The Boy Trapped

Chapter 4

Nyxon's POV
I heard sirens. I started laughing.

"Game's over for you bro."

He pulled out a gun.

"Do it. I fucking dare you."

"I wish you were a scared little kid still."

"I'm pissed! You murdered her!"

"Oh shut the fuck up. They're not coming for you."

The sirens got louder. He started punching me.

"She never liked you that way! She had a boyfriend! He spoke at the vigil!"

My heart shattered.

"S-she did?"

"Oh? Now you're scared again?"

He knocked me out. I woke up in a hospital.

Is it over?

Am I free?

A boy ran into my hospital room.

"Nyx!"

I sat up. I noticed who it was.

"Holy shit! Lucas?!"

My brother jumped onto the bed. He started hugging me.

"You're not my little brother anymore! Y-you look so grown up Luke! W-where's mom?"

"Parking."

"No! I'm right here!"

My mom ran into the room. She started hugging me.

"Thank god! My baby! Look at you! You're so handsome!"

"D-did Masie actually die?"

"I am so sorry."

"I-it wasn't because of a broken heart."

"Huh?"

"She overdosed."

"S-she did? D-did I have something to do with it?"

"No no. She was being abused by her father."

"H-he made me think..I had something to do with it."

"No no. You didn't."

"T-that kinda makes me feel better? I-I think?"

They kept me in the hospital for a week. I was excited when, I went home. I could do tell my face lit up when I walked in. I felt like, I was in a dream.

"I've missed this place."

"I washed your sheets and blankets. Other than that, it's the same as you left it. I bought you some clothes. If they don't fit, I'll bring you to get some that fit."

The clothes she got ended up fitting. I asked to go back to school and she found a way to make that happen. I took a test and they ended up placing me as a junior in high school. I walked in a bit nervous.

Do I go up to people?

No.

I'll probably bother them.

I managed to be on time to my classes. At lunch, I got my food then sat down at a table. People sitting on the left side of the table kept talking about me as they stared. A girl walked up to me. She sat down across from me.

"Hi! I'm Colette!"

"H-hey."

"You're Nyxon right?"

I nodded.

"How's your first day going?"

"Eh. I've never been in a high school before. This is different."

"Are you finding your classes easily?"

"So far...yeah."

"Can I see your schedule?"

I handed that to her.

"Oh! We're in the same afternoon classes. So do you have any friends here?"

"I had a friend. She died a few weeks ago."

"Oh no. I-I'm so sorry."

"Thanks."

"Were you two close?"

"Yeah. We'd hang out 24/7. She was the first girl I loved..."

"Did she know that?"

I shook my head.

"She died before, I had the chance, to tell her."

"Oh no. That sounds horrible."

"Yeah. I-it really is."