| Screaming Jealousy The narrow hallways seemed to tower over the small helpless dog. It constantly stared at me and whimpered in pain. I turned and ran down the second hallway. It seemed a lot less towering and the wall consisted of portraits. Stopping to look at the picture, my stomach wrenched with disgust. The portraits portrayed a single man, but his face was disfigured with an axe sticking out of it. Blood dripped down his face and clothes. Turning I returned going down the hallway. The hall was continuing to get narrow and smaller. The ceiling became considerably low. I got down on my hands and knees and began crawling. The floor was covered with a thick green substance, which stuck to my hands and knees. I looked up and realized that I stopped in front of a tall wooden door. I got up quickly and opened the door. On the other side, it was amazing. The most greenly trees and grass. I hurried out into the beautiful scene, not knowing if it was real or a figment of my imagination. Turning around I noticed a tall tree with a swing attached to it. I ran over and began swinging. The cool breeze satisfied me with a feeling of safety. Swinging for hours, I just realized something seemed a bit different. Glancing around the clouds seemed to be getting darker. The trees no longer looked that green. Putting my foot to the ground, I noticed something really odd. My foot was touching air. I looked down to see this vortex opening just beneath me. I held tightly onto the swing, but the force of the vortex, just was not making me feel safe anymore. My legs flew out beneath me. I knew this was the end. The end of my life� Chapter One �Abigail Thompson. You get off that computer right now!� I swerved my chair by the door. My mom was standing by the bottom of the stairs glancing up at my bedroom door. �I�ll be off in 2 minutes. I just need to finish this story.� I yelled down to her. �No! I want you off now. You�ve been on for 2 hours now. Let your brother on� My mom glared up at my room. I knew she was mad, but I couldn�t help but laugh. My mom was short with a round face that gave her the appearance of a little kid. I turned and went over to my computer and quickly shut it off. �Ok, I�m off now.� I got up and looked at the time. Shit, I was 15 minutes late. Amber was going to kill me. I was supposed to be at her house 15 minutes ago. I quickly pulled on a pair of jeans and a tank top. Grabbing my keys, I hurried down the stairs into the kitchen. My mom and brother were sitting down eating dinner. I told her I couldn�t stay and headed out the door. I jumped into my silver Grand Vitara. I just got this car for my birthday about a week ago. It was a major shock that my dad actually bought it for me. I speed down the streets and turned into Amber�s driveway. I jumped out of the car and went to the front door and rang the bell, then knocked on her door. That was a secret thing between us. She always knew it was me by that ring and knock. The door opened and there stood Amber. She was cute for a girl. She was short and skinny. She had these huge puppy-dog eyes, and short cropped brown hair. Two silver-balled chains hung around her neck. Amber was what you would call, a skater. She stepped back and let me through into her house. �Where�s Trevor and Josh?� I turned to ask her. She locked the door and walked past me into the kitchen. She picked up a mug and handed me a warm cup of hot chocolate. She picked up her mug and took a sip from the big mug. �They said they were coming later.� She dumped the rest of the tea into the sink. �But I thought they were supposed to be here before me?� I quickly finished my hot chocolate and put the mug into the sink. I followed her up the stairs to her bedroom. �I don�t know. They just said they would be here late.� She walked to the middle of her room, only to stop and look confused. �Where did I put that top�I bought this wicked top yesterday. I wanna show it to you.� She hopped to her closet and began searching it. I turned around and looked around for any top that I have never seen before. I was looking on her bed when I spotted something shiny. �Is this your top?� I pulled out the top and held it up for me to see. On the front of it was a picture of the sky and a satellite. Then written in front of it was �Jet Set Satellite�, in big metallic-blue writing. Amber was obsessed with that band. She quickly stood up and looked over at me. �Yeah. Give it here. I�m gonna put it on. Hold on. Have some candy or something.� She ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I turned and sat on the edge of her bed. I looked around her room. Stuffed animals hung from her ceiling, blue paint covered the walls, a desk and inflatable furniture near her closet, and a small TV by her bed. I got up and walked to the bathroom door. �Amber, I�ll be downstairs. Ok?� �Yeah, ok.� She called back threw the door. As I walked down the stairs I heard a sound by the front door. I slowed down and turned to the front door. The curtains blocked my view of seeing if there was anybody outside. I walked slowly to the front door. Just as I was in front of the door, a quick click sounded and the front door swung open. There in the pouring rain, stood two tall men with guns in their hands. |