Mind Mist

Chapter three

Chapter 3

To say I was annoyed would be an understatement. I couldn't believe that he actually came to my house. "What are you doing here Derek?" He looked at me confused. He just stared at me. So I asked again very slowly,

"Derek, what are you doing here?" He slowly opened his mouth to speak, finally the words came out "I....I thought you wanted me to...." I tilted my head back and when I looked at him he was smiling. A smile that could get you anything you wanted. It was to die for. I snapped out of it and said

"No, no I did not. Now can you leave?" He just looked at me and laughed.

As he started to enter my house he said "Abbie, you are a really good actress." I was seriously pissed off now. I shoved him out of my house before he could take another step.

"I am not in the mood to have you stalking my house or you just barging in when I say I DON'T want you here. Do you get it? I do NOT want you in my house or even near my house." Just as he was about to say something I slammed the door.

God why the hell won't he just leave me alone? I thought. I went back upstairs and fell asleep. I dreamed I was someone else. Someone better, someone prettier, happier. Naturally just like in real life, Derek was there. He was saying that he didn't like me. Not the real me, the other girl. She started sobbing. I was completely confused. Finally he said "I don't care if she kills me, which might happen, I will get Abbie to like me." Out of complete anger I woke up. I glanced over at the clock, it read 6:03 P.M. Maddie got home about an hour ago. I decided to go down and say hello.

As I slowly walked down the stairs,I rubbed my eyes to try to get that blurry look away. I had a massive headache. "Hey mom." I said. She looked at me worried. The "mom look." The one where some how she knows something is wrong but isn't going to say anything until you do. The look that I hate. I just looked at her. Finally she realized that I wasn't going to tell her about it so she said "Hello Abbie.How are you?"

She looked at me with those worrying eyes. "Fine,and you?"

"Oh,I'm doing great. Busy night. I saw that Mark guy I was telling you about again. He asked me out to dinner on Friday. I hope that's okay. I don't have to go if you don't want me to."

She was babbling. Something she does when shes nervous. I get that from her as well. She was about to start babbling again when I stopped her.

"No mom. It's fine, you go out and have fun. I can manage here by myself." Tomorrow is Friday. Well great another day with Derek. Maybe I could skip tomorrow and go to the beach. Maybe Maddie won't mind. I'm not sure. I'll decide tomorrow. If it's sunny then I'll go to school. If it's cloudy then I'll go to the beach. No one goes when it's cloudy so there is no chance that I will run into anyone there. After I planned what I was going to do I drifted off to sleep.

I had another weird dream. I wasn't me....I was Derek. When I looked at his reflection I was looking at me. I was sitting on his bed. All of a sudden I felt a tear slide down my cheek.

"Why? I've tried being nice,I have tried joking around. But every single time she pushes me away. She even pushes away her friends, Emily and Cole? I don't know. It's like she doesn't trust anyone. But she can trust me. I know she can. I have a secret to, that I can't tell anyone. Why won't she just tell me? And why do I feel this way about her? The second I saw her it felt like an instant pull to be with her."

Then I did something I didn't know I could do. I whispered something into his thoughts. I didn't mean to I was just thinking it then it came out. "Maybe she can't. Or maybe she doesn't know how. It's hard for her. Things are happening to her that she has never experienced before. And honestly every time she has tried to trust someone, they've always given her a reason not to. She has some horrible things in her past. She is the only one in her family that is going through this. So just back off a little. Give her room to breath and build up your trust."

"Abbie? Is that you?" When no one answered he said "I swear I just heard her. Well whatever that was maybe I should do it." After that he fell asleep so I was out of his mind or whatever. Soon after I woke up. It was cloudy.

Off to the beach I thought. Maddie was running a little late so when I got down stairs she was scrambling all around trying to get her things. "Oh good morning Abbie."

"Hey,do you mind if I just go to the beach today?" She stopped and looked at me. "Oh no you go right ahead. Have fun." Honestly I was surprised. "Ah.. Thanks." She gave me a final look then waved as she walked out the door.

I got ready as slowly as I could. I had no idea why but I was so tired. I thought I slept fine last night. It was a weird dream though. I went into Maddie's room and got her beach bag. I put a blanket, my cell phone, and a book that I haven't read yet in the bag. For some reason I got a little excited about going to the beach. It wasn't like I have never skipped school. In L.A I did that all the time.

At first Dad and Crystal would yell at me and ground me when the school would call and tell them. But after it got half way through the year they stopped yelling and asked for an explanation. So I told them. "I hate it here. I hate this school. I hate these people. I hate their stupid clothes and stupid snotty attitudes. I'm just so sick of it. And sometimes I need to get away from it. I need to be alone sometimes. I mean hell it's not like any of you understand what I'm going through so I can't even talk to you about anything because you just nod your head and say I understand. When you don't!" After that I remember I stormed out of the living room into my room.

I picked up the bag and walked down to my car. I drove in silence. For once my head wasn't swarming with thoughts of other people. I could actually think for my self. That was a first. When I got to the beach it was empty. I was so happy. I parked my car. With a smile on my face I walked on to the beach, set my stuff down and started reading. Ah this is nice I thought. I hadn't realized what book I grabbed.

I am reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The one we are reading in school. About a half an hour into my reading I look up and see someone walking across the beach. It's someone I haven't seen before. He looks about my age. The dirty blond hair and gray eyes, like a storm, walked over to me. I can since that there is something different about him. When he spoke it was like nothing I have ever heard before. "Hello.I'm Lucas Huntington." He smiled. I smiled back. "I'm Abigail Johnston. But I prefer Abbie."

Oh my god.I can't read his mind. The only people that I couldn't read their minds were them. I need to stop thinking about that. I scolded myself. "May I join you?" The thoughtless guy said. "Oh yeah.Sorry." It was almost peaceful with him. Almost. It felt like there was a force that was there but wouldn't harm me. Unless it needed to. "So shouldn't you be at school or something?" I asked. I was trying to act normal. He looked at me questionably. "Shouldn't you?"

I looked at him and said "Well I should. But I'm new and I really didn't feel like having the whole school stare at me again. What's your excuse?" He looked at me and laughed. "Kind of the same. Me and my family just moved here last night. I was going to start today but then I woke up and it seemed like a perfect day to go to the beach." I looked at him and I laughed this time. He looked at me like I just insulted him. "It's just that that is what I thought to. I was going to stay home but then I looked outside and wanted to come to the beach today."

We got into a conversion about why going to the beach on a cloudy day is better then on a sunny day. It seemed so ironic that we both like cloudy days. When I told him that I lived in L.A he started laughing at me. "Well isn't that just perfect. A place where everything is shining and the sun is almost always out you lived there. The girl who likes dark."

"No,It's not that I like dark it's that I like silence most of the time. Ever since I was little I have always liked silence. After a while you grow to like the things that cause the most silence."

He looked down and apologized. I told him that it is fine and he doesn't have to leave. I like his company. So he stayed. We talked all day. About everything. About my life in L.A. About our parents. About our new school,which is the same. About our siblings. Then in a sudden he got up and said "I.... I'm sorry. I ah have to go." Then just ran off. I was confused. Then I realized that the force I felt earlier, still lingered there with me. I picked up my phone and checked the time. 4:15 P.M. I had like 4 text messages from Cole asking where I was. I didn't respond to any of them. Instead I packed up my things and headed home.