Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (22 page)

“
Coffee?
”
Gary
asked.

The kitchen was
state of the art
with a top of the range coffee machine
and the smell of roasted coffee
beans giving
a wonderful fragrance
. As Gary
was pouring
the
coffee a
young woman
appeared
we
aring nothing but a t-shirt
and panties, she was startled
by the sight of two people
who’d come out of nowhere
, but did nothing to cover up.

“
Hey Summer long time no see!
”
She exclaimed.

“
Hey Elaine, so good to see you.
”

“
Who’s this?
”
She
replied
smiling at Adam.

“
This is my best buddy Adam we just got out of a load of shit.
”

Adam couldn’t
take his eyes away from Elaine. H
er long legs and wild curly hair would raise any young man’
s interest, even though he felt
a lot for Summer his natural urges
couldn’t
be ignored at the sight of a beautiful and sexy
woman
scant
ily dressed. A discussion started up about all the things that happened
.
Adam
attempted to
conv
ince them
they were drugged and that
the hallucinations were brought on by
Reggie
the chief suspect. Summer
still had her doubts about the drugged soup theory whereas
Elaine
offered her own
explanation
.

“
You’re just
kids alone in the big city
where a
nything can happen
with so many crazies out there. M
aybe he put drugs in the food or drink causing you to hallucinate, it’s possible and it’s easy to hide it in soup
.
”

These were the words he wanted so much to hear, that he wasn’t out of
his mind, it was Reggie who’d
been screwing
them up.
Choosing to ignore all the unexplained things that had
occurred
before
they met Reggie a
rational explanation made
perfect sense
.
It was just what Adam
needed
to make everything feel okay
as
Gary and Elaine invite
d
them to stay
the night and have some dinner. Adam jumped at the offer but
Summer
remained
quiet and
withdrawn,
not
her usual self.
Adam
was
confused
as to why she wasn’t
happy to be in such a great place with
people
she obviously knew well,
decent people.

“
What’s wrong?
”
He whispered.

“
Nothing.
”

“
Don’t give me that
what’s
the problem?
”

“
Th
is isn’t real Adam,
”
She replied.
“
None of this is real haven’t you figured it out yet?
”

“
Hey Elaine
, are we real
!
”
Adam called out.

“
I should think so or I wouldn’t be standing here making pasta.
”
She replied.

“
See you’re wrong Elaine wouldn’t be making pasta, I wouldn’t be speaking or even breathing
,
so yeh it’s real enough for me.
”

“
Then go outside and try to speak to the better class of people out there, the good morning how ar
e you people…try it.
”
Summer said sternly.
“While
you’re
out there step in front of a speeding car
and
see what happens!
”

“
You’re insane do you know that, a freak!
”
He
couldn’t believe she was starting up again.

Gary and Elaine
stood
speechless as they
attacked
each other
verbally. They didn’t want
to get involved but
wi
shed
it would stop
as it was becoming
embarrassing
.
Elaine tried
to
stop them
which resulted
in Adam storming
out
of the apartment
determined to bring back the evidence to
prove
her
wrong.

Smarting
he
went
on a mission;
I will go up to the first person I see and say hello and they wil
l fucking
answer me!

It didn’t take long to find
the ideal candidates, a
middle aged
couple walking towards a car. They seemed ideal
, resp
ectable decent people always went out of their way to be polite and he hoped that because the
neighbourhood
looked safe enough
people were
not overtly suspicious,

“
Hello, nice weather.
”
He commented.

“
I said hello nice weather.
”

“Don’t you k
now it’s rude to ignore someone?
”

They busied themselves with opening the boot
as
Adam exploded
attempting to grab the man
by his arm but nothing happened. H
e tried
again, nothing. Oblivious they got
into the car and start
ed
the engine
with Adam kicking the driver
’
s door with
vengeance
. B
urning with a mixture of anger and terror, his hands shaking, the couple
drove away
completely
unaware of the hysterical teenager
slumped
on the sidewalk.

“
Oh my g
od someone…please help me!
”
He screamed.

“
I’m here Adam, I’m here
.
”
Summer
responded
having
come to his aid.

On
his knees
in tears of despair
he was
surrounded by unresponsive people who continue
d
on with their lives
.
Adam’s
now believed
that
his very
own
existence
had
come to a full stop
-
right there on the sidewalk.

Chapter 7

Elaine was
the first person to find him sitting
by the door to their apartment. H
e
’d
crawled back there so terrified of the outside and what threats it
presented
that going back to
the apartment
was the only recourse. Shaking uncontrollably
his eyes wild with fear it
she
sat
with him in the hope of
giving
some
consolation
.
Summer stayed
close by
,
not wanting to intrude and
incapable
to handle such a dire problem
.

“
I think you may have som
e kind of psychosis,
”
She claimed.
“
O
r maybe it’s paranoid schizophrenia.
”

Adam didn’t want to take in
what he’d
be
en
told
-
the thought of being men
tally ill
was
unthinkable,

“
I can’t be,
what are you some kind of head doctor?
”

“
I studied psychology, it was my major.
”

“
Tha
t makes you an expert does it?
I don’t think so
!
”

“
I know enough Adam, there’s
something wrong even you must see that.
”