Kidnapped by the Black Shadow (2/3)

Chapter 4: Homesick

Natalie sheathed her knife and walked over to me, her footsteps silent.

"Come on, Cassie." She said quietly, putting and arm around me. As we headed home, I was trembling with shock and terror.

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I was too scared to leave the hotel room after that. I mean, I might've been overreacting, but I was still terrified.

I was terrified of the city outside.

I was terrified of the people in the city.

Like Jeff & Zac.

Even Natalie. It wasn't her personality that scared me, it was the fact that she could do whatever she wanted. With her knives.

I was so paranoid, I was even scared of Doris.

I tried to tell myself I was being ridiculous, but it didn't work. I just spent the next three days on the couch, wrapped in a blanket. Doris brought me food in the mornings, evenings and in the middle of the day.

All I had do to was drink water, have snacks, and watch harmless t.v until she brought them.

I was grateful for that.

Nate seemed nervous about my state, but to me it seemed like he didn't want to intrude on anything. Either that or he was just being his plain old selfish self....

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More than ever, I was homesick. No, I didn't miss Mike & my Mum getting all lovey dovey (you're lucky you never had to see that), nor did I miss feeling left out when Lucas and Holly planned their trip together. I especially didn't miss the times when Colin Sherlock had criticised me and embarrassed me.

I didn't miss the things like that, which made me realise my little world hadn't been perfect before Nate had come along and made it all gloomy.

But I did miss things like how my Mum was always glad to see me, she would hug me tight. I missed the fact that no matter how many times Lucas & Holly broke up and got back together, we were always best friends. I missed the moments when I would say something, and Colin's eyes would light up with pride.

Those things were the silver linings to my gloomy world, even when Nate had caused chaos.

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As you can probably tell, I thought a lot during my time of paranoia and misery.

Nate probably thought I had gone mute, because on his several feeble attempts to ask me if I was okay, I hadn't even acknowledged him.

Natalie visited regularly, usually coming in with Doris, who disapproved of how many knives she had.

As I watched t.v most of the time now, I couldn't help watching the news to try salvage some information on my family.Here is what I saw:

Here is Cassie's mother right now, coming out of their small home with her pleasant boyfriend.

How is the victim's mother going to cope when they find her body?

"Mrs Brooke, what do you think has happened to your daughter?"

Mum appeared on screen, looking lost. Suddenly she stared right at the camera.

"I know my daughter ran away. I know she's out there somewhere and I know she's okay."

She glared through tears at the reporter, who was shoving a microphone thingy in her face. Mike put a hairy arm around her.

"What the media and police force should be doing is finding out why she ran away, where she is, and how they can get my baby back to me."

The reporter would not give up. "Everyone is wondering what you will do when the police find the body."

Mum glared furiously at the reporter.

"Well you can tell 'everyone', to f*** off!!"

The reporter, determined not to look bad, turned to the camera and said; "A grieving mother, who deserves peace."

He glared at the camera accusingly, as if the watchers were to blame instead of him.

"NO!" I screamed at the t.v. "No! She's not grieving because I'm not dead!"

I started sobbing miserably. "Mum...It's o-okay, I'm...right...here!"

I curled up into a tight ball, sobs spasming my body.

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(Sniff sniff) Hope you enjoyed, this chapter was more of a filler but designed to hopefully get you a little sad.

The next chapter will include:

*Nate's POV

*A NEW character..."Jade"....;) FC