Fracture

Chapter 4

                              I arrive at the library to find Tara, Carson, and Decker already studying. "What took you so long?" Tara asks. "Sorry I'm late I didn't realize what time it was." I start reading out loud from the text book. Some guy taps my shoulder and says "I know you." "That's a bit stalker-ish don't you think?"  Tara says. I focus on what he said and wonder how does he know me... "Who are you?" I say. "Troy." "How do you know me?" "Aren't you the miracle girl that fell through the ice on the lake?" "Yes..." "Well, thats how I now you." "Do you know him?" Decker asks. "No, not really." "I'm gonna go, come on you guys." Tara says. "I'm gonna stay here, Ok?" I reply. "I guess but only if you want to talk to a complete stranger!" "I'm gonna stay and catch up with you guys later. Bye!" "Bye!" Carson calls out. "So Troy, what exactly do you want?" "Let me take you out to get pizza and I will explain it when we get there." "Ok."

                           We arrive and Troy interrupts the silence "So, explain yourself, what exactly do you want?" "I want nothing." "You must want something if you took me out to eat and disrupted me from being with my friends!" "Ok fine... Do you ever get a feeling in your hand? Like a twitching feel, and do you follow it?" "Why?" "Just answer the question and stop asking questions, it's important!" Should I answer a guy I barely know with private information, or should I just tell him? I mean if he is asking about something that not many people even know is happening then he must have the same feeling. I answer him with "How do you know that's real?" "I just do!" "Ok, yes I do get those feelings but I haven't ever tried to follow them." "Ok. Lets start walking, I will..." I cut him off "It's twitching!!!" "Your hand???" Troy asks ""Yes my hand what else?"  "Oh, SO IS MINE!!!" "FOLLOW IT THEN!!!" The twitching leads us to a house. I twist the handle to go inside, and my hand scorches with pain. When I had grabbed the handle there was apparently fire inside, so the handle burnt my hand. Troy grabs my hand and examines it. He says we have to run because there will be an ambulance here any minute. We take off running and I change direction to go to the lake I had fallen in before. I get to the lake and Troy had followed, so he is there to. I start walking on the ice and Troy grabs me and yanks me back. "ARE YOU CRAZY???" I keep staring at the ice and I feel a tear run down my face. I don't stop to wipe it away, I turn around and start walking home. "Where are you going?" "I'm going home!" "Ok but you need to come by the hospital so I can bandage your hand before your mom sees the burn." "Whatever I might come." As I'm walking home I think about the accident at the lake, and I wonder if that had been someone else would they of died or would they have been the miracle just like me.