Chapter 27 - A Twisted Day

Nate wasn’t at school. He texted me at lunch to tell me he was sick, and he probably wouldn’t be able to get out of bed for a few days. I wondered if I had something to do with his sickness. But I carried on with my day. The best part of it truly was when I saw Clarissa Flory round the corner, her nose red and swollen. It was like a dramatic movie moment. You know when the popular villans come around, and they walk all slow motioned, and the light shines on them so they look angelic? Their hair blows behind them dramatically, and when they turn to see the lowly unpopular kid, they wrinkle their noses and roll their eyes. Yeah, that’s what happened. Except Clarissa had an ugly nose that ruined her whole image.

 

Despite myself, I actually burst out laughing. Everyone stopped and stared at me, and then they all noticed Clarissa. Nadine tried to throw herself in front of her friend, but everyone else had started scoffing and snickering by then. Some even asked her what happened, and then started laughing. She pouted and stomped away, all the while I was wheezing and coughing from laughing so hard. I guess I really needed to let off some steam and just laugh, and nothing else was really all that funny in my life.

 

Someone touched my back and I collected myself and stopped laughing. I turned around and saw Max Foreword, a shy smile creeping onto his lips.

 

“Hey, Max,” I said. “We can talk about the drama presentation today after school if we don’t have class time.”

 

He nodded. “Okay, sounds good.”

 

I smiled.

 

He coughed and looked away. “So, uh, who is that guy you went out with the other night?”

 

I felt a blush spread over my cheeks, but I still answered. “Nate.”

 

Max looked stricken. “That blonde dude who hangs out with a guy named Wilson?”

 

“Yeah! That’s him.”

 

Max grabbed my shoulder and shook me. Shook me. “Are you insane? He’s a heartbreaker. He dumped his ex girlfriend over the phone, and then tried to win her back for a month or so until he met someone else . . .” Max trailed off.

 

He stared at me, his blue eyes crackling. “He met you. You’re just his new toy.”

 

I threw Max off of me. “You’re insane. Nate’s a sweet guy!”

 

“That’s what Serena LeTrice thought, too.”

 

I shook my head. “Max, who I date is none of your business. Okay? Leave it alone.”

 

Max looked sad. “You’re only hurting yourself, Andrea.”

 

“Whatever,” I snapped and stomped away.

 

 

I stood outside my drama classroom for five minutes, trying to force myself to walk in, but couldn’t. I couldn’t face Max, because I was starting to doubt myself and Nate’s jerk status. What if I was just a toy? What if I was about to be played? I leaned against the lockers and breathed deeply. I pushed off of the metal and walked away. I just couldn’t handle drama class.

 

I ran my hand along the lockers and my expedition with Nate through these halls flashed to memory. The scared, but awkward look on his face, the way we’d brush against each other while walking, the way I told him off, because I had too much pride to say I was threatened by Clarissa . . . Then the feel of gaze on me as I punched her right in the nose a few days later. The electricity that shot through my veins after a brief touch of our lips. I sighed.

 

The sound of high heels on linoleum jolted me out of my memories. Panicked, I jogged to the nearest bathroom and shoved in. I did not want another detention. I sat the floor for at least an hour, watching the funny faces of the girls who entered and saw me there. Scenarios played through my mind the entire time.

 

Scenario One: Nate and I date until the end of high school, get married, have kids, the whole nine yards. Scenario Two: Nate dumps me like trash, leaving me broken and crushed. Scenario Three: ghombies take over the world and kill off either Nate or I, leaving the other to fight for themselves. I shook my head and tried to clear my mind. It didn’t work.

 

When the final bell rang, I bolted out of the lavatory and right into the crowded halls. It was a sea of bodies, each person a wave or ripple. They all smashed together and created a massive tide that could pull you under if you weren’t careful. I managed to slip through everyone and out the front doors. I had nowhere to go but home, but I didn’t want to just sit cooped up in my bedroom for the whole night. So I went around back and leaned against the old brick walls of the school, and let the cool air rush into my lungs. I closed my eyes and relaxed, the serenity of doing nothing calming me.

 

A hand slid around my waist, and another over my mouth. The grips tightened and yanked me against a sturdy body, one that was freezing to the touch. I kicked and thrashed, but to no avail. No one heard my muffled screams.

 

“Now you listen close,” a deep voice murmured into my ear. “Do as I say, and I won’t kill you.”

 

Tears slid down my cheeks. I nodded ever so slightly, and the frozen man pulled me away from the wall. He dragged me over to the side of the road, and threw me in the back of an old, dingy truck. He bound my hands and taped my mouth shut. I finally got a good look at his face, and tried to scream when I saw who it was. Or what it was.

 

It was a ghombie. I was being kidnapped by a ghombie.

Author's Note

oh. snap. she's been kidnapped. *gasps* from now on, i'll probably do a few chapters in other character's perspectives, or else the story really won't be nearly as complete. anyways. so i'm pre-writing this on a Word document (it has spell-check.) and then copying and pasting into WC. my document counts how many pages/words and such i have written. I've officially written 100 pages of this book! :D! 50 more and it will be as long as a novella.

Reviews

[selkietales]

Oho, the plot thickens!!! And Max, don't be a sore loser. And don't be right, please.

[13ReasonsWhy]

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT!!!!!!!!!!! OHHHH NOW IM EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maddie:]]

Wow. I'm betting Nate's been already kidnapped as well, just a guess. That, or he'll be the one to save her!:D

[No name]

Damn she was kidnapped... by a ghomie. Another awesome chapter.

[Eversea]

Ahhh! *Runs around in panicked circles* What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?

[Ness of Love]

AH! She got kidnapped by a ghombie?!?!?! I really wanna read the next chapter X3

[Sarah E. Pearson]

Drama in drama class...a...haha....hahaha....that amuses me. XD woot woot!! I haven't even written that much with BSD, I don't think. I think it's only like, 50-something.

[SwagMaster]

OH SNAP!! What's happening!!!