seen her since." He stopped before continuing "About ten days later three more kids went missing and a week or so later four more. All of those children have never been seen again" He stops. Glassed over eyes and tense shoulders he freezes. Then quickly shakes it off and gives me a smile. One that doesn't reach his eyes.

"Your turn."

END OF CHAPTER 5

Hey Guys, Sorry for the cliffhanger at the end. I hope this chapter is okay as it was hard to come up with something interesting for this one (Next chapter is more exciting than this one though). So as I said, with the dedications no-one has yet added my book to their reading list and very few have liked/voted it so it was hard to come up with someone to dedicate it to. But this chapter is dedicated to.....  reganmross ! She writes amazingly and was one of my first followers so thank you! Please keep reading!

Aoife :-)

PIC: JOSH HUTCHERSON (BEN) - GIF

SONG: LAST NIGHT - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE