CODE RED (Book 1)

The Party

The music of a rock band blaring in my ears lolled me to close my eyes as they grew heavy with me getting tired, my arms were folded over my chest I felt my body shack a bit from the road Alex and I were currently driving on still following Nai's car.

Alex hadn't said a word to me since the beginning of the entire drive. To be honest, it was bothering me, but I didn't want to say anything , just incase he was in a bad mood or something like that.

I wondered if he was mad at me, but then again...why would he be? It wasn't like I had done anything wrong just by talking to Nai. Was he seriously still jealous about Nai asking me to hang out with him after school? I could only hope he would get over his grudge and just trust Nai.

I still couldn't get over the fact that he thought that Nai liked me in a boyfriend sort of way. As if. Nai and me were just friends and we were going to stay that way. If only Alex knew that, then he would stop being so paranoid about it.

I opened my eyes a crack trying to keep myself awake for the rest of the long ride only to catch a glimpse of the sun over the horizon getting ready for night to fall. How long had we been driving? I couldn't answer that because the next thing I knew my eyes automatically closed themselves pushing me further into sleep yet again. Where unexpected darkness pulled at me with tight cold hands as a scream filled my ears.

Of course the nightmares were always there to greet me whenever I went to sleep. My dad may have been locked away and no longer was a part of my life but the nightmares were here to stay and I began to think that they'd never go away, they were here permanently.

I felt my body shiver and then there was a hand touching my shoulder.

Gareki? Came his voice.

I took a steady step around the corner knowing that this was a dead end but there was no where else to go. The bright light stood at the end of the hall, his dark shadow growing bigger as he took steps closer to my hideing figure.

he was getting close, way to close. My eyes darted to his hand where an outline of a sharp object was clearly held in his tight grip. I bit my lip hard to afraid to move to afraid to turn my eyes away.

I did my best to keep quiet as he got even closer to me and my brain kept screaming at me to. Run, run, run! But I couldn't.

I sucked in a cold breath, the fidget air catching in my throat, it was cold so very cold and I so desperately wished I would wake up NOW.

I took steady breathes as I heard the clicking of his work shoes before he said my name in his stupid voice once again.

I know where you're hiding, Gareki...come out, let you dad comfort you. The sound of his voice was followed by the loud scrapings of a the sharp blade sliding against a surface, it had to be the wall.

My grip tightened around my already bleeding arm where he had managed to graze my flesh with the sharp tip of the very knife he was holding. I mistakenly grimaced with a hitch of a pained grunt from holding my wound to tightly. Shit.

His head peaked around the corner and he smirked down at me before striking down at me with the knife-

There was a nudge on my shoulder before a hand rested against my cheek slapping it slightly. I forced myself awake abruptly opening my eyes and sitting up quickly in my seat, I saw Alex standing in front of me.

He frowned down at me a slight worry marring the fine lines of his face. You..okay? He asked me slowly.

I pushed some of my hair out of my eyes only to have the black strands fall back in place over my forehead and nose only slightly covering my left eye. Yeah. I answered finally after collecting myself enough to calm my racing heart.