Shadows

Annalise's POV
I roll over and hit Maggie with my arm accidentally.
"Ughhh what time is it?" She groans and I squint open my eyes to the early morning light. I tumble out of the bed and over to where my phone lay on the floor charging.
"7:30," I say and my eyes widen at the number of missed calls and messages I have. Over half are from my mom, the rest are from my dad and some unfamiliar number. I quickly call my mom and she answers on the second ring.
"Annalise?!" Her panicked voice screeches over the phone.
"Yeah mom what's wrong?" I ask as Maggie falls out of bed.
"Annalise sweetie where are you?!" She asks hysterically.
"I'm at Maggie's," I explain shaking my head. "Mom what is wrong?!"
"We came home this morning and," she starts hyperventilating and my fathers voice comes onto the phone.
"This morning your mother and I got home and someone had broken into the house," he says calmly. My heart rate starts to pick up and I begin to panic. "When we couldn't find you we got extremely scared."
"Oh my god dad," I say, breathing heavily. Someone broke into the house?!
"I'm on my way to pick you up right now, I'll be there soon," he says. "Thank god you're okay sweetheart."
I hang up the phone and stare at Maggie who's looking at me strangely.
"What was that about?" She asks and I sink to the floor.
"Someone broke into our house last night," I say, my hands shaking.
"That's horrible!" Maggie exclaims, the anger in her voice evident. "At least you were here not there."
"Yeah," I mumble and begin to gather my things. "I'll see you at school, my dad is coming to pick me up."
"Alright," she says and envelops me in a hug. I squeeze her tightly before heading downstairs with my my bag slung over my shoulder. Maggie's mom smiles at me as I bound to the door.
"Goodbye Annalise!" She calls after me as I burst outside and jog to my dad's car as it pulls into the driveway. He gets out as soon as he's parked and I wrap my arms around him.
"We're sorry for leaving you alone," he says and squishes me against his chest.
"I should have called you guys and told you I was staying at Maggie's, I'm sorry I scared you guys," I mutter against his chest.
"It's okay," he says and pulls away. He glances down at me almost as to make sure I'm actually okay. "We're just glad that you're safe."
I climb into the car and lean back into the leather seat as my dad drives.
"How's mom?" I ask and he sighs deeply.
"She's still a bit rattled about the break in, she's with the police now," he says.
I nod and stare out the window. Yesterday's rain stains the sidewalk as we drive the short distance home.
I close my eyes as we pull into the driveway, trying to block out the red and blue lights that have grown much too familiar. Officers mill around outside and my mom stands on the front porch. I climb out of the car and my mom practically sprints towards me, enveloping me in her warm arms.
"Hi mom," I mumble, my head buried into her chest. She rubs small circles in my back but I think the gesture was more to calm herself than me.
"Thank god you're okay," she whispers. "We got home and I thought I'd lost both of my daughters," her voice breaks and I wrap my arms around her.
"It's okay mom I'm fine," I say and pull out of her hug.
She smiles sadly at me and ushers me inside just as a familiar black range rover pulls into the driveway next door. I glance over and Harry's green eyes meet mine as he climbs out of his car. I openly watch as he seems to have an internal battle with himself before jogging over to me. I let my mom go inside and cross my arms over my chest, waiting for him to get to me.
"Is everything okay?" He asks and runs his fingers through his curly hair. He's wearing the same clothes as he was last night.
"Um I don't really know," I mutter and stare at my feet.
"Well I kind of forgot about your car, do you need a ride to school?" He asks helpfully.
Why is he being nice to me? I glance up at him and see that he looks as uncomfortable as I feel.
"Im fine, thanks," I mumble before turning on my heel and walking inside, hearing him sigh behind me as I shut the door.
I climb the stairs to my bedroom and lock the door behind me, leaning against it for support. First Catherine was found dead and now someone broke into our house, while I was supposed to be home alone. I can't shake the suspicion that somehow these two events are related. I glance at the clock and swear under my breath, I'm going to be late if I don't hurry up. I quickly grab some clothes and strip down. I throw my hair up and get dressed quickly before rushing out the door and downstairs.
"Where are you going?" My mom asks quizzically as I rush towards the door.
"School," I say. Isn't it obvious. "Do you think you or dad could give me a ride?" I ask hopefully.
"You don't need to go to school today," my dad says, entering the room.
"I want to," I need to get out of this house. There's too much sadness in this house, it's dragging me down.
"I think you should stay home today Anna," my mom says sternly. I brush past her and my dad and head to the door. I guess I am going to take up harry on that offer. Hopefully he hasn't left yet.
I bust outside and sigh in relief when I see the black range rover still parked in the driveway. I jog over to the familiar black car and lean against the hood while I wait for Harry to come out.
I pull out my phone and erase all the messages my mom left, I don't want to listen to her freaking out. My phone buzzes with a text from Maggie.
Mags: hey, everything okay?
Me: yeah, mama Jessica is hysterical though. I'll tell you more at school.
I put my phone in my bag and Harry raises his eyebrows curiously as he saunters towards me.
"Do you think you could give me that ride after all?" I ask shyly.
He groans lowly and I immediately feel like an idiot. Of course he's not going to give me a ride, I'm me and he's him.
"Never mind," I mumble and push off the hood of the car. I begin walking back to my house when his hand grabs my arm, pulling me back.
"Hop in," he says calmly and I look at him in surprise and climb into the passenger seat, he slams the door shut behind me.

Notes

Their house was broken into whattt