rose for eternity, Ailish Canning [summer reads .txt] 📗

fast, in fact most world class runners are immortal but im different. I was told by my great grandmother when I was little that someone in are family centuries ago was a dark witch so until I turned mortal I didn't believe it but now I do. I have the special abilities, I can control dead souls and many other things I don't know about yet.

Anyway, Nate as he was known started to walk towards me I took another sharp intake of breath. “Hey my names Nate, what your name”, he held his hand out for me to shake. I went to shake it and tried to say “hi my names Rose”, but my voice collapsed and all that came out was a choke.

He laughed not one of those mean disgusted laugh but a sweat kind soft laugh. We shook hands and I calmed down we started to talk and walk down the corridor “sooo.. I saw you and that guy is he your friend cause he seemed to be hurting you”,he said making conversation.

“No he my ex boyfriend and he.. he wasn't trying to hurt me. Look im going to be late for my next lesson so ive got to go bye.”,i half trembled and half rushed down the corridor.

“bye”, I heard him whisper as I jogged off. Feeling very guilty I kept going I had history next and I still had to find the class room. My chart said room 4b block B and I was in block S. god this was going to be a long boring day.

By the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep I knew Lauren would be waiting for me out in the car park ready to ask me how my day went with a smile sat happily on my face.

The last bell rang and I jumped up grabbed my stuff and swiftly left without a word. I almost ran to the car ready to tell Lauren to 'step on it '.
I jumped through the open door of the car ready to go, as Lauren started up the car slowly she was humming to herself. “so how was your day” she said as she started up the car. I sighed knowing I was right. “yer fine”, I replied in a quite dreary voice.

We sat in silence as Lauren drove out of her parking space and headed to the queue to leave.

I focused my attention on the school billboard it had once said :

thank you for visiting

Hastingsburry upper school

please come again

and it now read:

thank you for visiting

the hell hole they call a school

please go away

I smirked at this, I tuned to face my aunt to tell her this and her eyes gazed at it frowning. I smirked again,this amused me.'

her lips parted and I knew I would get another lecture about how I should never do that and before she could say a word, I I turned on the stereo and started to screech out the words to distract her. when we arrived at the house I jumped out the car, and headed in, Rufus our golden retriever was sat on the other side ready to bounce at me. He had his favourite toy in his mouth and than his second favourite toy was shoved in his mouth along side it. I giggled Rufus always made me laugh when I was sad or tired.

That night I went to bed and thought about Jake and how I loved him, he'd reuind my lie for his own happiness and that didn't go the way he'd planned either, because of him I could never have children and never be happy. I could never grow old because of him. I exhaled one last time and fell into a long deep sleep.

I love Lauren but because of him I will have to run away next year. It either that or I tell her what I am and all she would do is send me away I cant bear to put her under anymore stress.

She doesn't understand me and never will, im fed up of those damn parenting magazines that she reads there so irritating and stupid.
Chapter 5

the next day I got up early wanting to walk to school. My alarm went off at 6am. I walked down the hall with my boots in my hands and tiptoed to Lauren's room and peered in. Lauren was deeply asleep. I carried on down the hall, grabbed my headphones off the table and quietly left.

I walked down the path and down by the street. It was early morning and the streets where surprisingly busy. Lauren always told me not to cut through the alleys but I wanted to get there early and out of the fog. I followed down the little path, it was dark and misty and I was all alone.

Well that's what I thought I came to a sudden Holt, I herd a voice it was more like a shout. I saw a man ahead he was sat on the floor and from the way he sat he was drunk. He had something over his legs it was a body I could see his hands where red I realised instantly it was blood and there was a gun in his pocket.

The man was sobbing but it didn't sound sad there was a cynical joy to his voice. It was a girl on his lap, a dead girl. As I put the pieces together I realised he'd killed her, I wasn't stupid enough to go and check what was going on so crept back quietly. I swiftly turn to leave but instead of leaving quietly I banged into a post.

This surprised me and pushed me off my feet, banging onto the floor. I jumped up quickly hoping that he hadnt herd me but I was sadly wrong.'oi' I herd him shout. he'd stood up and pushed the body of his lap. I took in his character and his trousers where blood stained and face his face too.

He race for me ready to pounce but instead he was everywhere backward, forwards. I ran for my life taking a turn down another alley trying to find the path I started through.

I guess I should explain, being immortal doesn't make me bullet proof, yes it will be painful but it wont kill me unless he hits me in my danger zone, my 7th chakra it would send me to a place that isn't heaven nor hell and I would be stuck there for the rest of eternity.

Anyway I ran for my life, out of the corner of my eye I saw him approach me. I'd reached a dead end and there was nowhere for me to go. I grabbed a large rock to arm myself, it was Jake, he'd come into the light and I could see him now.
Chapter 6

'' what are you doing here”, I sneered at him.

"Saving your life” he replied in an equally snotty voice.

He pulled out his gun as the drunken man approached, a shiver went down my spine as I heard the trigger being pulled and the shot go off. I turned my head away trying not to see the puddle of blood that was forming around the man’s head. The early morning shone that made it slightly beautiful.

I got up and went over to the drunken dead man. What had he done to deserve death, yes he’d killed a person but isn’t one soul better than two? “You monster”, I whispered un able to speak the truth of how I felt I wanted to grab his gun from his pocket and get rid of that horrible guy once and for all. I hated him, it haunted my thoughts.

He turned on me suddenly ready to pounce, “you ungrateful child you don’t know the full extent on what i could have done to him.” He sneered “I saved your life more than once now and you throw it in my face.” He pushed me to the wall and I herd something snap and I screamed.

“I am a child and because of you i can be nothing more than one, it’s your fault I’m this way and I hate you for what you did now tell me I’m the selfish one, not you.”, he loosened his grip but the flames where still ion his eyes as cold as stone but as evil and angry as the devil himself.

In a sudden outburst of anger he shouted and through me against the opposite wall more bones cracked. I slipped down the wall and the last thing i saw was his feet slowly walking away and leaving me where I fell. I fell into sudden darkness and didn’t wake again in that alley, but awoke in Bedford hospital.

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when I woke up it was Wednesday, the clocks said 2am and I slowly realised that I was in bedford hospital. I looked around the room and saw that Lauren slept in a beside me, she was sound asleep.

Trying not to wake her, crept quietly out of my bed and grabbed a dressing gown which lay apon my bed. I found that walking was a challenge it was obvious that I had broken my leg but as I thought I was quickly heeling. I felt my leg thump along with the rhythm of my heart.

I slowly walked over to the window and sat on the chair so I could look out at the early morning moon, it was beautiful and I couldn't believe I had been asleep for 3 days straight. I turned my back on the window and faced my bed I could feel eyes on me and I realised I'd woken Lauren. She was staring right at me with huge bulging dark eyes. “ this cant be right” she whispered, “why, why are you awake? You cant be awake its almost impossible”. She said in an astonished voice. Imprint

Publication Date: 09-30-2011

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