The Alleyway

Chapter 1: Finally Away From Home

Tina's pov:

Finally!! I was so happy to be moving out. Don't get me wrong, I love my family but I wanted freedom. Today is the day that I finally get to move into my new house with my friend Macy. Macy and I have been friends since kindergarten and haven't grown apart.
Suddenly my mom comes in my room. "Well Tina today's the big day" she says. I nod my head happily. "I'm excited I can't wait" I say.
"Ok then get dressed, the moving trucks will be here soon" she says. I get dress fast wasting no time. When the truck gets here we load everything and get in. Macy is already there and had all of her stuff delivered there already.

When I finally get there, Macy hugs me tightly and shouts "WE DID IT TINA". "I know I can't believe we have our own house, and we graduated" I say

"We should celebrate by going shopping, pass me my phone I'll call us a cab" Macy says.

When the cab finally gets here we realize that it isn't that far of a walk to the mall.

As soon as we go to the mall Macy's eyes light up. Uh oh I know that look. I haven't seen that look since her last boyfriend  Johnny. Johnny is a sensitive topic though we don't talk about it that much because it makes her cry.

Three hours later we decided to leave. "Umm so do you want to just walk since it's not that far" I say shrugging my shoulders. "Ok, then we can talk about that dress that I told you to try on" she said. "Well dresses aren't really my thing" I say.

About 15 minutes later we realize that we were lost.

Macy's pov:

"Come on Tina, let's go this way I think I can see the house from here" I say.  Tina has a scared and frightened look on her face. She finally takes a deep breath and says ok.

As we start to walk down the alley we see the words "Johnny is coming" spray painted on the wall.  Suddenly a small child approaches us. I thought I was hallucinating though because I could have sworn that I saw my little sister Natalia. Natalia died when she was 5 years old after a house fire. She doesn't look like a ghost though she looks normal. That was when Tina grabbed me and yelled "YOU SEE HER TOO RIGHT" . I nodded slowly.

Natalia then started circling around us. "Johnny is coming" she said slowly.  Tina slowly whispered in my ear "do you think Johnny could come back?"

In all of my life I had never been so scared. When I went with Tina, to a concert I had made Johnny babysit Natalia. She had found a lighter when I was on the phone with Johnny and the whole house had burned down. They both died that night.

Natalia then disappeared. Tina was shaking. That's when I heard Johnny's voice and my mind suddenly went back to 3 years ago. It was strange tho, it was only Johnny's voice.  I couldn't make out what he was saying.  I felt my self being suffocated . Then I felt Johnny's hand on my face.He whispered in my ear  "Johnny's back bitch"