I study the map carefully,but staring at it won't get us there more quickly.We are still way far from where they must be,and I'm starting to get frustrated.Even more.

It's been two days since the little..incident with Elias,but none of us speeks about it.And I'm not really sure I want to.I just hope this is the kind of problem that if you ignore it for a while it goes away.There is still some tension between me and Elias,but we are not like that night.I mean we are kinda like how we were before it happened.

Hayley stop thinking about it.Ignore it remember?

Anyway.I adjust my backpack better on my shoulders and wrap my hands again around Elias's waist.

This town brings back bad memories.I used to come here before my mum died,and although I was pretty young,I still remember how much she loved it.

"I used to come here a lot."Elias tells me slightly turning his head to my direction.

"Yeah me too."I say and he goes on.

"I had a friend here named Kyle.I used to visit him every weekend,and Layla came too.I was sure she had a crush on him.And he promised to help her become this huge actress one day.I always thought it was stupid."He chuckles.

"My brother wanted to be an FBI agend.I was more of a painter though.I got that from my mum."I say and look at his face,still looking forward as his strong jaw clenched a little before he looked at me.

"I was into sports mostly.American football was my favourite.And I was pretty good at it.I tried to continue playing after the infection had spread,but,obviously,not for long."His knuckles turn white for a second before he relaxes his grip.

"I always wanted to learn how to play but the whole 'it's a guy sport' kind of killed the vibe."I say as we slowly stop and get off the motorcycle.He raises his eyebrow,not believing a word I said.

"You?"His voice filled with disbelief."You're..tiny."He says with surprise and I roll my eyes."You would get crushed."

"No I wouldn't!And I am not  tiny.You're just too tall."I protest and look at the house we just stoped in front of."Why did we stop here?"I ask and he stares at the house.

"It was Kyle's house.It's probably a long shot but I just wanna see if he's.."He says but stops mud-sentence.

"Yeah sure."I quickly say and we walk to the front door and he twists the handle.The door opens without any trouble.

If he was here,it would be locked..

We walk silently through the house.Almost immediately this bad scent hits my nostrils making me flinch in disgust.Damn this place smells bad..I walk through the living room without even looking at where I was stepping,when suddenly I hear something wet under my shoe like I just stepped into a puddle.I look down and see a pool of blood as I raise my shoe carefully,my heart starting to beat faster and faster.

Please don't let it be Kyle's...

I stare at the blood pool when I feel a drop falling on my chick.I wipe it off slowly with my middle finger and realize it's blood again.I look up and cover my mouth taking a few steps back at the horrific scene upon me.Kyle's body is hanging from the ceiling,his stomach torn apart,which is where the blood was coming out from.I snap out of my shock and trace where he tied down the rope that he hang himself with.I quickly walk up to the knot and cut it,his body falling to the ground with a loud thud,as I stand by his side.

"Hey Hayley what happened.."He trails off when he sees Kyle's body,before I can even stop him.

"He has bite marks here,and here,"I say taking a deep breath and point at the two bite marks,"And his stomach is all torn out,which would have been a slow,and painful death so he preferred to-"

"Yeah I can see that."He says expressionless,staring at the body and I exhale sharply.

"Elias I'm so sorry..."I say quietly and he looks away.

"No need to be."He says and head for the door."Let's go."

"Elias we can talk about it if you want."I follow him out the door,where I see him already on the motorcycle.

"I don't.So stop being annoying and get on the fucking motorcycle."He snaps at me and I'm left open mouthed.

SORRY I CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.

I scowl and get on the motorcycle,grabbing the back of the motorcycle this time,so I won't fall.I don't want any further contact with him right now.Just because he's sad,doesn't mean he has to treat me like this.I just wanna help.

He sighs and starts the engine as we ride through the empty streets,that used to be filled with life.I stare at his back,his muscles showing through his white shirt.I resist the temptation to keep staring and look at the houses instead.They're all very similar to each other,but yet so different.One has a bricked wall,another has little gnomes at the garder.I can go on and on about them,but we leave the neighbourhood,and now the houses are nothing but a memory.Not that I mind..

"Sorry."He says and I snap out of it.

"Huh?"I say surprised at the words that left his lips.

"There's no way I'm saying it again."He says taking a small break,and I smile."I don't think you're annoying.Most of the time."He adds,and I smile even more.

"Apology accepted.But if you do that again,you'll get slapped."I warn him and he shakes his head making me roll my eyes.He knows he'll probably talk to me like that again.He's just too impulsive sometimes.And I love that about him.

But not like love-love!Of course not.I don't love Elias.Nope.I don't.

I give up on trying to hold on by the back of the motorcycle,and wrap my hands around his waist.

We arive into Makeworth County,where the vibe of the city hits really quick.I came here,but only once in the past,to go to my friend Lorence's party.It was a cute little neighbourhood like the ones you only heard in fairytales where everything is rainbows and sunshine.Now look at this place.All rotten up,deserted.I wonder if Lorence is still around.

Not long after,as we pass through a road,a car stops in front of us,right at the transaction,making Elias hit the breaks so hard,that we almost get knocked down.I look pass his shoulder and see something I could not believe.

"Lorence?!"I say raising both my eyebrows and he smiles in disbelief.

"No way!Hayley?!"He says and comes out of the car and I get off the motorcycle,and hug him.

"You know him?"Elias asks and when Lorence meets his eyes,his mood changes a little and he takes a step back.

What was that all about?

"Yeah we used to be friends.Why?Do you?"I say and he quickly denies it.Something isn't right.."Is everything alright?"I ask and look at Lorence and he smiles at me.

"Of course.I still can't believe that I ran into you after all these years Hay!I mean what are the odds?"He smiles politely and Elias fake smiles next to me.

"Yeah what are the odds."Lorence smiles innocently at him while Elias's words are filled with venom.

"I'm Lorence."He says extending his arm but Elias doesn't shake it and I clear my throat.

"Lorence this is my friend,Elias.He's not very trusting."I chuckle and he shakes his head in agreement chuckling as well.

"Yeah I can see that.Hey do you wanna come by my house?It would be nice to spend some time with you.You know,to remember the good old days where nothing was..like this."He says and looks around.

"Yeah sure.You lead the way and we'll follow."I say and he gets in his car and I head for our motorcycle.But before I can get on,Elias grabs my arm gently.

"What's wrong."I say while he pinches his nose.

"He doesn't know about your..condition,does he?"He wispers at me and I raise my brow.

My condition?

"No.."I trail off."Why?"

"Don't tell him.The less people know the better."He says and throws one last suspicious look at Lorence.

"Elias what's going on?You're getting weird.Again."I say and he looks at me with an unusual worriness in his eyes.

"I just can't shake the feeling that I've seen him before.And not on good terms."His fingers soft on my arms,I gently take them and remove them while I remain in that position,holding them a little bit longer.

"Don't worry.He's not capable of doing anything to you."I say getting on and I hear him sigh.

"It's not me I'm worried about."He quietly says,but I hear it.

We follow Lorence through the streets back to his house,Elias's body more tense than ever.Could he really have seen Lorence before?Could they have been enemies?No way.Lorence is a good person.

But he was a kid when you last saw him.He must have changed.

That little voice in my head says again,but I shake it off.Lorence was even scared of a simple fly.There's no way he could have turned bad all of a sudden.

He stops in front of a well built house,and we do the same.I mean of course is not as well as it used to be,but it is in pretty good condition.

"You wanna come inside?I have something that belongs to you."He smiles and I nodd my head.

"I'll stay here."Elias says in a full hating tone,and I close my eyes.God this person.

Me and Lorence get in the house,and I am shocked at the inside of the house.It definitely doesn't look like someone has ben staying here,even in a time like this.The furnitures are all dusty,like no one laid a finger on it in years.I shake the bad feeling I get and I follow him to the back of the house,into his bedroom.It hasn't changed much.I mean all the toys are gone and stuff like that,but after all these years I expected it to be a lot different.

"I have it here somewhere.."He says digging through a drawer when he finds whatever it is he wants to show me so badly."Here."He turns and extents his hand with a picture within his fingers and I freeze.

"No way.."I wisper and he smiles.

"Yes way.Take it."He goes on and moves his hand closer to me,and I take the picture with shaking hands.

It's a picture of me and Adam at Lorence's party.He had taken me there,because my father was all caught up in his research with the excuse,and I quote,'Couldn't bother with childish parties at the moment".Adam was so pissed at him for making me cry,so he swore to take me there himself.And he did.That turned out to be one of the best memories I have with my brother.In the photo,I am sitting on Adam's lap,his hands rapped around me,a huge smile on both of our lips as he looked at me with bright eyes.He looks so young...So full of life...

"Lorence this is..Thank you so much.."I say after a long silence,trying not to start crying like an idiot.I put the photo in my back pocket and look in his eyes."It was really good seing you."I smile and turn to leave but he calls out my name."Yeah."I say and turn around.

"Don't stay with him."He says and I laugh at the boldness in his voice.But not in an amused tone.

"And why is that?You don't even know him."I say and cross my arms in front of my chest.

"I know things."He takes a break between his words."Bad things are gonna happen if you stay with him Hayley.It would suck if something...happened to you."He says and his look darkens and I take a step back.

"It was nice seeing you."I quickly say and walk out as normally as I could but the truth is,I am a little terrified.Not by his threat about Elias.I trust him.But the look he gave me was just so..dark.It was like he knew stuff about me,about Elias.Stuff about what would happen next..Stuff that he shouldn't normally know...

I take long,quick steps towards Elias who's leaning against the motorcycle, and once he sees me,he gets off.

"What happened you looked freaked out.If that bastard did anything to you-"He starts but I cut him off,eager to leave.

"I'll explain everything once we are far,far away from here.For now just drive."I say out of breath and we get on.

Elias starts to drive and when we are just a few metres away,I look back at the house,where I see him,standing at the window,with a look in his eyes that makes me shiver...

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Omigod this is legitimately the longest chapter I have written so far!Over 2000 words!That doesn't seem like a lot,but believe me.It is :').Sooooo,what do you think Lorence knows about Hayley and what will happen if she sticks around with Elias?Or what do you think he knows about Elias?Oooooh I like the suspense soo much.*Evil laughs*.

By the way I'm having a new cover made for the story,and I think it's gonna be awesome!!

But goodbye for now. :)

Love,Mae.