Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (18 page)

“
God dam
n
it Adam every time we talk
you
start
a fight
!
”

“
Other w
ay round
girl,
you’re
always fired up with bullets!
”
He
replied letting go of her hand brimming with anger.

“
Where are you going now?
”
She called as he headed off
.

“
Back to Reggie’s to get some fucking
peace
so
stay out of my face!
”

Raging inside
he
tried
to figure
out why
she
was
sweet and caring one minute
and
toxic the next
.
He’d
never felt so
attached and so repulsed to
ward any girl like this before
and
wanted to find
the courage
to
walk away
and forget she’d ever
existed
. By the time he’d
arrived
back at the house,
she was already there.
She’d beaten
him to it
by taking a short-cut and
running
like crazy
;
praying
the whole while that
he’d come back.
She was
curled up on the
couch and
red eyed from crying
,
avoiding
Adam’s
icy stare as
Reggie
took
on
the
role of
mediator.

“
What is
the problem
with
the two of you, sniping at each other all the
time?
”

“
She’s screwed up man...
blowing hot and cold, I don’t need the bullshit
”
Adam
was determined to defend himself and sway Reggie into his corner.

‘
Best you don’t argue that’ll get you nowhere
.
”
He replied tactfully.

“
Yeh well,
tell her that then!
”

“
Why don’t you
just try to
talk to
her yourself?
”

“
No I’ve nothing
to say to the dumb stupid bitch,
I’m done with
her!
”

Summer was c
rying uncontrollably
while Reggie did
his best to consol her
.
Adam
reverted back to familiar behaviour by
sto
rming upstairs and throwing
himself
down on the
mattress.
Angrily he grabbed the pillow and put
it over his face
to shut the world out
.

Why’s
she
the one
act
ing like the victim? M
anipulating little bitch
,
now I’m the bad one, they’re all gonna hate me now.

He concluded
that th
e moment he
headed
back down
everyone would
attack
him on sight, blank him
out
or worse
-
order
him to leave. He
tried to ignore the footsteps coming up the stairs, footsteps that were
too heavy to
be Summer’s
.

“
I think you really need to work out what’s going on, both of you are so unhappy, and as I said before it’s
time you moved on.
”
It was
Reggie
standing
tentatively
by the door.

“
Then kick me out, do it now
, I’ll fuck off for sure
!
”

“
No, you have to make that decision yourself, I never put someone out on the street, ever.
”

“
Leave me
the hell
alone
.
”
Adam replied burying his head once more in the pillow
as angry thoughts swirled
around in his troubled mind,

Why is everything so strange and screwed u
p? S
ince
I’ve been here in this
stinking hole of a city everything has felt bad, gone wrong
and
not made any sense
.
I
f
it wasn’t for
Roy
I’d suck eggs and
head on
home right now.

Having
calmed down a little and feeling
alone
he made his way down
hoping to avoid
Summer
at all costs,
she was
trouble and the ide
a of even seeing her face caused
his blood to boil.

She
was
sitting
alone at the kitchen table with a
glass of water
looking like she was full of
self-pity and remorse. I
gnoring her he
searched
for a quick snack doing his best to avoid
eye contact.

“
I guess this is it, we go our s
eparate ways now.
”
She remarked
softly.

“
Sounds good to me, I’ll do better without you around that’s for sure.
”

“
I always push people away
.
I know I do it but I can’t stop.
”

“
Like I care.
”

“
How did you get to be so hard Adam?
”

“
It’s the only way to be, stay soft and people walk all over you
.
I let my guard down for one dam
n
moment and look what
you
did
.
”

“
I guess sorry doesn’t cut it then?
”

“
No it doesn’t.
”

“
So…what now?
”

“
I don’t give a shit what you do
I’m outta here
.
”
He replied flatly hoping she’d got the message.

To make his point fully understood he took
off the loaned sweater and
threw
it roughly
toward
an empty chair
-
vowing never to return again.

No-one stop
ped him as he
proceeded to walk out, not
even Reggie who was
talking with someone in the
hallway
.
Adam
wanted him to
beg him
to stay
but
his pride
got in the way
as he
spilled out onto the sidewalk, a
lone and adrift.

The afternoon sun
was
shining down on
to
the
dirty packed sidewalks. P
eople
were busy
getting on with their
hurried
lives coming and going without a care in the world except for
their own problems.
Others hung
aimlessly
in the streets. They were the jobless and bored
looking to take on any
opportunity that came their way.
Then there were the lost
who;
like Adam
and Summer
were
homeless and
drifting,
waking
everyday
wondering where they
would
sleep
later that night.
He wasn’t that
far from the house
and without a clue where he was
he turned
into a narrow
alley its
high walls
creating
a claustr
ophobic and threatening feeling
.
Adam
only had one urge, to
bang
his head repeat
edly against the rough concrete and remove the demons.