Another Life by JenniferNewman (100 best novels of all time .txt) 📕

so maybe he won’t. This time.....
I swung round and hit the stairs at a funny angle making my foot slip to the side. My heart skipped a beat as I fell forwards down the stairs. I closed my eyes and sucked in a deep breath waiting for the stairs below to hit my fragile body. Waited and waited......
Umm should I have not hit the stairs yet? I opened one eye to see the stairs in front of me but sure enough they were no were near me and didn’t seem to be coming that way anytime soon. But how.......?
I felt the cold hands on my arm at the same time I looked behind me and saw nothing. Nothing but thin air. Well the strange glittering mist really does not count as anything. I blinked but it was still there when I reopened my eyes. I put my foot down properly on the stairs and the felling of cold hands on my arm quickly despaired. I just stared at the space where Cody must be standing I could not look away. Why had he not let me fall? He wanted me dead right?
I nearly fell right back down the stairs when I heard the door bell ring but I didn’t feel the cold hands again on my arm instead I felt a draft as the door opened down stairs. The door opened down stairs WHAT? I rand own the rest of the stair to the ground floor to find Parker standing at the doorway looking around the hall waiting for the person to appear who had opened the door. My eyes were wide open with I noticed the glittering figure of a tall man hovering just to the left of the door. Well okay you want to open my door for me now..... perfectly normal.....
“Rose?” I heard Parker say as he slowly approached not taking his eyes off of the mist to his right.
“Yeah no idea.” I replied also not taking my eyes of the mist that I could have sworn was shaking but I could have been wrong since you could not really make out the whole shape.
“Right. Wowhey what’s up with your arm?” he finally looked away from Cody and picked up my arm that I just realised was glowing. My arm is freaking glowing! Since when is that normal?
“Rose? Hello answer me.” I looked up at Parker’s freaked face
“Oh yeah because I really know that................ umm wait no I think I do.......” Cody had grabbed my arm when I had almost fallen down the damn stairs. could that be why my freaking arm is glowing? Right I closed my eye hoped that it would stop glowing and that damn hovering thing would disappear like normal....... or try to kill me..... whatever.
“Rose you know not the time to be acting strange...... are you even listening to me?” well not really....
“One second god Parker!” he was actually starting to get on my nerves it was crazy.
“Sorry.” I whispered when I finally opened my eyes again to fin d Parker looking down at the ground. Puppy dog eyes. Awwww! I swear they could be the ultimate weapon against well anyone!
“Whatever.” He said leading me away from the hall and into the kitchen looking behind him to see if his brother was following. Like we could tell!
I sat down at the kitchen table and put my hand on my forehead. Well now I was being a bitch to Parker I would have to make sure he knew I really am sorry.
“Hey Rose quit it with the stress lines I'm not mad at you. Really” he put his hand under my chin and lifted my face up. I tried to smile but it came out more of a grimace than anything else.
“Okay I know you can smile better than that do I really have to tickle you to get that smile back?” I laughed and leaned away from him making sure he wouldn’t do it anyway. He didn’t thank god but instead turned his head to the door where we could now both see the silhouette of Cody. I raised my eyebrow and asked,
“Whys he just standing there?” Parker didn’t turn to face me when he replied,
“He’s weak. His little stunt yesterday wore him out.” His voice was distant like he was remembering this from some other time.
“Oh.” I looked down at the table. It was so obvious how much Parker missed his brother it literally coursed me pain to think that my own Dad had coursed it. To think he had coursed that and my mother’s phobia, if he had had any idea what his death would have meant would he have gone through with it anyway? Or was that his plan all alone. I closed my eyes trying to block the emotions I was feeling. Not to show them on my face. Not to let Parker see.
I reopened my eyes and glanced over at the mist still hanging in the doorway. My head was all over the place so I cannot be sure but I could have sworn I saw him wave. Okay I must be crazy.
I blinked several times and then the mist started to fade away making the background come back into focus and my arm to return to its normal non-shininess.
“Rose?” I looked up to see Parker’s face looking worriedly down at me.
“Yeah?” I could have sworn I had hid all the crazy emotions from my face. Please tell me that I had!
“What happened before I arrived............... he-he opened the door for me?” again I could see the same distant look in his eyes. I got up taking the free necessary steps to put myself right in front of him. Lifting my hand to is cheek he looked down at me surprised. He really did look so sad..... My heart started to hurt again and I flung my arms around him trying to squeeze the pain out of his gorgeous eyes.
“Thanks” I heard him whisper into my hair as him arms came around my back to.
We stayed like that for another couple of minutes until my phone started vibrating in my pocket making us both jump. Parker moved his head away from the top my mine where he had been leaning it and took the phone out of the pocket for me.
His amused look came back as soon as he saw the caller ID.
“Yeah thanks for the privacy Parker.” I said taking the phone out of his hand.
“Sorry.” He muttered once again resting his head on top of mine. For once his tallness didn’t annoy me and I just answered the phone without looking at the ID. I realized what a mistake that was after I said hello and Brendon’s voice answered again. Okay really not the time......
“Oh hey Brendon.” My voice when high pitched as Parker laughed picking up a piece of my hair and twirling it around him little finger.
“Rose jeez are you trying to contact the animals or something?” contact the animals...... okay.... health in check.
“Ummm sorry.” Well what else could I say did I always have to turn convocations with Brendon awkward or something? Hell yeah...
Suddenly a loud blasting noise blasted its way out of my phone making me drop it and yep backwards away from Parker’s comforting arms.
“Jesus!” I yelped pushing my hair out of my eyes where it had fallen after my jumping trip.
I bent down still holding my hair away from my face to pick up the phone still not putting it to my ear since I could hear from here how loud the music Brendon was playing. God that boy must be freaking deaf by now! Was he crazy?
I was still not putting the phone anywhere near my ear as Parker laughed taking it from me and putting it on the table as he leaned in to press his lips to mine. It wasn’t like the other kisses we had had this was sweet and tender. His hand gently cupped the side of my face as the kiss went on and on.
“Rose? Sorry bout that..... Are you still there?” I groaned as Parker pulled his lips away from mine and leaned over to pick the phone back up. He place it in the palm of his hand waiting for me to take it. I looked down at it like it might bite my head off which of course made him laugh and of course Brendon heard that.
“Quit the pouting it’s too cute.” He whispered this time putting the phone to my ear.
“Err sorry Brendon what was up with that drastic music?” I took the phone from Parker’s hand as he leaned back against the table looking very amused. Well at least he wasn’t looking like a lost kitten anymore. Though I was not too sure which one I disliked more......
I rolled my eyes at him but he simple laughed and took like hand pulling me to him as Brendon muttered over the not so blearing music,
“Sorry I turned it on not realizing how loud it was. Couldn’t find the button to turn it down Its new and all.....” I rolled my eyes as Parker again picked up my hair and started blowing it in my face. I elbowed him softly well even if it wasn’t softly I doubt he would have thought that it was hard. Damn muscle freak. Like I had thought he just laughed and carried on. It was so obvious that he wanted his presence know to the other person on the phone.
“Sorry Brendon I'm going to have to call you back. Parker’s being a pain see ya.” This made him smile and rap me up again in his arms as I quickly hang up the phone and plonked it on the side of the table that Parker was not leaning against.
“So I'm being a pain huh?” I looked up from his chest and raised my eyebrow as if this was not obvious. He ruffled my hair which just made me look at him as if he was mad and then pull my hand up to my hair to pull it out of my eyes.
“You are so being an pain.” I said as I leaned up to give him a peck on the lips. Once he realized what I was doing he leaned down to help me with the height difference.
I moved away after that opening the fringe while Parker laughed,
“Your face when you I handed you the phone. God you look more scared of that than the idea of my brother killing you.” I turned round to scowl at him but the damn fringe beeped saying that I had kept it open to long and if I did not close it, it would carry on beeping at me. Well okay. I turned back around and leaned against the fringe as I polled the lid of one of the two 7up’s I had reserve out of the fringe. The other I chucked at Parker who with his annoyingly good catching skills court it in one hand and opened it in the other.
“Show off....” I muttered under my breath turning away to pick up my phone which I had just heard vibrate making it known that I had text.
“Excuse me. Did you just call me a show off?” I heard Parker’s foot steps before I turned round to come face to face with him. He had put down his drink and was looking at me like I was supposed to answer him.
“Maybe.....” I said turned back to my phone where a text from