HandPrints

Chapter 13

 I sat in my classroom, at school, in my last subject of the day. The teacher lectured us about something I had no interest in learning or even pretending to pay attention. Sometimes I wondered how I managed to even keep my good grades. When I made no effort to learn.

 I stared at the bracelet safely secured around my right wrist. I watched the vibrant red jewels that seemed to be swirling in circles, almost like liquid, trapped safe in side a glass bottle.

 Some how it protected me. keeping all harmful things away from my protection barrier that seemed to be surrounding me. I found my self some how able to breath and relax.

 Now that I knew I was a necomercer and that there was others out there. Not just me all alone in the world. I didn't know what to do. My power seemed simple enough I used it when I needed it. There was nothing I could do to train or build my power. It was just there. Ready to burst out from me when it was called.

 Even though my time of being here with the ones I loved seemed to be slowly ticking away. As more warning and threats appeared. I knew someday i would be ready to face them when the time came but right now. Right now, is what I needed to be worrying about not the past or the future. But the present.

 Billy seemed to be randomly  dissapearing at times and places. His friends would always throw a lame exscuse my way and I wondered what was there possibly to hide. Why did I find my self suddenly alone on a date with him replaced by one of his friends?

 It irritated me that I cared so much. He was just another boy placed in my life but yet he was so different. I didn't like that I fell in love with his glowing skin and emerald eyes or his sweet yet cocky personality from the moment I set eyes on him. None of it seemed real and everyday i waited for him to vanish from my complicated life.

 I depended on him more then I knew.

 The sound of someone clearing there throat brought me out of my thoughts. I gazed at the teacher as she repeated the question.

 "Um.. I .." I fumbled over my words but was saved my the bell as it echoed through the classroom.  Everyone shuffled and gathered there things exiting, to leave.

 I let out a sigh of relif as I steeped out of the door ready to go home. I walked straight to my locker to put my books away. Someone tapped my shoulder I spun around to be greeted from none other then one of billy's friends. What a surprise!

 "Let my guess, he's not taking me home/'I snapped before he had a chance to even start his sentence. He nodded.

 "I suppose to take you home."

 "I can walk, I don't care i can use the fresh air,"I grumbled as I slammed my locker door and pushed passed him.

 "Wait1'he called. I could feel him right on my trail.

 "What The hell is his lame excuse this time?"I replied as I came to a stop out side of the school.

 "Something came up and he says that he's sorry and that he will make it up to you."

 "I've heard that one before and it's getting old." I stormed off on to the familiar path to my home. Glad that the guy gave up. I stretched my arms and breathed in deeply.

 Sometimes I didn't understand Billy.

 Suddenly a strange feeling came over me the further I walked. I shuttered. I could feel eyes on me. Watching my every move but yet i found no one around me. i was alone.

 Alone.

 The word seemed to echo around me as the feeling intensified. I quickened my pace along the forest wanting to be home. Safe and sound.

 I didn't like how I knew something was going to happen and being unprotected only made the feeling stronger. i didn't know who could possible be watching me and I didn't like that either.

 I abruptly stopped in font of a massive hand print in the mud. It belonged to an animal, you could tell form the massive size that it was unnaturally large and inhuman. It looked like it belonged to either a bear or a wolf.

 A mutant wolf.

 My eyes followed it's trail into the forest and I found my self fallowing the path. Not listening to the conicences of doing so.

 I didn't realize where I was until I broke through the forest into a clearing. Noticing instenly as billy's mansoin of a house came into a view. I dropped my gaze to the ground as the foot prints stopped suddenly and were replaced suddenly my human prints.

 I watched confused as it led to the door way of his house.

 I didn't know what this meant but my mind could grasp the strange message. I rang the door bell.

 kind of scared to be out here with the feeling of someone watching you.

 The door opened. Billy came into view. Shock clearly on his face. Some girl I have never seen before holding onto his arm glaring at me. He was only dressed in pants. I could only wonder what he's been up to.

 Once he recovered."Ronnie? How did you get here?" He asked surprised.

"Does it really matter?'

 "Well, I guess not?"He scratched the back of his head.

 "Where have you been?" I glared at him.

"I I've had business to attend to."He whispered staring at me sadly. What the hell was that look for?

"And what excatly would that be?"

"Stuff,"He mumbled.

 "That involves her?" I pointed my finger in her direction.

"What no!"He seemed to suddenly realize she was holding on to him and shook it of like it was some disease.

 "Then what his it that your keeping from me!?"I shouted loosing my calm.

I couldn't take it anymore. That he was keeping something form me. That he was lieing to my face. Making my want to run away and cry. I didn't get why I felt so lost or why I was still standing here. I didn't know why I yearned for his touch when I felt like throwing a rock at him and causing him pain.

 I didn't want to care but I did.

 And when I cared for someone, I always seemed to lose my self and get hurt.

 "I can't tell you,"He kept his voice low.

 His words knocked the breath out of me but I kept my self together.

A little boy appeared next to him and I instantly remembered who it was his twin. He smiled.

"I need to talk,"His childish voice said.

I nodded,"I have to go, Billy,"I turned around but his arm stopped me.

"Please, let me explain."

 "There is nothing to explain,"

"Just wait,"He whispered helplessly.

 "Tell him to let you go and not come after you," said his little brother. My chest twisted painfully by his words.

"Leave me alone and don't come after me,"I yanked away from his grasp and followed his brother into the forest.

 I felt like I left my life behind but the path a head had something I needed to know and would find out.

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