The Truth by E FromHebs (the reading list book TXT) 📕

some questions, so that we can be as accurate as possible" said Saphire

"Okay then"

"Where was the last place that you saw the book?"

"In my room"

"Address?"

"19 Clover road"

"Sorry to be awkward, but, postcode?"

"Um, IL69 3AS"

"Thank you. Oh, one more thing. What place in your room?"

"Under my pillow"

"Okay, now I want you to hold out your hands and close your eyes"

 

I did as I was told, and then my hands started burning. I opened my eyes, I was sat outside of my house. How is this possible? I looked around, and then spotted Saphire walking toward me.

"Are you okay?" she asked, a worried look swept across her face

"I'm fine" I stood up to face her, she was alot taller than she looked when she was sat down, "Now what?"

"Well, we have 10 minutes, if we don't get out by then, we will be stuck in a time loop"

"What's a time loop?"

"A bit like when you put a song on repeat, but instead a moment of your life. It drives people insane, and there is no way out of it"

"Oh"

"So, dead simple, we go into your house, without being seen, get the book, get out"

"So simple" I said sarcastically

We walked over to my front door, I pushed it gently. Unlocked, as usual. I heard the faint snoring of Grandma, and me. I lead the way up the stairs, and into my room. Lying on my bed, I saw me, I look so peaceful when I sleep. I reached under my pillow, it's still there.

Truth, only the truth, Lies will hurt more, I heard the whispering, and started to feel dizzy, the room was spinning. Suddenly, I felt a hand grab my arm and drag me down the stairs.

The next thing I knew, I was sat back at the table.

"What happened, is she okay?" I heard the familiar soft voice of Luke

"It tried to contact her" whispered Saphire

"What!?"

"I know"

"Is she hurt?"

"I don't think so"

I felt a hand on my back, and then a whisper in my ear.

"I have something to show you" it was Luke's voice. I stood up, and he lead me down the 10 mile long corridor, down the grand staircase, and out of the back door. Before my eyes, I saw a great green hill, Before I even had time to heasitate, we walked all the way to the top.

By the time we got there, I saw what Luke was talking about. We went to sit down on the edge of the hill, as we looked out at the setting sun in the horizon. 

"Do you like it?" he asked

"It's beautiful" I reply

A few minutes passed, the darkness was near

"Do you know why I bought you here?"

I shrugged my shoulders

"This is called a place of darkness, yet it is so peaceful"

"Darkness as in the monster, or the shade of light?"

"There is no difference between the two"

"What do you mean?" I turned to face him

"They are both the same. The shade of light is the monster, but the monster is the shade of light, which is why we can't be out here for long"

That game me the shivers. All of the times I have gone out at night, the feeling that something has been watching my every move.

"I know the feeling" he said

"Can you read minds or something?"

"No, it's you're facial expression"

"Oh"

"Come on, we should get going"

We walked, side by side, back to the house, leaving the screeching darkness behind us.

 

When I awoke, I could smell sweet homey and salty bacon. I opened my eyes, I was in a large room with blue walls. One of the walls had a poster on it. LUKE'S BEDROOM. So if this was Luke's room, then where was he? My question was almost instantly answered by the sound of breathing, and it wasn't mine.

 

Morning

I looked down below the bed, and saw Luke. He was lying on an air bed mattress, and his hair was all scruffy.

"Good morning" he said

"Hello" I smiled down at him, and he smiled back, "This is your bed, you shouldn't be sleeping on the floor, I should"

"Nonsense, you needed good rest, you had a long day yesterday"

"Yes, but this is your room, in your house, in your-"

"Okay Okay I get it. I think Saphire has something planned to take your mind off of things"

"What is it?"

"We're going to the beach"

"I've always loved the beach"

"Me too"

"What about my Grandma! She will be so worried! She'll call the police!"

"We sorted that out. We told her that there was a school trip"

"That's a lame excuse"

"She believed it"

"Wow"

"I think we should go downstairs, breakfast will be ready soon"

I got out of bed, still in my clothes that I was wearing yesterday

"I need more clothes" I say

"Avril picked some up for you" he pointed to the spotty rucksack in the corner of the room, "You can go into the bathroom to get dressed if you want" he pointed to another white door

I went into the bathroom, it was more like a spa. Massive shower, massaging bed, is it me or does this place have everything? I got dressed into my black bikini, and then on top I put on a white beach dress, then I brushed my hair out, and went back into Luke's room. He was wearing summer shorts, a short sleeved t-shirt and sandals.

"You look nice" he said, a grin on his face

"Thank you"

We walked out of the room, down a different corridor this time, and down the same grand staircase, until we reached the dining room, where eggs, bacon, honey, pancakes, sugar and nutella were all laid out ready to eat.

"Children, children" greeted Louise, "please, help yourself to breakfast, you'll need lots of energy for the beach! Oh, and I made you all a picnic!"

"Thank you" I say, "but you really don't have to do all of this"

"Actually, she does" said Luke

"Oi, enough picking on your mother"

"Sorry Mum"

"Eat your breakfast"

I put a bit of everything on my plate, and ate it all in two mouthfuls, 

"Wow, you were hungry" said Jacob, I didn't even know he was there

"Yeah, I guess I was"

I heard footsteps from upstairs, and then Saphire and Avril appeared. They were both wearing a blue sundress and wedged sandals.

"Lena!" shouted Saphire, "you look lovely! Where did you get that dress?!"

"I have no idea"

"Oh, okay then. Well, we better get going, did you know that the beach is our private beach, so it will be just us there!"

"Wow, you're lucky"

"Welcome to the family"

"What do you mean?"

"Just means welcome to our home, I guess"

"Okay"

Luke grabbed the picnic, I got the door, and we all headed to the beach, the sun rising ahead of us.

Sunshine

We had to walk about a mile to get there, but when we did get there, it was so amazing I thought I was going to pass out. The sand was golden yellow, as if no one had ever walked on it before. The sky was bright blue, not a single cloud in sight. The water was so clear it could be a mirror. This was the most amazing thing I had ever seen!

We chose a spot by the sea, and laid out the blanket, surf boards, body boards, buckets and spades.

"So, what do you want to do?" asked Luke

"Surfing!" cried Jacob

"Okay then, me and Jacob are going to go surfing"

"I've never been surfing" I say

"Come with us then, I'll teach you"

"Um, okay then, I'll meet you out there"

The boys ran off with their surf boards into the sea. I took off my sun dress, behind me I saw Luke looking at me, I smiled at him as I ran into the water to catch up.

"Nice bikini" he said

"Thanks"

"Before you learn to surf, you should learn how to body board"

"Why?"

"Because if you know how to body board, surfing will be a lot easier"

" 'Kay"

"So first, you hold out your board in front of you like this" he demonstrated

I did as he did, this was somewhat easier than paddling itself

"And then, you wait for a really big wave to come" we were waiting for the wave for about two minutes, and then one came up behind us

"And then, just as the wave goes in front of you, you jump" he jumped on top of the wave, and he went zooming back to the beach

I have never body boarded in my life, so how does he expect me to just learn it like that? There was no time to question myself, another wave was coming up behind me, I jumped, and I went flying to the place where Luke was sat.

"Wow, you're a quick learner" he said

"I suppose"

We did a few more rounds of Body boarding, until we were both tired enough that we could fall asleep in the sea. Until we collapsed with exhaustion, we grudgily made our way back to where Jacob, Avril and Saphire were laying, and declared that we needed food.

Louise had made a real effort with our picnic, she had packed sandwiches, crisps, pasta salad, potato salad, ice cream in a cool tub and lots of capri suns!

After a long and tiring day at the beach, we walked all the way back, when Lucas pulled me aside from everyone else

"Tomorrow, I have somewhere we can go"

"All of us?"

"Just you and me"

"Can't wait"

I didn't ask him where we were going, because part of me wanted it to be a surprise, all I knew, is that the day ahead would be full of surprises

Love at first sight

Luke woke me up early in the morning, and told me to get dressed, because we had to get there early. He went downstairs to make some food to go, whilst I got dressed into my flowery skirt and my green t-shirt. I quietly went down the stairs, being careful not to wake any of the others up. Luke wrote a note saying that they were in the town and would