Shadows & Stars

Chapter 19: Click...

~Henry's POV

***The same night***

When we left Owen and Eloise to talk, Alexander and I waited in his car to see if she needed a ride home since they came with Owen's car. After they were done talking she went to his car so we knew we could go. 

I held Alexander's thigh while he started the ignition, then he crossed my arm with his and also held my thigh. "Want to spend the night at my house?" I asked him. "Hell yeah!" He squeezed my thigh. "Are your parents home?" He asked still focused on the road. "Yeah but apparently my dad likes you so I know he wouldn't mind."

"Okay then." He replied and continued to my house. When we got there I told him to park on the left side of the drive way because my fathers car is in the garage on the right side. He came around and opened my door for me then took my hand. 

When I opened the door my parents were in the kitchen. "Hi guys." I said to them My parents eyes fell on Alexander. "This must be Alexander, nice to finally meet you." My mom said and gave him a hug. "Uh mom it's Alex actually." 

"Oh sorry Alex." My mom apologized. My dad shook his hand. I can only imagine that it's awkward for Alexander since his teacher is here. We sat in the kitchen for a while and my parents got to know Alexander a bit. "Would you guys like to eat dinner with us?" My mom asked. "I'm pretty full from the popcorn and snacks." I replied. "Yeah me too but thank you." He smiled at them.

Every time Alexander is nice with someone my heart gets warm. Like when he hugged Eloise. "Ok goodnight mom, goodnight dad." I gave them both a hug. "Let's go." I told Alexander. He waved them goodbye and we went up to my room. I fell onto my bed and Alexander joined. 

I got a message on my phone, from another anonymous Instagram account. I opened it without realizing Alexander could see. It was a photo of Eloise at the cinema. 'Hope you enjoyed the movie Henry.' "What the fuck." Alexander spoke. "Who's that?" He continued. 

It's time I told him about this. "Ok so for the past couple of weeks I've gotten these anonymous messages from a random person. It really freaks me out." Luckily I had screenshots of the previous chat before I deleted it. I showed them to Alexander. "Henry that is not okay. You have to go to the police." He spoke loudly. "No Alexander. That's exactly why I didn't tell anyone. I don't want to give this guy attention so I just continue to block him."

"Henry this is dangerous. I mean look at that photo." He pointed to the screenshot that had a photo of me at school. "This person could be seriously dangerous." He continued. "I know. But can we please just leave it. I don't want to ruin our night because of some guy." "How do you know it's a guy?" He asked. "Oh in a previous chat he said that he wanted to see me choke on his dick." Alexanders face went still.

"Don't worry though. The only dick I want to choke on is yours." I giggled. His face went red. After our conversation, we both got underneath the blanket and we cuddled up. Not to long later we fell asleep. 

~Alexander's POV

I woke up to see Henry by his closet getting dressed. "Morning." He smiled at me. I rubbed my eyes. "Morning my boy." I said to him. "Here's a towel if you want to go shower." He said to me with a small smile. "Thanks" I replied as I got up. 

After the shower I went down stairs and saw Henry dancing to some music in the kitchen. His parents left early this morning so we were alone. I laughed at him. "Hey! You cant laugh at me!" Henry yelled. "Of course I can. You're my boyfriend and that gives me the privilege to laugh at you when I want."  He shrugged and playfully pushed my shoulder. 

"Henry" I said to him. He looked at me. "Would you like to go on a date with me?" I asked. "Alexander." He started. "I would love to go on a date with you." He giggled and jumped into my arms. I dug my chin into the crook of his shoulder and tightly hugged him.

After eating the breakfast that my boy made I told him that I have to go and get ready and that I'd pick him up at around 4 o'clock. 

When I got home I put a mattress in the back of my jeep with some pillows and blankets. I grabbed a basket and put a bunch of snacks in. I also grabbed my laptop so that we could watch some movies.

***

Me and Henry were on our way to the spot in the woods. When we got there I removed the roof of my Jeep and I had already made a comfortable bed at home. "Alexander this is adorable!" Henry smiled at my 'creation'. I smiled back at him.

We got underneath the blankets and started a movie marathon, enjoyed some snacks and spoke for hours. 

~Henry's POV

Me and Alexander cuddled up underneath the blanket and I soon heard him snoring. He held his arms around me. It felt nice to sleep next to him again. Before I could fall asleep I heard a stick crack behind the trees. It freaked me out a bit. 

I wanted to turn around and face Alexander. As I lifted up my upper body to swing around I heard a click. It sounded like a camera. Now I was really freaked out. I tried to wake Alexander up but he just groaned and turned his body around. 

'ding' A message on my phone. 

It was a photo of Alexanders Jeep with me sitting up. It was literally a few minutes ago. 

"Hello Henry" A message below the photo read. 

"Who is this?" I asked.

"Come find out." They replied. 

This made my body cold. I don't know what over came me but I stood up and decided to walk in the direction that the photo was taken from. Ugh why am I so brave! I saw a shadow in the distance. I walked toward it.

Before I could get close I tripped over a tree root and fell to the floor. I hit my head on a rock. I stood up and went back to Alexanders Jeep. Before I could get there I felt dizzy and fell to the floor. 

~Alexander's POV

I woke up and saw Henry wasn't with me. It was still night time. I sat up and saw someone in the distance bending over. "Henry!" I yelled thinking it was him. The person ran away when they heard me. I ran over to catch the guy but on the way there I came across Henry. He laid on the floor not moving. His head was bleeding. 

I picked him up and took him to the Jeep, then rushed to get some medical attention. When I arrived at the hospital I got Henry in my arms again the ran inside. "Help!" I yelled as I ran through the doors. Doctors immediately came with a bed and put him on it then rushed him into a room. 

Another doctor came up to me. "What happened?" She asked me. "I...I don't know. I found him on on the ground and saw his head was bleeding so I brought him straight here." I started to panic. I don't want my boy to get hurt. "It's okay sir you need to calm down he's going to be alright." The doctor rubbed my back. "Do you know his name and surname?" She asked. "Yes.. uh it's Henry Hayes." I replied. Taking a few breaths. "And what is your relationship toward Henry?" She asked.

"Uh he's my boyfriend." I replied still worried. "Okay and do you know his parents or someone we can call?" She held a notebook writing down as I speak. "Yes I can get you his fathers number." I took out my phone and went on my math's class group. He is our math's teacher so he was on the group as well. I gave her his number and went to sit down in the waiting room.