Dark Intentions

Chapter 1

POV Alex

It's already been a week since I first arrived back in town. Sammi had just called me about an hour ago asking me to go with her and Dakota to a party that was being held in a big open field with a river running through it in the middle of the forest just a few miles outside of town.

When I was still in high school everyone would go out to the field every Friday night. The guys on the football and most of the people that had already graduated would bring kegs in the back of their pickup trucks or some other things they would take from their parents' liquor cabinet. A bond fire was always blazing well into the early morning the next day. And some drunk idiot would always try to see how far into the river they could drive and then get their vehicle stuck or worse hydro lock their engine. Those were some good times. Thinking back on it I am amazed that the cops didn't find out about the parties back then and how much we were able to get away with.

Smiling to myself I finish curling my jet-black hair and put it into a high ponytail. Looking at myself in the mirror, I take in my reflection. At a glance, my face doesn't look that much different from when I was in high school. I still have the same round face, long black hair, green eyes, and olive colored skin. But taking a closer look one could see that I had dark circles that were forming under my eyes that started to go dull.

Defiantly going to need some makeup.

I apply a little more makeup than what I normally wear. Normally it would have just been mascara and eyeliner but this time since I'm going to a party, I put on a BB cream and a natural Smokey eye. Last, I apply my mascara and eyeliner. Since it's not something fancy, I don't want to bother with a full face of makeup, just enough to make my natural beauty pop a little more.

I open my phone and open snapchat and send a picture of what I had so far to Sammi. A minute later I hear the notification saying that she sent me something. It's a picture of her with hearts over her eyes captioned with "YASS QUEEN!!!"

My phone alerts me saying that Sammi had sent me another message. When I open it up and read that she says she, and Dakota, will be at my house in 15 minutes. Which is Sammi talk for she hasn't even left her house yet. I head for my room to go through my closet in hunt of a killer outfit. Flipping through all the different colors of clothing I possess my eyes finally lay on a black halter crop top with a red rose embroidered on the left breast, a dark grey sweater, high waisted ripped skinny jeans, and black combat boots. It's cold down by the river especially at night, even during the summer so the outfit was perfect.

When I'm done getting dressed, I grab my shoes and walk the stairs to the kitchen to get something to eat before I leave for the night. Mom had taken Isabelle to go to her friend's house since she was working at her café for the day, so I had been left home alone most of the day. I walk over to the fruit bowl that's I the middle of the white island and take out a few cuties to eat while I wait for Sammi and Dakota to arrive and sit on the counter.

Ring, ring, ring.

The house phone on the wall next to the fridge starts to ring. So I put my half-finished cutie down grab a towel to wipe my hands with and hop down from my post on the counter. As I approach the phone it stops ringing. Must have gone to voicemail. Just when I turn my back it starts to ring again.

Persistent.

I pick up the phone and say hello. But no one answers. There's just a weird static on the other end and possibly the faint sound of someone breathing? I say hello again but when I still don't get an answer, I tell the person on the other line if they weren't going to say anything then they shouldn't call and hang up the phone.

The sudden sound of the doorbell ringing followed by loud knocking makes me jump almost 10 feet in the air. I take my hand off the phone and go to answer the door. I swing the door open already anticipating seeing my two best friends on the porch ready to party. They both come and wrap their arms around me in a group hug.

"You ready to get this show on the road", Dakota asked when we pull away from each other.

"Hell yeah I've been waiting all day for this", I exclaimed.

I go back in the kitchen to grab my left-over cutie so I can finish it on the way to the property. We get into Dakota's lifted black four-door Jeep Wrangler and headed off for the party. The Jeep kind of fits his personality and looks. He's tall with a sandy blonde tousle pompadour cut, brown eyes, with a slim muscular frame dressed in black pants and a leather jacket with a white t-shirt. He has his left eyebrow has a scar on it from when we grew up. Funny story, he got it when we were playing Mario Kart and he cut Sammi off so as retaliation she threw her remote control at his head. We were banned from playing Mario Kart with each other after that,

Sammi turns in her seat to look at me and tell me something. Her shoulder-length auburn colored hair bouncing and swaying with each bump the Jeep goes over as we drive on the dirt road that leads to the party. She had straightened her hair for the party and wore some light makeup. She wore a jean jacket, a blue and white striped t-shirt, white skinny jeans and brown Birkenstocks.

"You aren't going to believe who is going to be at the party", she says.

"Who?"

"Zack!"