Initium

Jess ~ He Did This

Drake was running, fast. She was standing in the hallway, wearing the green shirt she had been given, but the necklace she stole. She faced away from him. He new what would happen but he couldn't stop.

'Jess!!!' She turned. Her blond curls sat perfectly above her shoulders, her eyed glistening in the school's lights. She turned and she smiled at the him. 'Move!!' Her smile faded. The tracks looked cold under her feet. She walked off them now and towards him.

'Drake? What's wrong? You seem... frustrated.' He stopped and walked to close the gap between them. The rails shook.

'I'm sorry.' He pushed her. Her heart stopped. Drake held her in his arms but she dropped. She fell from his arms to the cold floor, lifeless, broken. He felt it. The tracks dug into her back, her body mangled, her hair transformed from it's brilliant rings into a frizzy mess, her smile warped into something scarcelly like her own. And her eyes. Once a bright and vibrant blue, now the light faded and she stared into the dark sky as if it had drained the light itself. And he felt it. She looked at Drake, no longer innocent, no longer happy.

'You did this to me.' The grass arround her vibrated and the sound grew louder and louder in her ears. And he felt it. The lights flashed in front of her. It grew closer until the whelks touched her pale skin and-

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Drake gasped for air. His eyes were wide with fright and his forehead was damp with sweat. He burst into tears and collapsed back onto his pillow. In the silence of the night he whispered back, 'I'm sorry.'