Dark Angel

Chapter 8

Ethan

As Logan and I rode to Ryan's woods party in Logan's beat-up pickup truck, he decided to start asking questions.

"So what about that new girl?" He asks.

"Camilla? What about her?" He cannot be serious; that girl is way out of league, even if I am the football captain.

"Aww, so defensive," He says, slightly punching my arm as I laugh," It's all good Ethan. Your little secret's safe with me."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," We both laugh together.

When we arrive at the party, we see that Zoey, Alexa, and Camilla beat us there.

"Took you guys long enough!" Alexa says exasperatedly, already holding a beer in her left hand.

"Guys, come on!" Zoey yells.

We make our way and join the party with the rest of our senior class.

***

" You always venture off?"

I turn from the rail of the old Wickery Bridge, and see Camilla looking at me with her head cocked to the side, a beer in her hand.

" Not usually, but tonight the moon is so.."

"Radiant?"

I looked in shock at her; no one ever seemed to understand my love for nature.

" Well, yeah, " I say quietly. She moves closely and leans against the railing with me, looking up at the moon. I watch the light hit her eyes and she looks at me again.

"I'm sorry if I'm intruding, I can leave." she says and turns to leave.

" No, not at all," She turns, " Stay. I mean the company's nice."

" Ok." She stands against the railing.

"So, your parents let you party and drink ?" I ask.

"Um, no.... My parents passed away when I was born." She stares at her beer uncomfortably.

" I'm sorry. "

"It's not your fault, " She looks me in the eyes, " So do your parents let you get drunk on school nights?"

" My parents passed away last year from a big forest fire." I can still remember the police knocking on the door at 3 a.m.

FLASHBACK

I was throwing up in the bathroom because Logan and I had spent the night partying at the Wickery Bridge, celebrating our triumph of the next town's football team. My parents had found out and immediately took me home.

" Do you understand what you're doing?!" My dad lectured me, " Colleges look at these kind of things, Ethan."

"Ok, Dad, I get it." I snapped at him.

"Don't talk to him like that, young man." My mom chimed in. I rolled my eyes in response.

"That's it, young man! You can forget playing football!" My dad says sternly.

" Dad that's worse than being grounded! I'm the football captain!" I say.

" Maybe you should realize that your actions have consequences." My dad says.

"You're the worst parents ever, " I say.

"I may be the worst parent ever, but that doesn't change your punishment. Now go up to your room, while your mother and I help the sheriffs clean up the mess you kids made by partying."

I was in the bathroom, rinsing out my mouth when I heard the knocks on the door. Leave it to my parents to forget the house key.

I open the door and see Sheriff Carrie.

"Good evening, Ethan." She says. Why is she here? Where are my parents?

"Good evening, sheriff. Where are my parents?" I ask.

" Ethan, there was a fire and your mother couldn't get out of the woods. Your father went in to save her. I tried to stop him , Ethan, I did." She says.

"Well are they ok?" My slightly still drunken brain was trying to make sense as to what Sheriff Carrie was saying, but was failing.

" Ethan, they're dead."

That was all I could remember.

I was still in the flashback when an angelic voice spoke.

" Ethan?"

I broke out of my daze and saw Camilla looking at me, concern in her eyes.

"Are you ok ?" she asks.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." I say.

She was about to say something but a blood-curdling scream interrupted her.

We broke ran back to the main scene of the party, her running faster than I could ever think.

There was Alexa standing at the edge of the woods pointing to something, shaking.

Camilla and I edged closer and found ourselves linked with Zoey and Logan, who were just as curious as us.

"Oh my God.." I hear Zoey gasp as she sees what Alexa screamed about.

I finally reach the edge of the clearing and stand back in horror. Lying the dark woods were the mutilated bodies of animals.

I am so sorry for not updating sooner. I was sick and the wifi went out at my house.

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