Shivers [ON HOLD]

[3] Cocoa

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-Alyssa's POV-

"ALY!" Mom yelled.

I groaned as I got up. Stupid blinds. They couldn't even shut last night. Seriously what the hell did the previous owners do to this god damn house?

I got up and padded to the bathroom and memories of last night flooded my mind.

Of all people in the world. Why me? Why couldn't I be like any other normal teenager and live a stress free life?

"ALYSSA!" Mom yelled again.

"I'M COMING! Jeez."

I quickly changed and ran down.

"What is it?" I asked.

The first sight that greeted me was Jen crying and Mom's puffy eyes. Something's wrong.

"Cocoa. She's dead."

What?

"How?" I asked, still shocked.

Mom led me to the front where I found Cocoa's lifeless body on the floor. I bent down and examined her. No blood. She's still a puppy. How?

That's when it occurred to me that my baby was gone. Tears welled up my eyes as they fell one by one. I wiped it with the back of my hand and got up.

Something caught my attention. There was a black figure laying on top of Cocoa's body. It was small.

I shook my head and it was gone again.

"Mom, when did this happen?"

"I woke up this morning, ready to feed her. I called her with our normal call but she never responded so I decided to see what was wrong. When I went outside, she was there. I thought she fell asleep so I shook her awake but nothing. Her body was so cold, Liv. It was so cold." Mom cried.

I hugged mom and Jen tightly as I cried silently.

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The renovators came not long after our little pity party. They started with the walls and floors then to the rooms. Surprisingly, they managed to finish the renovation in a few hours.

According to mom. This was minor renovation and major renovation would start after we settle down but it looked pretty decent now.

Our furniture came not long after.

"Okay girls! Get unpacking." Mom ordered, again.

I ran up to my room and smiled. My bed was right where I wanted it to be. My nightstand was beside it and my desk was at the corner of my room.

I started unpacking my stuff from the box. I placed my many pictures on my desk planning to stick them on my wall tomorrow.

I hung all my clothes in the built-in walk-in closet. I stared at my room and smiled in satisfaction.

I rechecked all the boxes to make sure nothing was left behind. I picked up the very last item in one of the boxes. It was a framed picture. A picture of Mom, Dad, Cameron, Cara, Jen and I.

That day was one of the best days of my life. That day was also the last time I got to see dad, my brother and my sister. It was a holiday and we decided to take a trip down to the beach. It took mom forever to get all of us to take a group picture but we managed anyway.

We decided to go back when the sun had set. We had dinner at a small diner near the beach. After dinner is when hell broke loose.

I shook my head as I tried to get rid of the memories. I placed the picture frame on my nightstand and laid in bed. Slowly, I fell asleep.

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I woke up to a presence watching me. I immediately sat up and switched on my lamp. Just on time, I saw the black figure vanish.

This is the third time I've seen or felt something since we moved into this house.

But the odd thing is, I've been able to feel and see anything from the spirit world for the past 7 years of my life, no, scratch that, the past 17 years of my life and it just feels like a normal spirit all the time.

But since we moved here, it doesn't feel normal. I've never seen or felt anything like this before. It's foreign to me.

I looked around my room, still terrified. I looked at the picture frame I placed on my nightstand earlier. I squinted my eyes to see better.

"What the hell?" I whispered in shock.

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A/N:- CLIFFHANGER! (I'm so sorry don't kill me. I just had to) How was chapter 3? Hope you enjoyed it ;) This chapter is when the drama begins *laughs evilly* .

Yes, Cara and Cameron are Alyssa's siblings. Their story will be revealed very soon. Stay tuned to find out ;)

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