Strings

Chapter 2: Ethan

The man stood as he waved his arms in front of him fast and scared.

"Hey! Don't hurt me ! I'm not gonna hurt you! " he cried,

"What the hell are doing on my property! This is owned land!" Sarah yelled.

"I didn't know I promise!" He yelled back.

It was obvious this guy wasn't going to hurt her, he was a tall man, in his teen years. He stood a few inches taller than her, he had black shaggy hair and eyes as blue and cold as ice. Once she took a good look at him she blushed, She put her knife back into her back pocket and looked down at her feet. This guy. Standing right in front of her. Was really cute.

"J-Just don't let it happen again." She said trying to sound tough and cool. She didn't want to sound stupid in front of the guy she just met.

"Okay, I'm sorry it won't." He said, he looked at her then extended his hand towards her, " by the way, I'm Ethan." He said smiling at her. She blushed and looked at him with wide eyes.

"I'm...Sarah" she said as she extended her hand, but something happened. Something she would never forget. As she extended her hand and touched it, her head went blank, images flashed in her mind. Horrible images. Crying and screaming. Heat. She felt really warm, she heard cries in the background.

"What the?" She said, but she when she turned around, the man wasn't there. Instead, there was a building. Burning down. But she was there. This wasn't a vision, this was real.

She stood there, the middle of nowhere. There wasn't a car or building in sight other than one that was burning. She was wearing a white dress.

"What's going on?" She yelled. But the building just kept burning. And burning. She could hear cries. Then. She woke up.

"No! Don't!!" She yelled as she quickly awakened in her bed, screaming and panting, covered in sweat. Her father came running into the room as fast as he could,

"Sweetie ! What's happening! " he yelled as he had a gun in his hand.

"Nothing...nothing dad. I was just...just having a bad dream." She sighed, what just happened? Wasn't she just behind the barn? What about the boy. What was his name?

"Ethan!" She yelled as she got up and ran outside.

"What? Who? Who's Ethan? " her father yelled as he ran after her.

She ran outside, it was about 3 am. She ran and ran as fast as she could, she ran past the barn, past the field, past the two hills. She saw the cottage and run up to it.

"Ethan!! Where are you, you son of a bitch! What the hell just happened?" She yelled. But nothing, silence. Wind blew, whistling through the windows.

"Sweetie!?" Her father yelled. "Are you okay ?" He said grabbing her shoulder.

"Y..Yeah. I'm fine." She said as she slowly walked away from the small cottage. Questions flooded her mind as she kept thinking of her vision. What had happened? Where was she? How did she end up in bed? She had all these questions and no answers. But she knew who had all those answers that clouded her mind. Ethan.

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Next day went as normal. She did her chores. She did her cleaning. But as she did all of this she had that boy on her mind. He had done something to her mind, throughout the day she kept having flashback of the vision. Nothing made sense.

There she was. Wearing a white dress. Crying on her knees. She didn't know why she was crying. The house burned in front of her. She could hear the cries. She could feel the heat radiating from the burning building. Then she woke up.

Again she went over it, and again, and again. She needed answers.

The sun was setting, it was time. She walked and walked. Past the barn. Past the hills. Past her house. She stood in front of the cottage. She light bounced off of it. She could make out a shadow inside the cottage.

"Come out.. I know you're there." Sarah said simply.

His reply was a simple chord of strings. He slowly walked out of the small room, and smiled.

"Welcome back Sarah " he said as he smiled and played his strings