Chapter 12
I sit up breathing heavily. I try to figure out all of what happened. I try to separate fiction from reality. Every little thing that the man did is gone, I can't feel any of it. I'm shaking all over, scared too. What the hell just happened to me? What did I do to that man to earn this? Think of these questions as I fall back to sleep.
No dreams at all. For seven hours of sleep, no dreams at all. That weird I thought. I always have dreams. Seems like the nightmares have taken over the dreams. I get up out of bed. But I soon realize I have a bigger problem, Rose. Oh god, it's gonna be either hell or heaven at school. This is big. Should I ask her out, should I wait. I have no clue about this. It's all a first to me. As I decide my plan, I make my way down the stairs. I make some sloppy oat meal and sit down on the table. I'm slurping up the rest of it when Luke walks in the room. He nods at me and starts to make himself some eggs. He unlike me has our moms gifts at cooking. I nod back and set my dishes into the sink and go off to my room to get ready. I make my way up the stairs and look into the mirror. I see a boy with hair that looks like a mini tornado's been through it. His eyes are baggy and dark. Great I think to my self, this is gonna take a while. Twenty minutes later I look back into the mirror and we myself. What a relief I think to my self. Running down the stairs I make my way into the garage and into the car. It's pretty quiet so I ask my mom if she can turn the radio on. She says sure and puts it in to a good station. I try to drone everything out as I listen. "Josh. Josh. JOSH!" My mom yells. "Huh what?" I fumble around. "It's time to go." She says softly nodding out the window. As I get out I see what she was looking at. Rose is there and I see Arnold coming up behind her. He grabs her and pulls her around. "What the hell was that?!" He asks her angrily. "I.. I d-don't know w-what you a-are talking a-about." She manages to stutter. He starts "You don't KNOW?! You come to MY party and start just making out with some weird kid I don't even know." She is about to reply when I come in. "Hey Arnold, why don't u pick on another guy? Afraid you might break a nail?" I ask smiling. He points a finger at me. "Oh very funny mister." He tries to muster himself up to his full 5'5. I start to laugh because at this moment I realize something. I'm bigger than him. So I shove bike backwards and say, "Alright, maybe your not afraid to break a nail, so what? Picking a a girl, that's just low." I smirk at him and go up to Rose. "You okay?" I ask. She smiles and gestures me to walk with her. "Yes, I am now." She smiles and stops me. As she looks over my shoulder she opens her mouth and points. Right as I turn around around and Arnold's fist comes smashing into my jaw. I'm stunned and knocked to the side. I see a tinge a red and I start towards him. My fists are clenched at my side. I remember a couple of places that guy punched me in and I use that. I use two punches, one right to the nose and a round house right to his jaw. It knocks him straight to the ground, not out cold, but pretty close. I look up at Rose, she's horrified I rush to her and pull her into a tight hug. "Ssssshhhhh" I soothe. She whimpering. "But he p-punched you." "Yes, yes he did, but I punched him twice." She looks into my eyes, "Where did you learn that?" "I truly don't know." I answer. I walk her to class. "Dry you tears, I'm fine." We walk into class and I wonder to my self, where did I learn that, and who is this guy?
