Human computers

chapter 6

" alex ! , Oh my God you're back ! " I can't believe that alex is back , he looked at me and a huge grin spread all-over his face , which resulted in one of my own .

' Anna Brewer ! I didn't think you'd still be living here " alex is a friend of mine since middle School but moved out before graduating high school because his father landed a really good job in New York , it's really surprising to see him come back .

" Iam glad you're back " and i really was , it's been a while , i must admit alex grew up quite handsomely , but what was really surprising that he was moving to Sarah's house , but I didn't want to ruin the moment by asking .

" Iam sorry About Sarah , Anna , i didn't know we're moving into her old house , untill we came here , i hope you don't mind me being your new neighbor " he grinned down at me , and i didn't feel very bad about it , atleast now , I won't be imagining ghosts walking inside the house .

" Not at all , it's been quiet in the last couple of years " and it truly was .

" Then that's good , there are alot of things that i want to know from you , but i need to unpack everything before my dad comes home tomorrow "

" Oh so sorry , how rude of me , i can help you unpack if you want , i have nothing to do this evening "

" I don't want to cause you any troubles "

" Nonsense , i really have nothing to do , plus tomorrow is Sunday so no college " I gave him a genuine smile , alex was a really good friend and iam glad he is back , maybe for a reason more than us being friends , i had a crush on alex when we were little , it soon disappeared after he left , but now with him back and became more handsome than ever , that crush might come back .

" Okay then , let's start " i helped alex all evening unpacking things , decorating the house , putting furniture in it's place , setting the TV , putting everything in place in the kitchen , by 8 pm , we both sat exhausted on the couch , we' ve done a great job , almost both the rooms were set except for the clothes to be put in the closets , the kitchen and the living room were set up nicely .

" I have been in this house for so long , never have i seen it this beautiful , we have done a great job Alex , don't you think ? " I looked at him and found him looking at me already . I frowned

" I think we did more than that , thank you Anna for the help , i wouldn't have done it without you " i smiled

" It was nothing , i should get going , it's getting late , glad you're back Alex " i said goodbye and headed home with a smile on my face , not once have i thought about sarah when i was with Alex , and for once i thought that maybe things are going to get better .

Maybe i wished for the better way too soon , i woke up this morning to the sun rays kissing my fave and warming my body really beautifully , i smiled feeling content for the first time in days , i actually looked forward to spending this day out door , maybe get out with my friends and invite alex along with us .

I got out of bed , headed to the window , opened the curtains and looked outside , it was very beautiful day , untill my eyes landed on someone moving on the next house , Sarah's house , or Alex's house , it was him , the shadow , it was heading to the door , he got out a key and entered , i saw him saying hello to alex and moving up to a room upstairs , i closed the curtains quickly and hid behind it .

The ghost is not a ghost , it's Alex's father , he is living in that house , but how could i not recognize him , i sat down feeling dizzy all of a sudden , i wanted this to stop , all this thing related to sarah to stop , weather she is dead or alive , if she was here in the last couple of days or not , i don't want to think about it , i want to forget it , i have to or i will go crazy , wherever i go i think about Sarah as if her ghost is haunting me every where , iam tired of all of this and suddenly the day didn't feel as beautiful as i thought dew moments ago , i felt tired , drained even , I just wanted to crawl to bed and sleep , sleep for however long it might take , and so i did , i slept .

I don't know how long has it been since i was asleep , but i woke up to pounding , really loud pounding , i thought it was a dream at first , but it won't stop , the pounding won't stop , i opened my eyes grogely , the sun was setting and everything came into focus , i must have been really tired to sleep all that long , i went downstairs to see who is knocking on the door this aggressively , i peeked from behind the curtain and saw alex , max and Laura on the door with concern written all over their faces , i opened the door feeling confused at when did they meet ? And why are they here .

" What happened ! " Laura yelled ! And then hugged me , i stood there confused to all this , I don't really understand .

" What what happened ??" I looked at them and they all wore really worried excepretions .

" Anna , you called us thirty minutes ago crying that there was someone at home and told us to come get you , don't you remember ? " Laura said , i tried to remember if i did something like that , but i came to nothing .

" Laura i just woke up ... " They looked at each other with worry , i invited them in , i went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth , i got out and headed for my room , there it was again , that light i saw when sarah first came , i went to look behind my curtains and found him there with the same empty eyes , looking directly at me , and smiling a deadly scary smile , that was the last thing i remember before my head hit the ground .