Chapter 4

Amanda's P.O.V

My heart was racing and my palms were sweaty, what the heck was wrong with me. I had very cautiously peaked out through the blinds on the window yet he still saw me.

Those cold dark eyes had locked with mine and for a minute I had forgotten myself and stared back. Now I was hiding like a child to the side of the window.

"Who was that? Why did he stare at me like that? WHAT THE HECK IS HE DOING OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW?" I was freaking out to say the least.

"God he was cute," I sighed….. Wait! What did I just say?

"Who was cute hunny?" Mum said making me jump.

"U-uhh no one, I was just talking to myself," I explained trying to come up with some excuse.

"Well I can see that dear" she laughed. "But who did you see that you thought was cute," she winked and nudged my arm.

"W-Well there was sort of this boy outsi..." but before I could even finish my sentence she walked straight over to the window and looked out.

"No wait mum please don't look out there," I begged.

"Hm there's no one out here sweetheart, I'm going to go start making some dinner for us I'll call you when it's ready," she said and left the room.

Was he really gone? I walked to the window to see for myself and sure enough he was gone.

Apart of me felt sad, as creepy as it was to suddenly see some random guy staring up into my room I kind of wished I had time to go down to say hello to him and maybe make a friend, he looked like he was around my age.

The sound of a doorbell interrupted my thoughts. Was it him? My heart was pounding as I listened carefully from my room. I could hear people talking downstairs, it sounded like a woman.

"Amanda, Josh come downstairs to meet our new neighbours," Mom called.

I walked downstairs with Josh following behind me.

"This is Mrs Somerset and her daughter Karen," Mom said as I looked at the two women.

Mrs Somerset had dark hair swept back from her face and tied up in a bun, while her daughter Karen had light brown hair that was plaited into pink tails. Both of them were frightfully pale and wearing hats. Come to think of it Mr Dawes and the boy I had seen earlier were wearing similar hats, maybe that was in fashion in this town.

"It's nice to meet you," Karen said.

"Oh ye you too," I smiled back at her.

"Josh your father needs a hand in the attic so go help him please," Mum said.

"Whatever," Josh rolled his eyes and walked upstairs.

"Ah boys," Mrs Somerset laughed.

"Girls why don't you go for a walk," My mother suggested.

"Sure it's nice out," Karen replied.

Nice? It was cold and dark out …was she being sarcastic.

"I'll just go get my coat," I said as I walked outside to get my coat that was still in our car.

Karen had followed me outside.

"So are you glad you moved here?" she asked.

"Uh I guess, I mean I'll miss a lot of things about our old house but I'm sure it will be fine here," I said

"Don't worry you'll get used to it here, I felt the same way before I moved into this house" she said.

"Wait you lived in our house?" I asked shocked.

"Oh well yes when we first moved here but then we moved next door," she said nervously.

"Why? Was there something wrong with the house?" I asked.

"NO," She shouted.

I jumped a little in surprise.

"I mean it was just my mom being silly and wanting to move next door that's all," she said smiling at me.

We walked down the empty street, there were so many run down houses and not one person to be seen. I guess the people in dark falls weren't very sociable. I wonder what house that guy from earlier lives in, maybe I should turn up outside his bedroom window I thought and smiled to myself.

"Why are you smiling?" Karen asked intrigued.

I turned to her and smiled again I couldn't help it, I had to ask her.

"I saw this guy earlier outside my house, he looked to be our age he was tall with really dark eyes," I told her.

She chuckled "Oh I think you mean Ray,"

Ray so that was this mystery guy's name, we continued to walk down the street and talked about the different things we liked. Karen was actually really nice and I felt like we were going to be great friends we seemed to have a lot in common.

She stopped suddenly outside a white house, some of the windows were even boarded up and it looked pretty abandoned.

"Why are we stopping?" I asked her.

She gulped "This is where Ray lives,"

I stood there in shock with her, not only did someone live here but it was the guy from earlier! How could someone live in a house this badly damaged? Was it even safe to live in? I looked over at Karen she had fear in her eyes and she looked genuinely frightened. Before I could even ask her what was wrong that feeling of being watched suddenly came over me again. I stared up into the house in front of me. I couldn't see anyone but for some reason I knew someone was watching us.

"We shouldn't be here," she said panicking. "Come on lets go our mothers will probably be wondering where we got to,"

I followed after her and walked back towards my house, she was quiet the whole time, was she ok? When we finally got back we met Mrs Somerset at the door, she was just heading home.

"So we will hangout again soon ok?" Karen asked me.

"Ye of course sounds good," I replied smiling.

She was walking back to her house when she stopped and turned to me.

"Amanda promise me one thing," She said in a serious tone.

"Sure what is it?" I asked curiously.

"Promise me you won't go near Ray Thurstens house?" she asked.

I was surprised but was else could I say besides "I promise,"

She smiled and walked into her house.

Why on earth would she not want me to go near his house? Was he dangerous? I mean he was allowed to walk by my house so why couldn't I walk past his.

This town is definitely strange.

So that's the 4th chapter please let me know what you think or if I should continue with it?