Begin Again

Chapter 13

I'd been flipping the tiny box around in my hand for the past hour and a half. It was a small blue box that was small enough to fit in my hand. Part of me wanted to open it, but the other half was afraid to. I'm not exactly sure why I was afraid, but I was.

I'd set it down on the night stand, look at it, and then end u picking it back up again. "Screw it."

I tossed it across the room. It hit the wall and fell open on the ground. Curiosity got the best of me and I walked over to see what had fallen out.

Next to the box was a small gold locket. Carefully I lifted it up. I used my finger nail to pop open the locket.

Inside was a picture of me. I was outside at night practicing my soccer. I was taking a shot on the net we had set up in our yard. A small gasp escaped from my lips. I remembered that day...

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The cool night air nipped at my nose as I ran to retrieve the ball. I dribbled it back out in front of the net. I started juggling.

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The ball dropped to the ground so I took a shot on net. Hard and low into a corner. A flash went off and I yelped startled. The ball hit the back of the net and I turned to see where the flash came from. A figure in the doorway was holding a small camera.

My breath caught in my throat. One of my brothers had caught me. Then I noticed that the person wasn't one of my brothers, it was Harry. "What are you doing?" I asked.

He stepped outside, "I should be asking you the same thing."

Running to retrieve the ball, I replied "It's kind of obvious what I'm doing."

"True." Harry stepped farther outside. "I just couldn't sleep, then I noticed the outside light on so I came to check it out."

I motioned towards the camera, "Why the camera?"

He tossed the camera around in his hands, "You have the perfect shooting form. I thought maybe I could learn a thing or two."

I lightly kicked the ball into the goal, "Oh. Well I'm going to head inside to get to sleep. Night."

I walked past Harry and into the house. "Night, DJ."

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I looked at the locket in my hands. So that's what he did with that picture. I picked up the box off the ground and a piece of paper fell out.

Placing the box down next to me, I grabbed the paper. Scribbled out on the paper was a short note.

DJ,

If you're reading this then it means that you obviously didn't just throw away the box and locket. Meet me behind the hotel at midnight. Make sure you wear the locket. Hopefully I'll see you tonight.

~H

Placing both the locket and the note on the nightstand, I laid back on the bed. Should I meet him tonight? Well I didn't particularly want to, but I kind of owe him for earlier. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight at midnight.