Talisman

Chapter 6

The tears keep coming. I don't know how long I've been here, my back against the door, legs folded. Just crying

I reach for my phone. I need to talk to someone. I dial Alyssa's number. I watch as the phone rings no answer. I try a couple more times. Still no answer. Sigh.

Just as I'm about to burst into another crying session. My phone screen lights up someone's calling.

Knight in shining armor😘

I stare at my screen. Now might not seem like the right time but I really need to talk to someone so It might as well be shallow face.

"Hey Princess." I could hear the smirk. "How're you doing? How's your leg?"

"Uhm.. I'm fine.." I sniff trying to hide the sobs. Of course I fail.

"What's wrong?"

I go silent. I have a lot of things going through my mind at once. I contemplate telling him what's going on with me. I'd love to tell him how I feel. How I really miss My dad, how I haven't seen my mum in years and I'm talking about the one I recognize, how I've been so lonely around a lot of people almost my entire life. But then. I've only known him nine hours at most, he's still a complete stranger and I'm already too comfortable. What would he think of me? An emotionally traumatized with a lot of issues. I know I definitely don't need pity right now.

"I-"

"It's okay princess. If you don't want to get into it I understand." He cuts in.

"Thank you." Thats All I manage to say. Then we go quiet for what seems longer than a second

"Hey wanna hear a joke?" He mused

I can't help but smile
"Yes please.."

"Okay... why did the bike fall over?" I could hear the excitement in his voice. You'd think I were talking to a 7 year Old.

"Why? Tell me"

"Because it was two tired. Huh... huh"

I face palm. Talk about horrible jokes
"Really?" I chuckle

"I've got another."

"Oh no." I laugh

"What do you call a hippies wife..."

"Tell me, I'm soo curious." I laugh sarcastically

"... Mississippi" and he burst out laughing.

I can't help but laugh too. Horrible jokes...yes but great company. Just what I needed. Don't get used to it. I say to myself. You know how it goes. I sigh internally.

We spend the next hour just talking about random things. School and his fans. His dad and his fans. LITERAL standing fans. You're probably wondering why a guy like kane would know so much about fans, if you find out please let me know as well. So dorky.

Not once did he asked me about myself and I was grateful for that.

I look at the time. 7:45pm. Just on cue he clears his throat but doesn't say anything. Just awkward silence.

"Thank you for tonight. I really needed to talk to someone. Ended up being a stranger I met today at school but I'm still grateful. I owe you." I babbled nervously

"The longest I've heard you say throughout this call." He laughs

"But its My pleasure. I think I owed it to you anyway after the whole school's incident." I smile
"And princess..."

"Yeah.."

"...The next time you call me a Stranger, I'll mail you to a farm in portugal."

"Sure." I laugh

"Bye princess."

"Bye" I mutter then hang up.

I look around my room it's a mess. Its just the way I left it this morning. I'm still on the floor right where I was 4 hours ago not exactly sure what I was still doing there anyway. But it felt like the floor understood me more than any other person in the world. Funny I know. I pick up my belongings and drop them on the bean bag just beneath my bed. I might as well clean to pass time.

It's around 9pm by the time I'm done, I plunk on the bed. Todays been a little too much for me. I definitely wasn't prepared for the day's events. My thoughts can't help but wander to a certain mister. I think I might have misjudged him. He did try to lighten my mood.
You think?... the voice in my head taunted. Okay I definitely misjudged him, he's not that much of a shallow face I admit. Sigh. Not really looking forward to tomorrow honestly.

Just then there's a buzz and my screen lits up. An unread message from.... you guessed right. Knight in shining armor.
I click on it.

Knight: Hey Princess, I know you've probably had a long day and I know we don't exactly know each other as we only just met today but I just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you if you ever need to talk to someone.
Ps you sound cuter when you're not sad
😏

My heart skips and I smile. Oh no!

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I open my eyes and let them slowly adjust to the light that fills the room. Yesterday was long.

After reading the message Kane sent I spend the next ten minutes giving my heart a stern lecture on why it shouldn't go about reacting to every message we recieve from a guy before finally giving in to sleep.

I hurriedly get prepared for school. The drive to school was very quiet. Barely spoke to Toby. Not like I blamed him or anything. I just wasn't ready to talk.

School itself moves quickly. I deliberately try to avoid Alyssa and Kane. I'm also not ready to face him after the events of yesterday. I stay far off from him during class, barely looked his way even though I felt him staring. Avoided the cafeteria and any other place I thought he'd be. Might seem a little too much but I was a bit vulnerable last night and now I'm embarrassed. You can't blame me.

It's final block. History. I basically drag myself to this class. I walk straight to the back and sit. I connect my air pods and ignoring everything around me. I put them on. Lightly tapping on my desk, I look up and notice Kane at the door looking right in my direction.

I scan the room there's only one empty chair. Right next to me. Someone kill me

"Hey Princess." He says with a smile settling in

"Hey" I reply and quickly grab my phone pretending to do something.

Just then Miss Sophie walks in. Never been so happy to see a teacher in my life. The rest of the class? Goes by quickly
Miss Sophie is going on about history stuff. And my focus is on her like my life depended on it. Well it sorta did. And Kane. He's looking right at me.

I look at the time. Five minutes till the bell goes off. Four minutes. I'm patiently watching the time hoping to bolt out the door as soon as the bell goes off.

I Can feel Kane drilling hole in my head with his eyes. But I don't really care. You could call that a little motivation for me to get my ass out of here. Riiiiiinnnnggggggg.

The bell goes off. I throw my books in my bag and bolt out the door immediately. A few doors away from history I give a sigh of relief. Well that was close. Yeah Yeah I know all these for a stupid conversation. I'm weird deal with it. I'm just about calling Toby to come pick me up. Eyes glued to my phone when I bump into something. Someone rather.

"Okay so I need you to tell me why you've been avoiding me."

Yup it's Kane. Help!