{"Love is friendship that has caught fire.
It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving.
It is loyalty through good and bad times.
It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."
Ann Landers}
Chapter 2
After class that day, I had been walking towards my car and I didn't see it. I had just remembered that my aunt had taken it from the school's parking lot probably at least an hour before then.
I decided to walk to the house since I didn't have a car. I had walked at least two blocks when Emers emerged from no where. I was confused and shocked to say the least. I didn't know where he came from, he had just.....appeared. Something seemed off about that guy, he was just too mysterious in ways I couldn't and wouldn't understand.
"Hey," Emers greeted me with a genuine smile and a small wave. I thought for a moment, could a guy that looks so sweet and innocent hide a dark and scary secret?
"Hey," I bit back a frown. I didn't know what to do or say without blurting out something I'd regret, so I just kept my mouth shut.
"How are you?" He asked me. The only thing that was running in my head were thoughts on if he was dangerous and kill me or not.
"I'm fine I guess." I was so scared of him that I was shaking even though it wasn't even cold out. I pulled my thin sweater against my chest, still obviously thinking bad thongs about the situation and what the outcome would or could end up becoming. I ran a hand through my already greasy hair and I started thinking, maybe I should wash my hair tonight.
"Is something wrong?" He asked, concern was laced in his deep voice. I shook my head, looking the opposite direction. "You keep shaking and it's not even cold." He pointed out, curiously scanning my face for an answer.
I shook my head once more, gaining a pointed look from him. He muttered something under his breath, arms crossed in a dangerous stance amd stopped walking. I shrunk back in fear with wide eyes, stepping several steps away from his vicious gaze.
"Really? You're just going to walk away?" I shook my head at his question. It wasn't that I wanted to walk away. Call me crazy, but I had actually wanted to stay beside him. "Are you afraid of me?" I gulped. His blue eyes grew wide at the realization. He ran a hand through his dark hair, closing his eyes for a split second. "You don't have to be afraid of me." He sighed. "Everyone is. They always are." He muttered sadly.
"I-it's oka-kay." I soothed calmly. I was actually suprised I didn't scream and run away. Not that that usually happened.
He threw his arms in the air and let out a long exasperated sigh. "No it's not. Everyone is afraid of me. Not me, me, but what I could do. It's... it's just so hard." He gripped at his hair, sliding down onto the pavement against a car, head burrowed between his knees.
I had never actually seen a boy break down like that, so I didn't exactly know what to do. So I did what I could do best, comfort him in the best way I could. "Shh, it's okay, you're okay. No one should have to go through something like that." I rubbed his back soothingly, trying to get him to calm down even though I didn't know anything about him. I didn't really know this strange yet mysterious guy. He was just a stranger to me even though we had met that first period, it was my first time at school in a long time.
When he had calmed down, he got up from his rooted spot, pacing back and forth and started wiping his face with the sleeve of his shirt. Like nothing had happened he simply said "Well, I'm going to tell you something that no one else knows." with a smile that caught me off guard. I followed him, unknowingly walking closely behind him, so when he stopped I instantly rammed into his hard back. I rubbed my palm against my forehead, mumbling 'ows' and 'oh's'. "You okay?" He turned around with concern on his face, I nodded in reply.
"Uh, okay, you can continue with what you were going to say." I dumbly answered back.
"My, my parents aren't from around here." When he saw my confused expression, he explained. "They aren't what you call normal people, they're different. I can't explain really explain." I didn't know what he meant by that, so I nodded dumbly, looking into his eyes. He let out a sigh, "But, yeah that's pretty much all I had to tell you." He gave a genuine smile and I gave one back. I didn't know why he told me all of that. In fact, we had just met not long ago.
"Uh, what do you mean by 'not normal'?" I mimicked his tone. He gave me a 'really?' look and I just smiled, innocently of course.
"Like I said, I can't really explain it unless I show you and you definitely aren't ready for that just yet. Besides, we just met and I'd really like to get to know the real you." His smile had somehow caught me off guard and I ended up stumbling a little, Emers caught me by my arm, steadying me. He gave me a worried glance and I gave a small smile. "So, you really don't have a car or do you just like walking alone....on foot?" He asked with raised brows.
"Well, the thing is, I did have my car this morning and I guess my aunt took my car for some reason, I think she said something about grocery shopping this morning." I thought out loud, and I honestly didn't know why my aunt had taken my car, she had one of her own. "So, I just decided to walk home." After I had said that, it of course started raining. I groaned loudly, throwing my hands up. "And just my luck! It starts raining, how lucky am I?" I sarcastically said.
Emers furrowed his brows, obviously not liking the idea that I was in the rain....obviously. "No no. You have to ride with me. You can't walk all the way home by yourself.. in the rain." He growled in frustration. I was totally confused as to why he'd want to take me with him.
"Why do you want me to ride with you?" I asked stupidly, yet cautiously.
"Because, I don't want you getting sick and you're aunt getting mad at me." The amusement was evidently in his voice. I smiled at his joke and he laughed a little. It was fun talking to someone even though I hadn't really hung out with him before.. I was happy.. and that was the first time I was in a while.
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