Dead Dreams ((Young Adult Paranormal Romance) ( Dead Dreams Trilogy)) (36 page)

“
You’ve picked a bad place to camp
,
the nearest site is miles from here you should head up to the
forest
.
”

They
looked
at each other in disbelief the
forest was
so far away it would be i
mpossible for them to get there by foot.

“
Look guys,
thanks for the advice.
”
Adam replied,
“
But w
e’re doing just fine as we are.
”

“
Hey
look they’ve got my favourite coleslaw!
”
Summer
exclaimed loudly.
She’d become disinterested in any
conversation pref
erring to eat as much as she could
so she
could
head to the bathroom. I
n spite of their luck
turning
,
her deep anxiety remained
and the only way
to
relieve it
was
to purge.

Not giving up the couple
follow
ed them
round the buffet
with Adam’s annoyance increasing.
Suspicious and believing everyone had an ulterior motive he wasn’t prepared to give them a
chance no matter how homely and safe they appear
ed
to
be. Summer on the other hand had other ideas as usual.

“
How far is it really to the
forest
, can we get there like in a day or so?
”
She asked them.

“
It’s only a couple of hours by car, we’re headed up there if you kids need a ride.
”
The man replied.

“
Oh Adam,
a forest for camping
, that would be awesome!
”
Summer said
pleading and hoping he’d see sense.

“
Yeh right, what the hell do you wanna go up there for anyway?
”

“
Because
I’
ve never
camped out in a
real
forest
.
”

“
How come you people see us?
”
Adam asked bluntly.

“
That’s a crazy question young man, of course we can see you, why wouldn’t we?
”

Maybe he was wrong to assume that everyone was evil or out to trip them up at every curve and besides Summer’s words were ringin
g in his ears, she’d
never seen a forest or camped out.
He didn’t want to be
the person to harshly deny her the chance, something she’d hound him
over for days
.
Reluctant
and still paranoid he
was slowly coming around to the
idea
.

“
Do you live far from here?
”
Adam asked.

“
We use to but not any more and you kids, where do you come from?
”
The man replied
.

Summer
was on a high because she could
eat and eat and
,
without thinking
she
said the first thing that came into her head.

“
W
e’re
from a parallel universe
and
we
can do anything we want cause we’re
invisible
!
”

Adam couldn’t
believe
what she’d said and
neither did they
.
They
shook
their heads in disbelief
-
Summer
returned to her food and
was
oblivious to their reaction.

Stepping forward
the man spoke softly and
directly to Adam,

“
Do you really believe y
our eating this food?
”
He said.
“
O
r carrying those bags on your back? You’re not it’s all an illusion, you still think you’re alive son and your girlfriend too
,
but you’re not
,
you’re both dead.
”

Summer burst
into tears dropping
her
fried chicken piece
on
the floor.

“
Now look what you’ve done
you
stupid old man
,
you’ve gone and ups
et my girlfriend
. W
hat the fuck is
your problem
?
We weren’t bothering you!
”

“
I’m telling you both you’re not alive anymore you don’t have a body, you’re no l
onger breathing and you’re
just the same as us, stuck and wandering
between two worlds.
”

The man
was
determined to get his point across no matter what they bot
h thought. He believed he was right and was
going to make certain that
they
understood he was
telling them the truth.

Adam
did what he thought was best and taking
Summer’s hand he drag
ged her out of the restaurant
as far away as possible from
the creepy old couple that had
probably lost their reasoning.
Doing his
best to calm her down he gave
what he thought was
a logical
explanation
.

“
Did you see how old they were? Bet they’re both senile that’s why they were spewing so much crap.
”

“
But what about the
forest and camping?
I can’t go
now be
cause they had a car and we can’t walk there.
”
She pleaded.

“
Forget the
forest
, we’ve got bigger shit to worry about it.
”

“
Adam,
”
She
said through tear stained eyes.
“
D
on’t you get it we’re dead that’s why all the
se weird things keep happening…
I...I’ll prove it to you right now!
”

O
ne moment
everything
seemed to be going well. T
hey had g
otten away from
Devon
and Rufus and
fo
und new clothes and proper food. T
he next
,
they were back in a dark place where nothing made sense again, all because of a crazy
couple in a buffet restaurant
.

“
G
o ahead
then,
show me!
”
He replied daring her.

Instead of
Summer fo
llowing Adam wherever he chose to go it was
the other way round with Summer taking the lead and heading for the freeway. T
he noise of the traffic became
stronger the closer the
y got
. Adam
wondered what she planned
to do.
Why does this chick always want to get one up on me and screw with my head!

“
You stay right here and watch me then you’re gonna see I’m right.
”
She said firmly.

He wondered
what
exactly
she’d
planned to do as they arrived at the side of the road. Cars and trucked thundered past in the late afternoon sun as Summer took off her back-pack.

“
I’m going to walk out into the road and stay there, if no-one hoots their horn or knocks me down you know I’m
telling the truth.
”
She proclaimed.

“
Why don’t you just go and play Russian roulette, it’s the same. Proving a point to me is
n’t worth losing your life over.
Let’s go,
it’s a dumb ass idea.
”

“
My life
’s already gone
I’m sure of it.
”
She replied as she headed out into the road.

He didn’t want to look but couldn’t take his eyes off what he saw was
an insane thing to do
. A big part of him was fearful about where he’d go without Summer, a small part had reached the conclusion that she was
the
master of her own screwed up destiny and if it was to be death by loaded truck then so be it
.
But,
underneath all the bravado he wished she hadn’t decided to do such a crazy thing.

“
I love you
baby!
”
She said as
she
walked
proudly
into the oncoming traffic.