STRANGE

Chapter 16- I needed some fresh air

Getting to school i saw that the gate was locked. Dingus!!! It's a Saturday, of course its locked. Realizing I didn't think this through I decided to scale the fence and get into the school. Some way, some how I just need to be in that garden right now. It's a weird craving but I will literally do anything to calm down right now. Being this hype isn't exactly good for my mental health right now, or Eunice'.

I shoved my bike behind some bushes hoping it was covered enough because if it was stolen, then i'd have to walk home, and if the owner of the bushes see it, i'd still have to walk home. And that's not exactly an option for me right now. I located a shallow wall of the school which looked pretty well hidden and carefully, discretely tried to maneuver the fence. With the help of God I successfully landed on the other side of the wall, on my butt. Ouch.

As soon as I was able to get back on my feet i scurried over to the garden. Thankfully the wall I jumped was closer to the garden which made it easier to run into it hopefully unseen. The wave of relief that swept through my body was unexplainable. I reached for my phone in my back pocket and settled for some gospel music. I love God so much I mean he is the only one who has kept me through life's struggles and given me the will to keep going in cases where others would have wished to die. With my earplugs in I jammed to my music while taking in the beautiful paradise i was standing in. Now i see why I craved to wanna be here so much. Since the first day I discovered this garden I haven't really been able to come here and connect with it kinda. Well, ever since the second time actually.

This place was littered with flowers of different sizes, species, color, you name it. It even had some breeds I don't think I have seen before. So beautiful but I was also scared to touch them because I didn't know if they were poisonous. But then again, poisonous flowers cant be grown on school grounds right? Well I hope not.

While I was too busy marveling at the beautiful work of God, I didn't take note that i wasn't alone in the garden that evening. I was running my fingers through some beautiful flowers, flowers that I actually knew, when something so hard hit me so hard that I lost balance and fell to the floor. Luckily Eunice was alert and helped me to not sustain any serious injury.

"Arghhh barnicles...." I muttered under my breath. "...what in the name of meatballs was that" I kept on ranting while adjusting myself to come face to face with my alleged killer. Don't judge, I'm startled easily.

"Oh my God i'm so sorry I didn't mean to......wait a second, you?"

"Nice to see you too" i said sarcasm laced my tone as I set my eyes on Brett.

"And what do you think you're doing here? on a Saturday? at this time?'

"Uhm helloooo I could ask you the exact three questions too mister"

"How sweet of you to state the obvious, now answer me. Most importantly how'd you get in here? cuz I for one know i didn't leave the gates unlocked."

"Wait you didn't leave the gates unlocked as in the gate keeper's son or....?"

"Haha, very funny, you know when you say it that way it kinda sounds important ,know? say like the son of the gate keeper the only one who has the keys to unlock the door to inter dimensional destinations......" he kept going on laughing at his own jokes.

"....but as much as it may interest you, i am not, I happen to have extra keys and I come here for practice every Saturday. I was about to leave when I just came to my ceremonial sweet spot"

"Which is where exactly???"

" Well you're standing in it"

Wait a second........did he just say I'm standing in it? obviously it has to be some other sweet spot because this is my sweet spot now I mean, did you see how I was craving for it earlier?! I freaking jumped over a fence for this!