Oz walked by my side on our way home “Alice please tell me what’s wrong” he begged. I thought over his words and thought about telling him but instead I evaded the question with another “How come I’ve never been to your house?” once the words left my mouth I noticed Oz’s face changed for a moment to something sinister and secretive but his face quickly changed back to his carefree smile. “no worries. My parents just don’t like other people in our house. They’re what you would call….over protective” he said looking at me with emerald eyes “Now back to yo-”
“Where are you from?” I interrupted. I didn’t want to answer his question and these questions were actual ones I haven’t even thought of asking. “Oh……I’m from Alabama” Oz said while scratching his head with a smile. Taken by surprise I asked another question “Did you know anyone named Claudia and Mando Morgan?”
“Nope”
“Oh those people were my aunt and uncle…..”
“Cool. Now what’s on your mind?” Oz asked irritated with his question not being answered. I couldn’t think of any other question and I couldn’t tell Oz what I saw. I decided on one thing “Oz did you want to or were you gonna kiss me, the night we re-met with our pale friends?”. This stopped Oz in his tracks as he re-called that night. “Don’t worry about it Alice” he said with a blushed face, yet with that same tone as when he was lost with words. Now Oz didn’t as what was on my mind, probably he thinks my questions were what I had on my mind.
Today’s Friday! Maybe me and Oz can chill since everyone else had plans: Mostly everyone was visiting or hanging out with others. I was about to go over to Oz’s house but to my surprise Oz was on my porch when I opened the door. “Oh! Hey. What’s up?” I said pulling my hair back into a ponytail. “Oh I just thought we’d check out some woods next to Elizabeth’s lake” he replied happily.
Elizabeth’s lake is a huge clear lake with woods surrounding it except an open part where a park was placed.
Oz and I walked all the was to Elizabeth’s lake walking ang joking around “How is your dad?” he asked. Oz knew everything about me, from my parents being divorced right down to the color of my socks. I looked at the ground and sighed heavily “Good I guess. He hasn’t called but I’m guessing good”. Knowing I hated talking about him Oz left it at that as we got closer to the lake. “Did you have plans for today?” Oz asked, after a small moment of silence I shook my head.
Off in the distance I noticed the park was full of kids. Seeing them all play together reminded me of when Emily, Melanie, Raymun ,Andre, and I played there. Remembering those days made me feel old but glad that I remember it to this day.
Finally we reached Elizabeth’s lake and today my main mission was to keep Oz from noticing my necklace with the pendant. I was glad for my turtle neck because it was abit chilly and the pendant was safely hidden in the layers of clothes I had on. “Oz you’re a freak” I said jokingly as I looked over his muscle and jeans. “Don’t be jealous just ‘cause I’m hot” he said while striking a pose with puckered lips, his hand on his hip and the other over his shoulder holding his jacket. We both cracked up as Oz said through his laughter “ Well that post is better suited for Andre”. Once Oz said that my mind flashed a picture of Andre in skinny jeans, a muscle shirt, and a sweater swung over his shoulder “Ew! Weird picture!” I yelled, shoving Oz into the lake as he laughed. Once I realized what I did I laughed like crazy as Oz came out of the lake soaked along with shivering. Looking at Oz while he shook his hair made me laugh till the water got all on me, I cursed under my breath as I rose from the ground.
Now we started to explore the woods , Oz still shivered from the lake incident “W-what was t-t-that for?! Now I-I’m cold”. I just laughed and glared “I guess I was jealous of your body”. Oz chuckled as he smacked my forehead, sending me back into a mud puddle. He ran away quickly laughing while I got up and ran after him. My running was a slight above average but no match for Oz as I lost sight of him. “Oz! Oz!” was the echo of my calling but no response. I kept yelling his name but I suddenly stopped when I heard a soft giggle. Then a pale object flashed across the trees on my right side. I noticed the forest was split in two: a shaded side and a light side with a canopy of leaves covering above. “Who’s there?!” I called out walking on the light side. The response was only a giggle on the shaded side. Soon enough a pale figure with short brown hair peeked out from behind a tree. “Who are you?” I asked getting closer to a lime that separating the dark and light but again the figure just giggled and got closer. As the figure got closer I realized that her hair was brown-black like mine, then when she stood opposite of me I saw a pale reflection of myself! The only difrrence was the musical tone she had when she spoke “Hi” it said but I just stood there because I was shocked at how we were mirrored exactly the same but her skin was pale. Other me only giggled and looked at me with sinister eyes. She and I made eye contact, as my body went numb. I had no control of my body, except my eyes, while Other me’s smile grew wider. “So you do have it. The key to opening the door” she hissed with a venomous tone like a snake ready to kill its prey. “What are you talking about?” I said with a realization I could talk. Other me raised up her hand to her chest and mine mimicked hers in exact unison as if we were a mirror. Other me reached into the turtle neck she alsi wore and brought a clutched hand with nothing in but, for mine to have mimicked her, my hand was clutched around the pendant. This only made her smile grow while our hands moved towards each other. ‘no stop….’ I thought trying to pull back but my body just moved as Other me did. “No use. Your under my control” she said with a purr as our hands were inches away to connecting. I didn’t have a clue to what was happening yet I had a strong, blood boiling, heart pounding feeling that our hands shouldn’t touch.
I looked around scarred while my heart beat pulsed faster “Oz!’ I screamed. No response. “OZ!” I tried again and this time he came running back “Alice!!’ he cried. Other me growled and walked back into the shadows while she spoke above a whisper “We’ve found it…and you”.
Regaining control of my body once more I fell to my knees, stuffing the pendant back into my shirt. “Alice! Are you ok?!” Oz said hugging me tightly “What happened to you? Are you ok? Your shaking like mad!”. At first I didn’t notice but then I felt it, I was shaking but for now I just replied with a simple sentence. “Im glad you’re here” but really to me it meant, in my mind, ‘Where the hell were you when some pale chick tried to get me?!’.
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