Here I was at another party, wearing a red dress and some heels. It was getting late already and for the first time, in a long time, there was a non alcoholic drink in my hand. 

Danny was sitting at a wrap around couch getting drunk on his third beer as some guys stated at other girls backs and breasts. Rolling my eyes, I just turned around and manuvoured through people and sat at the table with my drink.

There were unfinished plates of food on the table surrounding me. I grabbed a beer bottle from an ice filled cooler, it slid down my throat and ran to the pit of my stomach. It was getting colder outside and people were filling any empty corners or spots they saw. Somone pushed into me making me spill my beer down my dress and on my boobs, anger roared in my like a fire as I got up and stood facing the guy. "Seriously?!" He laughed, "oh my god I'm sorry." I shrugged, he was a good looker.

"Want to hang somewhere?" He asked, "Sure?" We walked outside where noone was. The blue glow of the pool illuminated the seats we sat on, "my name is Anthony by the way."

"I'm Meagan." He smiled and brought his beer to his lips taking a sip, he looked into my eyes and then came closer. He leaned in and then stopped, "what the hell is this?"

My head whipped around to see a very angry Danny holding something in his hands. It was a bottle of beer, he stomped over and looked the guy dead in the eye.

"I suggest you back of my girlfriend." "Oh yeah or what." It didn't come out as a question. But and unimpressed statement, Danny snickered and set down his beer, he pressed his thumb in the guy's forhead with a possessing sneer. Then blew his face and backed away, "you're so gay."The guy said. I stood up and Danny took my hand, we walked out the gate and he found his car. "Let's go, it's getting late."

He got in and then so did I, he took of in a whir gripping the wheel. His nails were bitten down to ridged nubs and bleeding from the small crevice of his finger.

"Are you okay?"

"Just fine."

There was no denying it, in this moment fear was suffocating me. He zipped down the road and then did a big turn making me hit my head hard on the glass window. A ringing in my ears caused even more pain and made it harder to sit up.

"What are you doing?" A scream was heard in the distance and Danny chuckled, "alright, that's my cue." He drove down the road and into the darkness where a thick fog drifted towards us. His eyes flashed a red glow in almost a split second, this felt like a dream. No, not a dream, a nightmare, one that was taking over my life. A sharp pain swelled in my stomach making me squirm.

Danny glared at me, hate burning in his eyes. "What was that all about, were you going to kiss him?" "No." "Don't lie to me! I know what you were thinking. Sluts like you always think alike, if I kiss one guy only one time it isn't cheating. Well guess what, it is. And now he had to pay the price, you're lucky you're cute. If you hadn't been, you would be like all the others."

"What the hell is your problem?!" My lungs hurt from how high my voice was raised, he turned to me. "Just shut up for once." He rolled down his window and then took a sharp turn. As we pulled up to my house he let out a deep sigh, "see you tommorow?" "Maybe." I said.

I got out and walked up to the door, my mom was inside and swung the door open. No need for me to ring the bell, she let me in and then shut the door. "Dinner is almost ready, I made spaghetti."

"Wow, you have not been this active in a really long time." "Yeah I know, well I met a guy."

"What really?"

"Yeah, I mean he is such a lovely guy. I know it's only been two years but, he makes me happy."
My mom smiled as she stirred the sauce in the pot.

"That's good, how was the rest of your day?"

"Alright, just really had a craving for this stuff and decided to make it." She set some on two plates and we sat at the table together. I twirled the pasta around my fork and took the bite full.

Mom took a dainty sip of wine not shaking away the huge smile that lingered on her face. After my meal and a long shower, I sat on my bed with the lights off. Outside my window the streets were empty, most houses had all their lights of by now, my eyes felt dry and my mind like slush.

Today didn't make much sence to me, it was chaotic and almost like a movie. I went back to the bathroom and let the glow of the streetlights be my only light. I grabbed my toothbrush and coated it with a fine layer of toothpaste. It scrubbed on my teeth and over my tongue, I bent down amd spit into the sink. My eyes stuck back at the mirror, there was something else about it now. It sent a chill down my spine, darkness filled the empty void.

The mirror was cracked and dark smoke came from the cracks. A cold slither ran up around my ankles, through my veins, and in my stomach. My eyes fell down at my feet and a snake glided on the floor. It was large enough to eat me in just two bites. I jumped back into the bath and grabbed a shampoo bottle. I tried screaming but couldn't, but my voice was silent and stuck in my throat. The snake fell in the bath and wrapped around my thigh. I grabbed my comb and stabbed it with the sharp end. It wiggled and hissed louder, lunging at me. I stabbed it again, it fell back and slithered away. My heart was beating hard and quick now, I got up my legs shakey and then my eyes looked out the window. And I saw a tall shadow like figure standing, the person turned around and went away in the dark as the fog engulfed them.

I was no longer safe.

Neither was this quaint fallen town of DarkShy.