Haunting

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"Mr. Johnson", the butler politely bowed to Caleb. "I'm here for the reservation I made earlier" he explained. The butler then again, nodded and looked at me up and down. A small smile appeared at the corner of his lips. "This way," he showed us our table. While walking towards our table, some people were looking at me and some of them were whispering.

"Caleb, people were talking about me" I whispered to Caleb. He looked at me and smile "Ignore them, to me you look stunning" he winked. I blushed at his compliment but honestly, I don't feel great at all. People here are all wear something fancy, probably cost them hundreds of dollar but I wear shirt that I bought at a thrift shop

We arrived at our table and the waiter gave us a menu. I scanned the menu and ordered a steak. Caleb does the same and ordered the finest wine that they had.

"Caleb, you sure we're drinking wine?" I gulped. "Yeah, they have the tastiest wine" Caleb exaggerated. "But... I hate wine" I confessed. Caleb's smile turns into a frown, then quickly he shook his head "But you SHOULD try it. Please?" he begged. I sighed and shrugged. "Just a couple of sips, okay?" I explained. Caleb grinned and nodded.

The rest of the night went by smoothly. We share a couple of laughs and the steak is undeniably delicious. And for the wine—I had a sip and I almost gagged so I ordered an orange juice instead. After finishing our main course, Caleb ordered some dessert and we chatted until its almost my curfew

11.10 p.m.

Caleb pulled over in front of my porch. I unbuckled my seatbelt and smiled at Caleb. "Thanks for tonight. I really enjoyed it" I thanked him. He smirked and nodded. "You're welcome."

I sat on the passenger seat for a solid 10 seconds doing nothing. "So uhh... bye" I unlocked the door and stepped outside. "Well that's awkward, Hannah" I said to myself. I close the door and walk towards my doorway. From behind, I heard Caleb stepping outside of his car and slamming the door shut.

"Hannah, wait" he spoke. I turn around and looked at him. He rushed towards me while saying "I forgot something." I furrowed my eyebrows "What is i-"he cuts me off by kissing me hard. He pulled away and smirked. "I forgot to do this" he said and we kissed again and this time, passionately. He put his hands on my waist, clutching my shirt.

After a few minutes I pulled away, trying to catch my breath. We both chuckled. "Well, I better get inside" I said to Caleb. He nodded and stepped backwards, waving at me. "Goodbye" I said and went inside.

As soon as I went inside, I was surprise when my dad sat on the couch at the living room, waiting for me. "Dad" I said. I heard Caleb's engine roars and he drove away. I looked at my dad. "I'm sorry, I can explain." I pleaded. My dad walk towards me with an angry expression and stopped when he's in front of me. Suddenly, his angry expression turns into a smile

"My baby have a boyfriend already!" he hugged me tightly. "What. Dad. Stop it" I tried to escape from my dad's deathly hug. He soon unwrapped himself from me. "You're not mad?", I asked, furrowing my eyebrows in confusion. My dad chuckled. "A little but I'm actually happy to see my little nerd finally have a boyfriend" he explained.

"That's not my boyfriend and who you calling me a nerd, dad. You're a bully" I joked. My dad burst into laughter. "Alright then, go to your bed. It's almost midnight. Don't make me ground you" my dad laughed. "Goodnight dad, I love you" I hugged him. "Love you too, pumpkin"

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After showering and changing my outfit into my pyjamas, I went to my study table and took out my homework. I took a glance at Tyler's window. He's not home yet. His room seem untouched. I tried to focus, doing my homework but I keep dozing off.

12:27 p.m.

I decided to not doing homework because I was sleepy and didn't want my book to get all wet when I woke up because of my drool. I went to my bed and wrapped myself with my blanket and tried to sleep.

Suddenly, I heard a plopping sound, making me woke from my sleep. I look around to see no one in my room. I exhaled in relief. I again took a glance at my window and saw light shining through my room meaning Tyler is home. I peeked at the clock to see what time is it. Its 2:30 p.m. I stood up and went downstairs to have a drink since my throat was hella dry.

When I went back to my room, from the corner of my eye, I saw Tyler lying on his floor in the middle of his room with his arm covered in blood. I ran towards my window and opened it, a cold morning wind blows through me making me shudder. I noticed that Tyler's window was opened too.

"Tyler" I shout in whispers. He didn't budge. "Did he fell asleep? But what's up with that blood? Is he injured? What if he was murdered? Holy crap!" I panicked. I look at the distance between my house and his. "I'm going to jump. But what if I didn't make it? What if I fall and die" I'm in my dilemma. Suddenly Tyler moved and he moans.

Without thinking of anything, I leaped myself from my window and landed on his. "Oh my God, I did not just do that!" I screamed. I stepped on Tyler's table and jumped on the floor. I quickly walk towards Tyler. "Hey hey what wr—Oh my god, who did this to you" I rested Tyler's head on my lap. He's grunting in pain and he looked at me in the eyes. He touched my cheek, cupping it and I couldn't stop sobbing. His face was all beat up. Torn lips and bruised eyes, bloody nose and cheek.

I held his hand and squeezed them gently. "I'll help you" I whispered to him. He smiled a little and he blacked out.

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