Another Life, JenniferNewman [short story to read .TXT] 📗

as Parker took the paper and unfolded it.
“Umm I still don’t get it. It’s totally blank does it mean something else?” Parker looked away from the page to where I was walking beside him then realized I didn’t know after my silence and started to apologies again for prying but I wasn’t really listen to what he was saying. I had court sight of something in my line of vision that didn’t match the other things around it. I thought I had seen a large pair of orange circles by the old rickety fence across the road. This time I was sure I hadn’t been seeing things but it could just be a cat or some other wild animal.
I gasped when I realized I had not been looking down to make sure I knew where I was going but had been distracted by what I thought I had seen over by the fence seconds ago and had now slipped on a puddle and was now practically clinging onto Parker to keep from falling on my face. Oh my god!
I quickly let go of Parker who was looking even smugger than he had when telling me his name. Oh god so much for the not embarrassing myself any more.
I really just felt like melting into the ground and not reappearing for a very long time. My cheeks were an even brighter red than before. What else could possible go wrong?
No don’t think that something worse will happen just act like you don’t care you can do that.
“Umm are you really okay this time? I mean that’s got to be the fours time I’ve court you and we have only just got past the first street by the way which way are we going?”Parker still had his hands on my shoulders making sure I guess that I didn’t fall over again. I quickly nodded and pointed to the right and we started walking again.
Only one more street do you think you can manage one more street without falling again! I silently shook my head in disbelief why did it always have to be me who fell and got freaked at night why was I even out here? If I just hadn’t gone to that house everything would still be the same. If I could somehow manage to forget all that had happened in the last three day I everything would be fine.
Parker had let go of my shoulders when I had started walking again and was now walking silently beside me again. The only difference was that now he had a very smug smile on his face that I really wasn’t in the mode to understand what it meant.
I pushed my dark brown hair out of my face where they had fallen lose from my pony tail and pushed them behind my ears trying to act normal when all I could think about was how idiotic I was and how amusing this must be for Parker.
I still hadn’t forgotten the orange circles that I could swear looked like eyes but I shoved them to the back of my mind so I could complete concentrate on where I was going. Before I knew it we were on my street and neither me of Parker had said anything since I had falling into him again. When we were only a few houses away from where my detached old family house was I put my hand in my pocket to find my keys since I knew my Mum would be out or asleep and I’d rather not have her questing to my sanity this early in the morning. Morning? I looked again at my watch on my right hand and saw that it had just gone 1:35am. Oh great well there goes the idea of sleep I would be up for the rest of the night freaking out about every little noise in the house.
When I finally found my key in my pocket I pulled it out and held it in my hand waiting for my house to finally come into sight.
After about twenty seven second. I knew this because I was counting thanks to boredom. Parker looked up and final spoke,
“So which ones yours?” he gave a little shiver proving that he was cold. So I’m not the only stupid person to come out side with no coat after all. Although I do admit I had past freezing a long time ago and kinda did feel sorry for Parker since he was in fact walking me home since I looked scared. Not many strangers would do that especially since we had met by me running into him after totally freaking out over practically nothing.
I looked up from the ground to see if my house had come into view yet and saw the same orange eyes as before just hovering by my door step only feet away.
I gasped loudly and stopped dead in my tracks.
“What? What is it?” Parker asked stopping as well and taking a few steps back to where I stood frozen to the spot. When I didn’t answer he turned round and followed where I was looking.
“What the hell?” He gasped his eyes went wide and then small again as if trying to think. We both stood there in silence waiting for some explanation from the other with the eyes disappeared out of sight.
Slowly I pulled my eyes away from my doorway where moments before the mysterious eyes had been to where Parker was still standing staring at the house as if it held some weird secret okay this boy did have issues.
“Okay what is it about you that just attracts trouble?” Parker turned to tell me. Me trouble? It’s a cat for crying out loud!
“Thanks but its’ only a cat not something dangerous I just over reacted like always.” I snapped at him trying to sound sure of myself. It was no wonder though that this didn’t work and Parker just looked at me as if I was mad. Which I agree with him I totally am. Still why was he looking at me that way all I had said was the obvious. What else could it be? Only a crazy person would think the same way I had in my old house. It was not a ghost. Why can’t I get a grip? What was wrong with me?
“You know I don’t think it’s a cat I think I saw something like it when you were running like a wild child away from something and into me. I thought I saw something behind you but I dunno. Okay I sound crazy but okay could you please just tell me what is going on?” He looked expectantly at me. Like I knew what was going on I was trying as hard as I could to block it out. He was not helping!
“Right so you’re saying some orange eye things are following me? Okay......” I was trying to sound as sarcastic as I could but still sound kind of nice. Not sure how that went though. He didn’t even seem fussed so I guess I didn’t sound anywhere near convincing.
“Please tell me that’s not really you being angry?” What was that meant to mean? Why did he look so amused again? Argh what did I keep doing to amuse him so much? Here we go with the hundreds of questions again!
“No” I snapped. Why did that piss me off? Again I could feel the confused look spread across my face. I really couldn’t seem to get a hold on what my brain was going on about today.
My head was starting to ache with the confusion I annoying had. The night without sleep was quickly catching up with me and every word Parker was saying was really starting to annoy me.
Again I realized I had said this out loud because Parker turned and looked at me a little offended. Well it was his fault!
“Sorry. Thanks for walking me home. Good bye.”I said turning sharply away and into my drive way. Walked into my Mum’s car, which took me by surprise and then I stomped off in an angry huff.
I looked back when I got to my door and saw Parker still standing at the edge of my drive with an expression like a person very amused by something but trying to hide it back. Well that’s just great I still managing to embarrass myself even when all I do is walk away from someone.
In a huff,
Walking into the car,
Oh and there go my keys.
Great.......

Chapter Two: Tuesday 11:22am
Later that day when I woke I could hear the soft beeping of the answer phone down stairs. I rubbed my eyes trying to wake myself up step by step. Slowly I sat up and stumbled out of bed nearly slid into the bed side lamp thanks to my lack of sleep.
I grabbed my cream dressing gown and walked down stairs trying to keep my eyes open. What time was it anyway?
As I neared the phone in the hall I could see that my Mum had left me a note:

Rose when you get up Make sure you remember to clean the garden. Do you really want the neighbors seeing in it the mess it is on the garden party this Friday? See you when I get home.
Love Mum
x

Well there was a garden party this Friday? Well thanks for telling me Mum.
Slowly I turned around, still trying to get my balance back. When I reached the stairs I remembered the really reason I had come down in the first place. The phones annoying beeping. God I get distracted easily!
I walked back over to the phone more quickly this time. When I reached the hand set I picked up the phone and pressed the button to hear the message. I lifted the phone to my ear in time to hear,
“Hey it’s Parker I’m just ringing you to tell you that you left your phone on the side walk when you fell into your car.” He stopped to laugh a little then leaving me blushing even though he was nowhere to be seen.
“Well when I knocked on the door the other night to tell you. Well you must have not heard it but I'm outside now. I think it’s the right house because well it was dark and I wasn’t paying much attention. So come out side when you get this message. Umm thanks..... Bye.”
Four slow beeps started to signal the end of his message.
Well crap. Why did I have to be so clumsy?
I reached the door and had my hand on the door handle when I court a glance of myself in the hall mirror. Eak was I really about to open the door while I was still in my pajamas! I turned around quickly fully recovered from my lack of sleep and ran up stairs to get dressed before opening the door this time.
Five minutes later I was coming back down the stairs in a blue polka dot shirt with dark blue skinny jeans and my hair pulled back into a lose pony tail. I couldn’t be bothered to do any make up since all I was doing was getting my phone then I would be tiding the garden. Oh what fun I'm going to have today........
I opened the door to find a shivering Parker standing in the shelter of my door cover. He turned as soon as I opened the door and held out his hand with my phone on top of a couple of other