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Chapter 6

"Rosaline's car is over there." Savannah tells us and I nod my head and follow her finger to the silver small car. We all get inside, Rosaline in the driver's seat, Cora in the passengers then Savannah, Sarah and I in the back seats. We drive in silence with just the quiet radio playing in the background. It felt weird to be in this car again, it feels likes years have passed since I was in here with my four best friends and I can't deny that I ever thought I'd never see them again only a short few weeks ago. We then arrived at Rosaline's house and all got out "my mom is going to be so happy to see you." Rosaline tells me and I smile politely. We all follow Rosaline to the door and wait for her to open the door, when she does she immediately says "mom I'm home!" and her mother walks out from the living room and greets all of us then her eyes land on me and a giant grin takes over her face "O my Evelyn I'm so glad your home!" she exclaims giving me a bone crushing hug "we've you missed you here." She explains and I nod my head and give her a hug back, it didn't bring comfort to me but I knew it brought it to her. Rosaline's mom, heather then backs away and gives me one last smile before saying "alright you girls go do whatever, I'll be cleaning the kitchen." She says and we nod and begin our way up the stairs "it was very nice seeing you again Evelyn." She adds "you too." I reply just above a whisper and continue to walk the stairs. As I step into Rosaline's room a wave of nostalgia hits me, the endless nights we would be up here telling secrets or discussing a new YouTube video. Her room looked almost the same though some band posters littered over the walls making it slightly different, her big bed was in the middle of the room with the same black comforter and for some odd reason it gave me a sense of comfort, before I can even realize it everyone Is sat on Rosaline's bed looking at me "Ev?" Sarah questions, I snap out of my trance, I laugh awkwardly before saying "sorry it's just weird being in here again after so long." I say and make my way towards the bed and then sit on it. "That's alright, this is all probably strange to see again." Cora says with a reassuring smile and I nod. "So Ev how about that boy at the coffee shop?" Savannah asks wiggling her eyebrows, I laugh "what about him?" I ask pretending not to see anything special with him and savannah scoffs "don't even, we all know you were into him." Savannah says and I shake my head "that's ridiculous, I don't even know him!" I exclaim and then Rosaline adds in to the conversation "you don't know him now but come on he was totally flirting with you." She smirks and I shake my head as I feel my cheeks heat up "I doubt it, he seems like the type to be into some it girl you know, no one like me." I tell them and Sarah scoffs "ev you are such an it girl!" she exclaims and I shake my head "next topic please." I say and they all sigh "alright um maybe we should talk about that night things got messed up." Rosaline hesitantly says glancing at me scarily, like I'm a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any minute which she had a right to believe because as the words came out of her mouth my throat went dry and everything inside me froze. "ev you don't want to talk about its fine but I'm so sorry we left you alone that night." Rosaline pouts and I look at her and put on a brave face as I say "its fine really, it wasn't your fault." I say and she nods "when the police called us, they kept asking all these questions about where you were at the party and we couldn't answer and we feel so bad about it." Cora adds on I look at them and frown "its fine, I just don't want to go into detail about that night." I tell them looking down at my hands, "Ev don't you want to know what happened that night?" Sarah asks and before I am aware a tear slips from my eye "I said I don't want to talk about it, I was too drunk to remember okay? All I know is that I woke up to hell." I say annoyed as I take out my phone ready to call my mom to pick me up "Evelyn we're sorry we brought it -"Cora begins looking at me with guilt filled eyes but I cut her off "don't be, I'm going home." I say standing up "Evelyn come on stay a bit longer, we won't bring it up we promise." Rosaline states like a mother trying to sooth her child which just makes me more annoyed, "stop with all the crap!" I say anger bubbling over "I'm sick of everyone in this dam town treating me like a poor defenseless victim!" I yell finally and then walk out of her room and down the stairs. None of them try and follow me down the stairs probably just afraid that I may snap at them. I text my mom telling her to pick me up, when she doesn't respond, I call but no answer, I groan and slip on my shoes. I look outside to see the dark night sky and my anxiety rises. I just want to get out of this house but where would I go? My house is too far to walk but then I remember the coffee shop is only five minutes away from here. Maybe if I could just get myself out this door I could walk over there and wait for my mom to reply but was I ready to walk in the dark alone again? Then a thought crosses my mind if I don't want to be the defenseless victim I've got to act like nothing happened, what ever happened to the brave Evelyn Shire who would sneak out at night to attend parties with my friends? I open the front door and a shrill chill embraces me as I take one step outside into the brisk nighttime air. Step after step my anxiety grows and my legs start shaking as I walk, I'm paranoid beyond believe but as my fear of the dark is close to taking over me a memory of my past flashes before me guiding me through the walk.

"Daddy!" I say running up to him and hugging him tightly with my small arms, he lifts my small body up and kisses my cheek "my little evie how are you?" he asks smiling at me "good, today mommy promised me that when you got home you would go on a walk with me!" I exclaim in my high small voice, my dad looks outside "sweetie its dark out, we will save it for the morning." He says placing me on the floor "daddy." I pout "I like the dark, the moon and stars are out!" I say pointing out the window to the illumination moon and bright stars, dad sighs "do you really want to go?" he asks I nod my small head in excitement "alright fine, but I don't think your mother will be happy so let's keep it our little secret?" he asks and I nod my head "I promise daddy." I say sticking out my pinkie for a pinkie swear, my dad laughs and crosses his pinky with mine. "Alright bundle up its cold out there." Dad tells me and I nod putting on my light pink puffy jacket and my Barbie sneakers "daddy zip up my coat please?" I ask and he nods and quickly zips up the coat. He opens the door and takes my hand. I look around in awe as the only thing lighting our path were the lamp posts along the streets. "Daddy look at the stars!" I say happily and he nods his head "you know eve that each of those stars are watching over you protecting you from anything bad?" he asks and I look up at him in awe "really?" I ask and he nods his head "if you're ever feeling scarred or frightened just look up at the stars and wish it away and it will be gone." He explains and I let go of my dad's hand as I spin around looking up at the stars "I hope to see you tomorrow night stars, I'll miss you in the morning!" I tell them.

I look up to see the starry sky and smile at the sweet memory.as I see the coffee shop in sight, a sigh of relief falls from my lips as I open the door and step inside and take a seat at a table as a pair of familiar blue eyes come to me.