Runaway fury

Chapter 4: A knife for a necklace

Chapter 4: A knife for a necklace

I woke up and stretched as I looked at the clock.

2:00 am? That can't be right

I looked at my phone, 6:50? School starts in ten minutes! I screamed in my head.

I picked out a shirt and some shorts and dressed as quickly as possible.

I rushed downstairs and stuffed my books into my backpack.

I saw Maggie and Jace playing a board game at the table.

"Maggie... What are you doing?" I asked.

"Playing a boardgame, Jace your turn." She responded.

"School starts in like 5 minutes!" I shouted.

Maggie giggled, "it's Saturday" she smiled.

I checked my phone, Maggie was right.

I threw my backpack at the wall and sat down at the table.

"Sorry Maggie" I said quietly.

"Don't sweat it" she said rolling the dice.

"Good morning Annie" Jace greeted me.

"Hi there" I said feeling dumb for thinking it was a school day.

I realized Jace was staring right at my arm.

"Is that from me?" He asked sounding surprised.

I looked down at my arm and saw a big bruise.

"I guess so" I responded.

"I'm still sorry about that" he apologized again.

Maggie looked up at us and smiled.

I could feel my face redden up once again.

Jace's did the same.

I shot Maggie an angry look.

"So do you know the house well enough to get around?" I asked him.

"Oh...uh... Not really" he said his face getting a little more red.

"I could show you around the neighborhood if you'd like." I offered.

"Sure, right now sounds great." He smiled.

"Maggie you want to tag along?" I asked her praying she would say yes.

"No thanks, I'm fine here" I thought I saw a smile on her face.

"This way" I led Jace to my silver bullet.

"Wow, nice ride" He chuckled.

"Thanks" I smiled starting the car.

As we rode by Collie's house I remembered the thank you letter I made for her.

"Hey Jace... Do you mind if we make a quick stop?" I asked.

"I don't mind, is it a friend?" He asked.

"Yes, I call her Collie for short" I smiled.

Why am I trusting this stranger with all of this information? I wondered.

We pulled in Collie's driveway and I got out.

"You can wait here" I said to Jace as I grabbed the card I made.

I walked up to Collie's door and saw it was open.

I suddenly got a bad feeling, but I opened the door anyways.

"Ah!!!" I screamed.

I looked in the doorway and saw Collie on the ground, blood surrounding her.

Jace ran over to me and asked, "what's wrong?"

I pointed at Collie as tears ran down my face.

Jace hesitated but after a few moments he was hugging me as I cried.

As soon as I pulled myself together I got my phone and called the police.

"There on their way" I told Jace.

"I'm sorry you had to see that" he told me.

I looked into his blueish green eyes and smiled a bit.

The police got there and as I watched them carry Collie away, I saw a knife where her diamond necklace should have been.

"What could have happened?" I asked him.

He looked down at the ground and said, "Annie I didn't know your friend but I think..." He stopped.

"What is it Jace?" I asked shaking.

"I think she tried to kill herself" he said trying not to look me straight I'm the eye.

"I...I have... No idea what this is about... Wait..." I continued to say.

"It was probably her parents" I said out loud, my anxiety coming back to get me.

"What are her parents like?" He asked me.

"They fight all the time, I don't know how she was so strong for so long." I said sadly.

Jace hugged me again but this time harder.

"Annie... why are you shaking?" He asked me.

"Annie?" He asked worried.

"Oh..." I said coming back to reality.

"Jace... I'm scared." I started shaking even more.

"Don't worry, I'm here with you" he said.

What is that suppose to mean? I asked myself.

I think I'm starting to fall for you, I said in my head.

"What?" Jace let go of me.

"What do you mean what?" I asked trying to sound like I wasn't thinking anything.

Can he read my mind? I wondered.

"You're starting to fall for me?" He asked.

"You can read mind!" I screamed shaking like crazy.

"No, you just said it out loud" he answered.

"Oh, is that really weird? I asked him guessing he won't ever want to talk to me again.

"Na, it's cool, your cool."He said blushing.

"Thanks" I said watching his cheeks get rosy.

Then I remembered the image of Collie with a knife through her heart.

I started to cry and Jace let me cry in his shoulder while he hugged me.

I sat up, my eyes are so dry, I thought.

I saw that I had made the right arm of his hoodie soaked.

"Sorry about your hoodie" I frowned.

"Sorry about the bruise" he also frowned.

"All is forgiven" I said giggling.

"I'm going home to take a nap" he said.

"Me too" I said struggling to keep my eyes open.

Jace grabbed my hand and helped me to the car.

He saw that I was half asleep so he lifted me in to the car.

I smiled a very weak smile.

I saw that he was going to drive so I put my feet on the dashboard.

"I think I'm falling for you too Annie" Jace said as my eye lids slid closed.

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So any thoughts about Collie's death or maybe about Annie and Jace? I hope no one got too sad when Collie died. Don't forget to comment, vote, or share.

Keep on reading,

Corrina J.