Taylor - stripes and shadows (lesbian) [on hold]

Chapter 8 - The end of one life

Have you ever got that feeling, when the world just seems to slow down, your head starts spinning and your stomach churns but you don’t feel like your going to be sick, then it all stops and you don’t realise that your moving, that your running, running to the only place you feel safe when no where else does.

I was running but I couldn’t feel my legs move, I couldn’t feel the wind or the grass under my bare feet, I couldn’t feel the pain when I tripped and cut my hand and knee, I was numb,  not knowing the direction I was going in, just running.

After a while I found myself in the valley, I didn’t remember running through the woods, but the numbness had warn off and I could feel the stinging pain in my hand and knee, I didn’t care, walking over to the boulder’s near the edge of the small lake I sat down, all I could think was it must have been a joke, a sick joke, why would they do that to me, why would they say things like that, where they all going crazy? No one believed in werecats or other creatures from silly horror movies, it was stupid. I sighed and lay back on the boulder looking up at the sky, it was dark out and there where no clouds so the moon was bright in the clear sky, there was no wind so it shone perfectly off the surface of the still lake, only interrupted by the occasional ripple from the water fall, the moon and lake reminded me of a light being shone off of a mirror, it’s light bounced off the surface and illuminated the surrounding area, I just lay there listening to the water cascading into the lake and looking at the stars. I had so many thoughts running through my head but no answers. I thought it would be better when Uncle Lance got here but it seems that I had more unanswered questions than before, it was like I didn’t even know my parents anymore, it made me question everything about them, it made me question everything about me. Grunting, I got up and jumped down from the boulder, there was no point in running away, I felt slightly stupid for running out like I had, I looked up at the now dying moon and realised that I had been in the forest all night

“Must have fallen asleep at some point” I thought to myself.

I followed the markings on the trees and made my way out of the forest,  I slowed when I came to the front of my house, taking a deep breath I pushed the door open and walked in, I walked around the house but no one seemed to be home, I rang my dad’s phone but realised he had left it behind as I could hear it ringing in the front room, it was there along with my mum’s. I checked to see if Lance had left his phone but couldn’t find it, picking up my phone I tried his cell, he answered on the third ring.

“Where the hell have you been?!” was how he greeted me

“The woods, I’m back now” my voice sounded flat, like there was no life behind it.

“Stay there then, we’ll be back, just lock the door and get some sleep, we can talk about all this tomorrow” and with that he hung up on me, I stood looking at the phone for a moment before I went to the front door and locked it, I hadn’t realised how tired I was until I got to my room, I got half way through getting changed before I gave up and crawled into bed, falling asleep instantly.

I woke up and realised that I had slept the whole day away, it was the middle of the night and everyone was in bed, I also remembered that the dance was only in two days and I hadn’t got anything to wear for it.

Getting out of bed I blushed as I realised I wasn’t wearing a t-shirt and grabbed one out of my wardrobe, putting it on as I left the room and quietly made my way downstairs. I expected everyone to be in bed and was startled when I walked into the kitchen and found Uncle Lance leaning against the counter nursing a cup of tea.

“Hay kitten, you’re finally up then?” Lance said with a smile on his face, turning around he picked up the kettle and gently waved it “fancy a cup of tea?” he asked, I nodded in reply and he set about putting a tea bag in the cup “We need to talk about you being a werecat” he sighed as he poured the water into the cup then added some milk and finally took the tea bag out an put in front of where I now sat at the table.