Him~ a Tyler Galpin story

Monster

I enter the number in my phone and hit the dial button. My nerves are acting up and I can hardly stand it, how I feel about calling this person.
"Hello. This is Tyler, who might this be?" He asks
"Uh, this is Trixie. I'm not sure if you remeber me." I say nervously bitting my lip as I look down the road as I walk.
"Yea, of course I still remember you. Whatcha calling about. Not to sound rude."
"Oh, I was wondering if you were working today. I'm stopping by town and want to give you your jacket back." I say to him
"Ah, I am working today." He says
"Okay. See you soon." I say then hang up. The walk takes 25 minutes and when I reach town I'm glad I have his jacket. Its freezing out.  I check one of the pockets for the money I stole and find all $56 there. I need to buy some more clothes.
I enter the shop and look around. I catch his eye and walk up. 

" I'll take whatever you got me last time. A mokan cleche?" I say and he laughs.

" One mocha latte it is. That'll be 4:28." He says

I hand him the cash and drop the change into the Tip Jar.

" How'd you get the money?" he asks me while making my drink.

" Being invisible to most has it's up's and down's. I would consider this money a definite up, if ya know what I mean." I say smirking. 

" Oh. Wow, okay wasn't expecting that." He says and hands me my drink. I take it and sit at the booth. I look and see the sun has sunk behind the clouds, wich means it's around 4.

I finish my drink and throw away the cup.

" See ya Ty." I say as I head for the door.

" Where you going?" He asks me from behind the counter.

" I need more clothes. So shopping." I say.

" If you wait like 10 more minutes, I can go with you. My shift ends at 4:30." he says with that odd smile of his. I nod and sit back down in the booth, watching happy people walk by, It's really quite depressing. I reach into a persons mind, and all I can see is happy memories. I sigh and lay my head on the table and close my eyes. Soon I'm being woken up by a gentle shake. I yawn and stand up.

" Did you know you snore?" He asks me as we walk out.

" No. I don't really sleep often and people wouldn't notice if I did snore." I say, heading twords what seems to be  a Goodwill of some sort.

Who knew it could be so nice to go shopping with someone? We dig through the clothes together, and I get fashion tips from Tyler. He goes in to try on a shirt or two, and I head to the new unused section and find some cute underclothes, which i bury under my clothes, and walk back. Who knew it could take this long for him to try on a few shirts? Not me.

He comes out with the shirts in his hands and we walk up to check-out. Tyler waits for me, as he checked out first. I really wish he didn't though... I blush crimson as the lady checks out the underclothes, and Tyler seems to have found an interesting spot on a shirt. 

I pay the lady, and walk out. Of all the things not to get, I didn't have the money to by a coat. I spent it on a set of combat boot with pretty dead roses stiched on the side. In my mind, it made sense. I shiver a bit as we walk down the sidewalk. Tyler seems to notice, and hands me the jacket he lent me last time. I take it and shrug it on, I don't feel so bad, because he seems to have brought another one tis time.

" Keep the jacket, shadow." He says as we walk. I don't really know where were walking to but I figure it out as we stop by his truck.

" I couldn't." I say to him as I watch him toss his stuff in the back.

" Yes you can. Thats my old one and I have tons more. Whats one missing?" He says, taking my bags and setting them down in the back, then walking me over to the passenger side and opening the door.

" You sure?" I ask warry. No one is ever this nice without wanting someting in return.

" Yes." He says. He hops in the drivers seat and starts it up, backing out of the parking space and pulling on to the road.

" Thanks." I whisper. My eyes are stining right now, and I feel a tear run down my cheek. I wipe it away, hoping he didn't notice, but of course he did.

" You okay shadow?" He asks looking at me out of the corner of his eyes.

" Yea. It's just people aren't usually this nice... Never mind that though." I say smilling. He smiles back.

my eyelids grow heavy, and I soon find myself fast asleep. I get woken up when I am picked up, though everything is a bit hazy. It's then that I remember I haven't slept in weeks, and allow myself to fade back into the darkness. 

I scrunch my eyes at the sunlight in them, wondering why I didn't close my curtains. I open my eyes, and nearly have a heart attack when I realise I'm not in my bedroom. I  jump up and trip on the rug. I sit up, and see that I am in a huge whit t-shirt and one of the sweatpants I bought. The funny thing is that I can't remeber ho I got into them... 

I am about to try crawling out the window when there's a knock on the door. I crack it open, and see Tyler standing there fully dressed. Then I catch the faint scent of bacon.

" You good? I thought I heard somone fall." He asks. I open the door a bit more and respond.

" Yea, you did. I tripped on the rug, where am I though?" I ask 

" Oh, your at my and my dads house. I was going to bring you back to nevermore, but the gates were locked, and I didn't want to wake you. I hope your okay with that."

" Oh, that's fine I guess." I say warily.

" Okay, well come down when your ready, I made some breakfast, and my dad left early, so you won't have to deal with that." He says. He leaves and closes the door behind him. I strip from the clothes,then realise something. If I was asleep then that must mean.... Oh God. I blush as i get changed into some ripped jeans and a black T-shirt, and tie the jacket around my waist. I brush my hair with a comb that was in the bathroom and head downstairs.

Tyler is loading some bacon and eggs on o his plate when I come down.

" Morning." I say sitting down across from him.

" Morning, you can have some food you know." He says. I nod and stand. I put some bacon on my plate and a little bit of eggs. I once again sit down. I take a bite of the food.

" This is absouloutley delicious! What did you do to the eggs to make them so good?" I ask between bites.

" It's a family secret. Glad you like it though." 

Soon we finish, and head twords his truck. I have decided to skip school and help him at the weathervane. since I guess a worker called in sick.

I help make the drinks, since people seem not to notice me when I'm up at the cash register. I soon learn how to make a mocha latte, carmel freeze, and many any other drinks. By the time lunch break comes around I am tired and hungry. Tyler makes some sandwiches for us, and we sit down in a booth.

I chow down on mine, and Tyler watches with an amused face as I pull out the lettice.

" Not a lettiuce fan, I'll remember that." He says grinning. I nod and take the last bit of my sandwich.  We both stand, and I start on cleaning off the tables. Soon it is 4:30. I help clean up and close the shop.He drives me to Nevermore and I sigh as I get out.

" Thank's for the day, Ty." I say, shrugging on his jacket. I light smile passes over his face.

" No problem, shadow. See you around." 

As he pulls away, I get this odd feeling, I don't quite understand. I wave anyways and head up to my room, highly doubting anyone would notice I was missing.