Into The Unknown

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Chris's POV

I paced the room quietly after she left. I couldn't seem to figure out why I couldn't take our relationship to the next level. My mind was soaring, so I sat down on my bed and grabbed my book.

Today, I almost let her give me oral sex. I can't seem to figure out why I don't want her to do it, but obviously, something is holding me back.

Maybe I'm not attracted to her.

Lie.

Maybe I don't like her like that.

Lie.

Maybe we're moving too fast?

Lie...?

That one wasn't a lie. We are moving too fast. I barely know anything about her and I almost let her give me oral sex.

That's it. I need to actually take her out and get to know her instead of relying on what I've seen from school and what other people gossip about.

I shut my book and realized what I needed to do. I looked over at the clock and realized it was a little after 7:00 pm. I spent the rest of the night planning for the next day.

Raegan's POV

I tossed and turned in my sleep while I dreamt about Malcolm.

"Malcolm, please" I pleaded quietly as he pounded away at my center.

"Shut up, bitch" he panted.

I stared at the ceiling as blood rushed to my bed sheets. I begged in my head for someone to save me but my hours of screaming before still didn't bring my savior.

"Look at me!" Malcolm hollered after smacking his hand across my face. I yelped from the pain and shot my eyes towards his. I could feel the evil in his soul. His hand wrapped around my neck and I could feel my heart rate speed up due to the lack of oxygen. I used my eyes to beseech. It didn't work until I yelped. He tore me from his roughness and the pain was unbearable.

"Shit," he spat at me. He pulled out and began to beat me. His fists collided with my face as I whimpered. It was twenty minutes that he beat me, but it felt like hours.

When he was done, he pulled up his pants and left. I lay on the bed until I couldn't feel my face anymore. My eyes began to close and the darkness faded in...

Chris's POV

I jumped up when I heard Raegan scream. I raced towards her room and opened the door quickly. Her body was hunched over and her back jumped up and down like a child on a trampoline. I walked over to her slowly before she mumbled to me lowly.

"Just a nightmare, Chris. Go back to bed..."

I stopped in my tracks and chewed my bottom lip. I stepped closer to her and she flinched away from me.

"Please, Chris..." she trailed off, "go back to bed..."

I nodded a little and swallowed the lump in my throat. I trudged back to my room and continued to make calls for the next day. When I was done, I let the nightly slumber take over my person.

The next day

I finished writing the last of my date clues for Raegan. I decided to try something different. I wrote different clues and placed them around the house and the neighborhood that would lead her to my candlelit dinner. I knew it was corny, but I didn't care. I wanted to do this right way, and that was my chance.

I placed the first clue in her hand before she woke, and made my way into town to make final arrangements.

Raegan's POV

I woke up and scrunched my hands to stretch when I heard the paper crunch in my hands. I looked at it, and yes I was confused, but I didn't really mind the curiosity.

Clue One: Good Morning. Today, I have something planned but I wanna play a game first. Each clue will lead you to another until you get to your destination. No cheating: you can't ask anyone for help. Have fun, Rae.

Clue: My first name is something you run water in, and my last name is something you are in now.

Chris

I looked up from the note with the nastiest grin on my face and laughed. I sat up from the bed and rub my hair as I thought.

I repeated the riddle in my head over and over again and I could not figure out what he mean't.

"What do you run water in..?" I spoke to myself, "Bathtub, Sink...?"

I walked in the bathroom and stared at the sink.

"My first name is something you run water in. Sink..Bathtub..?" I paced slowly. "My last name is something you're in now.."

I thought aloud until my lightbulb went off.

"BATHROOM!" I raced back to the bathroom and smiled. Clever, clever boy.

I brushed my teeth and washed my face before opening the medicine cabinet. There was a tiny piece of pink paper that was rolled and tied with a pink bow.

Clue Two: Be sure to clean my once a week, or I will surely start to reek.

I smirked and instantly knew the answer. Refrigerator. I was always careful to clean it out every week because it would stink from the leftover food.

I raced to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to find a pink slip of paper rolled around a fork that sat on top of a bowl of fruit. I took the bowl out at sat down at the table.

Clue Three: Eat this fruit and ponder this clue. The next one up is one that toots.

I cursed under my breath. I didn't know what in the world he was talking about. I ate the bowl of fruit until was gone. When I got up to put the bowl in the trashcan the doorbell rang. The trash man was at the door with a piece of paper taped to his hat. He smiled as I took it from him, and the other trash man honked the horn.

"The next one up is one that toots," I repeated pointing at the trash truck. I opened the paper and smiled at it.

Clue Four: Be sure to walk me every day, this is somewhere I love to play.

I sat down on the porch and rubbed my face. He sucked at giving clues but I stuck with it because I wanted to know what was going on. I looked up from the ground and saw a woman walking her dog across the street.

"Be sure to walk me every day...Dog Park"

I stood up from the porch and walked to the dog park. I sat on the bench when a white husky came over to me with a pink bandana tied around her neck. Connected to it was a pink paper.

Clue Five: I know this may sound cliché, but damn Rae, you sure can play.

I chuckled at it and remember Michael used to say that when I played the clarinet in the school band in middle school. I got up and walked to his house and he came to the door with a grin on his face.

"Come in, Raegan." He handed me a piece of paper and I sat down and read it

Clue Six: You have reached the end of the road, but I promise this won't get old. Take your time and get dressed, the next place is high in stakes.

I smiled and got dressed in a few hours before getting into Michael's car. He blindfolded me and walked me to my destination. When I opened my eyes, my oh my, was I surprised...