The Hidden Past

Ch: 3 Skills

Ch: 3 Skills

I'm tired; So tired that I can barely force my eyes open. The sun shines on my face, making me wince. I lazily push the covers of bed off me and sit up, only to be pushed down suddenly by my ever so huge dog Eden. I slam my head against the wall, wincing again in pain. "No Eden! Get off me! Bad dog! Bad dog!" I shouted as Eden licked my face eagerly, clearly wanting to play. Eden Finally obeyed and got off me. I rubbed my head to make the pain go away then stood up from my bed and headed to the closet. I grabbed my school uniform and changed, as Eden decided to use my shoe as his new chew toy. I groaned. "Eden, drop it." I commanded. Eden stretched his paws forward and hoisted his waging tail in the air. He looked ready to pounce on something. "Eden I said drop it!" I said sternly, but this time Eden would not obey me. "Come on, Eden! I need that shoe!" Eden was not in the mood for listening today. "Fine! If you wanna play so bad, then let's play." I had no choice but to kneel and extend my arms. I grab hold of the shoe and pulled back hard. Eden pulled back on the shoe, refusing to give it up. I pulled harder forcing Eden's teeth to dig in deeper into the shoe. Finally with one last pull, the shoe popped out of Eden's mouth. The shoe was torn but still wearable. "Good going dumb dog. Now my shoe is all torn." Eden started to whimper. "Fine Eden, I forgive you." I patted Eden's head while his tail wagged a billion times per minute. Eden barked right in my face giving me an unwanted whiff of his doggie breath. I started think of what happen to Josh yesterday. I actually felt sorry for what happen to the poor guy because I knew that no one would ever see Josh Hampton again. I stood up to look in the mirror and saw my reflection forgetting all about yesterday. I saw a boy in the mirror with a young face that could make girls blush instantly. His face could pass for a 16 year old even though he was really 18. The boy was slightly taller than an average teenager and this boy had pitch black hair like the night. He thought it was a completely unnatural hair colour and he didn't like it one bit. Now his eyes were..... well let's just they were different or rather unique because they were literally a bloody red colour. "JUDAS STOP TAKING YOUR SWEET TIME AND GET DOWN HERE!!" I groaned as I heard my brother shout my name. "Ugh! calm down I'm coming, just give me a minute!" I bent down and put on my chewed up shoe. "Eden don't chew anything else." I said. I start to head downstairs to the front door. At the bottom of the stairs, I spot my older brother Tally with a nasty scowl on his face. Tally always has a scowl on his face, but this time he looks even more irritable than usual. Tally must be in a bad mood. I thought. I kept walking down the stairs but I walked slowly. Tally makes me nervous when he's this mad but I made sure not to let it show on my face. "Judas you didn't get home till late last night.. why?" Tally's scowl was getting nastier by the second. "I was out with some friends." "Out where?" "Why do you care Tally? I came back didn't I ?" Tally takes a deep breath to stop from yelling. "You do realize that you worried mom sick right?" Oh no... I forgot I didn't tell mom where I went. I'll have to apologize to her later. "Fine. I'm sorry I worried mom! But now, I have to go to school." I turn to leave. I really really hate it when he's mad because he's so annoying when he's mad. If I don't leave now, he'll never stop with his stupid lecturers, but before I could get away, Tally snatched my arm. "Judas, you didn't burn down anything did you? You promised you wouldn't, remember?" My eyes widen with shock. I couldn't believe what he just said! I looked at Tally and sent him a look of absolute fury. "Judas, you didn't burn anything right?" his voice sounded like it was in slow motion. Maybe his voice only sounds slow because my mind was in a frenzy. "Judas, answer me!" Tally prompted. I could answer but I didn't want to answer. All I wanted was just to get out of here and get away from Tally!! I tore my arm away from his grip and ran out the door, nearly breaking it off its hinges. I left Tally behind at the door. He stood like a statue gawking. I didn't I notice had ran all the way to school till next thing I knew I was in the science room. I stumbled my way to a random wall and slide down it. My breathing was so heavy. It felt I was trying to get 50 tons weight out of my lungs to exhale; Only to force it down my throat and back in my lungs to inhale. Then repeat. How could Tally- no how DARE he accuse my of breaking my promise, My promise to Him! I would never break the promise I made to him!! Besides I couldn't break it even If I wanted to. Whenever I'm tempted to break my promise I hear his voice inside my head begging me not to do it. "Promise me you won't burn anything else! promise me Judas!" His stupid voice won't leave me alone. Just please go away just leave me be for once please. "Judas?" I heard a voice say. "what's wrong?" Who would dare to bug me at a time like this. I look up to be greeted by blond hair and a pair of blue eyes. No! No! not her! Not May anyone but this aggravating girl. May fields is just some girl who has a major crush on me and won't take a hint that I'm not in to conceited girls like her. I see how she acts around other people. She's nice to me but treats her friends like dirt. "Nothings wrong, May." I said, not caring if I sounded rude. "Judas, if there's something wrong you can tell me" "Great I'll remember that" I put extra sarcasm in my voice. She was about to say something else but I was out of the room before she could say anything. I don't feel like listening to her right now or ever. What time is it? Is class about to start? Where in the school am I? Why am I asking so many questions? As I asked pointless and stupid questions to myself I noticed I bunch of girls were looking at me. I looked at them back and they started blushing/giggling. Excited that they could stare into my eyes for a moment. What the- I said as my head smash against something for the second time today. "Ow" I heard another voice. "Judas watch it." Oh great I smashed into Annika again. "you watch it frizz head" "Don't call me frizz head!" she got up and stood their for a moment just looking at me. "what" I said "you look kind of panicky" "well I'm not frizz head" She stamped her foot like a frustrated preschooler. "I told you not to call me that and sorry for making the mistake of worrying about you" she said. "I'm sure you won't let it happen again Annika." I herd footsteps coming from behind me. It was May, she followed me from the science room. "Annika?" "May?" "what are you doing with Judas Annika?" "Nothing what are you doing? Staking Judas?" "I am not staking him!!" May shouted. Just encase you can't tell Annika and May have hated each other since the ninth grade which is the first day they met. The bell rang loud for first period class. "That's my cue to get out of here" I said under my breath. "Judas where are you going?" May called out. "Away from you!!" I shouted. Annika had a look on her face that said she was more than happy to get out of here. I don't blame her, getting away from the two of them sounds great. I turned around in the direction of my first class and notice May trying to follow me again. I made sure to lose her fast. I was just about walk past the music room where my first class is but thankful the music teacher saw me and called out to me. I span around and walked in the classroom. When I walked in I noticed the classroom was void of people. Me and the music teacher were the only ones inhabiting it. My father had paid the school to rent out the in tire music room just for me practice in private. the teacher signalled for me to sit at the piano. I sat down. "OK Judas today we'll practice the song from yesterday but at different tempo" "alright" I said. I readied my fingers and pressed down on keys. Ever since I was little I've always been told that my piano skills are amazing but I don't like to play in front of people. I guess I'm kind of shy when it comes to playing. Even playing while my teachers' watching makes me want to crawl into a hole. I began playing a soft melody. The melody sounded like a sweet lullaby that a baby would fall a sleep to. Soft and sweet it reminded me of the lullabies my mother would sing to me as a child. Everything about this melody reminded me about my mother and it also reminded me of him. Why does everything remind me of him?