Out Of The Darkness (Michael Clifford)

10

Its been bugging me. It's been a week since I moved In and I still hadn't found out who it was. I was taking the advice though, trying to close the walls in more. It's been working so far, I've payed less attention to the bad and more to the good. My grades are rising a bit, since my mind is clearer. Life's been a lot better since I moved in with the boys and Courtney. The day after I moved in we went back to Anna's place to collect my old things. Everything was already packed, all my posters had been taken down, all my clothes packed into small boxes. I didn't need the bed or dresser or desk but I needed all of my toiletries from the bathroom. Once we had everything cleared out, we went home. All my things were put into place, but the room lacked character. It was almost the end of the school year so I decided to wait. I've been getting more sleep now then I was when I lived with Anna. The nightmares of Kyle still haunted me some nights. When they did, my mind was always in a panic. I could hear his voice in my mind, telling me to relax. I felt as though we were connected. I could feel whenever he was awake or his emotions and vice versa. He always seemed to know what to say whenever I needed someone there. I just wish I knew who it was. Even so, when I had a bad dream, all I had to do was walk down the hall and find his room. He always let me in, and never did anything besides hug me and cuddle with me. And every morning, I would wake up in my bedroom, like nothing ever happened. I'm starting to feel like I'm just imagining everything, that there's not another person with the same curse in the house. All thoughts aside, I really honestly felt like I wasn't alone. Since there was only a month of school left, we decided to take a huge road trip for the summer. It was our graduating year after all. I was so excited to be out of the way our high school for the rest of my life. Anyway, we all decided to go to California for the summer. I guess Ashton's family had a beach house they said we could stay in, so we didn't have to rent a hotel room and it's right on the water. But somehow i still felt like before we went on this trip, I needed to know who this voice, this person was. Today was Saturday, and i felt like today would be the day i finally asked who's room it was. Ya, I know what you're thinking (literally) 'Why didn't you ask before?' Well, I'm scared. of him, of the unknown, of the voices. It was already 10:36 and i still hadn't eaten anything, so i went to get breakfast. My feet hit the cold hard wood floors with little noise, trying to be as sneaky as possible. I reached up to grab a bowl from the cobert but i couldn't reach it. I stood on my tip toes, attempting to grab the porcelain bowl. I groaned in frustration and rested my feet back on the floor. I started to close the door when an arm reached out from behind me and grabbed a bowl for me.

"Need help?" Micheal asked with a smirk on his face. he placed the bowl on the table and grabbed my favourite cereal from the pantry.

"How did you know that cinnamon toast crunch was my favourite?" I asked, suprised.

'I told him' The voice said.

'Well how did you know?'

'You would be surprised about how much i know about you.'

'Thats not creepy at all.'

'Its not. Its caring.'

'whatever'

Micheal wore a blank look on his has, as though he had just seen a ghost. I snapped my fingers in front of his face, trying to gain his attention.

"Micheal? Hellooooo? dude." Still no answer. Forgetting the idea of food, I walked into the living room where all the others sat all over the place. Luke and Courtney where cuddling on the couch, Calum sat on his own on the floor while Ashton sat on the love seat. i walked over to him and sat next to him, leaning me head into his shoulder.

"I want to do something today." I whined. Ashton looked down at me and smiled.

"Well what do you want to do?" He asked. I shrugged and looked toward the others.