Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (11 page)

Harry
was taken back by Summer’s comment.

“
What’s this nonsense,
”
He
said.
“
Y
ou
kids shouldn’t be talking about dying
.
”

Adam was angry
that he
’d given
her another chance after the bulimic incident
and
she was rude beyond belief
. He was still trying to work out
what the attraction was
apart from sex and even though his
instincts
told him
to be rid of her
he knew that if she walked away
he
’d be
wishing her
back-like crazy.

“
Excuse her Harry she’s nothing but an
outright bitch!
”
Adam retorted.

“
Yeh and you are the biggest asshole I’ve ever come across…
ever.
”

As the argument continued Harry disappeared
only to return minutes later with a surprise,

“
I have dessert and soft drinks!
”

This had
an immediate
e
ffect as
the tirade
of words stopped while they eagerly
grab
bed
the goodies.

“
Thanks Harry you’re a st
ar!
”
Summer said.

Adam
happily
accept
ed Harry’s
generosity
but he thought Summer was
totally shallow and two faced
. A short distance away a woman was watching their every move.

“
What do you want?
”
Adam asked her thinking it was yet another weirdo.

“
You kids need to move on from here, this is
n’t a good place.
”
She replied softly.

“
I’ll be the judge of that.
”

“
I’m only trying to help that’s all.
”

“
We don’t need your help…take a hike lady!
”
Summer replied in an angry tone.

Harry
s
tepped in taking the adult role.
“
Its
okay lady I’ve got it covered.
”

They both laughed
at the sight of
the
woman who
’d
dared to intrude
on their domain. S
he
looked like
something out of the sixties in a long flowing hippie skirt and
a
multi-coloured blouse with beads and bangles
. Her long red hair was
unkempt and in
urgent
need of re-colouring and
s
he smiled
constantly. Unconcerned with their mockery all she could do was
softly
shake
her head
,
give
up
and walk
away.

“
Thank God she’s
gone,
”
Adam said.
“
I’m done with people telling me wha
t to do and where to go. F
rom now
on I’m master of my own destiny!
”

“
You aint getting one if you kill yourself.
”
Summer replied
sarcastically
.

She
liked
to have the last word,
always. It was the only way she could have any control
in
her life
.
Adam doesn’t get the deeper issues and takes it as a personal attack
believing that she was pulling him down just like
Roy
. Angry, he threw his drink can onto the
ground splattering
soda
all
over
her
feet and the bottom of her jeans.

“
Adam are you
fucking
psycho what’s with yo
u!
”
She yelled
.

“
Stop with the
big mouth
I’ve had enough.
”

“
Kids kids…calm down now be nice
to each other.
”
Harry remarked trying to calm them both down while not understanding why they sparked each other so quickly.

The stony silence gave
him
a sign to make his offer, one that he was sure they couldn’t refuse.
“
I’ve a place for you to stay unless you want to stay here forever.
”

“
You’re right,
let’s go to your place
.
”
Adam
agreed
grateful that he’d landed a bed for the night.

F
ollowing Harry was a better idea than going it alone,
and with a
reluctant Summer in tow they mad
e their way
. B
ut
he
found it
strange that
he’d given up on the suicide idea so easily
.
One moment he was planning a double
suicide
, next he was being enticed away from the idea with a lousy sandwich. It was
becoming
all
too
weird. As he walked he saw he was surrounded by
people
looking
forlorn and depressed
as if they
’d
have given up on life and all that was left was
an
empty shell.
No-one smiled

“
Where are we going Harry?
”
He asked
, slightly concerned about their final destination.

“
To my neck of the woods
it’s a nice part of the city, you’ll like kids, I’m sure.
”

“
Is that far cause my feet are killing me.
”
Summer
remarked.

It was no surprise
that her feet
were
hurting, wea
ring thin flat sandals that had seen better days gave
no protection from the hard
sidewalk underneath, they had
been
on their feet for hours and neither of them had so much as a jacket,
change of clothes or even a toothbrush. For Adam other things plague
d
his conscious,
I could call home collect say sorry and ask the bastard to come and get me or I could forget they ever existed a
nd find my way here instead or...
I could do what I set out to do and put myself out of this misery right now.

Eventually they reach
ed
what Harry had described as his neck of the woods.

“
It’s a ghetto.
”
Summer whispers to Adam.

“
I
hear you an
d yeh
so what
, is that a problem?
”

“
No, no problem.
”
She replied meekly.

This part of the city was
even
less welcoming than the former. P
eople
seemed even
more
agitated and the deafening sound of police sirens
once more
reminded Adam exactly where he was.

Taking them down some steps to a basement apartment of a large brownstone that had seen better days Harry banged hard on the door a few time
s
before it
opened.

“
Yeh?
”
Someone asked
.

“
Open…its Harry and friends.
”

The door opened
fully
to
a bearded man who appeared
not
to
take kindly to strangers
;
eyeing Adam and Summer suspiciously he reluctantly let them in.

They were ushered into a
large room with a
double bed
, a
table and what
looked like a small kitchen area by the wall. The floor was
littered with papers, empty
beer ca
ns and discarded clothes-
dirty small
windows gave little or no light
. B
ut it was the smell of stale food and cigarettes
immediately
hitting Adam’s nostrils that made him
uncomfortable
.

Summer was
observing
her
surroundings and for once was
quiet.