Laying In A Field Of Black Roses

Chapter 1: Dream

    “Will! It’s time to wake up sweetie!” Will’s mother called up to him from downstairs making him groan as he slowly crawled out of bed. He dragged himself to the shower turning on the hot water. He let the hot water glide over his pale skin to help him relax to go to Clayton Reeves High School. Will wasn’t fond of highschool he never seemed to fit in and whoever was friends with him tended to fade away in the background over time.

    After the calming shower he rushed to get dressed trying to eat breakfast before heading into school. He ran downstairs nearly tripping over himself, when he made it his mom was waiting for him at the counter sliding him a plate of eggs with a side of bacon and two buttered pieces of crispy bread. He practically breathed down his breakfast trying not to be late for school. He gave his mom a quick kiss on the cheek to his mom and jumped into his car taking no time to speed off to school.

    He pulled up to the school gathering what little confidence he had to go into that awful school. Will pulled his bag out from the trunk dreading the fact that junior year seemed slower than previous years. After entering he made a b-line to the Cafe trying to make little contact to people there as possible sitting down with his “friends” at the table while they were on the subject of video games. He put a fake smile on to try and fit in but it was short lived as the main group of bullies treaded down the Cafe aisle. Of course, they come to the table Will is sitting at luck was not on his side. He got up not wanting to be bothered by people who are so immature, he walked away but felt someone grab him by the arm forcing him to turn around. He was face to face with the worst bully in school Connor Jillis.

    “Well well look at who we have here the biggest fag in our school Will Berkins.” he didn’t flinch since he has known Connor from the beginning of middle school but high school was were he really had bothered him. But even though he didn’t flinch he still felt pain inside himself yes he liked men but… why use such a ugly word what if he was in his place maybe he would be more understanding but Will held his ground not uttering a word. Connor stood tall at 6,5 while Will was a short 5,5. Even though Connor towered over him he didn’t allow him to win a battle of intimidation yanking he arm out of his grasp not wanting to be bothered any longer he walked away trying not trying to show the true fear that underlined his mind.

Connor was quick to stop him putting a death grip on his arm making Will wince in pain. Connor spoke with iron in his voice “Who said you can go bitch?” in those few seconds he grabbed the hem of Will’s deep blue jacket pulling him close to his face. Will felt his heart trying to beat out of his chest at Connors intense aura but he noticed something in his eyes a pain sitting there Will took notice to it but was not fast enough to react to it as Connor threw him to the ground. Finally the principals showed up making Connor stop they took him away to the principal's office “they’re probably suspending him” Will thought happily since Karma is a fair maiden to those it deemed to be. But he was still confused on what he saw in Connor’s eyes in those few seconds pain? Why would such an ass have pain what would he even be in pain from. He didn’t even want to know so he quickly got up making his way to class. Classes seemed normal seeing Connor as much as he usually would, good.

Time skip to Will’s home  

Once Will got home he felt so tired from everything that he learned at school and Connor. He went to the kitchen smelling the sweet ginger in the air, he saw his mom had made snickerdoodles on a cookie sheet. Will took one of the cookies taking a bite of the soft cookie making his taste buds explode with flavor. Will’s mom came into the room from the bathroom with a smile spread across her face. She went up to her son hugging him to welcome him back home. Will hugged back. When the hug broke he went to the fridge to get a glass of milk, Once he did he began to converse about school drama with his mom but didn’t include Connor he thought that would be a little too much.  

As Will spoke his mom interrupted him “mijo why don’t you cut some of this hair you can’t even see past the hair over your left eye.” Will groaned “is this cause dad said something?, Mom I fine you don’t have to worry I can see with my eye even though it’s covered.” Will’s mom sighed “yes sweetie your dad is trying to make you look more presentable for when you graduate.” Will began to get a little annoyed “Mom I can worry about that when the time comes.” Will’s mom kept talking to him about his hair until Will had received a message finding this as an opportunity he interrupted his mom telling her his teacher had told him about an assignment as he ran up to his room.

He Jumped onto his bed feeling the stress deflate from inside him and unravel into comfort. When he opened his phone he saw a message from an unknown number which was already suspicious but he decided to open it which lead to a whole paragraph sent to him. But he stopped at the words he did not want to see “hey, its Connor Jillis”. Will wondered “why is this ass texting me.” he thought about whether to read further or not. In the end he decided to read it later as he really couldn’t bother with anything social at that moment. He then began to fall asleep letting his dreams wash over him like a cascading river.

When he opened his eyes he was going down a rabid river with no boat or anything just him which had scared him as he slipped into the crazy water not able to breath. He struggled to get back up barely making it to the surface, when he did he could not react to what had happened as he fell down a waterfall into a deep abyss. When he hit the ground he felt disoriented but pulled himself together. Will looked around seeing nothing but darkness he remembers having this dream before, he remembered how cold and desolate this dream was, just sitting… in silence. Will curled up sitting in the quiet as he just wanted it to end quick but knew it wouldn’t. Suddenly he felt a presence behind him and a hand touch his back making him jump back. He tried to see what it was but everything was pitch black making him shake from the fear that bubbled from his core. Within seconds he felt the presence in front of him Will prepared himself for the finals moments to be the worst but nothing came, rather a warm engulfed his body making the abyss disappear into a beautiful paradise. Will was shock a man was holding him tightly in his dream? He took the moment and hugged the man back feeling the strength the man had in his heart. Suddenly he heard him speak “i’m sorry to keep you waiting for so long.” tears had begun to stream down his cheek was was he getting so emotional over this dream? Then it hit him it’s something he been wanting to feel for a long time.

A/N hey everyone I know I haven't been on here for awhile but I have been writing a story that is waaaayyyy out of my boundaries a truly dramatic romance I hope you enjoy I will update when I can u lovely people 😄