Falling In Love With Death

5: That Compulsion Thing Isnt Going To Work Twice

Amaryllis Roman

My dreams were anything but sweet, the following night.

I'd dreamt of destruction and fire.

I was in a meadow lying down looking at the sun, when suddenly darkness spread across the sky. There wasn't one star in sight. I stood up trying to find any stars for some light, but I couldn't see a thing. I was blindly walking straight until I finally bumped into a hard wall.

Only it wasn't a wall.

It was some sort of creature with red eyes and brown skin. It's skin was glowing radiating heat as its teeth grew by the second. It jumped in the air as it landed in front of me with a thud. I froze in fear as I heard it growl. I slowly started retreating looking for a place to run to, but it was pitch black. Suddenly the creature leaped.

I woke up terrified and drenched in sweat.
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"You look like shit Lis." Nike said the following morning at lunch. I rolled my eyes.

"Wow Nike I can always count on you to make me feel better." She scoffed.

"You wanna be lied to and continue looking like crap, then you got the wrong best friend. If you want the truth and some help removing those raccoons under your eyes then I'm happy to help." She said.

I cringed.

"Do I really look that bad?" I questioned. She nodded and sighed.

"Did you stay up watching horror movies or something? Come on Lis how many times do I have to tell you no scary/gory movies on a school night!" I groaned.

If only meeting Chaos was a movie, If that were true I would happily turn the movie off and chuck it out my window without thinking twice. That's how desperate I was to forget about the whole Death mess.

I sighed as I dropped my head onto the lunch table and tried to zone out the chatter in the cafeteria.

Suddenly the bell rang signaling the end of lunch. I scowled.

"I'll see you during fourth okay? Try to get some sleep in French class, you said you have a work period anyways. Toodles." She said throwing out the rest of her lunch and leaving the caf.

I begrudgingly grabbed my bag and walked out of the caf. I was more anxious than tired if anything. I mean if Chaos came into your bedroom and told you that Death was dying how would you react?

And the fact that I have to 'fix' his soul makes zero sense to me! I don't even know the guy! I mean how is one suppose to befriend Death? Am I suppose to go all satanic and warship the devil?

Who knew if I was even going to see Death or Chaos again....

On a side note, was it creepy that I found Death attractive? I mean one look at the man and I was ready to faint. Literally.

I sighed as I walked into my French class and plopped down in my seat. A few minutes later the class began to fill up as the seats around me became filled. Chatter soon erupted in the classroom as my French teacher walked in.

"Classe, c'est en prime temps pour terminer vos projets . Ne gaspillez pas bien? Faites , si vous avez besoin d' aide, je suis assis à mon bureau de marquage. Vas-y." She said as I grabbed my softest binder and layed my head on it.

Kutos to me for bringing back nap time.

I slouched down in my chair preparing to sleep when I heard Madame Twice call me up.