Hushed

Chapter 3: Shocked

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Chapter 3:

I woke up in the middle of the night to a vicious storm outside.

I sat up in my bed and scratched my head while I got my thoughts together. It had been a week since we discussed leaving.

I heard a tap on my glass doors and I sighed. I knew exactly who it was.

It wasn't like he was floating or anything though, I had a balcony.

I opened the doors and let him in.

He was wet and his black hair was plastered to his forehead drenched. His gray eyes glowed in the moonlight and I felt something in the bottom of my stomach that I tried to ignore.

I ruffled Elijah's hair and he took a seat on my desk chair and I plopped myself on my bed. "So what's up?" I asked him.

I already knew why he came. We were pretty close and one of the closest people in the group.

His mom and dad were divorced but they live together just for his sake. It's horrible. They don't care where they are or what they're doing or who's around.

They just argue all the time. I jumped as a gash of lightning struck the dark sky. He chuckled at my reflex and I gave him a sharp look and he laughed more then stopped.

"It's the usual." He said and we both sighed. I felt bad for him. You could see it in his eyes. "I hate it. I'm actually happy we're leaving in a week."

That made me really think. Leaving.

Forever. Never coming back. I felt tears sting my eyes and I just couldn't hold it back this time. He got up and sat next to me cradling me in his arms as I wept.

He never made fun of me but he kidded around. But when it came to the serious stuff he was always sympathetic. Always.

After minutes of tears I hugged him. He was so nice to me. I stared up into his beautiful eyes but soon looked away becuase the feeling in my stomach was back.

I laughed a short and quiet little laugh but then again the air held an akward quality at the moment.

"So... where are we going..?" I asked him.

Elijah and Gage were pretty close so I could have confidence that Gage told him. Or he had known since he found out what he was when he met them and got turned.

Some of us were natural born others were turned.

"Well you definately won't be that pleased."

"Why?" I asked developing a bratty tone and I quickly smoothed it over.

"Well, we're kind of going to a commune.... but it's going to be just us... but," he replied hesitantly..

"But what?" I asked,"Where is this commune."

It's kind of in.. umm.. another realm..."

"WHAT?!" I said to him. I thought we would be going maybe to the United Kingdom but not in a different universe.