Just Moved Here

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Part 11

this is going to be short

Matilda's p.o.v

Cassie and I were still laughing as Lucas and Ric came back with the drinks. I moves over and Licas slid into the seat beside me.

'what are you laughing about?' Ric asked

'nothing' Cassie and I made eye contact and we bust into a fit of giggles. Ric shook his head and Lucas just looked confused. We drank opur milkshakes and talked about people we hated. Belle Taylor and Drew Curtis was a popular subject.

'They just go out for popularity!' Cassie exclaimed

'I know,' I agreed 'it's so stupid!'

Ric and Lucas just watched us as we expressed our hatred for them.

'jealous much?' Ric asked quietly, Lucas smirked, apparently agreeing.

'we're not jealous! Cassie argued angrily

'well you don't hear us going,' he put on a high, falsetto voice, apparently in an imitation of us 'oh Drew always wears his hair like this or this, why does he do it?He looks so stupid!He thinks he's so cool, but he's just a show-off. OH MY GOSH!Did you see the jeans he was wearing yesterday?It was-'

'alright alright, we get the picture!' I excalimed, half amused, half annoyed 'but we're girls, it's in our nature to talk about people behind their back!'

Ric rolled his eyes and Lucas snickered.

We talked for ages after that about anything. Movies, music, styles, fashion. But the one I liked most was the one about what we looked like when we was younger

'how young?' Ric asked 'arounf 4/5. or 12 and 13?'

'I dunno both!'

'well when I was around 4 or 5 I had brown hair, and apparently I sucked my thumb. When I was around 12 and 13 I was a midget-'

He was cut off by our laughter

'yeah I know. I basically looked the same as I do now except I was heaps shorter'

'what about you Luc?' Cassie piped up 'what'd you look like?'

He smiled 'when I was around 4 or 5 I had really curly hair,and this is weird but I had broihgt green eyes then not blue'

I stared at Lucas, trying to inagine his beautiful blue eyes green.

I looked at my watch. It read 6.00pm. I looked outside, it was dark.

'it's 6 o' clock, we'd better go home'

We all slid out of our seats and headed outside into the cold.

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Part 12

Matildas p.o.v

I rubbed my arms as I walked up the street towards the alleyway that led to my house, expecting to hear Lucas' footsteps behind me, but I didn't. I looked back to see him walking in the other direction with Ric and Cassie.

'Lucas!' I called

He looked back 'Ric's going o show me something for school, you're not in that class!'

I nodded and kept walking. There was a dark alleyway that led to my street and I stopped when I got to it. It was dark and gloomy. Overgrown bushes cast imaginary creatures onto the wall opposite. Stop being stupid, I thought, they're just shadows! But were they? The eerie moonlight seemed to make it so more real. I suddenly thought what Henry would do of he saw me like this. He'd probably laugh in my face and torment me for months, but Henry wasn't here, no one was here. Just me and my imnagination which played tricks on me. What are you thinking, Matilda? I thought, you're 16, you can defend yourself, whta're you afraid of, a monster jumping out at you? But that's exactly what I was afraid of,or something worse. You're 16 Matilda! My concience told me, you're not a child anymore, you don't have your mummys hand to hold onto when you get cared, so now's the time to grow up! I straightened up, and walked determindly into the dark alleyway. The darkness swallowed up all the light, so I walked faster. The shadows became worse, and bigger. And I got the someone's-watching-you feeling. Suddenly, a hand gripped my wrist and pulled me bak into the shadows. I squirmed, but they put a cold knife to my throat.

'If you value your life and your familys you'll answer this question truthfully' a voice told me, dripping with menace. I was terrified, so I nodded

'Where's Lucas Holden?'

The first thing I thought was; that's odd, I was expecting him to ask somegting like: What's your credit card number? Or, tell me where you keep all your valuable jewellery or else! But instead I got, "where's Lucas Holden?" The seconf thing I thought was lie. Lie to him. He obviously wanted to do something bad to Lucas, and if he was willing to put a knife to someone's throat to do it, I'm sure it wasn't good. So I lied.

'the last time I saw him, he was at the beach'

'is that the truth?' he pushed the knife harder against my throat threateingly

'it's the truth I swear!'

'right you can go, but don't tell anyone about this or,' he let go of me 'you'll wish you'd never been born'

I started running back the way I'd came, towards Cassies and Rics house, I had to tell Lucas what'd happened.

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part 13

Matildas p.o.v

When I got to Cassies' and Rics house, I ploughed through the door, not bothering to knock. Sally ran round the corner looking scared, then relieved when she saw me

'Maddie!' she exclaimed 'you scared me! What do you want?'

'Lucas, is Lucas here?!' I asked urgently

'yes, they're upstairs'

I ran up the stairs

The door was closed to Rics room but I heard the laughter from inside. They all looked around, startled, when I stumbled in

'Maddie! What-'

'no time to explain!we've got to leave, NOW!' I exclaimed

'What, why?'

'can't explain, explain when we get home!'

I attempted to grab his hand and drag him home, but he held back. God he could be stubborn somethimes!

'not until you tell me what's going on'

I sighed

'I was walking home, just then, and you know the little alleyway before our street?' he nodded 'I was walking up there and someone grabbed me from behind and said if I didn't tell you where you were they'd kill me!'

Cassie and Ric looked horrified, but Lucas didn't look as scared as I thought he would. He nodded

'Right, we'd better go'

'hang on, wouldn't it make more sense to stay here rather then leave? Ric asked, but Lucas shook his head

'I've gotta check if Dad's alright'

Cassie and Ric looked uncertain but we left anyway. We ran down the street but when we got to the fork in the road, Lucas turned right instead of left.

'what'tre you doing?' I said 'it's this way!'

'short cut, c'mon!'

And so I ran uncertainly behind Lucas, trying to catch up to him.

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part 14

Lucas' p.o.v

'short cut, c'mon!' I replied to Maddie's question.

We ran down the street and jumped over my backyard fence. I opened the back door. I walked down the hallway and into the loungeroom. The T.V faced me behind the back of the couch

'Dad!' I yelled 'I need to-'

The rest of my sentence got caught in my throat because of what I saw infront of me. Dad was lying on the ground, face upwards, his mouth half open. His eyes weren't open but I could see the expression of horror on his face. But what scared me more was the blood pouring out of the deep gash in her head. With sick realisation I undersood he would bleed to death if I didn't do something. I ran to him, and kneeled over him.

'Dad, ' I said shaking him 'Dad!!'

He didn't respond.

'call 000!' I called to Maddie as she fumbled with her phone, finally dialling the numbers. The police and ambulance came within 10 minutes. The police asked me questions; I just told them what I knew. I didn't tell them who I thought had done it. Matilda and I headed to the hospital and met Jack there.

I told him waht had happened since I got home.

'do you think it's-'

But Jack cut me off

'I don't know,' He said 'but I think we have to be very careful from now on'

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part 15

Lucas's p.o.v

We sat down in some schairs and waited and waited for ages. Eventually Jack stood up.

'I'm going to Marthas for some breakfast. Do you want some?'

I shook my head, I didn't feel like eating. As soon as Jack walked out the door, Maddie looked awkward. Like she wanted to say something but didn't think it was the right moment.

'What is it, Maddie?'

'well it's just-' she started, then stopped 'never mind, it's nothing'

But I was determined

'no tell me!'

She still looked awkward, but she spoke her mind anyway

'Well it seems you have an idea who attacked your Dad. But I have a feeling it's not just that'

I sighed and took a deep breath

'Maddie, I think it's time to tell you why we really keep moving' I sighed 'When I was about 2 or 3, my mother died. And the only thing I remember of her is her holding my hand while I crossed the road. Jack can remember her better though so it's hard when they talk about her infront of me. Anyway, Jack was just getting more and more stressed as the years went on. One day, there was a break in at a restaurant. It was pretty big, about 15 armed gunman in balaclavas. Jck was called to go. He went into the restaurant and 1 of them turned their gun on him. Jack just lost control and shot them. It turned out it was a 16 year old girl. I remember Jack was so distraught, he didn't talk for weeks after it,' I breathed deeply, remembering those days. A lump formed in my throat I couldn't swallow down

'We kept moving because the dead girls father keeps coming after us'

I let out a sigh. I felt better now I'd told Maddie.

Maddie looked at me sadly

'Oh Lucas!' She exclaimed 'I'm so sorry, I never knew!'

She hugged me briefly, then let go, looking slightly embarassed, but more concerned.

'Listen, when we were in the diner today, I saw a man come ina dn he kept staring at you. He wouldn't look away!'

I groaned

'Jack seems to figure that they're after me and dad. They broke into my house once when it was only me there. It was so scary, I was only 14 then, I hid under the bed. But I remember them walking so close to me I could've touched them. It-'

The words caught in my throat as the lump there stopped them. I swallowed

'It was horrible'

I shivered, remembering that night. The glass breaking, smashing, ripping, destroying everything, and me. I very nearly got caught. That girl that died was only 16. My mum was only 24. How could life be snatched away that easily? Family was like building a castle out of cards, and if you suddenly snatch one out, everything comes srashing down, leaving a mess, chaos, confusion. I was just concious of the fact Jack had walked into the room.

'are you alright, Luc?'

I blinked myself back onto reality.

'yeah I'm fine, I think'

A nurse came in from Dads room

'The blood tests from your Dad have just come back,' she said 'Can I please talk to you in private?'

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Part 16

Lucas' P.O.V

'You're fathers alright. He has suffered a slight concussion which means he will have to reat for a while, but apart from that, he's fine'

I let out a sigh of relief

'Can we see him?' Jack asked

The doctor smiled

'Sure, go right ahead'

Dad was lying in a bed with white, linen sheets and a drip attached to his wrist

'Hi, boys' he smiled weakly

'are you okay?' I asked

'Well, put it this way, I've defiantly been better'

'who was it that attacked you?' I asked anxiuosly, hoping it wasn't the answer I thought it would be

'I don't know they attacked me from behind, but,' He sighed 'you know I have my suspicions

'But you can't mean, you know,' Jack looked spprehenively at us 'him?'

' I need to tell you dad, before I came to your house I was at Cassie and Ric's and Mattie was walking home and someone threatened to kill her and her family or tell him where I was. She lied and said the last time she'd saw me was at the beach. Do you think the people that threatened her where the same people that attacked you?'

Jack and Dad looked at me in despair, then Jack looked back at Dad.

'Are we going to move?'

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Part 17

Lucas' P.O.V

'we can't move again!' I exclaimed

Dad opened his mouth to speak, but Jack cut him off

'Yes, but if we stay here we're endangering heaps of peoples lives!'

'But we have to stay! You can't say things haven't been going well with you and Martha!'

Dad opened his mouth to speak again, and again, Jack cut him off

'But I'm endangering Marthas life aswell!'

'Just-'

'Boys, shut-up for one second, please!' Dad finally cut in

'Thank you! Now I am staying here, Lucas you have to to, 'cause you're underage, Jack you can do whatever you want, as long as I'm not paying.'

Jack rolled his 'I'll stay here' He sighed

'Good, now we have to be around astleast one person at a time, and you have to be home by 6 o' clock'

'What about parties?' Jack groaned

'Yeah, and what about my social life?' I added

'Would you rather one of us die or get drunk and hang out with friends?'

We didn't answer

'That's what I thought, now this is a time we all have to stick together, like family, you know?'

We all goraned as we expected more of the speech but it didn't come as Dad said we could go.

Dad was allowed out about 2 days later. The doctors said he made a very quick recovery. But as soon as he did, Beth Hunter walked through the door and smiled as she saw him. She walked over and sat don on the couch next to him

'I think I'm going to visit Martha' Jack said and hurried outside

'Yeah and I'm, umm, going to the beach' I said and walke ou the front door

Here are some spoilers!!!

Lucas has a vision aboput Mattie, what will it be about??

An unwanted visitor turns up at the school, who is it??

And Jack and Martha have some important news, what is it??

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Part 18

Lucas' P.O.V

I took my shoes off when I got to the beach and sat down on the warm sand. Picking it up absent-mindedly and letting it run through my hands as I thought. It was hard to beleive that I'd only arrived here 2 months ago. It seemed so long ago, yet the time had passed so quickly. Someone stood infront of me, casting a shadow over where I was sitting. I looked up and there stood, to my displeasure, Belle Taylor.

'Well if it isn't the local hottie Lucas Holden!' She said seductively

I sighed 'Go away, Belle'

She smirked 'God, temper, temper! What's wrong? I heard about your dad, I'm sorry. Is he okay?'

It surprised me Belle knew about this

'How'd you know about your Dad?'

Belle smiled 'Well, things get round when they're about the hottest teenager in Summer Bay' She said, bending down and stroking my face, then standing back up again. Then scowled as she saw Mattie walking towards me

'I'm afraid I have to go, Lukey-Boy, see ya soon!' She said as she walked away

'What'd she want?' Mattie asked as she watched Belle with mounting dislike as she strutted away

'Nothing, I told her to go away, but she didn't really listen. But when she saw you coming, she decided to go'

Mattie smiled with satisfaction

'So how's your dad? I heard he got home today'

'He's fine. He gave Jack and I a lecture about how we should stick together, and never be left alone'

'Then how come you were alone just now?'

I smiled 'Your Mum and my Dad looked like they were going to have a cosy conversation'

Mattie's mouth dropped open

'No way!'

'Yes way'

We looked out to sea for a few moments

'I'd better go'

'Yeah, me to, let's just hope you dopn't get home earlier than they expected'

I got up and walked to my house. When I got home Bteh was gone, but Dad was walking around with a faraway expression on his face

'Ummm, Dad?'

'Hmm?'

'What happened with you and Beth?' I asked curiously

'umm, I'll be going on a date tonight with Beth, okay? So when I come back, I want you to be in bed and the house not in ruins'

'right...' I said

I smiled to myself as I walked upstairs. I was so tired, I didn't know why. I'd gone to sleep early last night, I wasn't really tired when I got up, like I usually was. And it was only 1.00 pm, but I felt really, really tired. I opened my bedrrom door and stumbled over to my bed, falling to sleep on it

I stood on the sand

'Maybe it's true' She said quietly

I turned sharply to look at her

'What?'

She was leaning in, then her lips were against mine. This wasn't like Belles defintion of a kiss, this was soft, beutiful, luscious, like a dream, maybe it was a dream. Maybe I'd wake up, right now and find it was all just in a stupid dream.....

I woke up.

next issue-Who was the dream about??

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Part 19

Lucas P.O.V

I've never written love poems before, but since the dream, I could. All the love books I've read suddenly seemed to make sense. It was the best I'd ever written in ages, I didn't even know what I was writing, just whatever came to mind. I picked it up, read it and smiled. Some person would read this and think it was a soppy love poem that some random kid wrote who didn't even know what love was, that was probably true, but atleast I was trying. I looked at the alarm clock and was surprised to find that it was 6.30. I trampled downstairs and was surprised to find Mattie sitting on the couch

'Hey,' She said 'I came here with my mum and Jack said you were in your room writing, I didn't want to disturb you'

I smiled

'Do you wanna go for a walk?' I asked

'Yeah, sure'

We walked down to the beach, I felt nervous, what if my dream happened tonight?

'Lucas, is everything alright?' Mattie asked

I nodded violently

'Okay... If you're sure... You just seem abit nervous'

'me?No, nothings wrong'

I said that way to quickly

'Lucas, seriously, what's wrong?'

'I, umm, had another dream

'What was it? Was it your dad again? Or Jack?'

'No, no, It was, ummm, you, actually'

'me?What happened to me?'

'I-erm-I'

'You what Lucas, tell me!'

'I erm, I kissed you!'

I blurted it out before I could decide to stop myself'

Mattie turned to look at me, astonished

'You WHAT?'

'It was just a dream, right? It might not be true!'

We stopped and I stood on the sand

'Maybe it was true' she said quietly

I turned sharply to look at her

'What?'

She was leaning in, and then her lips were against mine. This wasn't Belle's definition of a kiss. This was soft, beautiful, lucious, like a dream. Maybe it was a dream, maybe I'd wake up right now, and find it was all just a stupid dream. But when I opened my eyes, and found Matties hands on my shoulders, I knew it wasn't a dream. When we pulled away, about 10 seconds later, all I could say was

'Wow'

'I've always loved you Lucas Holden,' She looked up shyly 'Do you love me back?'

I hesitated, thinking. Did I really, deep down, love Matilda Hunter? Would I cheat on her, Or look at another girl, Would I tell her, everyday, that she's the only girl I cared about, and couldn't go through life without her?

'Yes, I love you Mattie' I said

She smiled at me, and then kissed me again, this time for longer

Next issue~~An unwelcome visitor turns up at school, who is it??

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part 20

Lucas' P.O.V

"SCHOOL IS BORING"

I sat in class and copied that down atleast 100 times. Why couldn't Mr. Chilskey make his classes a little more entertaining? I finished the page of scribbles sighed. I got a texter and wrote on my hand "I LOVE M.H"

'Lucas Holden?'

I jumped 'Yep?'

'What's this maltipucation sum equal?'

I looked at the sum.

378965 x 4907329=

'Ummm'

Come on, Lucas, you can work this out! I thought

'I'm waiting, Mr. Holden'

I was tempted to tell him to shut the hell up, but I didn't, instead I answered the question.

'The answer, Mr. Chilskey, is 185, 970, 593, 4485'

'Good, now if 30 percent....' Mr Chilskey went on, but again, I wasn't listening. I found a new piece of paper and began copying "I LOVE M.H" on it, again, atleast 100 times.

'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP"

Everyone filed out of the class as Mr. Chilskey yelled at our backs reminders of homework, not realising no-one was listening.

'Hey Lucas!' Mattie shouted and caught up with me in the corridor. I stopped to hold her hand and we walked together down the corridor. We met up with Ric and Cassie down the corridor and, at the sight of us holding hands, gave each other identical looks.

Soon enough, recess ended and Mattie and I went into our english class while Cassie and Ric went in the other direction. I noticed Mattie had written on her hand "I LOVE L.H"

'Okay, every one settle down' Mr. Armstrong said and everyone quietened down abit and Mr. Armstrong began the lesson. We were an hour into it when a sort of siren went through the school. It was different to the fire bell.

'What is it?' I asked Mattie

She shrugged

An announcement went through the P.A system

'All staff and teachers report to the main office immediantly!'

Mr. Armstrong hurried out of the classroom, leaving his class looking confused.

As soon as he left the class broke out in furtive whispering

'what the hell was that?'

'what was it?'

'what do they want?'

'have you heard it before?'

Suddenly Mr. Armstrong came hurtling into the classroom

'Everyone sit under a desk, NOW!'

The class broke out into questions

'why?'

'what's happening?'

'what are we doing?'

'EVERYONE SHUT UP NOW! THE SCHOOL HAS REPORTS OF AN ARMED GUNMAN IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS!'

hope you liked it!!I tried to make it as realistic as possible, don't know how I went!!!