Like California Wildfire

Chapter 9:

Quote: "Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours." ~Unknown

The stranger took me up to a room and I followed. He had red hair and a freckled face, he seemed friendly. "Do you like swimming?" The stranger asked.

I nodded my head. "Yeah its fun!" I sloppily smiled.  The room was nice, it had cream colored walls, a balcony, and a queen size bed with silky red sheets. I walked out on the balcony.... the stranger followed. I sat down in a chair and looked up at the stars while the stranger sat in the chair across from me.

"What are you looking at?" The stranger asked, causing me to smile.

"The stars. Their usually not this bright. Sometimes I like to think of the stars as dead people watching over us at night, since we're more vulnerable to do stupid things in the darkness." I blurt out.

"They sure are beautiful." The stranger sighed. "Wanna go for a swim?" He asks and I look at him and raise a questioning eyebrow. "There's a pool below us you know."

I look over the side rail and see a pretty big in-ground pool. "Oh." I giggle. "Lets go." I stand on the side of the rail and jump.  My body shivers through the cool night air as I descend back down to earth. Then there's a big splash, the water comes up all around the side rims, while I dive down deeper in the water. When I come back up for air my wig comes off to revealing my natural hair.

I hear cheering from the crowd of people around me, I didn't know why they were cheering, so I just stood in the water and smiled, I heard people say things like "She's tough", and "How drunk is she?" But I didn't care about the words being said, I was just going to have fun tonight and let loose, and forget about the freaky red eyes.

I hear a big splash land next to me, and moments later I realized that it was the stranger from just moments ago. When he comes up for air he speaks to me. "Your real hair is much prettier than that wig you had on."

I splash the stranger for calling me ugly, then I get out of the pool and head inside to warm up since I was a little chilly. I take a red solo cup that a stranger offered me and downed it since I was dying of thirst. I look around the huge house to look for Shilo with each step making me feel more and more weary each time. After about ten minutes of looking I decide to sit down in the middle of the hallway and wait for Shiloh there. That was all I remember before everything went black.

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I wake up the next morning with my head pounding and vision blurry. The walls looked unfamiliar and the scent of the bed sheets weren't the ones I was used to. I heard snoring from a few feet away and I pop my head to see Shiloh sleeping on the floor next to the bed. After a moment I sober up and head to the bathroom to pee. When I quietly re-enter Shiloh's room I glance at the alarm clock which reads 7:30AM and crawl back into Shiloh's bed, hoping to get a nice, peaceful rest.

I reawake to the smell of bacon, I look at Shiloh's alarm clock and see that it is already noon. I head down stairs to see if Shiloh is awake. I find Shiloh in the kitchen, shirtless, making a gigantic plate of bacon for himself. "Hey." I speak making him jump