Truth or dare (UNEDITED)

Chapter 27

Only God knows the thoughts that ran through Charlotte's mind at the moment, of course she was obviously worried sick and she didn't want to leave Lottie all alone and Lottie had plainly refused to go near the door think less of going inside the house.

Meanwhile, Chase walks in and meets Rufus on the ground lying in a pool of worms that he seemed to have vomited.

The vomiting had stopped but Rufus was unconscious. Without hesitation, he knelt beside him checking for any pulse and thankfully Rufus was alive. Chase picked him up from the floor as heavy as he was, he tried his best not to let him fall. He gently drops him on the chair then got a wet rag to dab his face, he felt like he was going to fall sick from the sight of it.

There were still worms crawling out of Rufus mouth while some inched on his body, "oh my –" Chase said at the sight of it, it turns out the worms were crawling back into his mouth.

He couldn't swallow his own spit and he vomited on the floor making the place messier than it already was.

"Chase is everything alright?!" curious Charlotte yelled from outside but he didn't reply, he couldn't, he was trying hard not to vomit again. "Chase I'm coming in!" but before she could get to the door, he voiced out "don't!" he sighed "just give me a few more minutes, he's fine".

He got a bowl and rag and a broom and every cleaning utensil he could find to clean up the mess before Charlotte's patience runs out.

Meanwhile sitting at the porch was Lottie and Charlotte, Lottie had seemed a bit less perplexed and was finally able to finish a few of her sentences.

Without giving her any more time to calm down, Charlotte began questioning her "what really happened?, please you need to tell me".

Lottie took a deep breath, turned her big teary eye balls at Charlotte before speaking "well we were –talking, talking about – talking about–we were talking about how we – we want to go home alive and then he – he just" she stammered with tears already flowing down her cheeks again.

Charlotte didn't want to rush her, she was petrified and it was obvious. Waiting for her to complete her sentence, Charlotte stared at her with sympathy, she began blaming herself for everything that had happened, is happening and will happen. She didn't know their fate, she wished she could make it all go away all at once but she couldn't, she just wanted to bring everybody back if it were possible.

Lottie was finally ready to speak, she cleared her throat and wiped the tears away from her face and cleaned her runny nose with her pink bogus blouse. "worms".

Worms?, Charlotte didn't understand "what do you mean worms?"

"He said he felt funny inside him, he started coughing and I decided to get him water. He started screaming and then –" trying her best not to cry "Charlotte there were worms everywhere coming out of him, I saw it crawl out of his mouth and he.... He got so scared, he was crying and there was nothing I could do about it" Charlotte gasped in awe, she didn't know what to say.

She felt the pain poor Rufus had felt, what he must have been through "and then there was blood. Meanwhile I had been calling you guys like crazy and you didn't answer any one of 'em".

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see it" she bit her lips trying to stop her self from crying but it didn't work, nothing could hold back the tears already built up in her tears gland.

She soon ran out of patience, she rushed inside and met Rufus lying still unconscious on the chair while Chase was seriously mopping the ground, "is he okay?".

"He's alive" Chase said still mopping. He continued "I killed the ones I could and the rest of 'em crawled back into his mouth" she noticed a tear drop that seemed to have escaped his eye, for the first time in a while, she had seem her beloved Chase cry "what have I done!" she thought to herself covering her mouth with her hand as she sobbed loudly.

They cleaned up the place together and waited for Rufus to wake up continuously checking him to make sure he was alive.

He was alive but he didn't wake up which worried all of them but there was nothing they could do....

Night came and they were all tired and sleepy, the rain poured heavily, it rained dogs and cats. They took the thickest blanket they could find to make sure Rufus was warm all through the night.

Charlotte tossed and turned in bed, she found it difficult to sleep, she lied on her belly burying her face in her pillow but it didn't help. She decided to head to the kitchen for a glass of water.

Walking down the creaking staircase, she heard the door opening then slammed shut. It made her freeze half way down the stairs, she gulped and continued walking "hel–hello" she said in a cowardly tone "is anyone there?".

One slow step at a time, she continued down the stairs almost tripping. Finally she got to the last one at the stairs and a manly figure turned to look at her "aghh!"with the sound of thunder and lightening striking across the sky, the shadowy figure approached her "stay away, God!" she wanted to run but she couldn't, she tried shouting for help but could only scream beneath her voice, her legs had suddenly became too weak to carry the weight of her body. Almost collapsing to the ground, she felt wet hands around her waist catching her from falling "Babe it's me" hearing the voice, she realised it was Chase.

She opened her eyes just to make sure it was him "phew!" she sighed in relief. "I'm not any demon and I won't bite your head off" he helped her gain her balance and unwrap his hands from her waist. He was drenched from the rain and had a small nylon bag in his hand "I'm sorry about the– uh– the water" his clothes were dripping and he was soaking wet "why did you go out in the rain anyway?".

Wiping his wet body as if the water would magically go away "uh well, I was in need of a snack and since it was only eleven o'clock I thought, why not"

"Why not?, in this weather?" she emphasized on the word 'this' pointing outside the window. "what, it was a busy night anyway, if you listen carefully, you could still hear the sounds of cars outside" "stop" she said laughing out loud.

He leaned closer to her wrapping his arms around her waist "you look so damn sexy right now, it's impossible to resist you" his tone was so gentle but seductive.

She realised her night dress revealed most of her body and she was overwhelmed by shyness. She attempted covering her breast that peaked out from the V-neck of her sleeveless nightie but he pulled her hand away and her freckled face turned red. He leaned even closer to her like he was about to kiss her but instead went to her ear, licking and biting her ear lobe, he teased her "why don't you join me in my bed tonight, make me warm" she shut her eyes tight, she felt butterflies in her stomach and his sexy voice tickled her in her middle.

It was a cold night but Charlotte was as hot as a fireplace....