A Little Bit Of Hell

Chapter 26

Savannah's POV

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I walk into the kitchen to get breakfast. The morning sun peaking out from under the curtains dimly illuminates the living room, giving it an eerie sort of look. The kitchen is a little bit lighter, with the little Windows above the sink having no curtains. The clock radio on the counter reads 6:47 in glowing red letters. I sigh, sitting up on the counter with a bowl of coco puffs, the bottle of milk next to me. Rubbing the dark bruise on my thigh, the events of the night before run through my mind again.

I hear a knock on the door and I nearly jump out of my skin. I look at the clock radio again. 6:52.
Who the fuck is knocking on the door this early?

I cautiously walk over, my heart beating faster the closer I get. I pull up the wooden stool next to the door so I can reach the peephole.
Whoever built this stupid mansion must have been a giant. I mean, I'm short by why does this need to be so high?

It's Dylan. Jesus Christ. I laugh to myself as Dylan knocks again. I open the door for him, pulling him into a hug.
"What are you doing here so early?" I laugh, pulling away from the hug and walking back to my previous spot on the counter. He takes a spoon and starts eating my cereal.
"Ash called me last night. He explained what was going on."

I nodded my head, taking my cereal from him. I try to pretend that him knowing doesn't shock me. He doesn't even seem that shocked or weirded out, why isn't he weirded out?
"Well, I think he's upstairs in the spare room if you want to talk to him. Top left room behind the staircase, the one with the blue door. Be careful when you wake him up, though. He's been on edge and he sleeps with a gun."

I laugh a little at the end, and Dylan smiles to.
"I'm gonna go up and talk to him. And I might wake up Ruth." He says.
"Why are you going to wake up Ruth?" I laugh.
"It'll annoy her and it's funny when she's annoyed."
I scoff, "Sure, okay."

I take another bite of cereal as I watch Dylan go upstairs, and lean back against the cupboard while brushing my blue and black hair out of my face.
7:04

Ever since I was little, if something scared me I would pretend I wasn't scared, because when someone else is scared, it scares me even more. I feel like if I pretend I'm fine, it will make everyone else feel better, and the less scared they are the less scared I am.

That's what I'm doing now. I'm pretending that this whole thing isn't terrifying me, because maybe if my friends think I'm not scared, it will make them feel better. I don't want them to be scared. I don't want to be scared either.

But I am scared. I'm so fucking scared.

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Charlie's POV

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I already feel claustrophobic, being stuck in Rue's mansion for only a day. It's weird, because before all of this happened we would sit at home for days, and I never felt claustrophobic. But now, we can't leave, and we're in danger, it's completely different. I want to leave. I want to go outside and take a walk like I used to.

I sigh, and get out of my bed. I don't even care if we aren't going anywhere, I'm doing my damn makeup.

As I finish my eyebrows, I hear my phone go off. I pick it up, expecting it to be from Sav or Rue or one of them. I stare at my phone confused. It's from a boy a met awhile ago, I think he's friends with Zack. His name is Liam.

Hey, haven't seen you in awhile :) how you been?

We met awhile ago, he couldn't stop flirting with me. I tried to make it as clear as possible that I wasn't interested, but apparently he didn't get the message because by the end of the day he had asked for my number enough times that I finally gave in. I decide to text back, what do I have to loose? Besides, he might not even be flirting, for all I know he might just want to be friends.

Hey :) I'm good, how are you?

Okay, I might have lied to him when I said I was good, but what am I supposed to say? "I'm really fucking scared and my life is probably in danger, but hey, how have you been?"

I sigh heavily and start walking down the stairs, running into Rue on the way down. She looks up at me, and smiles. She looks really tired.
"Hey, are you okay? I ask. She looks at me funny and says "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
"Well, you look tired as fuck, and... You're wearing E.J's jumper." I raise my eyebrows. She looks down at her jumper and up at me again.
"No, I have the same jumper as him. I was wearing it yesterday, remember?" She shuffles uncomfortably.
"Yeah I know you do, but yours doesn't go down to your knees."
She just shrugs. "I think he took his off yesterday after the fight, I must have mistaken it for mine."
I stare at her for a few seconds, then nod my head. "Okay."
She walks back up the stairs, apparently going to change her jumper.
Well, that was uncomfortable.

When I reach the bottom of the stairs, I see Sav, Ash and Dylan sitting on the couch. As I round the corner to go into the kitchen for food, I see Ruth standing in the hallway to the back room with Ben. Honestly, out of all of these freaks, Ben is the one that freaks me out the most. There is something about him, that just isn't right... it's unnatural, like he's already dead, or something... I don't know. They all freak me out. But Ben? He's different.
And I don't like the way Ruth is hanging off him now, like some sort of Stockholm Syndrome. Same thing goes for Rue and E.J.

I grab a cold piece of pizza from the fridge, and sit next to Sav on the couch.
A healthy breakfast is important.

She smiles weakly at me, and I smile back.

I want to leave this place.

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Shitty filler for you guys.

~Blue Bones