Lights Out!

Chapter 7

"Umm....your welcome?", Brian disturbed. We all turned around to look at him and he dropped a big brown book on the floor because of the fright we gave him.

"Thanks Brian for turning....turning on the power", Charlotte stuttered before she held Hannah by the shoulder to give her a hug. Obviously she was scared. Scared of my sister and scared for her sister.

"No problem", he smiled, lighting up the mood. I nodded at him for doing good by turning on the power and stopping the situation that took place. Alice huffed and turned around with her arms crossed, not looking at any of us.

"What's that you got?", asked Brian, pointing towards the book.

"Well if I'm correct-"

"Your always correct", said Charlotte walking towards him and placed her elbow on his shoulders. Brian smiled a shy smile then turned as red as a tomato when Charlotte barely kissed him. I can't imagine his reaction if she sleeps with him.

"Uh-hum", I interrupted after I place my hand over my lips.

"Oh sorry", Brian said quickly."I think these pictures were taken from 10 years ago by the very family that lived in this house!"

He flicked through the pages as we stood by him to see the pictures. The first half of the book showed pictures of a woman with a little girl. They were both dressed in clothes that you would wear at a wedding, with roses in their hair and bright makeup powered on.

The second half of the book only showed the woman standing there wearing a black dress . Probably because it was her daughters funeral. In the last photo, nobody was in the photo which seemed a bit strange to all of us as our eyebrows dropped low.

"Well, that's a bit off ", Charlotte frowned.

"You guys, this is boring. Let's go find the prick who walked in and beat the living shit out of him.", Eric confidently demanded and punched his open hand. I almost forgot about the open door.

"He's right. For all we know right now, there could be a murderer plotting to kill us", Hannah observed quietly, trying not to be heard by Alice. Was it just me or was Hannah agreeing with everyone that day and chatting bullshit to scare us, even though I know she would never do that

Alice rolled her eyes and started to walk of.

"Where are you going?", I questioned rudely, trying not to make eye contact with her as she was staring at me with those dull eyes of hers which doesn't even show a hint of green.

"Where do you think? Haven't you ever heard the word 'exploring'?", she sarcastically remarked and the use of the word 'exploring' sounded ridiculous from a skank like her. Alice walked back into the living room and sat down on a wooden chair, then started rocking back and forth like an old person would do, I think. She called that exploring.

"So shall we 'explore'?", Eric asked making air speech marks, breaking the awkward silence my sister created.

"Yea, lets go as pairs to find out stuff quickly rather than staying all together to search one place", Charlotte suggested ."I'm going with Brian". Obviously, she came up with this method so she can be intimate with Brian in a private area where no-one will see them.

"Harry. You go with...Hannah.", Charlotte smiles and points at her. I shoot her a glare and she immediately regrets her statement. "I mean you go with Eric". I can't leave Hannah with Alice. God knows what my sister would do to her.

"I'll stay with Alice. I'm sure Eric can pair up with Hannah.", I say trying to keep my cool. They all walk of and I'm left in the same room with that bitch who's chair is faced the other way round not to look at me.

After an hour or so, they all come walking back to the living room to find Alice asleep and me sitting on a battered sofa reading Wuthering Heights. Eric throws him self to sit next to me and a spring lifts jumps out near my arms.

"What did you guys find?"

"Nothing much, but Charlotte's gone crazy.", Eric points to Charlotte and I see her wearing lots of bracelets and necklaces. Really Charlotte.

"What?", she questions as we all look at her in shock."There's something called fashion in life, you guys don't even have a clue"

"More like she doesn't have a clue that they're accessories so it doesn't sum up fashion", Eric and I snigger.

"Oh shut up!", Charlotte remarks.

"It's so warm in here", Hannah says using her hand to fan her.

"I fixed the heating as well as the lights because it was freezing when we came in here", Brian points out." I could turn off the heating if you want"

"Then I'll freeze to death!", exaggerates Eric waving his hand in the air to look like an idiot.

"It's okay. I'll take of my coat.", she nods. When she takes it off, my eyes dart right to her belly that is sticking out underneath a black long sleeved top. I didn't know it progressed that much.Jesus! It isn't just me who is staring at her, everyone else is too including Alice who just woke up to see this.

As soon as she turns around from folding her coat , we all look away except from Alice who is snorting like a pig.Charlotte's face is fully red and so is mine. We're both embarassed.

In a few months time Hannah will be going through the horrible pain that men can't even imagine and become a mother to her child. Even though I am going to be the official father, I can't be there for my son or daughter for them to know what it feels like to have a male role in the family.

The pregnant girl walks towards us and sits right next to me causing me to flinch. There is nothing else in the world except from Hannah that could scare me. Probably I'm chatting big seeing as I am afraid for a girl.

"Much better", she breathes quietly looking at Charlotte's red face and an Amused Alice. Immediately she crouches, obviously ashamed of herself. She probably expected no-one to care but if she did, she was wrong. Dead wrong.