today

chapter 2

chapter 1 continued

"kierra can you make dinner now."
i opened my eyes confused, "dinner?" zay nodded slightly annoyed "yes, you've been asleep all day , and mom won't be coming in tonight" i sighted dragging myself off the sofa and heading towards the kitchen.

i could make some steak. zay looked at me and then turned back to his game " don't mess them up". i looked at him fake hurt "you'd think i'd mess up dinner ?.. how could you think such a thing?" i held my hand to my chest as though his words cut deep. zay does have a point though. the last time i cooked i melted a pan in the oven, but i've improved since two months ago. zay turned up his game and ignored me as i began cooking.

when dinner was done and we had ate til we couldn't walk i hurriedly finished the dishes. after dishes i went towards the living area. "move" i spoke , zay looked at me and shook his head "no, i'm busy winning" i sat on the sofa "move , in going to watch my show, you could go to your room to play games" zay groaned "my tv doesn't have good quality sound. i won't get to hear the commander-", "i don't care" i interrupted grabbing the remote , zay stood and grabbed his gaming stuff before stomping to his room. i laughed at his attitude , before turning on love island .

4 hours later ; 12:38am

i opened my eyes to darkness "wha-" i reached for the lamp confused as to when i fell asleep. i looked down the hall to see no light , "zay !" i called out too irked to walk down the hall. no response. i shifted to look down the hall better , "zay ! come in the living room !" .. nothing. i slowly stood up and walked towards the darkened hole. it seemed like the floor was screaming as it freaked loudly , "zay.." i whispered out. as i began to turn the corner i whispered once more "zay ! this isn't funny ... where are yo-" i was cut off by a scream. "kierra!!!" i jolted towards zay s room as fast as i could . "zay!" i swing the door open to an empty room.

i tried to catch my breath as my heart was ringing in my ears... "zay.." i looked over his bed , before i noticed the open window. "omg no no no no" i quickly moved towards it only to see the shining moon and feel the cold wind.

i looked down out the window but there was no sign of him. "omg omg zay..." i turned only to be met with a clown mask "AH !!" i screeched almost falling out the window . zay toppled over laughing loudly "you-you should've se-seen your face !!" , "not funny !"

i began to get up to get payback when we both heard a loud thump. zay immediately stopped giggling ... "uh. kierra.." i looked at him with wide eyes "what was that." zay looked at me slightly spooked "it obviously wasn't me this time ." i looked at him stupid "what no way." he frowned before turning towards his door.

"maybe we should check it out." i walked behind zay as he peeked out his door , because if there is a killer it will get zay first giving me enough time to run. we slowly walked into the hall towards the downstairs. "you go first " i looked at zay like he was crazy . "me?!, you go first i have so much to live for." zay shook his head "i'm younger , you've already seen enough ., go."

i huffed before stepping down the first steps . 'boom!' a scream bounced off the walls after the thunder and i stood frozen bc the scream didn't come from zay or i. we looked at each other with wide eyes before running down the stairs .

as we turned the corner into the game room we bumped into a back. "oop, sorry ." zay said not thinking , "it's okay ." said a scratchy voice . i stood by day before it clicked that we were the only ones home and that this person was sitting in the game room casually . "what the f-" it turned quickly and i realized it was the neighbor. well new neighbor.

i grabbed zay and ran out the front door towards our well known neighbor across the street . "open up please we need to call the cops" she swung the door open frightened "what's all this?", "call the police hurry!"

the police soon came and escorted the 60 year old man out of our home. it turns out he wasn't even the new neighbor, he was a wanted man with alzheimer's who broke out of his facility and had been staying in the house 'for sale' for months.

"well you can go home now" the officer said as he finished questioning zay and i. i turned towards our neighbor laney , "could we stay the night ? i don't feel safe going back into the house." laney nodded, welcoming us in and showing us to an extra room to sleep in . i let zay have the bed and i slept on the small guest couch in the room. it wasn't long before i was out cold.