Scream For Me (Scream fanfic)

Chapter Seven

Alyssa was lying on her couch the next morning, she had just come in from a long run around town, and her mom and dad had yet to awake, even Rex hadn't wanted o get up to run with her. Her muscles felt well worked and relaxed, causing her eyes to flutter shut. This was how her mother found her. The woman smiled and gently shook her daughter awake.

"Why don't you go shower sweetie, breakfast will be ready in twenty minutes." She nodded and pulled herself from the couch before heading up to her bathroom. She plugged in her IPod before turning on the water, letting it warm up before she stripped from her clothes. Innocence drifted through the speakers and she found herself singing along. She loved music almost as much as she loved soccer. As the shower began to wake her up she thought about the murders from the night before. Ghostface had blown up Grey. Her heart clenched, she and Grey had been friends since grade school and she felt tears well up in her eyes. She wished that she'd had the chance to tell him how happy she was for him, he was on his way to getting published and he had found the 'love of his life'. Then there was Terra, she'd never really liked her very much. They could tolerate each other, but Terra was always so pushy, so demanding, jealous, and crass. Even so she still mourned their losses. She would stop by both of their houses and give the families her condolences. That was the least she could do in a time like this.

She exited the shower a few moments later and dressed, choosing a pair of jean shorts, a white tank top and her sweatshirt from soccer, the number ten printed clearly across the back. Alyssa followed the smell of waffles and sausage into the kitchen where her father was seated reading the news paper and her mother was putting food onto the plates.

"Can you feed the dog?" her mother said as she placed the plates on the table.

"Sure." She refilled the dog dish and pet Rex's ears as the large black Lab nearly talked her to the floor. With a laugh she set down the bowl, but the usually bottomless pit of a dog ignored it choosing instead to return to his kennel where he began chewing on a large bone. "Hey mom! Did you give Rex a bone?"

"No."

"I wonder where he got this from..." she muttered and then left the room, returning to the kitchen area. "Maybe he got it from the neighbor's dog, rascal probably stole it." She laughed and they began to eat. Her father left first, having to drive quiet far away to get to his work. Her mother left a bit later, being a nurse and having to pull a double shift tonight meant that she would be left to her own devices for the rest of the day, something her parents were clearly weary about. She didn't blame them, she was a bit nervous herself. So she called up several of her friends so come over later that night, she figured as long as there were more than three of them than they might be a bit more secure. So alone in the house she tried to dislodge the feeling that she was a rabbit hopping closer and closer to the hunter's snare.