Why I Left and Why I'm Leaving

Chapter 20

[Adam's POV]

I walk in and Ty is taking off his shirt. His and Jerome's mouthes are intertwined and Ty's straddling Jerome's waist. I accidentally cough and Ty pulls away.

"Ty? Jerome?" Ty quickly puts his shirt back on and gets up.

"I-it's not what it looks like." He tries to explain.

"I know what I saw. I'm happy for you two."

I turn and begin walking down the hallway. I open the door to my room and sit down on my bed. For some reason, I just couldn't picture them together. I felt... Jealous? But why do I feel jealous?

I lay down on the floor. My room is at the very end of the hall, but it turned a corner so I could see their bedrooms, but not the living room. I closed the door and lay down flat so I could see under the door. I looked and saw the bottom of Ty and Jerome's doors to their rooms. I saw two pairs of feet come down the hall and low whisperings. The feet each went to separate rooms, so I knew they had gone to their own rooms. I felt my eyelids grow heavier but I had to watch a little longer.

I heard footsteps, barely audible, and saw Ty heading for Jerome's room. I knew it. I climbed into my bed, not bothering to take off my clothes, and fell asleep instantly.

~-~

"Adam! ADAM!!" I heard someone yell and bang on my door. Oh yeah, I locked it last night.

"Five more minutes." I muttered.

"WE DON'T HAVE FIVE MINUTES!" I listened closely and it was... Lisa? What happened? I heard gunshots and jolted upright.

"Lisa?!" I heard laughter. Crazy laughter. Like... familiar crazy laughter. Then muttering and I saw blood stream under the door. I flung out of bed and stopped. Why can't I move?? I heard moaning and slumping. I couldn't move my feet.

"Lisa!!" I heard a strange noise and then a muttered 'Goodbye.' I found myself able to move again and flung the door open. I saw Lisa slumped by my door with blood on the walls. I looked and could make out letters smeared with the blood.

"Jerome... isn't... real... he-" The rest of the words were too smudged to read. Jerome isn't real. Jerome isn't real? What's that supposed to mean? I inspect Jerome's bedroom and I see overturned sheets. Did they frickle-frackle? But then if Jerome isn't real...?

I shake my head, clearing any thoughts or images I may have had. I walk to Ty's room and see everything neat. His bed looks untouched, his dresser looks like it's been collecting dust. I start with the dresser. I look around and all I see are his boxers((#pervadam)) and his clothes. I close his dresser. Nothing under the bed. I don't see anything. It's so musty in here. I open the window and, as I'm about to walk out, see a glint of something to my left. I look and see it comes from a partially open drawer. It looks closed, but it's open enough I see something in it. I pull it open and see a key and a note.

'To whom it may concern,

I have a suspicious feeling about Lisa. I feel like I've known her before, but I don't know where from. If I disappear, I have a feeling Lisa may have done it.'

Well, that's not true. I saw Lisa, dead, outside my door.

'If I somehow disappear, I want whoever finds this note to pick up the rug underneath my bed and put the key in the lock.

Yours truly,

Ty Ellis'

I push the bed to the side and notice a seam. I pick up the rug and see a trapdoor with a lock. I put the key in the lock and realize I hadn't fully checked to see if he and Jerome are still here. I check the rest of the house and don't see them.

I turn the corner to the hallway and am greeted by Lisa's dead body, the message on the wall, and blood. I immediately turn around and feel like I'm about to puke. I close my eyes and shuffle back into Ty's room.

((Did '~-~' mean dream? or time skip? I'm not telling you you'll find out huehuehue))