The Shapeshifter

Part 6

I get out my phone to check my messages. *Danny, what's going on? You're on the news for possible murder and I don't know where you are. Tag, me, and Bryan are worried about you and we want you to come to my place to talk, so if you get this then please come home. -Jessica (delivered 1 day ago)*

I start texting Jessica back, *I'm living in a town called Valley Ridge, I don't want you guys to look for me because I'm 16 hours away. Please don't tell anyone where I am especially the police.* Jessica reads the message and doesn't respond.

I turn off my phone and put it in my pocket. Getting up from my seat I start walking towards the door looking left then right to make sure the coast is clear, nothing. So I walk towards the window and open it up. "Hey, I'm escaping so if you want to come then let's go but you need to hurry." I say to the guy who I assume is Ashton. He turns to look at me but I'm already out the window. He gets up and jumps out too.

"Never thought of escaping through a window?" I say.
"No, I escape through the door." Said the boy. "Oh, well I'm going to the bar. If you get caught standing here then don't blame me for it."
"I won't cause that is where I go when I ditch too. I'm Ashton as you may know." Said the boy slightly grinning.
"Danny, if you couldn't have guessed." I say while chuckling.

We both get on my bike and head towards the bar. When we get inside I order a bottle of vodka and Ashton orders his usual, vodka mixed with a little crown. "You're back, I didn't think I'd see you here again." Said the bartender looking at me. "I thought I'd stay for awhile" I respond. The bartender gives me a slight smile before handing us both out orders.

I start chugging the bottle and set it back on the bar. Ashton looks surprised. "Damn, I've never seen a girl be able to chug a whole bottle of Vodka before."
"Well I bet you've never seen a girl like me before either" I giggle

I set some cash on the bar paying for my drink from the other day and now, then I set a little extra on there to pay for Ashton's drink before we head out. "Want me to drop you off somewhere?" I say swinging front to back on my heels.
"No, I'm fine with walking." He responded.

I hop on my bike. "It was a pleasure meeting you." I say while putting on my helmet. "The pleasure is all mine" he says as I drive off towards the store. He smirks then starts walking. When I arrive I head in and grab some raw deer meat, a new tag for my bike, some more clothes, hair dye, and a pair of scissors.

I put the tag on my bike, my goodies in my backpack, then I put my helmet back on and drive off to my apartment. I grab the spare key from the crack in the door and walk in heading towards the bathroom. I look at myself in the mirror for awhile noticing the faint white hairs coming through the black. I start by taking out the scissors from my bag. Grabbing my hair, and chopping away at it until it is just below my shoulders. Then I grab the black box dye applying it all over before letting it sit.

30 minutes pass

With my fresh cut hair and dye plastered hair, I hope in to take a quick shower, washing off all the excess hair and dye off.

As my hair is drying, I walk into the kitchen and grab the deer meet. I casually rip off a piece then start putting the rest away. *knocking* I walk to the door curiously wondering who it could be and as I open it, I see Drew.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" I say quickly with hesitation. He hands me a key. "I was walking through my back woods when I saw the key shining on the ground. There's a room number on it so I wanted to give it back to whoever owned it." He responded. " I Didn't know it was going to be you so don't think I'm stalking ya or anything."

"Thank you." I responded cautiously. "Nice hair by the way" he says with a quick wink. I giggle. "I better go, I'll see you tomorrow." he continues as he walks towards the elevator. I smile while shutting the door and heading back towards the bathroom to clean up my mess.

When I am finally done and my hair is dry, I put on a pair of grey baggy cargo pants and a black and white jersey that Tag gave me from when he was on the soccer team.

I wake up to another day of school. I walk into the bathroom to admire my hair before straightening it. I quickly slip on my necklace, my contacts, the schools uniform and my Jeff the killer printed converse. As I'm walking out, I grab another piece of deer meat, my helmet, gloves, keys and backpack before carrying on.

When I arrive at school, I park my bike and take off my helmet while shaking out my hair. I get off the bike and start walking in. Everyone turns to look at me walking in while the popular girls are looking at me with surprised but disgusted looks. When I get to my locker, I throw in my helmet, gloves, and keys, then I start heading towards the gym.

On my way through the empty hall, someone grabs my arm and pulls me into a dim lit room. As my eyes adjust, I notice all the cleaning supplies around me. 'A janitors closet?' I think too myself before getting bombarded with kisses all over me. As I pull myself together, I realize who it is and pull away. "What are you doing here?" I say angrily. "I'm here to see you, I missed you." Responded Tag in a sad tone.

"You shouldn't have come. I told Jessica for y'all not to look for me."

"What's wrong, why can't we see you?"

"For a lot of reasons Tag! Did you even once look to see if you may have been followed? You could have led the police right to me!" I yell in a hushed tone.