The Monster Within

Chapter Two

XxAprilxX

I sighed as I waited for Haley to show up. We were all going out for a birthday dinner, and she was supposed to be at my house forty-five minutes ago.

"Sorry I'm late!" Haley yelled as she ran into the room. "I lost track of time."

"How?" I asked. "I've been texting you all day." Haley shrugged.

"I fell asleep." she confessed. I smacked her arm, and she laughed. "Ready to go?"

"Yea." I said, getting my coat. Mom and Dad stood by the door, and opened it for me. I smiled, and we went out to the cars. The cool, winter breeze blew my hair out of my face, and I shivered.

"You whimp." Haley said, laughing. "Be a man and stop shivering!" I shoved her again, and got into the car. The leather seats froze my butt and I jumped.

Mom got into the front seat, and started the car.

"When can I start driving?" I asked suddenly.

"When you learn to walk upstair without falling." Dad said as he got into the passenger seat. Haley laughed, and I pouted plaufully.

"Where to girls?" Mom asked as she pulled out of the driveway, and down the road. I looked at Haley who shrugged.

"Umm..where can we go exactly?" I asked.

"Anywhere." mom answered. "Your dad has the check book."

"Hey now." Dad said. "Anywhere that fits the bugit."

"Anywhere really." Mom said, laughing. "where too?"

Haley and I thought for a few minutes. It seemed we both had the same idea in mind, so when we look at each other, we had a smirk played on our faces.

"We have an answer!" Haley announced.

"Lets hear it." Dad groaned.

"Chinneas!" Haley and I yelled in unison.

xXJustinXx

After rehersals, I went into the tour bus. I was worn out, but couldn't sleep. I laid in the back where my bed sat, and curled up underneth the blankets. I closed my eyes, and took in a deep breath.

Suddenly, a light was flicked on, and my mom stood next to me, her arms crossed. "Want to tell me about the incident with the door knob of your dressing room?" she asked.

I groaned. "I didn't mean to." I said. "I didn't realize I was..." I stopped. I could hear someone near the tour bus. My mom asked me to continue, but I held up a finger.

"Hello?" Ryan popped his head in. My mom turned around, and went to go greet Ryan.

"What are you doing here?" she aked.

"Wanted to check up on little man." he said, walking back to where I was laying. I closed my eyes to act like I was sleeping. I was so tired, when Ryan left, and my mom walked back into the room.

I was actually asleep..

~*~*Dream...~*~

Somethings not right. I was in a room, and I could see...me. But it wasn't like a mirror effect. I could actually reach out and touch my arm.

Well...kind of. When I managed to touch myself, my arm slipped through the arm. Kind of like how a ghost touches a wall.

Am I dead? I thought. I looked down at myself and saw no cuts...nothing that said I was injured. I pinched myself, but nothing happened.

'I'm not dreaming, I just pinched myself.' I thought again. 'What the hell is going on?' a movement of my body that stood infront of me broke me out of my thoughts.

He seemed...angry. I couldn't tell why, or what exactly he was mad at, but whatever it was..

He was majorly pissed off.

He bared his teeth, and lurched forward, out an open door. I watched him leave, and wanted to follow, but like almost all my dreams, my legs were like lead. It took my like...five hours just to reach the door that was two feet infront of me.

The sounds of snarls behind me made me stop. I slowly turned to see myself again. The only thing that scared me was...

It didn't look like me. His eyes...they were something wrong with the eyes..and his teeth looked huge. So big, the tips of the front row hung out of his lips. He barred them at me, and I tried to jump out of the way as he lurched at me.

But I was too slow....