The Creep Down The Road

Two years later...

Tanner's 5 now. The twins are 4, and Zachary is 3. I'm 24, Zayn's 25.

Since the fourth of July, Niall and Julia moved to Florida, along with Louis, Kaitlynn, and their little girl, Melanie. Harry moved with them, the only people still in New York are Liam, Perrie, Danielle, Sandra, Gemma, Conner, Zayn, the children, and me.

We moved back to the house, the one ee bought for all of us. Sandra stays us in the basement, Liam and Perrie live a few houses away, and Conner and Gemma took our old apartment.

Liam and Perrie stayed, just so Tanner and Danielle could still be friends. We couldn't bare to separate them.

I work in the fashion office in town, Dreems Incorporated. I'm the manager for the clothing part of the corporation, making $350 a week.

Zayn works a rd the restaurant with Sandra now, so they work different shifts, so the kids are never alone. If there's a moment when no one is home, we have Liam and Perrie come over.

Life is just totally perfect right now. I've never been happier.

"MOMMY! TANNER PULLED MY HAIR AGAIN!" El screamed from the living room.

I lied, it's a little stressful in this household. 4 kids, three adults, not really working.

"She stole my Wii controller!" Tanner defended.

"Mom! Zach's eating sugar again!" Sophia yelled.

I ran to the kitchen. There Zach was, chilling on the counter, eating sugar out of the container.

"Baby! That's not healthy!" I said, picking him off the counter and onto the floor, then he ran off into the living room, Sophia in tow.

I wiped off the counter, then jogged back to the living room. Tanner and Eleanor were tugging on the remote, Sophia was tickling Zach, and Zach was giggling.

"Honey, I'm home!" My husband yelled from the foyer.

I groaned, "Never say that again." I gulped, "Harry said that once."

Harry... We stopped speaking after I found out he didn't love me.

As soon as I thought of him, Louis came to mind. Oh god, my best friend was hundreds of miles away. I miss him so much...

My thoughts got ruined by a scream from Eleanor, "Mom!"

They still continued to tug on the remote! "Listen, give Tanner the remote and I'll get you all ice cream as soon as I get back from the store." I groaned in frustration.

They listened automatically, knowing that I'd get them their favorite ice cream.

Zayn walked in, seeing Tanner playing Wii, El braiding Sophia's blonde hair, and Zach running around.

"Hey Sammy. Sorry, I had to work a bit extra today." He kissed my cheek, then picked up a Wii remote and joined the game.

"It's fine. Just been really stressed about school starting. The girls are starting preschool, and Tanner's starting kindergarten. They'll be gone for 8 hours, everyday. Except for Zach."

Zayn looked up for a minute, "Don't worry. Dani will be there, and your younger cousin. He'll watch Tanner and Danielle for us when he can. Plus, we're homeboy's with the principal. Mr. O'Steele is watching them."

That made me less worried. "Okay, I'm gonna get a few things from the store, then ice cream. If El and Tanner fight, tell them I'll eat their ice cream."

He nodded, "Bye, love you."

"Love you too." I smiled, then walked outside to the minivan I bought.

I hopped in, turned on my radio, and drove.

*

I pulled into the parking lot of the store, the one that I was... raped at. It still haunts me a bit.

I walked in, going directly to the clothing. A party for Sandra was coming up, her 24th birthday. Zayn, Sandra, Liam, Perrie, Conner, Gemma, and I were all going out drinking, and we'd have Mike, the principal, come over. Yea, we're close.

I saw one thay was short and red, a black one, a black one with stripes, and a flower one. I bought all four, one for each of us girls.

I left the store, driving down the road. An old song from 2013, Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo came on.

It sounded familiar. When did this song ever play a role in my life?

I was just casually jamming now, with four dresses in the back seat. I pulled into the ice cream shop's parking lot.

I hoped out and walked up to the lady, ordered a small banana cone for Sophia, a small tub of strawberry for Eleanor, a small tub of Rocky Road for Tanner, and a small cone of Vanilla for Zach.

I got a container for each of them, then played and left. Back into the car I went, driving home.

Like always, my thoughts took over my brain, leaving nothing but the past in my mind.

I remember the song now, the dance battle the night I got pregnant. That was a great night.

I remembered the double hurricane, when Zayn and I became close again. And I locked Harry outside. And Louis and I slow danced. And the news report...

The news report about my life story, the rape, being pregnant to someone other than my current boyfriend. Dating Liam, then Zayn, then Harry, then marrying Zayn. And the wreck. And the 'miscarriage'.

The day we all met. I came home from shopping, to find Kaitlynn and Julia with nail polish bottles everywhere, the room a mess, just to find out they were excited over the boys.

But I'm glad I didn't yell at them that day, I wouldn't have met Zayn, or Lou, or Harry, or Liam, or my missing brother.

I remembered the day I scared Liam, and the day Zayn punched him in the face. And when we came back in, Liam was pissed.

Where did we go after Zayn punched him? We walked downstairs, out to the van... oh yea, found that note.

I didn't want to think of that horrid time. Being stalked by three people, who turned out to be my mum, brother, and 'friend'. Speaking of Jessica, she still works at the cafe.

As usual, I snapped out of my thoughts when a little girl appeared on the road. She had long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, looked about 10. She was a spitting image of me when I was 10.

This is the motherfucking second time I've seen a girl on this road. But this time, I didn't swerve. I just drove, right passed her. She wasn't real, just a figure I that my mind created. Nothing more than changed air.

But why? Over the years since the wreck, I've wondered. Why did I see myself from years ago on the road? Why did I see my parents at the baby shower? Why do I imagine my past everywhere?

I finally pulled into my driveway, seeing Liam's car in it already.

I brought in the bags the dresses inside, eith the containers of ice cream. First thing I did was set the ice cream on the dining table, then run the four dresses to the living room, where everything that was happening when I left was still happening, except Tanner and Dani were playing, and Perrie and Liam joined the Wii game.

"Kids! Ice cream on the table!" I said loudly, and all of my kids ran to the kitchen, except for Zach, who was too tiny to even reach the table, and Dani.

"Where's my ice cream, bitch?" Perrie joked.

"Wait a little bit, I have ice cream hidden in the freezer." I laughed, and Zayn paused the gane and looked at me.

"What?!"

I stifled a giggle, "Do you ever go in the freezer?"

"Yea, where the hell is the ice cream?"

I busted out laughing, "Behind the pizza rolls, Dumbass."

He pouted, embarrassed that he didn't notice ice cream in his own house.

I laughed once more, then crouched down next to Perrie. "I got dresses for us all. Wanna check them out?"

She threw the controller down, "Hell yea!"

We jumped up, and I grabbed the dresses, heading downstairs. Before I reached the stairs, I noticed Dani and Tanner sharing ice cream.

We reached Sandra's room, where she was watching TV. I put the dresses next to her, and she jumped up, "You got them!!! I'll call Gemma!"

*

Gemma arrived, and we were all wearing our dresses. I wore the red one, Gemma had the black one, Perrie had the striped one, and Sandra had the flower one. (Dresses)

"Good choices Sam. I'm so excited." Gemma squealed.

We undressed and put them back in the cover things, then set them off to the side.

"So, what can we gossip about?" Sandra asked. She was such a teenager.

I sighed, "It happened again."

"Really? Who was it this time?" Perrie exclaimed.

"10 year old me again." I sadly smiled.

They nodded, then Gemma said, "I'm gonna head home, Conner's probably worried."

"Yea, and Dani needs to start practicing on sleeping." Perrie added. "And my birthday is in a few days." Sandra laughed.

We all joined the giggles, then called it a night. The Payne family was gone in a blink, and Gemma was gone before then.

I put the kids to bed, then headed to my own. Zayn was on the phone in the living room, so I just went to bed.

It was easy to fall asleep now, four kids really tires you out.

-

"Why are you here?" I asked, not making eye contact with the human in front of me.

"Did you really think your safe? You caused the wrong people. It wasn't them watching you. It was me, the one with no face."

It was true, the person in front of me had no face, just a huge blur. Kinda like I wasn't supposed to know who still entered my mind.

"Why? I thought this was over!" I began to yell.

"Over?! That was just the beginning, Dear. You'll definitely see more of me."

I was pushed down stairs, hitting my arms and legs off of each sharp edge, creating cuts and bruises.

"I don't deserve this! Stop ruining my life!"

-

I sat up quickly, looking at the time. 12:12am, again.

I looked down at my arms, bruised, cut, small scratches of blood. Again.

What the fuck is wrong with me?

Notes

Hey! So.. sequel! Yea... I couldn't let the story go. I might not update nearly as frequently though.

Q: What the fuck is up with Sam?

Q: Do you like the Dani Tanner thing?

Just a bit of a riddle, the time was 12:12. That's a special date from TCATB. If you wanna know a little secret, or at least try to figure it out, go to the first story and find the date 12 12.


Bye!!!