Beautiful Creatures: 20 Days Left |DISCONTINUED FOR NOW|

Chapter 5: Nobody's There

Anton POV
Lila Jane and I left the cottage in the woods quite some time ago, and we weren't currently keeping any conversation. Which left us both to our thoughts. I wasn't sure what she was thinking of, but I was left wondering and trying to put pieces together. And then a question occurred to me.

"L.J... Do you know where that cottage we were at came from?"

She looked at me quizzically. "No... I thought you knew, since you brought me there! In case you don't recall, I was unconscious."

I shrugged apologetically. "Sorry. I saw it, and it was deserted, and the front door was wide open... I needed to get you to a bed, or somewhere to lie down."

"Anton! It could've been a trap," she chastised. I knew she was right, but my brain had been muddled.

"I know," I responded, mentally slapping myself. How could I have been so stupid?

She looked over to me, and frowned. "Anton... who's... that?"

"Um... who?"

"Behind you!"

I turned around, expecting a demon or something. But you know what I saw? Nothing.

"Lila Jane... you're hallucinating. There's no one there."

"Yeah, there is! A- a girl and a boy!"

"Nobody's there, L.J."

"But-"

"C'mon. We need to keep moving." I was beginning to question her mental health.

"No!" She walked past me, over to the 'people'.

"Hi. What are your names?"

She's crazy. Officially crazy.

"Oh... I'm... Lila Jane."

"Lila Jane," I hissed, "time to go."

She nodded. Her skin was pale, as if she'd experienced something she shouldn't have in the last two minutes.

"Anton..." She whispered.

"Hmm?"

"What was Harley's sister's name, again? Amy?"

"Amber. Why?"

She swallowed. "No reason. And, uh... what was Liam's brother's name?"

I looked at her strangely. "Thomas."

She stopped walking and closed her eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Oh my god. Oh my god... When did my life become so messed up?"

I didn't respond to that, because I had been wondering the same thing for the past ten years. But I still wondered, as I urged her onwards. Why was she asking me about the names of deceased family members?

And were there actually people - creatures - back there? If not, was she crazy? If so, was I?

A/n: picture is Anton. What are your opinions of this chapter?! Is LJ crazy? Or Anton? :)