Goodnight, My Love

What the H-E-double L is goin on?

That same text message was sent to me every night. I never replied, and I never told anyone. I almost told Jake. I came really close to telling him...but I didn't know how to bring it up.

Next Tuesday is the last day of school.Hallelujah!!

And this Friday is the Winter-moon Dance.

Don't even comment.

Hey, meet me at the pond? I text Jake. I throw some pop tarts, mello yellos, strawberries into my backpack and head for the door. My phone buzzes in my pocket. Be right there.

I hope Jake doesn't say anything about the dance. It's the biggest dance of every year, and I've never been. I don't want to go and be humiliated in a dress with no date. Plus, I never had friends to talk me into it either. So I just stayed home and ate strawberries.

What will I tell Jake if he asks if I'm going? Or what if he asks me who I'm going with? I really just hope he says nothing.

I see him by the pond now, sitting under our shade tree where we often do homework. "Hey, Kassy," Jake greets me. I smile at him and sit down. The pond is quiet, still.

*Jake's point of view*

She sits down beside me on the grass. She looks over the pond with cautious eyes. If only...

No, no. I push that thought from my head. I can't. It'd...it'd break me. That is, if I'm not already to broken to withstand anything else.

My past... it's something you'd read out of a book. Which I'm guessing is why this is a book. Everything in my life has been twisted, altered. To be honest, I'd really like to kill myself.

I don't know why I haven't. Something holds me here, keeps me here. Maybe it's her. I don't have any other reason to live for. My whole family's been slaughtered.

I'm quite twisted myself. I need help, but I don't want it.

Her forehead creases with worry. She's really quite beautiful. She never wears makeup. Her hair cascades around her face in dark curly waves, that is when it's down. Her shoes always consist of converses or combat boots.

I look out over the scenery and wait for her to speak.

"I need to tell you something," she finally speaks. "Anything," I say while looking at her.

"These past few nights... Every night I get a text message from a weird number. And it always says the same thing."

I stare at her. I seriously hope she doesn't have a stalker. It's like friggin de ja vu.

"What's it say?" I ask sudenly, my mind in a daze. She pulls out her phone and shows me a column of texts messages. The number... I recognized that number. I have no clue where but... The texts all read the same thing. They tell my best friend good night, and call her something that they shouldn't. I don't understand.

How would they get her number? Who the heck is it?

I hand Kassy back her phone and close my eyes. This isn't right. It's odd, confusing.

"I don't know who it could be Kass. It doesn't make sense, why they would send that. The only person you talk to is me. It..." I trail off. She looks off, towards the woods. She sighs and opens her bag.

I grin when I see the carton of strawberries. Secretly, I was planning on buying Kassy a perfume that smelled like real strawberries for Christmas.

We are silent as we eat the fruit. Would it break me? Could I do it?

I close my eyes. My mom. My real father. My sister. It never happened. I'm a normal kid with a normal life, and that shouldn't stop me from following my dreams and doing what I want. Swallowing my pride and letting my courage stand full force, I say, "Kassy... I know you don't have a date to the dance. I know you have never even been to one. Your Dad...he worries about you, ya know? He's told me a lot about you... We're just friends Kass, and I know you don't want anything more than that. But I'd really like it if you'd go with me to the dance. Just as friends you know?"

Kassy stares at me blankly. My hope falls, and I stare at my feet. No big deal, it's just a stupid dance. Plus, I can't be falling for her.

I just can't.

"Jake...yeah I'll go with you," she whispers shyly. I look up to see her blushing, avoiding my eyes. I smile.

Everything's so confusing right now, but I hope it all works out.

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Okay, so this was mainly just a filler. But the next chapter will be the dance, and then after that will be when more confusion is added. ;) Hope ya love it. Read, Comment, and Vote! It means so much to me.

~BackwoodsGirl