It All Started With A Pen

In the Dark-Prologue

*skip this chapter, it's poorly written and not even relevant but I can't bring myself to delete it XD*

          "Come here, KK," I call out from my living room, excited to see my dog. I hear a jingling and KK comes running towards me. "Good girl! Who's a good girl? You are! Yes, you are!" I had had a long day of classes and then work, and was ready to crash, but KK was looking up at me so hopefully that I couldn't. 

          "Ruff!" she barks, wagging her brown tail. 

           "Okay, okay, fine. We'll go on a walk," I say, grabbing her leash and clipping it on. Quickly, I scrawl a note to my roommate, Zara.

Going out to walk KK. Be back soon. Leftovers are in fridge. Save some for me!
xoxo, Ash

Sticking it on the side table next to the door, I slip on my shoes and step out into the warm night. 

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KK and I walk down the paved path until we get to the woods. The sky is so pretty, about ten different shades of blue swirled together and dotted with sparkly stars. "Look at the sky, KK. It's so pretty!" She stares at me, and I imagine her thinking, You idiot. I only see one color and that's blue. Not navy blue, not baby blue, just blue. Plain. Old. Blue.
           I laugh at the stupidity of my thoughts and say to KK, "Sorry girl. I'm just telling you, you're missing out." She licks my hand before pausing, her ears perking up and her front paw lifting off the ground. Probably a rabbit or something. Suddenly, KK takes off, me running behind her like she's walking me. I let go of her leash to avoid falling. I know nothing will happen. Unless someone is hurting me, she won't do anything. Maybe lick them to death, but she never bites, and rarely even nips. I stop to catch my breath, before using the moon to guide me to where KK's dark brown fur is shining. She is sniffing something in front of her when I get there.
          "What's up, KK? Whatcha got there?"
          She whimpers quietly and I drop the carefree attitude. "What's wrong, honey? Is everything ok?" Yeah, I know I treat her like a little baby, but besides Amber and Zara, she's the only one that's been there for me. She's one of the only important people in my life, and yes, to me she is a person, if not better(call me crazy, I will wholeheartedly agree). Because she is family. There are burrs all over her and I pull them out as gentle as possible, trying to ignore her whimpers. Suddenly, I hear coughing and am broken out of my thoughts. I realize I'm not alone. "Hello?" I ask, like an idiot, trying to hide my shaking hands. "Yeah hi, do you mind, like, getting off me, you're kinda on my hand." says the mysterious person. All I notice is his hair. It looks like it's black, but I can't really tell.
       "Ohmygosh, I'm so sorry!" I exclaim, sliding back so my knee is safely away from him. KK jumps off his chest, but she's so light I doubt he even knew that she was there. I offer my hand out to the Mysterious Person and he takes it. His hands are so soft. I wonder what lotion he uses. Wait, is it weird for a guy to use lotion? Nahh, I don't think so. Unless his hands are naturally soft? Maybe I should ask him. What the heck? Don't be weird.
       "So..." Mystery Person breaks into my extremely creepy thoughts and I immediately drop his hand, blushing furiously. "I would ask you what you're doing this late in the woods, but I think it's clear." His voice is deep, but not so deep I can't hear it. He speaks quietly, but doesn't full-out whisper.
      I frown. Was that a flirting attempt. "What are you doing in the woods?" I fire back, hoping he forgets about the giggles.
       "Chilling with my friends and stuff," he responds casually, waving his hand.
       I raise my eyebrow-well, actually eyebrows, because I can't raise just one- and glance at my Fitbit charge wrapped around my tan wrist. "At 11:43?" I ask suspiciously.
       "Uhhh, yeah... So do you, like live around here?" he asks, obviously a topic changer. I want to point out that I don't see any of his "friends" but decide not to push it.
       "Yeah, kinda. My apartment's nearby-ish   so this is where I always go to walk KK." At that mention, KK perks up and gives a little bark. My voice shoots up as I pick her up and scratch her behind her ears. "Yes, I'm talking about you, my baby!" I suddenly feel something rough near her paw, and it doesn't feel like a burr. I feel around some more and KK suddenly whimpers. Loudly. "What's wrong, princess? What happened?!"
        MP looks at me guiltily.
        "What?" I ask. "What happened to my dog?" I know I'm overprotective, but I can't bare losing her, my closest confidant and cutest person related to me. So if she even gets hurt, I freak out.
       "Well, I was, umm, uhh-" he stutters.
        "Just spit it out." Clearly, patience isn't my best quality. 
       "Okay, umm, this is kind of embarrassing. Uhh, I was..."
       I take in a deep breath, loud enough that he can hear it.
      "Okay, okay, fine! I was working out!" he rushes.
      "First of all, how is that embarrassing? It's not like you were, I don't know, painting your nails, not that there's anything wrong with either.  Even though it is kind of weird. Why here? Anyways, second of all, how does that have anything to do with how my dog got hurt?"
       He sighs. "Okay, so I was doing some weight training, right? I was on the two 85lb ones, I uh, increase by five pounds every week, when your dog came running up. I didn't see her coming, so I placed the weights down to go do some push-ups. And then I heard a bark, so I pulled out my phone and shined my flashlight.  And I saw your dog squirming around with the weight by her paw."
        I gasp. Just the picture in my head makes we cringe. KK might be strong, but 85lbs? Yeah, no. That's more than double her weight. And also, who is this mysterious stranger who lifts 85lbs weights seemingly easily and works out in the dark? KK licks my hand to assure me.
       "So I lifted the weight off her and checked on her. I saw a broken nail. And when I went to check on her, she jumped on me, knocked me over, and started licking me." He laughed a bit before suddenly straightening."I'm really so sorry," he says sincerely, giving KK a pat on her head. "She'll be okay, right?
        "KK's a strong dog, she'll be fine," I state, assuring myself more than her. "And as for you, whatever. You're a jerk, but some people are," I snap. Now I'm the jerk, but c'mon. I know I was being unreasonable because he was actually being pretty nice, but I was still pretty pissed. Imagine if KK actually did get hurt. Exactly.
         I walk briskly ahead, around five feet, before saying "Come, KK." She runs towards me. "Does it hurt to walk, honey?" I hear a playful bark. "I'll take that as a no, then," I laugh. "Oh, and Mr. Forrest Athlete: There are these things called gyms, ever heard of one? Yeah, that's where normal people go. You should try it sometime!" I toss sarcastically over my shoulder. I shoot him a sweet smile before-I'm embarrassed, but what can I say? I was feeling extra sassy- I flip my shoulder length dirty blonde hair and walk away, leaving him in the dark.

Author's Note: Hey! sorry if this sucks really bad, like I said, this is my first Wattpad book so please just bear with me. Hopefully it will get better. Any criticism/ comments are greatly appreciated. A couple of things: one, sorry if the indents are messed up, I'm on a mobile device and don't know how to do it so I'm spacing it out *facepalm*
two,  pleasepleaseplease keep reading this i will be eternally greatful to you. I don't have and update schedule but I'm aiming for at least one chapter every one/two weeks.
three, I'm trying to think of ways to make the authors note interesting instead of just blah blah blah-ing away(even though if this book is even discovered it probably won't be for a loooooooooong time haha)I saw a couple of cool ideas, one wasn't on wattpad (although I've seen it used before here) where you use the characters to talk but I don't I want to seem like I'm copying anyone. lol sorry for that rant
L💕ve,
sentimental-unicorn

ps. 1,500 words for my first chapter?! eeeeeeekkkk lets keep this up!!! :)

p.p.s. HAPPY NEW YEAR MY AWESOME READERS WHO ARE PROBABLY READIN THIS IN LIKE 2025 OR SOMETHING IF EVER. Comment your most unrealistic resolution. But I have no doubt u can do it.
Mines is doing a push-up a day and slowly working my way up(yeah, like that'll happen)😂I hope 2018 is boss year, with lots of writin and good grades and working out and being cool planned. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉