What Are You? War Beneath The Earth

Let's Take a Stroll Around Town

The day was going  on and on and on. It doesn't seem to end. Good thing it's summer so Nick is okay with staying with me for a couple of days.  Cause I really don't want to be alone right now. 

Nick was sitting on the carpeted floor while I was lying on my side on the couch. We were playing House of the Dead. I was wondering, what if the world was over run by zombies and these zombies can also wield axes and have claws and stuff*shudders*.

I was about to shoot a ninja looking zombie with claws when Nick asked "Hey Mones. May I go home just for a while? I'm gonna go get my bike.  It's really tiring walking around." 

My eyes grew wide from fear of being alone with that disappearing lady. I missed my shot and the zombie devoured my character.

"Uhh..w-well..uhmm..", I stammered at Nick  who turned to look at me. I must be pale cause he suddenly looked worried.

"Are you alright?", he asked me while touching my cheek. Ooh I'm gonna melt from his warm touch. What the?! Get a hold of yourself Mona! This is not the time to be swooning over your friend*mental slap*.

Then a brilliant idea struck my mind. 

"I'll come with you, Nick. I wanna go take a stroll and I wanna see some people in town.", I hurriedly said and laughed triumphantly at the back of my mind.

"Well, if that's what you want. Plus, my parents haven't seen you for a long time.", Nick said while turning off the game and unplugging it.

I fist pump inside my head with the genius excuse I just came up with just to get away from my my haunted home.

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Nick and I are now walking along the streets of Rossdale. Stopping from store to store just looking at their merchandise and moving on. We passed by a shop selling video games and Nick picked up a game to buy but before he went to the cash register, he realized he was short on money and I snorted a laugh at him.

Nick and I were now munching on Skittles that we bought from a convenience store we passed by. We were passing an alley when a shabby old man jumped in front me and pointed a shaking finger at me.

"THE DEMON FOLLOWS YOU! YOU'RE THE GIRL THAT LIVES AT THAT OLD EXECUTION GROUND! YOU'RE CURSED! CURSED!!!", he shouted at the top of his lungs and I flinch as he held me by my shoulders. His brown eyes full of fear.

I couldn't move. My body automatically goes numb from all the things he said. Demon? Following me? What the heck?!

Nick pulled me from the old man's grasp and the old man,sensing he can be easily knocked out by Nick(not that he would hit an old man. He just glared at him.), backed away and disappeared into the dark alleyway. I was shivering from fright and Nick held me. He stroked my short hair while hugging me.

I was shocked. What could that old man possibly mean. Execution grounds? What?

"Hey, get a grip of yourself  That old man is probably crazy. Don't worry. I'll protect you.", Nick said with a reassuring smile. I smiled back and realized I dropped my bag of Skittles when the old man jumped at me. I took a deep breath and cursed cause I lost my Skittles. Nick laughed at me and said something about how I can easily get over about bad things that happen to me.

We eventually got to Nick's house just a little bit before dark. His house is a two-storey house painted a beautiful sky blue and a porch in the front. A red mailbox is outside and "Coulton" is written on it. 

We walked up the porch and Nick opened door. I was greeted by his mother, Alayna. A beautiful 30-something woman with dark hair, a pointed nose, thin red lips,bright blue eyes and a slim figure. She's wearing a floral dress with a pink apron on the front and her dark hair tied back in a ponytail. She became my second mother when my parents disappeared. I smiled at her and said a small hi and she tackled me into a hug.

"It's so nice to see you again Mona. How have you been? You're getting thin. Are you eating properly? Would you like to eat?", Mrs. Coulton fired away at me. I was holding myself from laughing at her sudden reaction but Nick replied for me.

"Mom, we're just gonna get my bike and we'll be on our way.", Nick said whiled rubbing the back of his head, clearly embarrassed the way his mom reacted. 

"But it's getting dark. Don't you think you two should be staying here for the night?", Mrs. Coulton said with a longing in her voice. Looks like she really missed me.

"Your mom's right, Nicholas. It's not safe for the two of you to go out there riding a motorcycle. It's going to get dark soon. You know how much our town lacks street lights.", Nick's dad, Norman, agreed while striding out of the kitchen. He's got a mop of black-brown hair, gorgeous grey eyes, a pointed nose, red lips and a lean, muscled body. He's dressed in a casual white t-shirt and grey sweatpants. He sat on the couch turning on the television.

Nick groaned but I said " That would be wonderful Mr. and Mrs. Coulton." They looked pleased after my response but the truth is I don't really want to go home right now. I have this bad feeling inside my house and I don't want to go near it yet.

We ate supper and went up to Nick's room. His room is filled with basically,  clutter. His room's a frigging mess. I glared at him but he just returned a sheepish smile. Can't believe I have to clean this idiots mess cause this is where I'll be sleeping and Nick will sleep downstairs on the couch.

After cleaning, I glanced around and felt protected. As if all the weird things that happened to me didn't exist. I smiled and drifted off to sleep. I just hope that tomorrow, everything's back to normal. 

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