Black Hearts

Chapter Sixteen

Rosa POV:

Monday-

I was walking in an alley where it darker than night and reeked more than a disposal dump. I was drawn to this area because of how familiar it felt. I didn't know why I felt so drawn to it, let alone know where I was. It was too black to see, but I would trace my fingers along the chipped brick wall to guide me down the alley. Thuds and bumps would grow increasingly louder as a walked closer to what felt like a dead end...

A door...

I searched for the knob on the weak wooden door. The knob was metal and felt as if it would break off if I would have gripped it any tighter. I didn't hesitate when I opened the door. I swung it right open, and regretted it once crows began to fly out and swarm around me. It was an Alfred Hitchcock moment when those birds began to attack me. They pecked at me but yet I felt nothing.

Suddenly, they all flew away when a body walked out the door, and a different type of bird flew out, circling the crows. The birds flipped out and flew away. The body walked towards me and I flinched away, but the hand reached towards me and it touched my face. A bright light illuminated my sight, and that's when I heard a loud noise and a pain on my side...

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Oh my god...Best wake up call ever.

I sit on the floor in pain as I try and stand up. I fell out my stupid bed when my dream ended. The dream was so weird, because it did seem familiar and I know exactly what it was. It was the SAME alley that those two guys tried to rape me in and Cooper saved me. The SAME bird that save me was the same bird that Coopers' gang represents. And the body that came out the door...

Well, don't even have to say who it was... It must have been obviously by this freakin' point.

It was Monday, and Cece got out the hospital on Sunday and she has to take daily pills to keep her from feeling light headed. I do my morning routine and slip on a black tank top, demin jeans and converse and head to my car to pick up Steph. Once I enter my car, Steph calls me.

"Hey, i'm about to get you." I tell her as I start my car.

"Oh, I called to say that Imma ride with some else..." She said sort of annoyed.

"Wait, who?"

"Oh, ya know..." she said distracted like she was looking at someone else.

"No I don't know..." I say jokingly.

"ME!!" A voice shouted in the background. Steph tried to shush the person in the car but he kept talking "Oh, come on babe! We're offical now!"

Dean...

"We aren't 'Offical'! Shut the hell up and sit down! And put on your seat belt!" Steph said to him. I sat there for about 5 minutes listening to their bickering and I decided to talk.

"You know what, i'll just meet you there." I tell her.

"Thanks Rosa- DEAN! WHAT THE FUCK!? Don't mess what my glove compartment!" Then, the phone went off. I couldn't help but laugh a I drove down the road to school.

As I parked into my parking spot at school, I noticed White Range Rover park in Hilary's spot. Oh damn... I stepped out my car and when I was about to rush over to tell whoever was in the car to move quick, I was snatched and dragged behind the dumpsters.

"Jake!? What are you-" I begin to say loudly but he shushed me.

"What are you doing!?" I shout-whisper to him. He looks behind him a couple of times, as if someone was watching us and began to talk.