Caraphernelia

Three

'So, you up for it?' Lille asked me as we walked to the cold science mobile. Lille was planning a big sleepover for us, and she also wanted to go to a nightclub for her birthday.

'But we're not legal..' I said. Lille threw back her wavy red hair and laughed. 'Fake IDs, dumbass!' My reddish brown eyes widened. 'What?'

Lille's green orbs twinkled with mischief. 'Come on, it'll be fun!' She said. I could tell she really wanted me there. Sighing, I said 'Fine, whatever.' She jumped up and down, squealing.

Science was boring and cold, and our teacher generally didn't really give a shit. He just gave us a sheet to do and read porn for the whole lesson.

It gave me more time to think about the guy Mike was worried about and who he was. I was almost sure it was the guy I saw in his mum's car, but I still wasn't sure.

After a solid hour of filling in sheets absent mindedly, we got dismissed and were allowed to go home. I met Mike and Jaime waiting for our buses. Mike looked kinda shaken up, and the hood of his black hoodie was drawn up.

We didn't really say much until buses came. Mine came first so I got on and shortly found my phone buzzing with a text. 'sorry bout that, mikes brother has been being a dick to him'. It was from Jaime. 'Okay. It's fine. c:' I replied. He didn't text back.

I got home and just wrote snippets of lyrics about secrets and a boy bleeding through his eyes. I wondered how I would get to see this boy again like I so badly wanted to.

'Hey.' I sent to Jaime. 'hi c:'. 'I didn't know Mike had a brother..' I noticed an unusual gap between my text and his this time. 'oh, yeah. hes mean to mike all the time'. Was his brother the guy with the eyes?!? 'Awh, that must suck.' 'yup.'

'Hey girl! How's you? x' I suddenly got a text through from Lille. Smiling, I typed back quickly. 'Heya! Good, just writing. You? x'

All I could think about while talking was how much I wanted to meet Mike's brother, and figure out what they were hiding. After i while talking about school, boys and general shite my mum called up to me, asking me to get ready for bed. 'Gtg, see you tomorrow. <3 x'

'Awh :c bye!' I set my phone down and plugged in my charger. It took about half an hour to do everything, and I usually fell asleep straight away. However I could only lie and think. The image of the tortured boy was branded into my eyes once again, all I could see was his beautifully scarred face staring at me blankly.

Somehow, I got to sleep. And I dreamt of the boy. I was lying in a dark room on my back, and suddenly a silhouette of him appeared. I turned my head to look at him. He was wearing a short sleeved white t-shirt and loose black trousers. But.. his shirt was stained with blood.

His face was obscured by darkness, and while I was still lying on the floor he slowly unfolded his arms, revealing two armfuls of deep scars. A base layer of organised lines crushed up together with no space inbetween, and on top slanted random ones with no organisation at all. Some were recent and were peppered with beads of blood.

His face lifted up and I saw just how amazingly perfect he was. 'Hi Scout.' He said. 'Want to know me know?'

Sweat glistened on my forehead. My breathing was rapid and I felt so creeped out. How did my brain come up with that? It couldn't be true..

'Hey mum, can I go into town after school today?' I said, packing up my bag for that day. She thought about it for a bit before answering. 'Yeah, sure. Get the bus and be back by 6, yeah?' I smiled - my mum was so cool. 'Absolutely! See you later.'

Listening to the playlist Lille had created for me, I walked up to the bus stop and waited for my bus to come. The ride was short, and then I was at school. It was an exceptionally boring day.