The Curse of ACHLYS

Chapter 2- Love begins

It was Shane.

I didn't know how to react but it was true Shane was the one who rescued me tonight. He had a different kind of glitter in his eyes which always makes my heart flutter. "Thank you" I said.

"Are you bitten by a mad dog or have you lost all your senses to walk through this street in night if I haven't reached on time something terrible could happen to you" these words by Shane almost put me in shock that the boy I met today who didn't even responded to my hello was showing such a great sympathy towards me.

"Is he drunk" I questioned myself, to check I smelled his mouth but my assumption was wrong he was sober. "I will drop you home tonight" he said. "No need, thanks" I told him, but actually I wanted him.

My knee was hurt, but I can't trouble him more it should be only me taking care of myself I don't want any other to get included. As I tried to walk I almost fell to ground but saved myself. "Come on baby you will go home with me" I heard him saying. "What did he just call me baby? But... ". "Relax I was just trying to make you forget your pain" he told me. He helped me reach home. Till then we talked about our families. He was just like me, his parents died in a car accident and his brother is a professor.

We reached home he asked if I needed any help in dressing my wounds but I don't need him to do this I was an independent girl who liked to do her chores herself. After a minute or two he left and I followed him to door.
"Huh what an incredible day" I said but In knew that my incredible night is still left. A night with the same nightmare again. But I had accepted it to live a life with this nightmare.

It was all black I was running in the woods. A dark forest with dead trees. Wind blowing tremendously. Someone was following me, I was dressed up like a princess. I was going to jump to the trench to do suicide to save myself from someone. "No baby girl you won't do this" a voice stopped me. It was him dressed like a prince.

And the darkness fade away as it was 6 in the morning I woke up after this dream. "What was that" I asked myself. It was the same dream but with a little change earlier I always get died to save myself but this time he was there to save me. Yes it was Shane I saw him in my dream dressed like my Prince Charming.

"It might be due to last night" I elucidate myself.
I went to school, I was a little excited to see Shane again. In the morning I find a little bit of time to talk to him. I again said thanks to him for last night. "How was your sleep" he asked. I wondered why did he asked this. "Well" I said. "I saw you in my dream" he said. "What the fuck! How's that possible" I thought. A quick shiver passed through my body.

How can we be dreaming of each other on the same night, this didn't looked like a coincidence. I wanted to know more about his dream but the class began. I tried to concentrate what Ms. Peterson was teaching but my curiosity about the dream kept knocking my mind.

However I get my attention back to the class when Ms. Peterson announced about the prom night. I got little worried about my dancing partner tonight. I barely knew anyone. "Will you go to the prom with me" Shane asked me." I haven't participated in any till now so I'm little nervous" I replied. "Don't worry I'll be there for you" these words by him gave me a relief. "Okay tonight 8pm" I said.

I wondered I didn't have any dress for prom so I decided to do some shopping for that from my saved money. A black gown with cropped sleeves might be best for tonight or blue or the red one.. no red will look to welcoming I thought, "fuckkkkk what a dilemma" . Earlier I always went to shopping with my mom because I knew she will always choose the best for me.

But know she is not here, she left me all alone. At a moment I thought to avoid the prom but the thought of Shane came in my mind I can't leave him with no dancing partner tonight. So the thought vanished of not going to prom vanished quickly. And I decided to choose my first opinion which was the black gown with cropped sleeves.

It was 6 pm I finished my shopping and quickly get dressed. I didn't know much about makeup so I avoided it in the prom. I didn't know if Shane like me like this or not. Am I making a mistake by keeping him from all the fun which every other guy of the class will be enjoying tonight in prom, I wondered.

"But we are not in a relationship we barely knew each other, we don't have any feelings like that for each other" I thought, but it hurts because I know I have started to feel something about him. A feeling which I was unknown of existence, a kind of attraction which I never felt for anyone.

Am I... Am I falling in love....