November 2011
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Chapter Eleven
It was only when they started climbing the stairs that the group realised just how tired and lethargic they actually were. Every stair was a huge struggle against gravity, as if they had weights tied around their ankles. Jordan resorted to scrunching up her eyes as she ascended the staircase, especially as her legs were still sore from her accident at the supermarket. She was more than happy to...
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Chapter Ten
After Josh had received a slap from each of his passengers; this was followed by a lot of laughter, though most of it was nervous laughter brought on by the relief of escape. “Josh, if we survive this I’ll give you all of my receipts from Tesco as a thank you.” Annie stated, causing more scattered laughed.
“I’ll hold you to that.” Josh said, giving her a cheeky smile through the rear view mirror....
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Chapter Nine
All five of them exited the car and entered the supermarket. They formed a sort of circle, some of them back to back as they moved across the pavement into the store, in order to be vigilant and observe all directions. Josh broke away from the circle when they were sure the coast was clear and picked out a nearby trolley, it had a wonky wheel and didn’t steer straight easily, but it would do. They...
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Chapter Eight
“Find them? How an earth are we going to find them?” Annabel asked, frowning and shaking her head at Jordan as if her friend was truly mental. “You want to go back out there?” She pointed accusingly at the door, her arm tensed and straight, vibrating from fear and exhaustion.
“You want to stay here?!” Jordan cried back, equally dismayed. “Look at the blood, look at the furniture… something...
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Chapter Seven
I assume we’re going to Danni’s house…?” Josh said as they got into the car, posing his statement as a question just to be sure. Jordan nodded.
“Well, she didn’t tell me otherwise anyway…” She explained as she clipped on her seatbelt; last time they didn’t bother with seatbelts as there was simply no room to go anywhere if they had crashed; but now there were only two of them in the...
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Chapter Six
Once at the checkout point, before they could get to the cashier an old woman came up to them, much to their surprise, and whispered behind her hand to them, motioning to the young man serving at the till. “Be wary - that young man has a strange fondness for revenge.” The old woman then limped away, grasping at her own hip. The friends’ eyes followed her until she was completely out of the...
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Chapter Five
“What the hell was that about?!” Bethany yelled – although there really no reason for her to raise her voice; Jordan assumed that she was deafened by the in sheer volume of awkwardness that was currently filling the car, along with probable enormous amounts of carbon dioxide due to the fact that the number of seats vs. number of people ratio was drastically compromised at that particular moment in...
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Chapter Four
Annie didn’t know why but she suddenly woke up once again; she assumed Jordan had said something again and sat up to quieten her friend, but when she did she saw she was alone in the tent. She lazily reached for her phone in her bag and checked the time: 5:57am. She stretched, but paused with her arms raised as she heard a chilling noise: it was faint, like an unnatural whistling of the...
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Chapter Three
It had been about a week since “the incident” and in that time, to really celebrate the start to a fantastic summer, the whole group decided that going on a camping trip for a few days together would be the perfect opportunity to let loose and have fun. Jordan, Josh, Annabel and Annie were all getting the car together, and meeting the others there; it was the first time they’d...
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Chapter Two
“What the fuck was that?” Annie panted.
“It’s pretty obvious what it is, isn’t it?” Annabel breathed, glued to her seat, her hands pressed firmly against the dashboard for support, her eyes fixated on the assumed corpse just inches away from her; thanking any high-power that they couldn’t see his eyes.
“I don’t mean the body, I mean, why was he just standing there…he didn’t even try to move...
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Chapter One
“Mum! Have you seen my black t-shirt?” A voice called out loudly from the hallway, its owner leant over a varnished wooden banister and looked down onto the brown carpet of the floor below. After the rattling sound of crockery and cutlery ceased, a woman’s figure moved within her daughter’s sight - her head facing upwards, her hands on her hips and her lips pursed. “Jordan, you’re going to have to...
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Preface
There are many things in life that you automatically anticipate; they range from completely ordinary events that simply cannot be avoided, to what seems to be the near-impossible. For instance, a sudden storm when your coat and umbrella are at home; a test you’ve forgotten to revise for; or even the small chance of getting hit by a bus during the tired trek to school or work. However, there are...
