Troubled Life

Chapter 6

I start walking back towards the living room. I miss everything about my Mom. I think in my head. Why does everything have to be so difficult.

"Erica?" I hear Ryan yell my name, "Come in here! We have to talk."

I walk into the living room. Ryan is sitting on the windowsill with the window open. His face is solemn, "Ryan! What's wrong? Why....."

I didn't finish. He turned towards me,"It's time Erica. We can't stay and you can't stay human if you're coming with me."

I shake my head, tears are brimming in my eyes."N...no... it can't be time! I can't leave right now! What..." I stutter,"What about... what about my friends? What about the house and everything else?"

"We take the house with us. Everything in it too. As for your friends, I'm really sorry. I can't bring them with us. Are you in or not?"

I take a few minutes. I breathe in and out, then I answer,"I'm in when do I turn? And when do we leave?"

"You turn now, and we leave tonight. At midnight." His eyes are tear filled too.

I give him a hug,"I'm ready."

His teeth grow into fangs, I have to hug him closer to stop from screaming.

He pushes me gently away,"This won't hurt for long. I promise." Then I feel a pinprick on my neck and a hot and sticky liquid rolling down my neck. He pulls away,"There. How do you feel?"

"I feel... I feel different. Stronger kind of." It felt so weird.

"It will take a while to fully kick in, but then again that's why we're leaving at midnight." He pulls me into a loving embrace. "I love you Erica."

We had talked about different names. I wondered what they would be.

"Well the names are Eliza and Conrad." He answered.

Um... Did he just hear what I said in his mind.

Uh, yeah I did. Didn't you hear when I said we can read others thoughts, and we can communicate telepathically? I hear from my head. Ryan just talked to me telepathically!

"So that's how you knew I still lived in this old dump of a town! You can teleport and communicate telepathically." I exclaim.

He looks at me,"Yeah it was. Sort of. I guess I just had a feeling you were still here."

"Wow! That's awesome!" I kiss him passionately,"I love you..." I couldn't remember the name.

"Conrad. It's Conrad, Eliza."

Oh! "I Love you Conrad."

"I love you too, Eliza."

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I woke up at 10:30. It was dark out, I knew that, but when I opened my eyes it was actually pretty light. Night vision!

Eliza! Your up!

Of course I'm up silly!

Come on! Pack up we've got to hurry.

Okay. Let's get to it.

I've never packed so quick in my entire lifetime! It's the speed that Conrad was talking about. Conrad... are you done?

Yeah. Come on, the switch on the closet door. Flip it and jump out the window.

The window!? What? Are you crazy?

No! Trust me! You'll turn into a bat.

Okay I say wearily.

I flip the switch and I jump out the window. The wind blows against my face and it feels good. I'm falling, but I feel that my body is changing. It's shrinking and there is fur growing. I'm becoming a bat. It's kind of scary and exhilarating at the same time! Just as my wing touches the ground I'm up in the air again and flying. I find Conrad and we watch the house follow as we fly. We see the woods and as we fly closer, I can make out the water on the other side. Teleportation! We're in California.