Cabin 4

Chapter 4: The Hallucinations Are Returning

I woke up in Derek's bedroom, feeling the warm blankets over me. For a second, I could thought I saw Alyssa sitting on the edge of the bed, watching me, protecting me. That would never happen. But as I began to rub my eyes, I saw it was only Derek.

"You've got to stop passing out." He said, "Especially in the water. I had to perform CPR on you!"

For a moment, I panicked, knowing that I could've died. But it quickly went away.

I let out a huge smile, not knowing why I was so happy. I should have been scared or worried, because I knew the signs. The hallucinations were returning. Again...

Derek almost said something until the door opened, letting out a short blonde lady who must've been in her 50's. She walked in with warm mugs of tea, that smelled so good that I almost fell asleep when the aroma was brought to my nose.

Derek and I talked and drank the tea for a while, but it was getting late.

"What a day.." I said, thinking of all the events. "I should be leaving now-"

"Wait!" Derek said, holding onto my wrist . He hesitated for a second, but then pulled me close and gave me a friendly hug.

"You're the most amazing friend ever." He whispered, still holding onto me.

I looked into his eyes. "Yeah, it's like we're siblings." I said with a smile.

"Yeah, except for the fighting part." He let out a chuckle.

"That's not always true, sometimes you can be a pain in the butt." I replied teasingly.

I waved to him and I went home. This time when I saw my mother, I gave her a hug. I felt tears burn my eyes, and I let them go as I said, "I love you so much, mom..."

Her face looked shocked as she slowly replied, "I love you too Alexandra!" She had tears streaming down her cheeks and we sat down and talked together. This was the first time I ever really spent time with her.

Although I finally opened up to my mom, I was still scared.

I was scared of what would happen next, when Alyssa would attack me, and most importantly why was she attacking me.

I will admit it for the first time ever, that I am afraid...