Surreal by Kennedy Armstrong (digital book reader .TXT) 📕

"I-It's, It's not on me. I don't have it", I said with my eyes closed shut. I heard my door burst open but I couldn't get myself to open my eyes. I hear commotion all in my room, things falling over, and grunting from the punches that I heard being thrown. Then it went silent, I kept my eyes shut.

"Talia, open your eyes". I heard someone say, when I heard that voice I opened my eyes fast. 

"Caleb, h-how'd you get here", I asked curiously, but I was thankful he came at the time he did. 

"Theres no time for that right now, I need you to pack a bag". He said opening my closet and pulling out every shirt and pant he saw.

"What, why. Where are we going". I walked up next to him as I said that.

"We have to get you somewhere safe, you put on the necklace". 

"So, it's just a necklace", I said as I watched him walk to my bathroom and walk back out with my toothe brush and makeup kit and everything.  

"It's more than that", he said walking to my dresser and pulling out my personal stuff. Like my underwear and bras. He put all the stuff into a bag that was sitting in the corner of my room. 

"We need to go, now". He grabbed the bag and he grabbed my hand and pulled me downstairs.

"I can't just, leave. My parents will be worried".

"Don't worry, they know already", he said as we walked outside my house. What did he mean 'they know already'.

Me and Caleb have been driving around for about an two hour now. I still don't have a clue where were going nor what's going on. I take my phone out of my pocket and look at the time, it's 6:00pm.

"I'm hungry, when are we going to eat", I ask him. I'm very annoyed that I have no clue what's going on. He turns and looks at me for about one second before he answers.

"What do you want to eat, I'll get you whatever". He says looking forward with both hands on the steering wheel.  I think about what I want to eat.

"I really don't care what we eat, I'm just hungry and want something", I say turning on his radio. He quickly turned the radio back off. I gave him the stink face.

"We'll eat when we get to where were going. Were almost there". We then drove in a awkward silence. I mean, I still know nothing about this guy. He could be a murderer for all I know. I noticed him turning into a big nice, expensive looking, hotel. He turned off his car and took his keys out of the ignition. He looked at, like he was thinking about something.

"What", I ask trying to figure out wat it is. 

"Nothing". He gets out of the car and so do I, he opens his backseat and grabs my bag full of stuff. I follow him into the hotel, he pulls out a card and we walk into an elevator with three othr people. The man that was in there with us was smiling at me and looking me up and down. There was a old women who looked kinda lost, and a younger women. When the elevator door opened everyone left except for me and Caleb, our room is up another level. We stood in awkward silence until we heard the ding, and the doors slid open. Caleb walked out and walked to the second room on the right of the hallway and opened the door with his card. We walked into the room and it was huge, but there was only one bed.

"You can take the bed", he says walking to th sofa and sitting my bag on it. 

"I need a shower, wheres the bathroom". The room is so big theres a small hallway in here leading to the bathroom. When I found the bathroom I walked in and closed the door behind me. T tied my hair in a bun and I turned on the water and jumped in the shower. Once I finished my shower I wrapped a big towel around my body. I noticed I forgot to bring my bag in the bathroom. I opened up the door and walked back into the bedroom with my towel securely around me. Caleb looked up at me. I grabbed my bag and began to walk back to the bathroom.

"So, where the necklace", he asks me out of no where. But I know it wasn't really out of no where, thats all he was thinking about.

"I don't have with me. It's just a damn necklace, its nothing special". I saw to him frustrated.

"It's more than a necklace. You don't understand". He says it so calmly, whick makes me more mad. He's acting as if everything thats happened is normal.

"So you basically brought me down here for a necklace I don't even have with me. This is a waste of my time, no it's a waste of my life. Hours I'll never get back because of you and your stupid friends who want tha necklace".

"I-". He begins to say something but I interrupt him.

"Save it Caleb". I quickly walk back to the bathroom and slam te door behind me. When I finshed gettig dressed I'm wearing some shorts and a tank. He didn't really pack my good pajamas so this is it. I walk out of the bathroom and see Caleb asleep on the sofa. I get into the bed and turn off the lamp. I instantly start feeling bad because I know he's not confortable.

"Caleb", I say, but I get no answer. I don't think he heard me"Caleb", I say a little louder than last time.

"Yeah".

"You can sleep up here, if you want". I hear him get up and I feel him get into the bed next to me. I snuggle up even more into the cover because of how cold it is. 

"Are you cold", Caleb asks me concerningly. His deep voice still give me goosebumps.

"Yeah, a little". I feel him put his arm around me and move closer. I start feeling all tingly inside. He's very warm though, he'like snuggling up with a big bear. My eyes begin to get very heavy and I fall asleep.

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I wake up to feel no one next to me, but I hear the shower running. I get out of the bed and grab my bag to quickly change while he's in the shower. I take off my shorts, then my tank top. I then rummage through my bag and grab the black skinny jeans I see, I slip them on then rummage through again to find a nice shirt. I hear the bathroom door open and then I see Caleb walk into the room. When he looks at me he lifts his eyebrows slightly, probably because I'm not wearing a shirt. I turn back around and pull out a sweater. My stomach growls as I slip it over my head, probably from not eating last night.

"Put on your shoes and we'll go get some food", he says while putting on his own shoes. Once both of us finished everything we walked out of the room and into an elevator. Te elevator stopped on another floor and about ten people came in. I was smushed into a corner and Caleb was right in front of me. I looked right up at him as he was looking at the elevator doors. Everyone rushed out when the doors opened at the lobby. There was a little breakfast area. I grabbed the food I wanted and we sat down at a table.

"Are you not going to eat anything". He shook his head and just watched me. 

"So, when are you going to tell me what's going on".

"Your not ready to know about it yet. I'll tell you when I know your ready." He said still looking at me.

"So, uh, when we were in Chemistry class you only befriended me and said you liked me just to get the necklace", I asked. I just wanted to know if he just used me. He looked at me for a while then he leaned forward in his seat. 

"I didn't use you, I do like you, and even if you didn't wear the necklace I would've still become your friend", he said looking me right into my eyes. I looked him back into his. I wonder if he really thinks I'm pretty, like he said in Chemistry class. 

When I finshed my food we left the breakfast area and went back to the room. As we enter the room I begin to feel a little sad from how much I miss my family, and Ryan. I bet Ryan is so worried about me.

"What's wrong". Caleb asks me, I gues sensing somethings wrong with me.

"Nothing, it's just. I kinda miss my family and Ryan". I feel a little tear come down my cheek, I don't know why I'm so sad. Caleb walked up to me and hugged me. When he moved back he still had his hand on my waists. He looked down at me as I looked up at him. He quickly leaned down and kissed me, he puished me up against the wall. He licked the bottom of my lip for entrance, and I granted it. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He begins kissing my neck and then down to my collarbone, I can't help arching my back from how this feels. Still sucking on my collarbone I let out a small moan. I then get louder because I start feeling pain in my back, he stops and looks at me.

"I'm, I'm so sorry", he says confusing me. I walk to a mirror and look at my back. I see what looks like claw marks on each side of my back. I slightly open my mouth and look at Caleb for an explaination. 

"Caleb"?

Publication Date: 08-15-2013

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Dedication:
To my boring class that made me think about this book.