Long Lost Love

humans

Gus Pov:
(Time skip 4 days)
I grab the pillow and hold tighter onto it. My head hurts from the lack of food throughout the last couple of days. My dad knocks on the door and it opens slowly. "Hey," he says softly. He sits on the edge of my bed. He just sits there for a couple of minutes, until finally he says, "It's Tuesday. I won't make you go, if you don't want to, but your friends are probably worried." I don't say anything. He puts his hand on my back, and sighs, "I love you. Tell me if you need anything, Augustus." Then he walks out of my room, leaving the door shut the way it was before he walked in.

He doesn't know anything. I didn't tell him what happened. But I know he knows something happened. Why would he let me stay home for 2 days without going to school. I hate Mattholomule. Actually, I don't. I hate myself. Why did I think he would ever like me back. And to think I was letting myself… was I? Was I falling in love? No. It was just a silly little crush. I'll get over him. Dammit. I can't help but cry. I hate this. Everytime I like someone, I have to mess something up. Maybe I can still fix this. How, Augustus? How will you fix this, now? You literally kissed him. You told him your feelings. How are ypu going to fix this? Leave him alone. He doesn't care about you. He doesn't feel the same. Stop. Stop. Stop. STOP!

I sit up and look in the mirror on my vanity. My eyes are red and puffy and I look like a mess. I get up. My legs are weak. I haven't gotten out of bed in the past couple of days besides going to the bathroom. My head starts getting fuzzy, and I lean against my bed post, trying to recollect myself. Once I'm able to walk properly, I go downstairs to see my dad. I walk in on him and someone in the dining room, having a conversation. A woman speaks. She sounds like she has an accent. One I can't recognize. Her tounge kind of twists to the R's, and the A's and S's are elongated. Maybe she's from the human world! Let me call Luz. She'll know. I rush back up the stairs, careful not to make any noise, and grab my scroll and text Luz.

Me: "call me"
       "Now!"

I put my scroll back down on the vanity and wait for a response. I stare in the mirror at myself. Something about me doesn't really look like me. The sunlight is hitting my face, bringing out gold in my skin. My brown eyes turn a pretty hazel color. I don't look like… like me.

My scroll pings, so I grab it and go to the notification.

Luz: "one sec im in class"

Then she calls. "Hey, what do you need?" She asks, whispering. "I need to know what kind of human this is. She has a weird voice." I go downstairs, and get behind the counter, crouching where they can't see me. "I need to talk to him. You can't keep me from him," the woman says. Whose him? Luz says, "She sounds… rushin'?" I ask," What's rush- in?" "NO, Russian. It's a place in the human world, Russia." I say, "Thanks, bye," then hang up.

My dad places his hand on hers, which are clasped tightly together. "Perry, stop. I need to see my son. You can't just… just do this everytime I come over here." He shushed her, "He's home today. You need to be quiet. He might hear you." She gets up abruptly, and pushes the chair in, scraping it across the floor. "I don't care. He's my son. I need to see Agustus." My head spins around. Son? Augustus? I thought.. My dad always said that my mom dies after having me. Wait- Does this mean..?

"IM HUMAN!?"  I shout out. My dad stands up, and they both stare at me. The woman looks at me. She reaches out to me, "Augustus. You've grown!" At first I back up, scared about the information I just heard. Then I run up the stairs to my room and lay on my bed. What is going on? I push my head into my pillow, hoping this is just a dream and that I'll wake up soon, and that Mattholomule will still be my friend, and my mom is dead, and I'm full which. But nevertheless, I end up falling asleep instead of waking up.