A Dark Secret

Chapter 6 | Her innocence.

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I hope everyone is safe and well. Like I said, I have more time to write and here I am. I am writing the second time for this story in a week. That's a lot! I hope you will enjoy it!

Marina and Valerie we’re finally taking a break from driving. They were already halfway through. It was just a several hours and they would arrive into their new home. Marina’s legs were truly aching from the sitting and so did her butt. She never knew that sitting so long on her but could hurt this much. She was definitely taking a flight if she would come back to Mooresville. 

"I can't wait to sleep in a bed." Marina said as both of them were walking towards the toilet. Valerie chuckled softly. If she had only known how tired she was. Valerie was sleepy but she couldn’t sleep because she was the one that was driving them to their destination. 

"Same. I would kill for it." Valerie said and she was serious about it. Marina laughed softly as she saw the toilet. There was only one. So the both of them had to go one by one. 

"You can go first. You have been driving us." Marina said to Valerie and she smiled.

"I will be quick." Valerie replied quickly as she opened the door of the toilet so she could go inside.

"You better be." Marina warned her as she saw Valerie closing the door her. Marina could hear her chuckle a little bit which made her smile. 

"We meet again." Marina heard a familiar voice say. She jumped slightly out of shock and looked up at the person who was speaking to her. Shocked, she met the bright eyes of Grayson again.

"What are you doing here?" Marina asked confused. She didn’t  know him and he just appears out of nowhere and then disappears again. He was like the wind or Marina was making this up in her mind. 

"I am here with some of my mates." He answered as he gazed onto Marina. She frowned as she looked at him. She didn't believe what he was saying. 

"You don't believe me." He said as he looked at Marina. Marina was slightly startled by his comment but she still nodded her head. 

"I don't believe you. You are right." She answered back confident. It was as if her confusion was assuming him. As if he wasn’t real. He smiled and looked down. He literally looked unreal. He was so good looking. Marina had never seen a guy this good looking.

"I am here for you." He said with a smile and Marina scoffed. She laughed as she shook her head. 

"Is this some fail attempt to flirt with girls?" She asked and he clicked his tongue as he smiled at Marina.

"Maybe." He answered with a smile. 

"Why did you leave Mooresville? I mean when we were at the lake." Marina said confused, changing the entire conversation. Grayson looked at Marina as he looked at her skeptical. 

"I don't like meeting new people." He said nonchalantly and Marina looked at him in confusion.

"You don't know me either." She said confused. Grayson wasn’t making sense to her. 

"Something about you is familiar." He said as he came a bit closer. Marina flinched and quickly moved away. He looked at her sceptical, almost shocked by her reaction towards him. 

"I would never hurt you." He said softly as he looked into Marina’s eyes. He would never be able to hurt her. The reason why he was here was to protect her. 

"That's what every person says before they actually hurt the person." Marina said stubborn as she looked at him. He laughed softly again, finding her funny. 

"I like you." He said and Marina couldn't help but to give him a small smile. No guy has said that to her. Like ever. But she didn’t wanted to let her guard down. 

"How did you go away so fast?" Marina asked. She was curious and she wanted to know because none of this made sense. How could a total stranger feel so familiar? She couldn’t explain the feeling she was feeling. It didn’t make sense and it confused her. 

"You are a curious." He answered as he came closer. This time Marina didn't move away. She let him come a bit closer to her. He touched her cheek with his fingers who were ice cold. Marina thought it must be because of the weather.

"It gets the best out of me." Marina said and he smiled. She heard the door opening. Valerie could see him this time. It would make her feel less crazy. Valerie was walking out of the bathroom. Marina quickly turned herself around and Valerie looked at Marina confused.

"To who were you talking?" She asked confused. Marina frowned and looked behind her but again, there was no trace of Grayson. He just disappeared. Again.

"No one." Marina lied again. She could see that Valerie was slightly annoyed by her but what was she supposed to say? She was going to sound now even more insane if she had said that she was speaking to Grayson. 

"By the lake you first told me that you talked to Grayson and when I asked you again today you said to no one. Why are you lying to me?" Valerie asked a bit annoyed. Her tone was a bit a high and harsh. 

"I really need to go to the toilet." Marina said so she could change the topic and avoid this entire conversation. Valerie wouldn’t understand. Marina tried walking inside but Valerie stopped her by grabbing her by her arm and pulling Marina back.

"Why are you lying to me?" She asked annoyed and this time, she sounded even more angry than she already was. Valerie strongly and directly looked at Marina. Maybe she shouldn’t have lied. Even if that made her sound crazy. Valerie wouldn’t believe her. She would just think  that Marina has lost her mind. 

"I am not." Marina defended herself as she looked away from Valerie. She couldn’t bare looking at her and directly looking her into the eyes, lying to her. She couldn’t do it. 

"I know that you are lying to me, Marina. You always look away from me when you are lying." Valerie said and she started to raise a voice slightly. Marina sighed, still not looking up. At this point she was afraid. When Marina looked at her again, she could see the anger in Valerie’s eyes.

"You wouldn't believe me anyways." Marina said and Valerie scoffed in disbelief. Was Marina judging her for some reason? Why wouldn’t she believe her?

"Try me." She answered annoyed as she folded her arms around and waited for Marina to explain her about this whole situation. 

"At the lake, I saw Grayson. That's where I met him for the first time but when you came, he just disappeared and now the same thing happened." Marina said and Valerie looked at her in confusion. She let her arms hang and frowned. 

"So he just disappears when I am around." Valerie said which sounded like she asked more and Marina nodded. As she was hearing what Valerie said, it made even Marina confused. Valerie sighed and just shook her head, disagreeing with Marina or whatever she thought Grayson was. 

"You might have imaginary friend, Marina. That's all. It doesn't sound that unbelievable." Valerie said as positively as she could. She didn’t wanted to make Marina feel like she was losing her mind. Marina sighed and she shook her head.

"He was real. He touched my cheek. He is a real person."  Marina said convinced. Maybe if that didn’t happen, Marina would be more likely to accept what Valerie had said. Valerie frowned. 

"Where is he now?" She asked and Marina shrugged her shoulders. She looked around, hoping that Grayson would pop up like he normally did but she couldn't see him anywhere. 

"If he comes around again, tell him that he needs my approval first." Valerie said to make Marina feel a bit better. Maybe she needed help but Valerie telling her that she was imagining this could make things worse for Marina. That was the last thing she wanted. Marina smiled softly as she shook her head to Valerie’s response. This was a classical Valerie move. 

"I am going to the toilet." Marina said and walked inside. Marina washed her face with water and sighed. She looked at herself in the window and stared at herself. Was she losing her mind? What if she was actually imagining Grayson? What if he wasn't real?