The Lost

Casey:

I huddle under a tree with Garret. He loops his arm around me. He kisses my cheek. I feel a flutter in my heart. Excitement runs through my body. Suddenly I feel like someone is watching us. A face peers through a window in an abandoned warehouse. I blink but the face is gone. Suddenly I get an idea.

"Garret do you think abandoned warehouses are romantic?" I ask with an angelic smile on my face. At first he looks confused but then realisation flickers in his eyes. He grabs my arm and we run to the warehouse. He smashes the lock on the door. We run in pulling the door shut behind us. I see something run behind some boxes. I flick my head and tug on Garret's arm. He looks over. He smiles reassuringly at me. He pushes the boxes over. The racket echoes through the massive building. I hear a groan. Tom crawls out from under the pile. Suddenly Garret kicks him in the side of the head.

"You freak. You were watching US!" Screams Garret. He kicks Tom again. I yell out. I try to pull Garret off. I can't. He keeps kicking Tom. I feel tears run down my face. Garret turns his face full of hate. He takes my arm. I twist and turn and try to see if Tom is ok. He isn't moving. Garret doesn't let go. He strokes the tears away from my cheeks. He kisses me. I let him lead me away. Not that I have any choice. I step out into the sunlight. The sudden piercing white burns my eyes. Garret smiles down at me. I see those kind blue eyes again. I feel tears of confusion continue to run down my face. I smile back up at Garret. And I laugh. If I didn't I think I might of thrown up. He slips his hand into mine and leads me away into the night.

Tom:

I feel the black in my mind fade. She left me. I feel tears fall down my face. I'm bleeding. I try to move but my head pounds. I flop back down to the ground. I hug my knees. Casey didn't help. I saw how he controlled her. She needs me. I watch the light fade in the street. Her face was just so pure. Her brown hair so beautiful. I feel tears slide down my face. I just keep the image of her under the tree in my mind. I try to forget everything. Garret, James, me. Everything. I just think of Casey. Her smile and her voice. So pure and beautiful. I stand up and walk into the park. Street lights light the way. I walk out of the park and down the back allies to my house. I see Casey ahead with Garret. My heart pounds and flutters. She looks so confused. She keeps looking away. Garret has his hand on her cheek and keeps pulling her head up to look at him. I duck behind some boxes. I feel tears slide. What I would give to be him. I need her. She needs me. He's going to hurt her. I curl in a ball and watch my Casey. Her eyes so grey. They seem like thunder storms and ice but also beauty. So perfectly proportioned. I hug my knees tighter. I replay the knife entering my stomach. My whole body screams to follow her. My whole mind screams to stay away. But I can't. I really can't. I watch her run through the streets. Her laugh runs down the alley. The richness of it fills my whole body with joy. I want to tell her. Warn her of Garret. But I can't. I run to my doorway. I run to my room.

I'm sitting on my bed with my legs crossed. I sit, surrounded by hundreds of images of Casey. Her smile perfectly preserved in time on my wall. I start to cry. I remember the day we met. The new boy and the new girl. I still remember her shy looks across the classroom. I lay my head on my pillow. Everything seems to be crashing. I feel so numb. I don't want to sleep. I'll see someone else. Their death. Their death which was always going to happen. I never believed in fate till me and James had the dreams. Till I met Casey. I try to keep my eyes open. They start to lull. I hug my knees tighter. I curl in my jumper and stare happy at the pictures of Casey plastered around me. I look at the camera across the room. Positioned perfectly to catch glimpses of her from the house opposite ours. I feel my head become heavy. My eye lids flutter. The eyelashes stuck together from the tears which I had cried. I remember the events of today. Then I remember Casey and all the pain goes away…..

Its black. Everything is black. I'm in a forest. Casey stands in the middle. I walk up to her. She turns. Her face is covered in bruises. Blood is running from a gash in her forehead. I reach out trying to touch her. I'm not here. I'm not real. Suddenly I see a knife in her hand. Tears run down her face. She whispers the words 'Tom I'm so…. so sorry' and then plunges the knife into her heart. I start to fall backwards…

I'm on the bed. Tears pour down my face. I can't stop. I hug my knees. I need to find her. Her features so ruined and destroyed. Garret is going to hurt her. She looked so frail. I keep crying. I need to run after her. But I can't. I'm going to die if I do. My whole body yells at me to go and find her. I don't. I lie on my bed and stare at the pictures around me. I need to wash away all the pain in the dream with her face and smile. I still remember her touch. I start to shake. I cry.