Him

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At school

School's over and the students are heading to the exit, but me? No, I'm not yet going home, I'm going back, back to the locker. As I walk to the hallway leading to the locker section, it was simply... silent, not until my footsteps conquer the sound.

I stood in front of the red metal door of the locker, starring to its handle. I wrapped my fingers at the handle and slowly... slowly I opened it, but out of my luck, it was locked. I tried pulling it but still... it won't open.

I abandoned my plans and as I turned around

"Good Lord!"

It's Margo, one of my best friends

"What the-- you scared me, Margo!"
"What's up wih you?"

I rubbed my eyes

"Nothing... just nothing... you?"
"Well... I was just thinking if..."

She placed some books on my hands

"...You could help me put this back in the library?"
"It's on my hands anyway"
"That's the spirit, let's go!"

At the library

As I place the books in the shelves, I noticed something unusual about the other books, their titles were scribbled with pencil marks and some of its pages were torn apart. I showed the book to Margo

"Look at this..."
"What about it?"
"The title was marked with pencil"

She shrugged her shoulders

"Meh! Probably some rascals bored of living"
"Margo..."

I placed the book back

"...Have you ever encountered any unusual things happening in this school?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like... some kind of paranormal events?"

She laughed shorty

"Besides of the mysterious vanishings of my pens? No, I don't usually believe in those kind of things"

Then silence. She bumped her elbow to mine

"Why? Have you?"
"I don't know if it's paranormal or what... but kinda freaks me out"

She placed her hands on her waist

"You sir are being a paranoid, you need some rest, a long one"

I tighten my lips

"I suppose... I've been pushing myself to hard this week"
"And maybe after that we can go to the movies?"
"Sure, I'm on any day"
"How about this Firday?"

I smiled

"Sounds great!"
"Great! And oh!.... I gotta go, my mom told me not to go home late today"

She hugged me

"See you tomorrow"
"Take care"

At the street

The sky is dark and the streetlights are on, I didn't noticed how long I've read books in the library after Margo left. My phone rang, it's my mom

~Phone~

"Maverick, where are you now?"
"Mom it's okay, I just did some stuffs in the school"
"Alright, the salad's in the fridge okay?"
"Okay mom"
"Take care"
"Bye"

~End Call~

I know it's weird, salad's on dinner? I'm really a health conscious so I eat salad in morning and evening, I'm a nerd and a health conscious. How wonderful.

The road, the houses, and the sky is filled with darkness, except for the bus stop I'm standing in. I looked at my watch, it's 21:30 already, but still... no busses yet. I sat on the bench and let the light glare over my head, making me more safer. I placed my phone inside my pocket and rested my head at the pole.

After a few minutes of sitting, I saw a boy's figure standing in the middle of the road, he's waving. I stood up and waved my hand for him to move away from the road. He's still waving. And then I've decided to run towards his direction to get him out of the way, but when a few steps was remaining, he stopped waving, and little by little... he's walking towards me, but slowly.

I stood there, frozen and in awe, I don't know what to do but I can't keep myself away from staring at him... walking towards me. The street lights didn't got into my position, so even if a serial killer was standing in front of me, I won't be able to see his face. The boy stood in front of me, he stretched his hand towards me. Then darkness.

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