• laiyas pov •
i was holding danny in my arms when he suddenly stood up.
"over there" he whispered, pointing at the closed curtain.
"danny we cant climb out the window, its a two storey drop." gabi whispered back.
he didnt answer. he pulled back the curtain slowly, and peered outside. he tried to pull his knees up, but paused. he looked down, and flicked a latch.
"danny be quiet!" elle whispered in fear.
"its okay, i think i might have found our place to hide." he said, lifting up the window ledge, to reveal a bunker. gabis face dropped.
"what? where does it go?" she ran over. she looked at danny. we all froze.
footsteps. loud ones.
i latched onto dannys eyes and we knew. we had to get in the bunker. or it was death.
i grabbed elle and led her to the bunker.
it was like a huge storage chest. but what noone noticed, was the stairs. in the bunker.
"there are stairs!" elle whispered.
"elle we really dont have time for this" i whispered, pushing for gabi to get in. she climbed in, and started exploring the stairs.
i looked at danny, as the footsteps stopped in front of our door. i closed my eyes and i let my tears fall.
we had lost cleo. a special person. and noone else knew. not her boyfriend, her parents, or her sister. her sister. lotta. lotta is only 15. thats going to hurt.
i brought myself back into reality as i climbed in. danny shut the curtains and then climbed in behind me. he lowered the door, and we sat there in silence. elle was sitting on the stairs, hugging gabi, and i was doing the same with danny, on the top of the stairs. cleo was supposed to be here too. and we didnt even help her.
we were all crying, but i couldnt see anything. im pretty sure danny was crying too. i reached out and touched the side of his face. it was all wet. he took my hand away. my heart sank.
"danny its ok to cry." i whispered in his ear. he paused before putting my hand back where it was. i sat up straight. i got out my phone and turned on the torch. it lit up the bunker. it was dusty. i wanted to cough so fucking bad, but we had to keep quiet. i saw elle asleep on gabi. gabi looked almost asleep as well. i looked back to danny. he had tears in his eyes, and all over his face. i wiped some of them away, and looked softly at him.
how did we end up here? this was supposed to be the special time when gabi turned 18. but no, some fucktard had to kill us. who? and why?
he smiled at me. i smiled back, and moved closer to him. i looked at him.
i leant in.
another bloodcurdling scream woke up gabi and elle, and forced me to jump back in shock.
i covered my ears, and fell into dannys lap. he held me tight, and gabi and elle held each other. it subsided to cries. and then nothing. just like cleo.
click
my eyes widened as i fumbled to turn off my phone light. that was the door. someone is in the room.
"i know youre all here. i advise you to come out, before i find you, and kill you." i heard from the bedroom. i steadied myself.
i saw dannys face. he was clenching his teeth.
"so hes been hiding in avas room since gabi broke up with him?" he said, barely audible.
my heart stopped as i heard the latch being played with.
