[Living in the Shadows]09

It was the last few days before we had to go back to School, we had gotten a break from the case but I kept having these weird dreams about me and Quincey, I would always be stuck somewhere and out of the blue he’d show up and come rescue me.

There was something about Quincey that kept me always thinking about him. I guess I had started to like him, but liking him and loving him are two different things…right..

“Whats wrong” came Syd as I took out a tray of cookies from the oven, “And don’t say nothing because you always make cookies when your confused about something”

“Just thinking” I sighed as he poured two glasses of milk

“Bout”

“Nothing, I mean Life” I said as he laughed

“I think this has to do with Shane and Quincey” He said as I shook my head no “You got be kidding me”

“I mean You and Shane have been friends for a while and then like that” he snapped his fingers “Became girl friend and boy friend”

I sighed as he continued knowing there would be no stopping “His big brother, to little sister speech”
“Then you start getting close to Quincey and your starting to wonder where your loyalty lies, but in the end you have to get your Not a normal kid…relationships confuse you and you can’t let things like
that get in your way…”

I sighed because I had to agree, it was fun being with Shane at school and doing all that lovey-dovey stuff but we were getting older and starting to drift apart.
“Whatever” I said as he snatched up the cookie “And that’s what you get” he dropped it back on the tray as I decided to go upstairs and pack so I could spend the last of my days relaxing…

“You can’t be doing this to me” came Belinda shaking her had in disbelief “Me of all people”

“Its hard for me too” I sighed running my hands through my hair, this was something I had to do If I didn’t do it know I wouldn’t be able to do it later.

“Breaking up with me over what Quincey”

“Don’t make this into something huge Belinda”

She wiped her face “Whatever, you can be so dumb”

“Yea I guess”

“You never told me why”

“It doesn’t matter”

“Why won’t you just tell me, it’s the respectable thing to do” She said breaking down “Is it another girl”

“No”

“Liar” she pulled her long dark hair into a ponytail “Its that Cameo girl huh, what does she have that I don’t”

I huffed this was starting to get annoying and she just wouldn’t give it up. “I hope we could still be friends Belinda”

“Yea, whatever” she yelled as I walked off towards my car…

“There’s someone here for you Ms. Cameo” came Ben as I sat in the music room, I nodded my head in thanks and made my way up to the sitting room. I didn’t expect to see Shane here but then again his family lived close and he had been to my house before.

“You look surprised” came Shane as he ran his hand through his sandy brown hair “I didn’t mean to just pop in but I wanted to see you”

I laughed “Its okay, so what brings you by” I said as he kissed my cheek “Thought you were in Russia or Iceland or something”

He laughed “I was in Russia but my dad let me fly back early so I could visit and stuff”

“Oh I guess you heard then” I said annoyed as I spun out his embrace and made my up to my room, he followed behind me telling me he didn’t know what I was talking about “Liar, Our parents talk all the time”

“Okay” he said with a breath as he closed the door “I did hear, but I wasn’t worried I know you can handle yourself”

“Whatever Shane you suck at lying” I flopped onto the bed , he was looking at the pictures from school I had collected over the years and in an instant was sitting by me had on my waist the other running through my wavy hair.

“You know your so cute when your mad” he said as he gently kissed my lips and I laughed while pushing him off “Oh and know you find things funny”

“Yea my dad might not be here but my brother is” I pulled my hair into a sloppy bun “And I hate to see such a pretty boy like you get hurt”…

I couldn’t sleep, I was burning up with all my windows open and I keep getting this mental flash of the creek Sydney and I used to play in and I knew If I didn’t go I wouldn’t be able to sleep or concentrate. I pulled on a jacket over my t-shirt and pulled on some tennis shoes and hoped out the window as quietly as I could…

“I didn’t even know this place existed” I said as I sat near the creek, the smell of Mango’s hit my nose hard but it wasn’t harsh more like it relaxed me.

“Syd and I used to play here back in the day” She sighed leaning up against a rock “What brings you out here ?”

“Couldn’t sleep” I said picking up rocks and making them skip “You”

She laughed “You” she came and sat by me “Do you want to talk”

I shrugged “How’d you know I was out here”

“The more time Im around people the easier things get, and when I feel your in stress Im in stress” she made little whirlpools in the creek “So whats new”

“I guess its Me and Belinda breaking up”

“What…why”

“It wasn’t working, it hadn’t been working for along time”

“Oh…Im sorry to hear that”

“Nah it okay, she didn’t really understand me or the job”

“Its hard to understand when your not in it”

“Yea, I guess”

“Did you love her”

“Yea, I guess I did”

“Do you miss her”

“Yea, I guess I do”

“I can’t help if you keep giving me guesses” she laughed as the whirlpools stopped “Are you sure you made the right choice”…

“Yea” He said turning to look at me with his deep green eyes “Have you ever did something and after you just felt relieved” I nodded my head yes “That’s How I felt, I used to want to marry her and everything but I think she only liked me because of the uses she got out of me”

We sat there talking about stories from our childhood, there was something about Quincey that made me like him more and more, he wasn’t the cocky jerk I used to believe he was, he was something special. There was a reason why I was having weird dreams about him and there was a reason I felt so complete with him when I was around him. What was I going to do with Shane we both knew thing were going to end sooner or later but who knew they would end sooner.