Monday, February 12, 2007

Chapter Fourteen


Chapter Fourteen

posted by Christina @ 10:17 AM

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At 11:21 AM, Blogger Christina said...

"What are you doing here?" Luken asked, holstering the gun he was carrying.
"I am trying to warn you guys. What is with the guns?" I asked.
"I promise I can explain later." Dryden said. "Let's get you home."
"NO! Tracy called me. He told me to come here." I said.
"Wait, Tracy? What did he tell you?" Luken asked, taking a step closer to me. I looked around at everyone in the room. Aside from Luken, Dryden, and Stuart, there was two guys probably in their late 30's, a woman who looked more like Dryden's age, and two younger guys. One of them opened the door for us. I hadn't even noticed until then that everyone was carrying a weapon. Except for Dryden, anyway.
"Guys, mind backing off a step." Luken said out loud. Everyone behind him relaxed. Luken and Dryden pulled me aside.
"What is it? It's dangerous for you to be here." He said.
"Tracy said you are all in trouble. And Him and Taylor are too if Mr. Sharpe knows I was hanging out with Taylor. He said to tell you to get the hell out of dodge." I said.
"What?" Luken asked.
"That is all he said. To warn you guys to get out." I told him.
"How the fuck do they know where we are?" Luken asked Dryden.
"I don't know. But we better get out of here." Dryden answered. They walked back over to the two older guys.
"Come on. Lets get out of here." Luken said, grabbing my hand. Stuart and Dryden motioned for Ceci, Olie and Ted to follow, then walked out behind us.
"Here. Blake is letting us take his bus." Dryden said, running to a VW bus that was parked behind the building.
"Are you kidding me?" Ceci asked.
"Just get in!" Stuart shouted at her.
"Hey! Don't yell at her!" Olie yelled back.
"We don't have time for this! I'm sorry, just please get in." Stuart said. Ceci, Olie, and Ted climbed in the back. Luken motioned for me to climb in, and then climbed in after me, shutting the door. Dryden and Stuart climbed in the front, Dryden in the drivers seat. He started the bus, which had nothing in the back accept for some kind of electronic equipment. We were all just sitting on the floor. Luken had his arms around me and was shaking.
"What is it?" I asked him.
"I can't believe Tracy would tell you to come here if he knew something was going to happen. We must have fucked up somewhere. I don't know how they know-" He was cut off by Dryden.
"Not now. Right now we just need to get out of here." Dryden said. We heard something that sounded like gunshots coming from the library, and Dryden stepped on the gas. He took the next corner so fast we all went sliding into the right wall of the bus.
"Sorry guys!" Dryden shouted.
"What's going on?" Luken asked.
"A bunch of cars showed up there. It looks like our guys made it out. I just see the cars scattering." Stuart said.
"Fuck." Luken said under his breath, and hugged me tighter. It seemed like we were driving forever when Ceci piped up.
"Where exaclty are we going? I know we don't live this far away." She asked.
"We're going to go see dad." Dryden said.
"Dad?" I asked.
"Yeah." He said, and the VW grew silent again.

My dad still had our old house that was just outside of the city. The bus stopped, and Dryden and Stuart got out of the van. Before Dryden shut the door, he peeked back in.
"Stay here. I'll be right back." He said to us, then left.
"What the hell is going on? Why can't I go home?" Ceci asked Luken.
"Because, we don't know if it is safe there. If they know it was you guys who told us to leave you are in some deep shit." Luken told her. Olie put his arm around her, and kissed her cheek. A moment later the side door opened, and Dryden was standing there.
"Come on." He said.
"Is dad okay with this?" I asked him.
"Yeah. Let's go." He said. We all climbed out and followed him in. I hadn't been at the house in almost two years. The last time I had seen my dad was months before. Everone walked inside, but I just stood at the foot of the stairs.
"It's okay." Dryden said from behind me.
"I havn't been here in a very long time." I told him.
"It's okay. It's been even longer for me. Now come on." He said, and took my hand. It reminded me of when we were little, and I smiled. We walked in and the house was trashed. There was junk everywhere. I followed Dryden into the kitchen where everyone else was. My dad looked at me, and it looked like he was tearing up.
"Hi dad." I said.
"Hey babycakes." He said, and smiled. It was a sad smile though.
"I have the pull out couch, and your old room, and Dryden's old room. You can all stay here tonight." He said.
"Thanks Dad." I told him.
"Of course." He said, and rubbed his eyes. They were all bloodshot. He looked like he had been drinking.
"I'm going to go to bed. You can explain in the morning." He said, looking at Dryden.
"I promise." He said. My dad smiled at him, and left.
"Olie and Ceci, you can have my old room. Luken you can sleep in Austin's room, and Ted, Stuart and I can crash in the living room." Dryden said.
"Okay." I said. I felt like I was in another world though.
"I promise we'll tell you everything in the morning. Right now I need to get some sleep." He said.
"Okay. Night." I said, and just turned and started walking to my old room. It felt so strange to be back in the house. Especially since it looked so different. I walked in my room and was surprised to see my old bed was still there. My other furnature that was gone, because it was in my apartment. I undressed and climbed in my bed. It still had my old sheets on it. All it did was bring back old memories. I vaguely remember Luken climbing in bed with me before I started crying.
"Shhhhh. It's okay." He whispered.
"I'm scared, and confused." I told him.
"Me too. Just get some sleep." He said, and kissed me. I felt him put his hand on my stomach, and pull in closer to him.
"Night." I said.
"Night." He mumbled. It sounded like he was already half asleep.

 

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