Just Keep Running

Chapter 7

I ran up the stairs and opened Caras'' door.

"Hey, what happened sweetheart?"

"I'm not your sweetheart! Don't you ever ever say that again!" She said deeply. Her voice was low and croaky and her eyes were even darker than before her hair covered half her face and she sat there in her hospital gown. Tubes were running into her wrist out of a machine.

"GET OUT NOW!" Cara yelled. Then I remembered the note, it said don't make her mad. I back away slowly out of the room and shut the door. Cara locked it and shut the light off. I heard her sit down on her bed and then she began to hum. I walked downstairs and began to clean. I picked up empty beer bottles, broken beer bottles and even full beer bottles. I lifted the few girls I could lift and dragged the rest. I put the 14 girls on the couch and the 9 boys on the floor. I cleaned up a couple beer spills and a few accidents that didn't make it to the toilet. My friends are so immature. I walked upstairs and Sammie and Sadie walked up to me whining.

"Hey guys what's wrong??" I knew they weren't going to respond, but a lot of people talk to their dogs. Sammie and Sadie ran to the door. Then I thought 'Well they must have to go to the bathroom. So I grabbed my old dogs leash and put it on them. They went outside and did their business. When I let them back in they came up to the master bedroom with me. They went to sleep on their dog beds and I laid down on my bed. Gosh it was tiny. Michael was snoring quietly and I cuddled up next to him and went to sleep. I woke up and heard muffled screaming. I got up opened the door and followed the noise, it was coming from Caras room. I backed up and went back into my room quietly. I went over to the side if the bed that Michael was on. I woke him up.

"Michael. Michael wake up!" I whispered

"What?" He said

"Shhhhh! It's Cara something happening." I said. Michael popped up out of bed quickly and quietly. I grabbed his hand and we walked down the hall and outside of Caras' room, we listened. The shouts weren't from her and there were several. Michael grabbed the doorknob and tried to open the door, it was locked.

"Cara, open the door." Michael said. There was no answer all I heard were faint, 'help me!'s

"Cara, sweetheart open this door right now!" I yelled. She didn't say anything. We went downstairs and three girls were missing. Allison, Katelynn, and Tara. My three best friends. They were in that insane little girls room. What was going to happen to them?! I ran upstairs and yelled at Cara.

"Cara I swear to god! You let them go right now!" The door opened and Cara was standing there with blood on her hands. There wear three chairs in the middle of her room. The chairs held my three friends. My best friends. All of their heads were drooping and their legs were bloody. So was their face. I pushed Cara aside and ran to my friends. They were still alive just in a lot of pain. I grabbed Cara by the ear and forced her down the stairs.

"What did you do!?" I yelled

"They got what they deserved." She said smiling.

"What did they do to you?!!?"

"They were being inappropriate."

"Oh really?! How so?!"

"They were being gross and drinking and kissing other boys!"

"Cara that's human nature! Your an insane little girl you know that right?! It's 5 A.M and your torturing my friends! I should be calling the police right now, but I'm insane enough not to! Your so lucky right now!" I said. Michael saw me and Cara and he ran upstairs. When he came back down he was puzzled.

"They're alive, but they need help!"

"Michael what are we going to say?" I asked

"Tell the cops that Cara did it!"

"What makes you think they'll believe that a 7 year old would do that?"

"I don't know, but that's insane!"

"I did it because they're nasty." Said Cara. Michael looked mad. I was mad too, but we couldn't just eat her out. She's young and insane.

The paramedics came and we told them that they were doing something stupid and a glass bottle exploded. The story checked out because Cara shoved broken glass chunks in their skin. During the day Cara sat on the couch next to me while Michael put the lock to Caras room on the outside instead of the inside. I put the key in my jewelry box. When Cara wanted to go to her room after every meal we'd lock her in. That was our only choice. If we didn't lock her in she'd lock us out. Michael put a padlock on our door after the accident. It really scared us. I could barely sleep. None of my friends have come over since the accident 3 weeks ago. I can't wait for this summer to end , then I won't have to deal with Cara.

The dogs got crates and we locked them in there at night so Cara couldn't get them. She loved the dogs, but we didn't want anything bad happening. I felt bad, this must be like a prison for her. Whenever me and Michael would kiss she would hit one of us. One night me and Michael were talking about our future and then we just wanted it to come. We forgot about everything else in the world. We wanted a child. We did what your supposed to do to get a child, but little did we know Cara was awake. She started crying. When she cried I go into her room to comfort her. When I unlocked the door she punched me in the stomach and yelled,

"You would be a horrible mother!" I took it to heart and grabbed her hand I lead her to her bed and put her in it. She laid down, apologized and pulled the covers over her head. I locked the door and went back into my room. Then Locked that door. I laid down in my bed a Michael wrapped his arms around me. He was still undressed.

"Michael put on your clothes and go to bed, we've upset her enough." Michael got up and put on his clothes he laid back down a snuggled close to me. Tonight was great and I wanted it to never end, but just like always Cara ruined the night.