RainDrop

.::*~Chapter Eight~*::.

July 18, 2006

Good morning, everyone! Or good night, wherever you are. I had a pretty big emergency and I had to be quick, but I will get to that when the time comes. Well, I had finally got to kiss Name, and that was scary, I believe we both might have suffocated each other. I woke up that morning with her in my arms with the sun slowly coming up. I shook her lightly but no response came from her "Name? Name, I gotta get you in the pool again." I said in a hushed voice as she stirred "Hmm?" She hummed tiredly as she rubbed her eyes and opened them "You look so beautiful when you sleep." I said as she giggled "Thank you, sweetie. Do you have school?" She asked as I shook my head "I think I'll skip. So, uh, what happened last night?" I asked as she shrugged "Honestly, I'm not really sure." She said as I shrugged. I took her back to the park an hour late that day, neither of us knew what had happened or why it did, but I was very pleased that I got to kiss her. The next week at school I was busy with trying to practice for basketball tryouts, I was shooting hoops when Suzanne came up to me; she had bleached her hair, but it came out more orange than blonde "Hey, Tommy. There's someone I'm wanting you to meet." She said as I walked with her "Who is it?" I asked as she smiled slyly. Eventually I met the blue eyes of a girl with red hair who was pretty skinny "Tommy, this is Alexa. Alexa, this is Tommy. I figured you two should get acquainted." Suzanne said as Alexa smiled shyly at me and I nod to her "Are you new here?" I asked with an arched eyebrow as she shook her head "Actually, I've been here for three months, I think I might have taken one class with you." She said with a thick British accent as I nodded "Well, why don't you walk around with her, Tommy?" Suzanne asked as she ran off, we both watched her leave "I better head to class." Alexa said as I nod at her "Yeah, it was nice meeting you." I said as she nods and smiles back and we went our separate ways. Name and I would hang out later that day, and we would just peck each other on the lips, as we didn't really know what had happened that one night. And a few months had passed with everything still just flying by; I wound up joining the basketball team, Suzanne and Darren broke up, Alexa and I would hang at the school every little bit as she would need help with a certain project, and Name was slowly starting to get bigger, around a certain area. I still don't know to this day why it took me three months to figure it out. It was raining and I was going outside to get the mail, and right when I looked up I saw her and thunder boomed in the sky. I looked at her with confusion before I shut the mailbox and walked up to her "Name? Everything okay?" I asked as she crossed her arms and looked away, I grabbed her shoulders. "Name?" I asked as she looked at me with a look in her eyes; I had never seen her look so distraught "We need to talk, Tommy..." She said as I nodded "Okay, what is it, baby?" I asked her as she sighed "That's it." She said "Calling you baby?" "No, I...I am having a baby..." She trailed off, my eyes widened "How would you know?" I asked as she then put my hand on her stomach, I felt a small kick. I was in a bit of shock "That is how, Tommy. What should I do?" She asked as I moved my hand away quickly. Name got a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?" She asked as I then sighed "Name, I'm thirteen years old. I can't be a father, I'm still in school. Plus Mr. and Mrs. would kill me if they found out." I said. Name looked down "What should I do, Tommy?" She asked helplessly "I...I don't know. But listen, Name, I didn't sign up for this. How was I supposed to know I'd get you pregnant?" I asked as she then crossed her arms "I didn't know! You need to realize that I am just as confused as you are. I don't even know how having a baby works." She said sadly as I gripped her shoulders "Okay, okay, it'll be okay. I might just need to find a job for money, I don't know what to do with you. Just keep yourself out of sight-" "Come with me." She interrupted. I blinked at her "What?" "Let's just go. We can live in the forest. When we kissed it-" "Name, I can't just up and leave school. Stay in the backyard. Look, babe, I just don't want you to get hurt. People can be horrible. They might use you for a science experiment or anything!" I exclaimed, Name wiped her tear away from her right eye "I'm scared, Tommy..." She said sadly as I then wrapped my arms around her "I know baby, I know." I said. Name stayed in the backyard for the first couple of months out in the garden. Thankfully my adopted parents never went outside, and over those months Suzanne kept trying to hook me up with tons of people. Why? I'm not too sure, but I never talked to anyone about the fact that I am now a father. I tried to research what I could be and why all of this is happening, and I especially tried to figure out what had happened that night. I was walking out of the school to head to Name as it began to rain; the rain felt...different from any other time. I can't really describe it to this day, it felt refreshing. My thoughts quickly shattered by a familiar "Hey, what you doing skipping class?" I looked over to see Darren, I will admit that Suzanne had kept him in line about bullying unless they fought, and then he would go around and torture people; including myself, but now that they have broken he has free reign of everyone. I rolled my eyes "Hey, Darren. Why does it matter what I do?" I asked in more of a snapping tone; I remember being pretty agitated as I had wanted to check on the mother of my possible child. Darren got in front of me and crossed his arms "Because Suzanne keeps going around school asking about ya, and it's making me miffed. Y'all got the hots for each other or-" "Darren, what are you talking about? Did you get your period or something? Hear yourself!" I exclaimed, Darren punched my left cheek which stunned me for just a moment "Watch your mouth, Tom. Maybe you've gone soft." He said as I shook my head "I don't have the time or energy to fight with you, Darren. You best leave me be." I threatened as he puts his fist up and almost punches me but I quickly dodged it and grabbed his fist; he looked very confused and so did I I'm sure. I looked at him in the eyes and felt this power surge through me. "Darren. You should have gone back to school. You have made a mistake." I said as I gripped tighter; I could see his fist starting to turn a crimson red as my nails were digging into his skin. Darren tried to push away "Tommy, okay, I'm sorry." He said "I'm so sick of your bullying, sick of you bullying others, I'm not really sure why Suzanne stayed with you. But let this be a lesson about people, Darren, don't underestimate anyone!" I growled, I began squeezing his fist with such a force that I can't explain. Bones and tendons began to pop and crack as Darren let out a pained scream, I could feel my nails then penetrate through the skin of his hand as he grabbed at his right fist and tried to pull it back. His hand was shaking and going limp as I then grabbed his throat with my right hand where I could see two inch claws and slight webs inbetween my fingers. My eyes widened as he let out a choked cry, I pulled my left hand; that was through his right, and I began to rip through the flesh and bone. Blood was pouring as much as the rain as my hand then ripped through the last bit of flesh, and I let go of his throat and pushed him to the ground "Do not ever pick on anyone again, Darren." Was all I said before running away from him. Him fainting into a puddle being the last thing I heard from him. I rushed home quickly and headed into the house where I had checked myself. My hands had two inch black claws that replaced my nails, my eyes had turned into a crimson color, and my teeth was sharp. I had a feeling to take off my shirt and I saw at least five gills on each of my sides. I stared at my new look for at least an hour in utter shock. What had happened to me? I heard a faint splash and had looked outside to see Name splashing around in the hot tub. Name. I rushed outside. "Name! Name!" I yelled and she looked up at me "Tommy, Tommy..." She trailed off as I stopped in front of the tub "Name, what's happening to me?" I asked as she looked at my figure "I'm...I don't know. But I have a feeling that we need to leave." She said as I sighed "I just assaulted Darren. His hand is completely demolished. Did I get something from you?" I asked as she shook her head "Tom!" I could hear Mr.'s voice "Get down!" I said in a hushed tone as I turned around. "Yes, sir?" I asked "Get in here now!!" He shouted hatefully as I went inside. What they were talking to me about blew my mind; long story short, it was about my birth parents. Apparently my parents were scientists who were on the run. My mom was a Pharmacist who fell for my dad who was a Marine Biologist, they wanted to see if they could turn animals into humans. Eventually people found out about their experiments and the cops were called as they were doing these in an abandoned building. When my mom got pregnant with me they were working on fish when the cops came and my parents ran. I guess my mom had me at the carnival that day...and shortly after both of my parents were shot to death. Why were Mr. and Mrs. telling me all this and how were they? My old social worker came by and found files, matched DNA, and told them everything. Mr. and Mrs. were mortified and figured I should leave. I just sat down in shock as Mr. looked at me "Listen, we don't need any trouble. I'll get some money for you to go to a hotel or something and then you're on your own, kid." He told me, I had snapped "Did you guys ever care for me? Or just the money?! I don't even know where to start!!" I shouted "You're seventeen ain't ya, figure it out!!" He shouted "I'm thirteen! Where am I supposed to-" "After your parents doing debauchery we could care less where you wind up! How embarrassing!" Mrs. shouted as I balled up my fists "Why did you guys adopt me?! Why did you do any of th-" "It's for the check, you moron! Now you're not even worth that!" Mr. shouted, I remember blacking out at that point, and right when I threw a chair at the wall all the sinks in the house bursted, it was the weirdest thing. But that night I snuck out of my room to talk to Name about what had happened. She comforted me and that was when I told her we were leaving. I didn't take no clothes. I will finish up later on. I have some work in the morning that I gotta finish up. TK logging off!