Hottie and the Beast

Chapter 11

As I was walking back home I felt something wet on my shoulder. Then, I felt it again on my face. I looked up into the sky and noticed something. The blue sunny sky that was once there, was now grey. I noticed that it was raining. I didn't want to walk for fifteen minutes, I would get soaked. I knew I had to do something. I had to take a short cut.

I never took this short cut. It only took me about five minutes to get home when I took it. The reason why I never went this way was because the short cut was a dark alley. It's known as "The Death Alley". It scares me to death. People say that all the girls who go through this alley, get raped. It's also not a very nice scene because people get high, or make out. It's not that it's very scary, I've only gone through once. There's mostly just couples making out, but I never took the chance to go through again.

I knew I had to, even though I was really scared. I'm scared of the wind, and now the wind was blowing on my face. I hate the feeling of it. I knew that I wasn't as scared to go through this alley as much as I was of the large wind, that was growing over time. I turned to my right and started to go through it. I remembered this, even though my first time going through was a year ago.

(THE FIRST TIME...)

"Come on! Let's go through!"

Stefanie said excitedly.

"Aren't you scared?" I said.

"No! Well...Only a little... But I want to see what's there! Come on! Aren't you curious?"

"Yes...But what if..." I didn't have time to finish my sentence.

"What if we get raped?! Well we have each other!"

"I know...But I'm still scared!"

"Oh come on Alex! Take a chance! Or else you'll never find out!"

She took my hand and yanked me towards the alley. I was so scared. I looked at Stefanies face and she had the same expression as me.

The alley was dark. No wonder this was called "The Death Alley". As we walked through, we noticed graffiti on the walls. They said things like "death is coming your way" or "I dare you to walk forward...". People really wanted to freak others out. It did not help. I felt myself trembling. We were almost out. I noticed a group of guys, they looked the same age as us. They were in the corner, getting high. I could smell it. It wasn't like the typical smell of cigars.

"Hey! We got some ladies over here! You want some?" Said one of the guys.

"No thanks. Maybe another time..." I said as I walked a little faster, but tried to look normal.

We walked forward and noticed couples making out.

We were out of there in at least 4 minutes. Even though this was nothing, it felt like an hour being in there. The seconds felt like minutes.

(NOW)

I noticed the same graffiti that had been there a year ago. Only this time, the walls looked more dirty and more things were written on it. This was my first time coming here alone, and even though my dad had warned me thousands if times, I couldn't take the long way home. I needed to get this over with.

I walked past three couples making out. When they noticed me, a small skinny girl, they smirked and continued their buisness. Then, I came across a couple that caught my eye. The guy looked familiar, and so did the girl.

The girl was beautiful. As I kept waking, I got to see the guy's face. I couldn't believe it...What was he doing here?

The guy making out with the girl was...

DARREN.

Authors note: I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter! I know it is kind of boring but chapter 12 will be better! I'm sorry for posting so late! I promise I will finish chapter 12 by tommorow! Keep on reading! XD

Maria