Chapter 10: UnDead Girl by Stephen Simpson
They had started walking down the hall when the sound of a
ringing phone made Genesis jump.
Before Genesis could say anything, Finn was already walking away from her in the opposite direction. She did not like the idea of being by herself in this quiet, creepy hallway. Determined not to be afraid, she started slowly down the hall in the direction they had been heading.
As she turned another corner to the right, she heard a soft
giggle coming from the left. The sound made her stop and move closer to the
white wall. There was nowhere to hide, but the instinct to not be seen was
great. In a doorway further up the opposite hallway, she saw two people. She
should have continued walking along the hallway to the right, pretended she had
not seen them, but her feet were suddenly so heavy she could not lift them up.
The young man looked to be the same age as her and he was
standing with his back pressed against a door frame, facing away from Genesis.
His head was tilted back and although he was facing the opposite direction, and
she could only see the side of his face, Genesis could tell he was handsome.
Another soft giggle drew her eyes to the girl who was
standing on her tip-toes in front of him, placing soft kisses in the fold of
his neck with her full, pink lips. Genesis could not see her face because it
was hidden behind a thick curtain of white hair so long the tips brushed her
hands which were holding on to his waist.
Genesis panicked. She had to get out of there. This was not
how she wanted to meet the others like her. She took a step back.
His voice made her stop. “Wait!”
Genesis froze.
The girl purred in a deep, husky voice, “Why?”
Genesis felt her body relax when she realised he was not
telling her to wait, he was talking to the girl. They had not noticed her yet.
“We’re
not together anymore.” He growled softly.
“You
know you want me back.” Her hands moved up his chest to his shoulders.
“No!”
He snapped, putting his hands on her shoulders, and trying to push her away
from him.
“Stop
playing hard to get.” She laughed a sarcastic sound. “Fate brought us back
together.”
“Cut
it out!” He was still pushing against her shoulders. “I don’t want to hurt you,
but you’re really starting to piss me off. Why can’t you understand? We’re not
doing this anymore. I don’t want you. When we broke up after the summer break
last year, I never expected to see you again, and likewise, you never expected
to see me again. It was just a summer fling.”
