Trinity - The Prophecy (5 page)

Chapter Eight

Wednesday
was dragging on. I was laying with my head in my arms on top of my desk, next to Sky in English. I was not feeling well. Ever since my birthday, I had been feeling off, and every day was much worse than the last. My friends had noticed this, and had constantly been asking if I was okay. I wasn’t sure if I was. Nikkee wanted me to go back to the doctor’s about the cuts on my arm. All the doctor did was give me some more antibiotics to take. Both arms seemed to be finally healing but I still had to have them bandaged in case they started bleeding again. This had not gone unnoticed by anyone. As I walked up the hallway at school people were whispering and just looking. Apparently, they thought I had tried to do myself in even though my right arm only had a punctured “bite mark” at my wrist. I must have gotten sloppy on the other arm since it was way too high. I had to laugh. It was amusing to find out the things people thought up in school, and to see how fast the damaging rumours were spreading. Yesterday, I was called into the guidance counsellor’s office for a chat. I explained what had happened. He did not believe me at first but in the end my story was not changing to “the sad lonely girl kicked out of home and trying to commit suicide,” so he finally let me leave an hour and a half later and yet, something was not right. My skin was all pale and my hair looked somewhat dead. I had mega bags under my eyes even though I had been sleeping every chance I got. My stomach would start to feel queasy and then would grumble even though I had eaten more food than I had in years. What was worse was that my skin felt like it didn’t belong to me. I wanted to break out of it. It made me twitch at the thought again. It was an uneasy feeling and I just wanted to go home and sleep. The problem with looking and feeling like that is people presume that the pressure of exams had gotten to me. When in fact I had breezed through. I wasn’t sure if I had gotten a good mark, but I didn’t want to get stressed or freaked out. The last few weeks of school were for college talk and preparing us for what was after high school. Most of the graduates were still seventeen, only a handful of us were already at the legal drinking age. Schoolies was the top topic, where would everyone be going and who with. Most of them had already booked hotels and resorts with their friends. I don’t think my besties and I had even talked about going. I would have to ask if we would be doing anything.

“You
okay Trin?” Sky whispered to me for the millionth time.

I nodded my head not feeling the energy to talk. I wanted school to be finished completely. Only one and a half weeks left then I could sleep for a few months or a few years, either one would work.

“What are you and Nikkee doing tonight?” she asked.

Nikkee and Sky had sort of made up. I had talked to Nikkee and pleaded that she let it go. It was still iffy and I felt bad for Sky, feeling the way she did, yet I was stuck in the middle.

“I’m not sure. I just want to sleep,” I confessed to her.

I tilted my head slightly until my eyes held hers, so she knew she had my attention. She looked a little sad and put out. I sensed she was feeling left out. All three of us always
did everything together, but because I was living with Nikkee, Sky wasn’t seeing me as much as she was.

“Well, after a rest did you and Nikkee want to come to the movies with me and Mark?”
she asked.

I wanted to say no, that I was going to sleep my life away but the look on her face made my heart sink. She
obviously wanted to try to fix things and I did not want to begrudge her that.

“Sure, sounds good. What are we going to see?”

“The Conjuring. It plays at 8:30. You could have a sleep and then you’d feel refreshed,” she said with a little smile.

She didn’t think I wanted to sleep. She thought Nikkee and me were doing something without her.

“Yes, sleep sounds good, and another shower to wake myself up. Maybe one of those coffees from Gloria Jeans at North Lakes on our way to the movies?” I suggested. It made my mouth water a little. 

I let my head relax back down slightly and closed my eyes
.

The bell had finally rung. I walked home by myself today as Nikkee was off shopping with Mrs. Jane. Nikkee had asked if I wanted to come but I declined as my bed was calling my name. I walked through the side gate then went down to the back yard granny flat. My home. As I walked through the door, the phone started ringing. It was the same number as the main house and I always felt funny answering it. I bit my lip and decided that I’d better, in case it was important. I picked up the receiver.

“Hello, Jane residence
,” I said politely while getting the pen and pad from the table.

“Trinity.”

Crap, it was Jason. A small flutter started in my stomach at the sound of his voice.

“Yes. How are you?”

“I’m good. You’re still alive,” he pointed out and it sounded like he chuckled.

“Clearly. You know I am a big girl and can take care of myself right?”

“Clearly!”

He had a slight point. “I survived for 18 years before something happened. You can’t hold one little incident against the good reputation I have
,” I replied

“You have a reputation?”
he asked. I could almost see his eyebrow raise at this question. It made me smile as I started walking towards my room.

“Yes, a very good one if you must know
,” I said smirking as I flopped onto my bed

“Is Nikkee home?” he asked changing the subject.

“No, she’s out with your mum. Do you want me to give her a message?” I asked.

“No, I’ll just call back.”

“Okay.”

“Good talking to you Trinity. Stay safe. See you next week.”

“You too. Bye.”

Then the line was dead. I placed it on my bedside table and closed my eyes. I knew I was smiling, and for the wrong reasons. I had to do something about this before I started really having feelings for him. Or was it too late?

I knew I was dreaming. I had felt myself drift off. I was standing in an elaborate room that I had never seen before. It was made of dark timber, with engravings and carvings all around the walls.
Old-fashioned lamps with candles burning in them gave it a slightly eerie look. The furnishings looked old, like from the seventeen hundreds. A few feet in front of me was a desk with a man sitting at it, he was wearing some sort of funny outfit. It was all fancy with a silk shirt and lace on the chest. His hair was long and curly like he had just come from a hairdresser. There wasn’t a hair out of place. He was handsome, but he had a fearful look on his face. The door behind me burst open and another man entered. He too was in a silk shirt with lace and a red tuxedo coat over black pants. He came rushing up to the man at the desk and handed him an old looking scroll. I moved closer, somehow knowing I would be undetected.

The man behind the desk rolled the scroll out and a moment later he sagged in his chair. Closing his eyes he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“So it is true. Are they safe?” the man behind the desk asked the other.

“Sir, we arrived too late
,” red coat answered.

A tear ran down the face from the man behind the desk
, “You know what to do. See it done.”

“Yes Sir
,” red coat said and raced back out the room.

I had moved closer to the desk in an attempt to see the scroll, when the man behind the desk looked up.

“Trinity.”

Chapter Nine

My eyes shot open with a start. My heart was pounding in my chest. Beads of sweat rolled down the sides of my face. What the hell? It was a dream. Only a dream. Of course, he would have seen me in my dream. Yet it felt so real. What a weird dream to have. It was so vivid. I could recall every detail on the walls and
the furniture. What they were wearing, even down to the funny shoes the man in the red coat had on. I felt sad. Sad for the same reason the man behind the desk was. Only, I didn’t know what that was. When his eyes looked up at me, he had a look in them as if he was defeated and all hope was lost. I was feeling that hopelessness for myself and a tear rolled down my cheek. I wanted to curl up in a ball and cry forever, or disappear with no thoughts to follow me.

“Trinity!” Nikkee yelled out as I heard her footsteps run down the hall.

She burst through my room and stopped short as she looked me over.

“Oh no what’s wrong? Has something happened? Are you ok?”
she asked rushing over, jumping onto the bed and hugging me.

“Yeah, I just had a weird dream. I still feel yucky, and I just want to sleep forever
,” I confessed to her.

“Yes, you’ve been so off since your birthday. A lot has happened. What happened in your dream?”
she asked hugging me tight.

I told her what had happened. She just laid there and listened like she always did.

“Wow, that is strange,” she said.

“I know and I don’t really understand why I’m upset. I
don’t even know what happened. But it felt like it was something bad that the man had tried to prevent,” I told her.

“Oh Trin. You have such a gentle soul. Even in your dreams, you connect with people’s emotions. Look you are not yourself. We’ll stay in tonight. I’ll message Sky
,” she said sitting up and pulling out her phone.

“No. I want to go. She’s trying to make an effort to fix things and you should let her. I don’t mind. It will be nice to hang out. By the way Jason rung for you
,” I said.

“Jason? Did he say what he wanted?”
she asked with a frown on her face.

“No.”

“That’s strange,” she added.

“Why is that strange?” I asked.

“Because he only calls me if something bad has happened or he needs some help,” she told me.

Nikkee and her brother were close for being brother and sister. Even though they were polar opposites, they had a good friendship as far as I knew.

“Do you really think he likes me?” I asked a bit embarrassed.

She looked down at me and
said,” I suspect he does. He knew mum was taking me out today so I wouldn’t be home. He could have called my mobile. I think he does like you. But I could be wrong. Why, do you have feelings for him?”

I sat up and hugged my
pillow.” I don’t know but ever since you said that I thought back on some stuff.”

“Like what?”
she pressed.

“Like how I would be a little extra excited to come visit when I knew he was back. How he made me smile and blush when I would catch his eye in the rear vision mirror. Or how I liked the warmth of his hand when he was holding mine while I was in the hospital. I know it’s weird. I never really thought about it. But now
that you pointed it out, it has made me wonder,” I confessed.

“That’s sweet. I think it would be a good match. Just make sure. I don’t want to see either of you hurt
,” she said with a smile.

That was what I loved about Nikkee. I could tell her I might have feelings for her brother and she wouldn’t get all jealous. She was happy about it. She was probably already planning our
wedding in her head.

“Look. I don’t know if it is what it is. I’m all over the place at the moment. I could be grasping at my own straws. Don’t say anything please
,” I pleaded.

“You really have to ask?”
she said with a big grin.

I smiled back. It was stupid of me to even think she would say anything.

“Oh guess what?” she asked getting all excited again.

“What?”

“Mum and dad bought me a car!” she squealed.

“Oh my god! Really?”

“Yes, do you want to come and have a look?” she asked, grabbing my hand to pull me off the bed.

I obviously didn’t have a choice as she dragged
me through the house, but I was just as excited.

We got out to the front yard and there it was, a brand new car.

“It was supposed to be my graduation present but mum and dad decided to get it early for me. They did the same for Jason too,” she said then laughed. “Come sit in my new baby.”

It was a black Mazda 3. It suited Nikkee right down to the tire caps. I opened the door to the new car smell. It was still very strong, and made my head spin a little. I wriggled my nose and waited for my senses to get used to it.

“We’ll be driving in style from now on baby,” Nikkee said with the biggest grin on her face.

“This is fantastic
,” I told her.

Her parents were so awesome, and Nikkee wasn’t even a spoiled snob, even though she could have whatever she wanted, and Jason still worked even though he could live off his parents if he wanted too.

“Let’s go get ready and pick Sky and Mark up. I’m taking my baby for a test run.”

We  picked Sky and Mark up, and there were  lots of ‘Ooh’ and ‘Nice’  directed at her new car. After taking the extremely long way to get some coffee and then to the movies, I was feeling physically tired. My mind was wide-awake and how could it not be with ghosts popping up behind people in the movie we were watching. I wore more popcorn than anticipated and spilt my drink three times. Lucky I was wearing a black tee shirt so it was not noticeable. Sky and Mark were not even sitting together. I wasn’t sure why but Sky kind of looked sad. He was sitting next to Nikkee and her next to me and Sky on my other side. It was somewhat awkward and I think Nikkee felt the same way. Finally, the movie finished leaving my heart racing from all the scary parts. I hoped I would get to sleep when I went to bed.

We were standing outside the shopping centre recapping the movie when something caught my eye. I looked over into the parking lot and saw a guy. The same guy from Huss it Out. I stared at him and he just gave the same look back. I’d had enough, I mustered up my courage and marched across the road to confront him.

“What do you think you are doing?” I demanded.

He raised one eyebrow at me.

“Do you think I don't know that you've been following me?
And you were in the alley that night. What is your deal? What is going on?” I pressed.

I could hear the others calling out to me and getting closer.

“There is a lot you don’t understand,” he said.

“Tell me then.”

He looked over my shoulder to the others approaching.

“Another time. For now, stay close to your friends. You are safer if you are in numbers.”

“Safe from what?”

“You know what.”

“No I don’t. Tell me,” I demanded.

“In good time. Now is not that time. I will come for you.”

“When?”

He didn’t reply, but turned and walked away as Nikkee came up beside me.

“Who was that?” she asked.

A guy that knows what is going on and will not tell me. “Just some guy I met at Huss it Out
!” I sort of lied leaving out the part where he saved me by biting my wrist and making me drink his blood.

“He is cute. Did he give you his number
?” She gushed.

“No and I don’t want it
,” I answered then turned around and started walking towards Nikkee’s car.