Chapter
3
By
Rachel
After
the shock finally wore off slightly, Nick slowly pulled himself up from the
ground and hastily ran a shaky hand over his eyes.
The
voice of Brian saying, "Where's Frack?" to Kevin caused Nick's breath
to catch in his throat.
"I
don't know, Bri," growled Kevin.
"I'm
going to go in the kitchen and make sure he isn't in there," he said as he
walked closer to the kitchen entrance.
Nick
quickly hurried for the door in the kitchen which led to the backyard and threw
the door open and ran outside as fast as he could and stopped at the corner to
catch his breath. Once his racing heart slowed down to about a normal pace,
Nick quickly looked around and seen that no one was around so he took of
running towards the field behind the house. Once he reached a area with high
grass and a distant view of the house, Nick lowered himself to the ground and
laid on his back looking at the sky as the sun was beginning to set. Within
minutes, his eyelids began to close and he was soon off to sleep.
Nick
woke up with a start when he felt a sudden cold chill overcome his body. He
quickly sat up and discovered it was already dark but he couldn't figure out
where the cold chill had come from since it was a nice temperature outside. He
stood up and yawned, stretching out his body and looked towards the house and
gulped. There was one light on in the house "Probably Kevin" he
thought miserably while walking towards the house.
Five
minutes later he was on the porch steps standing just a few feet away from the
front door. He hesitantly reached for the doorknob, silently praying that the
door was unlocked so he wouldn't have to draw attention to himself by knocking
on the door. Nick let out a breath he didn't know he was holding when the
doorknob turned and the door quietly opened. He crept inside the house and
walked towards the living room where the light was coming from to get upstairs
to his room, hoping he wouldn't be noticed by whoever was.
Nick
entered the living room and sighed in relief when he seen Brian asleep on the
couch as the TV played some "I Love Lucy" reruns. He quietly climbed
up the stairs and walked towards his room which was between the rooms Kevin and
Howie claimed as their own and across from Brian's room. He turned the light on
and walked over towards the bed and grabbed a blanket off of the top.
As
he quietly crept down the stairs, he looked over his shoulder occasionally to
see if anyone had woken up. He reached the bottom stepped and walked over to
the couch as he unfolded the blanket and spread it over the sleeping body of
his best friend and then walked away.
"Frack?"
he heard a sleepy voice say that caused him to turn back around.
"Yeah
it is me Frick go back to sleep." quietly said Nick.
"Are
you ok? When we came back you was no where to be found, where did you go? Kevin
told us you mentioned to him earlier you was going for a walk to explore."
Brian said as he looked expectantly at Nick
"Yeah
I had to think some things over so I went out for a walk and fell asleep."
Nick said
"Typical
Frack" chuckled Brian. "Well
I'm going to bed now since I know you are safe, Frack. Goodnight and don't
forget to lock the doors and turn out the light" said Brian.
"Yes
dad" replied Nick. He received no response and sat on the couch staring
out the window for a few moments before getting up and turning off the TV and
locking the front door. He walked back upstairs and fell on his bed too tired
to even bother taking off his clothes and shoes and fell into another deep
sleep.
Nick
heard the faint sound of a dog barking in the distance. He looked around and
discovered he was in a field and was beside of a man dressed in old fashioned
work clothes who was working on planting something. "What is it,
boy?" Nick heard the man ask as a small puppy approached him. "Oh my
god!" Nick followed the man's gaze and was horrified by the site in front
of him. He watched as the man ran towards the burning house screaming the name
"Lucy" Nick watched in horror as seconds after the man entered the
house, the house collapsed and it was all silent except for the crackling sound
of the flames as they ate away at the wooden house. Nick felt a cold chill and
looked behind him and gasped in shocked. It was the same man that had run into
the house only seconds before, Nick thought for sure he was dead. After a few
moments, the figure of the man started to fade away. Once the figure was gone,
Nick couldn't get one image out of his mind. The eyes of the man where the same
eyes he looked into of the supposed ghost, then all went black.
"AAAAHHHH!!"
Nick screamed as he woke up. He quickly sat up and squinted his eyes and the
door opened and the light from the hallway lamp that was just turned on
streamed into the room.
"Nick
are you ok?" Nick heard the voice of Brian ask seconds before the light in
his room was turned on.
"What
is going on?" the booming voice of Kevin demanded.
"You
wanna tell me what happened Nick?" asked Brian as he sat down on the bed
and pulled his friend into a brief hug.
"Ghost,
Fire" mumbled Nick
"Ghosts?
Yeah right Nick. You woke us all up for nothing." exclaimed Kevin as he
backed out of the room with AJ and Howie close behind "
Thanks
a lot Nick" AJ loudly mumbled.
"So
tell me exactly what happened. I can't
make out anything from the words ghost and fire." joked Brian to lighten
the mood. Nick took in a deep breath and told Brian about his dream, only to
burst into tears afterwards because of the look Brian gave him. "Nick,
there are no ghosts. Just go back to sleep it is your imagination working
overtime" Brian said while walking out the door.
"But Frick" started Nick only to be
greeted by the sound of Brian shutting the door and walking towards the hall.
Nick sighed deeply and stared at the ceiling hoping the sun would rise soon.
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