he brunette asked her cousin, as she placed a

d go anywhere, except shopping," Alexa stated as she la

the mall; you know yo

on the 'p'. "Not that it would help anyhow, we don't

he exclaimed with exaggerated horror, face twisting in emphasis. Alexa giggled which caus

tour of the town, and maybe pop into a bookstore while we're there?" Jayden asked as she pl

ll you know me," the redhead said as sh

n, picking up her beige pouch, after placing her purple travel case i

uess

the hall and into Alexa's room where she

with you?" Jayden

ike," Alexa stated as if it were the most obvious thi

he kitchen so that they could leave a note, in case they lo

ady had writing on it, two different kin

abriella at her dance lessons,

to let it bother her that he had bailed on their birthday, but

, At O

taken longer than I thought' Alexa thought to herself as she

n be back with

bove a table with a round bowl that held keys. She swung her arms around her head, bringing the jacket around her sho

metallic, crimson bike helmet she had gotten him as his gift. The redhead ignored the twinge of pain she felt

sixteenth birthday a few years earlier, from the table next to the front door. A

raightened auburn locks swinging with her. Alexa opened the maho

on the brick landing outside. Said woman closed and locked the door behind her. They both

y, and had an Am29 v12 engine, with a manual transmission. And had belonged to Alexa ever since she h

self slid into the leather passenger seat. Both females pulled their seatbelts into place, bu

ftly in the background. Each lost in their own thoughts. The

hen I got here and literally saw it was your backyard," Jayden said as she lea

t of her own window before quickly returning to the road, a strang

things a little frosty betwee

noticed t

minutes in the same room as you this morning. I thought things got bett

t six months after," Alexa felt herself grow irritated whe

ay the year before that too," Jayden observed how her cousin suddenly

ed between us three years ago and there's nothing I can do ab

she kept her mouth shut after that. However, she could clearly see the pain this separation was causing

e reach the bookstore, you'll love it there

ays away from the

head trailed off her throat closing up, and the pain o

small family of three moved to the small town after a tragic accident took the girl's father. A

th had distanced himself the year before for no apparent reason

pace and switched the car off. The cousins made their way into a bookstore called "Charlene O'Connell's Bookstore." A

s of the books, as well as the freshly brewed coffee, fill her senses with its warm familiar touc

e tall stacks filled with books. The bookcases were old and almost as tall as the ceiling, each

ion in search of books that interested her. Jayden walked among the

mance. Her heart yearned for a connection like the ones she would read about, that total completeness tha

ter presence that gazed upon them from across the empty street. Muddy e

g the innocent smile on his prey's face, a da