Shivers

Chapter 5

The last bell rang and it was the end of school for the week.  I would spend the whole weekend locked up in my room and doing homeworks because homeworks were so much fun rather than going out.  I was afraid of going out because i might be seeing new ghosts.

I stopped by my locker first to bring home my homeworks. I opened it and i automatically screamed as half skull head jumped out.  Everyone in the hallway stared at me in bewilderment and gave me look that telling me that i was crazy.  I rubbed my chest and began breathing normally.

"Lyn!  Are you okay?"  Xander came running toward me.  I just nodded as respond and continued taking out my books.  He stayed by my side and i felt oddly secured and the vibe i received from him still scared me a little bit.

"Do you have house in town?" I asked to distract myself from the recent jump scare just now. I shut closed my lockar and faced him.

"Yes.  Two houses away from you."  He replied.  Ah, i heard new neighbor came few days ago but i didn't bother to ask further,  so,  it was him.

"So,  do you live alone?" We started walking toward the exit. 

"I live with my fellow comrade that disguise as my father." 

"I see.  What's his name?"

"Jeremiah."

We exited the school builing and now heading for the gate.  I saw Adrian's car was still in the parking lot.  He must stayed back for practice today since they got match next week with the school in the neighbouring town. We didn't talk since our fight that day.  I would talk to him later.

"Do human always desires beautiful creature?"  His question was out of blue causing me to raise both of my eyebrows and glanced at his way for a while.

"I think so.  Why?" I replied.

"Everyone seems eager to have me as friends today."  He then took out a bunch of papers from his jeans pocket that contain phone numbers.  A small chuckle escaped from me. "The girls also excitedly giving me their serial numbers."

"Xander, that call phone numbers.  Keep the numbers if you're intrested in any of them." I told him while containing my laughter. He did not just claim himself as beautiful creature. Well, he wasn't wrong. Still, his reaction after gaining himself a ton of fans was priceless.

"I'm not interested to be friend with them if their intention is only for sexual desires." He boldly finalized. I just nodded.

"So, what you're going to do with the numbers?" I asked. He looked at the bunch of papers in his hand for a while.

"I'll return this to them tomorrow."  He decided.

"Why not return them today?"

"I'm about to but they ran away before i can." 

"Just throw away the papers.  It save alot of your time and energy." I suggested while shrugging.
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I rested my head on the table after i finished drawing.  My hand and mind were tired.  Today's drawing was a landscape.  There were mountain, small river,  trees and even the sunset.  I wished my life as peaceful as this.  I sighed and lifted my head from the table. 

I took out another piece of paper and started another drawing.  I began with the eyes.  I stopped when i already drew half of the face.  It was the ghost i saw this morning.  I should stopped drawing every ghost that i ever encountered. It would only bring shivers if i ever looked at this drawing again. Ignoring the protests inside my mind,  i continued with the drawing.