The Haunting

Chapter 14

I felt a flush cover my face as I absorbed his words.  Derek stepped closer to me, and I could feel his worry.

“W-w-w-what d-d-did y-y-you say?” I asked.  My stupid stutter went crazy.

 “Still stuttering, eh?  It took me years to get rid of mine,” he said with a cocky grin.

“Y-y-your av-v-v-void-ding t-the qu-question!”

He sighed.  “I think you know what I said, Chloe.”

“But, what you said can’t be possible!”

“Chloe.  What we are is impossible.  This situation is very possible.” An evil grin slipped over his face.

“You jerk!  Your wrong!  I think my mom and dad would have known that I had a b-b-b-broth-th-ther!  L-l-l-let a-al-l-lone a t-t-t-twin o-o-one!”

“Can you calm down please?”  he asked.

“Calm down!  How could I calm down!”  The nerve of this guy!

“It’s really easy, see what you have to do is–”

I had seen Tori out of the corner of my eye, and she had slowly been getting angrier, and angrier.  She wheeled around and slapped Jason in the face. Hard.

“You fucking douche!  Can you back off for one fucking second!  Can’t you see that she is in shock?  Back the fuck off!”

She made him look almost, tiny, but he had an aura about him.  It made you think twice about getting on his nerves.  He raised his hand menacingly, but a funny expression crossed over his face.  He looked over at Clair, and she nodded.  Then he just ran out of the room.  Marissa, Clair, and Natalie immediately sprang into action.  They left the room, and I heard several doors bang.

Jacinda also rushed out of the room, and only Rae was left with us.  I looked at her questioningly, and she just shrugged.  “Honestly, girl, I have no idea what they’re doing.  I mean he gave them the signal, so.  I have no idea.”

“The signal?  What’s the signal?”

She looked liked she had been shocked, “Oh, um, nothing.  Hey, did you know that we have a X-box Kinect!  It’s so cool!  You have to come see!”

I knew she was changing the subject, but I couldn’t really do anything about it.  “Derek, do you want to come with us?” I asked.

“Nah.  You guys should go.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah.  See you later Rae.”

“Bye!” she chimed in.

“Lets go girl.  I plan on kickin’ your but in Fallout 3.”

“What’s Fallout 3?”  I asked.

She stopped, and whirled around.  “Girl, you haven’t lived until you’ve played Fallout 3.  Come with me.  I’ll show you the ropes.”  I followed her up the stairs, to see what the heck she was talking about.

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After getting my butt kicked in Fallout, I headed back downstairs.  Derek was in the kitchen eating.  “I guess old habits die hard, huh?”  He looked up at me and smiled.  He was eating a sleeve of crackers, just like the first time I ever met him.

“What the hell were you guys doing up there?  You sounded like you were trying to kill someone.”

“Uh, we, um, we were trying.  To kill people, I mean.  Wait!  I mean we were trying to kill people in the videogame.”  I felt a flush creep up my neck.

Derek chuckled and stood up.  He pulled me into a hug, and I hugged back, grateful that he couldn’t see my beet red face.  He leaned down and kissed me on the cheek.  Just then, I heard an awkward throat clearing sound.

“I should go…,” mumbled Rae.

“Oh!  Uh, wait!  We weren’t, uh, what I mean is that, you don’t have to leave.”

“Girl, it’s fine, besides, you looked a little busy.”  She then winked at me, and I think my face turned an even brighter shade of red than it already was.  She walked out of the room, and I looked up at Derek.  He was also a bright shade of red, and he looked like he was about to pass-out.

“Derek, are you okay?  You look a little bit shaken.”

His cheeks glowed brighter.  “Oh, no I’m fine.” 

We broke apart awkwardly, and we just kind of stood there for a pregnant moment.

“So, I have to go and take a shower…,” I started lamely.

“Oh, okay.  I’ll be waiting here.”

I practically ran for the stairs.  God, that had to be the absolute worst thing that has ever happened to me.  Everything just felt off, after Rae made herself known.

I walked into the bathroom, and was astonished to see that someone was already in the shower.

I screeched, and shielded my face with my hands.  “O-o-oh m-m-m-m-my g-g-god, I-I-I-II’m s-s-s-s-so s-s-s-sor-r-r-rry!”

I ran out of the bathroom and made a beeline for my room.  I stood there, panting, wondering how I could have missed the tell-tale noise that a running shower made.

I heard the door open and I screeched.  “Chloe!  It’s okay!”  It was Simon.

I turned around, only to see Simon, dripping wet with the lower portion of his body covered by a towel.

“Simon!  Oh my god!  I’m so sorry I did that!”

“Chloe, it’s okay!  Everythings fine!”

“Are you sure?”

He stepped closer to me, and I saw an odd glint of something in his eyes.  I couldn’t tell what, though.  Something was wrong.  I couldn’t look away from his eyes.  I could only keep staring at them.  His eyes, they glinted strangely, and he was looking at me in a way that was very disturbing.  He stepped closer to me, and I saw that they swirled slightly.  Just then I heard a giant thump and the spell was broken.

Simon didn’t move though.  He kept staring at me.  “Um, Simon?”

He looked at me, at my eyes, “Yes?”

“Uh, don’t you think you should go and get dressed?”

“Oh, uh, right!”  He backed out of the room slowly, and went into his own room.