Your Nightmare.

Chapter 5: ...Something wrong?

Chapter 5: ...Something wrong?

 SETHS POV:

 It was around 10ish now and we were on our way to Coreleane. The sun was beginning to disappear and rain began to opt in. I felt a strange surge of something new... terror? This was all new to me, well in a way. But still new.

 I mean when was the last time we had night-ins? Never? Well preety much, yeah...ever since what happened to Rebecca...

 I wondered if anyone else felt the same way I did. Hm, I looked around the car...but all seemed fine.

 James, Monique and Jessica were sitting behind me, I was driving and Luke was sitting beside me. James had his headphones plugged in and from where I was sitting I could not hear much but it was blatant whatever he was listening to had a high base- probably rock. Jessica was sitting in the middle. Her head was perched over Monique’s head whilst they both stared at Monique’s head. Monique seemed anxious like she was terrified to what the answer of her text was. Her fingers did a little dance on the knees.

 I wanted to ask what the matter was but the road got me distracted. On the right hand side there was a huge trailer park, filthy and rotten looking. On the left...nothing. It was a huge field that seemed to go on forever.

 I couldn’t see what was on the other side of the field. It was just...grass. That’s pretty weird. Miles and miles off unevenly cut... grass?

 Okay this was weird. I mean... it did not even look normal. Looked as if it was ready for something. Like someone had helped build it for me to see at this precise moment. I’m sure it was nothing, but I honestly couldn’t get my head across it.

 I carried on driving. The trailer park which was on my right hand side had now disappeared. But it left behind something even weirder. A never ending...river? Water. Non-stop water.

 Okay where were we?

 The others did not seem interested: James and Jessica had their eyes shut. Monique was busy typing on her phone. And Luke was switching the channel on the car radio.

 Okay. I literally had no idea where we were. Coreleane lived far away. So far away. There was never a time when I needed to go to her house; therefore I had no idea where she lived. But what I did have was instructions from her...but they led here.

 “Okay, where are we?” I said clearing my throat thrice in a repeated manner.

 “Er, what dyu mean?” says Luke, using illusions and staring at me like there was something bewildering about the way I looked.

 “I’m going to stop the car. This is getting weird.”

 I look around to find there’s no place suitable to park my car. The road was beginning to narrow down...like a bridge...held by the water and...Grass. There are no cars behind me. So I decided to stop in the middle of the ‘road’.

 “Wait... has you gone the wrong way? I mean did not you say we would arrive at Coreleane in like two minutes... two minutes is gone you doofus!” yells Coreleane.

 “That’s what I thought! But right now, I don’t even know where we are!” I yell back at her.

 “Well read the Goddamn instructions she gave you!”

 So I did. I realised right now, even if her instructions where wrong, or if I had take a wrong turn somewhere... I would never know, I mean I’m new to this area! I was just following... signs. Sugar. There was only twenty- five minutes before we had to have arrived at Coreleanes house. She was expected us. Oh no. This was not happening.

 “Listen, Luke, you live around here. Plus you know where Coreleane lives. So err, I followed exactly what she said for me to do, tell me what I did wrong.” I say to him, stuttering too much. I hope he did not notice. I hand him the A5 sheet of tattered paper from Coreleane, to me to him now.

 “Em, I don’t live around here... I live at least three miles away. And nor do I know where Coreleane lives... well okay I do... but not exactly.” He says. However he takes the sheet of paper and starts to read it.

 James and Jessica are still sleeping.

 Monique pokes her head in-between the front seats.

 “You better not have lost me! We need to be at Coreleanes in like twenty minutes so as I can take my Porsche and drive back home! Be quick!” says Monique, squeezing her eyes to trap a tear.

“huh?! Go back home? What do you mean?!” I look at her, concern in my eyes.

 “Yeah. Home. Dirks gone out with Maggie. I’m here. And Grans somewhere, alone by herself! Without the keys to the house!” she screams the last part in my face. “Who knows where she can be. Probably sitting outside the door steps...waiting. Oh God! Seth, do hurry up! Please! Argha man!!” this times she can’t keep her tears in, but she wells them back in.

 “Okay Okay!” I turn back to Luke. “Dude, got anything?”

 James and Jessica are still sleeping.

 The windows are all wide open, and know distant sound can be heard... no fishes, birds, squirrels, owls...no anything! Weird.

 “We are definitely on the right path...well according to this.” And he shakes the A5 sheet in his left hand.

“So what? Drive on? But...” Luke interrupts me.

 “Yeah. Why not? Dude why are you wasting our time, Coreleane expects us in like ten minutes, Moniques got to get back home and where all freezing! Hurry up, drive man!”

“but...”

“But what?!” he says, frustrated and slightly annoyed.

“Can’t you see! Look around you! The roads getting narrower, there are not going to be any houses after this! Are you joking?!” I was suddenly sucking in air. I ran out of air? What the hell? Was I getting...err fat? Oh My God. There was something seriously wrong.

Monique un-did her belt. “ Right you freak, get up. I’m driving.”

“Nu-uh!” I straightened up and was about to start the engine when she opened her door. Slammed it close. I saw her through my window. But my door was locked so She could’nt get in. I put the window a little higher so as she could not put her hands through and unlock the door.

“Get the f*** out now!” she yelled. Her scream vibrated. Echoed. Repeated itself several times and after that there was no real silence.

I got the keys out of the engine, unlocked my door, opened the door, locked the door again and got out. Now I was locked outside the car with Monique, however I had the keys. “Now get inside the car.”

“Err, its my car. Plus you can’t do anything.” She said, laughing.

“Oh? Can’t I? I can do anything. For one, I can throw the keys...in the water.” I said putting on a huge smile.

That stopped her. She literally ran to the other side of the car and got in. Tied up her seat belt and got her phone out, texting, again.

 Jessica and James were still sleeping.

 Luke stared from the front seat of the car. As I came too look at him he looked away.

 Sugar. What has got in to me? Damn.

 “Monique, I’m sorry. You can drive if you want. Here.” And I put the keys through the window.

 I had not let go of them and she did not take them. However I suddenly realised I was outside- even though I had been here for the past few minutes. I stared everywhere. At the none ending water. At the none ending field. In front; where the road seemed to be going on forever...what the hell? I distantly remember thinking how it was getting narrower! Never mind....

 I looked at the Field, again. I looked at how far on it seemed to be going. Damn this was freaky.

 “Luke, come here. Please...”

But that’s when I saw something. Something was moving. Not too far away, but far. In the fields. But then it stopped. I blinked several times, rubbed my eyes and looked again...