still a little
vague on anything other than the fact that she used to pester him
but he figured acting like he remember more wasn’t going to harm
anyone. He didn’t really want to hurt her feelings either since she
was the first person he’d seen from the old days. It didn’t hurt
that she was good looking either. Who knows maybe she’s changed, he
thought as she began speaking.
“Right,” she said giggling like a teenager,
“you do remember me! Although we had more than a few classes
together if you know what I mean.” Unfortunately he had no idea
what she meant. The way she said it made him think she thought he
should know. Too bad he didn’t. For the life of him, all he could
remember was being in math and maybe an art class or something with
her back in the twelfth grade. Except her following him around but
she couldn’t possibly mean that. If she was talking about anything
else he was drawing a blank.
“Oh yeah, that’s right,” he said cautiously
not wanting to look like an idiot. Thinking it was a safer route to
take, he quickly changed the subject to something he was a little
more comfortable with. “So how have you been since graduation?”
“Oh you know,” she began without too much
enthusiasm, “not too much to do around here. We have a bake sale
every now and then and we finally have some new restaurants and a
Wal-Mart being put in but other than that it’s small town life as
normal. Still as exciting as ever.” After that she launched in to
how he was and what he’d been up to. He didn’t have much of a
chance to say anything since almost as soon as he started speaking
she took off on another topic. Something about the town and some of
the people still living there. He didn’t pay much attention. His
earlier idea about her having changed seemed to’ve been shot to
hell, she was still as annoying as ever. She did still look pretty
good he thought trying to distract himself from her voice. He could
always use a gag if they hooked up. She was in the middle of saying
something or other that he wasn’t really paying attention to when
he caught a name he recognized.
“Excuse me what did you just say?” he asked
before she could start in on another topic and forget all about the
name she’d said.
“I said, you must’ve come home because of
Tommy’s funeral. It is in a couple of day’s y’know,” she said
rolling her eyes dramatically as if repeating herself were too
troubling.
“Yeah,” he muttered, “that’s about the only
reason, other than my family, I have for coming back to this
place.” He hoped she might say something else about Tommy. Maybe
he’d left a message with her or something. She seemed like she’d at
least known him so maybe she had more information. It was like he
was expecting something from beyond the grave to explain everything
and he was looking towards anyone he met to give it to him. Looking
at Maria though he knew she definitely wouldn’t be the one. Tommy
would never be that desperate.
She looked slightly offended after hearing
his words but quickly covered it up by talking again. “The rumor
going around is that he was killed by some kind of bogeyman or
something. They say he was out in the woods all alone and was
killed but nobody knows how. I heard he was really messed up.
Stuffed on a tree or something like that. Now, I don’t know if it’s
true or not but I guess it could be considering all the other
rumors going around. The sheriff is trying to keep it all quiet but
I don’t think it’s working to well.” She looked around, then in a
slightly lower voice said, “I also heard that it looked like
someone pushed him but they don’t have any proof.”
“What do you mean all the other rumors and
what about someone pushing him? I hadn’t heard that before,” he
asked. Maybe he would get some use out this conversation after all.
If nothing else he would have a few more questions to ask Rob when
he found
vague on anything other than the fact that she used to pester him
but he figured acting like he remember more wasn’t going to harm
anyone. He didn’t really want to hurt her feelings either since she
was the first person he’d seen from the old days. It didn’t hurt
that she was good looking either. Who knows maybe she’s changed, he
thought as she began speaking.
“Right,” she said giggling like a teenager,
“you do remember me! Although we had more than a few classes
together if you know what I mean.” Unfortunately he had no idea
what she meant. The way she said it made him think she thought he
should know. Too bad he didn’t. For the life of him, all he could
remember was being in math and maybe an art class or something with
her back in the twelfth grade. Except her following him around but
she couldn’t possibly mean that. If she was talking about anything
else he was drawing a blank.
“Oh yeah, that’s right,” he said cautiously
not wanting to look like an idiot. Thinking it was a safer route to
take, he quickly changed the subject to something he was a little
more comfortable with. “So how have you been since graduation?”
“Oh you know,” she began without too much
enthusiasm, “not too much to do around here. We have a bake sale
every now and then and we finally have some new restaurants and a
Wal-Mart being put in but other than that it’s small town life as
normal. Still as exciting as ever.” After that she launched in to
how he was and what he’d been up to. He didn’t have much of a
chance to say anything since almost as soon as he started speaking
she took off on another topic. Something about the town and some of
the people still living there. He didn’t pay much attention. His
earlier idea about her having changed seemed to’ve been shot to
hell, she was still as annoying as ever. She did still look pretty
good he thought trying to distract himself from her voice. He could
always use a gag if they hooked up. She was in the middle of saying
something or other that he wasn’t really paying attention to when
he caught a name he recognized.
“Excuse me what did you just say?” he asked
before she could start in on another topic and forget all about the
name she’d said.
“I said, you must’ve come home because of
Tommy’s funeral. It is in a couple of day’s y’know,” she said
rolling her eyes dramatically as if repeating herself were too
troubling.
“Yeah,” he muttered, “that’s about the only
reason, other than my family, I have for coming back to this
place.” He hoped she might say something else about Tommy. Maybe
he’d left a message with her or something. She seemed like she’d at
least known him so maybe she had more information. It was like he
was expecting something from beyond the grave to explain everything
and he was looking towards anyone he met to give it to him. Looking
at Maria though he knew she definitely wouldn’t be the one. Tommy
would never be that desperate.
She looked slightly offended after hearing
his words but quickly covered it up by talking again. “The rumor
going around is that he was killed by some kind of bogeyman or
something. They say he was out in the woods all alone and was
killed but nobody knows how. I heard he was really messed up.
Stuffed on a tree or something like that. Now, I don’t know if it’s
true or not but I guess it could be considering all the other
rumors going around. The sheriff is trying to keep it all quiet but
I don’t think it’s working to well.” She looked around, then in a
slightly lower voice said, “I also heard that it looked like
someone pushed him but they don’t have any proof.”
“What do you mean all the other rumors and
what about someone pushing him? I hadn’t heard that before,” he
asked. Maybe he would get some use out this conversation after all.
If nothing else he would have a few more questions to ask Rob when
he found
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