Familiar Stranger

Chapter 2

It was nearing five when Eva’s phone rang, it was sitting upon her desk, the one that had been cleared of everything school related, and replaced with the makeup items she hardly made any use of. She had propped the large mirror that usually hung upon the wall on the other side of her room on top of the desk. She had already gone through a thousand different outfits and had done her makeup in a million different ways by that point and she had only been home since 3:30. She was becoming satisfied with her appearance, until the phone rang, blaring the usual tone it did, causing her to jump slightly and guide the lipstick she had been coating her lips with along her cheek leaving a trail of Russian Red Mac upon her clear skin. Now that was the perfect way to impress your date. 

“Hello?” She finally answered after staring at the name ‘Isaac Lahey’ upon her phone screen for just a few moments longer. It was rare that anything or anyone made her so nervous, but he did. 

“Hey, I hope you didn’t find someone better to spend time with tonight.” Isaac replied and Eva felt suddenly at ease, a soft laugh escaping her lips as she wiped the lipstick off from her cheek, her eyes scanning her appearance. For not ever wearing makeup, she did a damn good job of applying it, watching her sister had come in handy apparently. 

“Of course not, I’m more of a one set of plans a day kind of girl.” She admitted, her tone still light and teasing as she leaned back in her desk chair, pushing away from her desk to spin it back and forth. 

“Well then, how about I come pick you up at about 5:30? We can go grab a bite, maybe take a walk.” A bite, his choice of words made her space out for a moment, a flash of her reoccurring dream appearing in her mind. A baring of fangs, a blurring of fur as the hulking wolf pounced, and a sudden flurry of feelings as those gleaming fangs dug deeply into her shoulder. 

“Or are you not hungry?” Isaac asked after a few beats of silence, Eva broke out of her trance, not noticing when she lifted her hand to her shoulder, rubbing where those fangs had dug into her flesh in her dream. 

“Oh, no, a walk would be nice, though. I’ve lived here for almost a year, but I don’t think I’ve seen much other than the woods behind my house.” She admitted with a laugh as she stood from her desk chair, ditching the wedge heels she was going to wear. No use for those on a nature walk. 

“So you know the woods pretty well? I bet you haven’t seen some of the places I have out there.” Isaac said as Eva began to rummage in her dresser attempting to locate a pair of socks. 

“Oh really? Are you going to be a doll and take me to see some of these places?” She asked, a grin on her lips as she slipped on the socks. It was amazing how at ease she felt talking to him, usually with anyone who had the guts to talk to her she felt awkward and on edge. Everything seemed different with Isaac. 

“Do you know where the old well is?” Isaac asked.

“The one full of Graffiti? Yes. It’s about 10 minutes from my house.” She admitted as she pulled on a pair of her flats, she had so many pairs of shoes it was a wonder she found a pair she liked so quickly. 

“How about we meet there, then? I can be a ‘doll’ for you then and show you the places I was talking about?” He suggested and the way he said the word doll was enough to make Eva say yes to anything, but then again, she was so happy about this date that she would have said yes to anything he suggested. 

“That sounds great.” She admitted. 

“Good, I’ll see you then.” He replied and the two of them hung up. 

Dropping her phone onto her bed she stood and began to dance around the room again, as she had when she arrived home from school. It was hard not to be as giddy as she was at that point. Her last relationship had resulted in a psycho obsessed ex boyfriend, a restraining order, and a father in prison. It was why they had to move, her sister staying behind with her fiancé,  her mother and herself downgrading to a smaller house. It wasn’t that bad, since the last one had been entirely too big, even for the 4 of them. Her father had loved flashy, though, as their house had been. He had been a successful owner of his own company, one he never told the girls about, still, even when he was locked away, Eva didn’t know about it. Her mother kept her lips sealed and took over where her father had left off with some of his business partners.