Shadows | Muke Clemmings

Chapter 3

I was crouched down in the corner.
Hugging my knees, tears streaming down my face.
I felt trapped, trapped by the darkness closing in around me.
That was it. Me and the darkness, along with the loud cackle, very much like Nialls.

But suddenly, for once, everything cleared up.
The darkness disappeared and a hand was visible in front of me, as though reaching out to me.
A kind gentle voice could be heard, "I'll help you, Im here."

I woke with a start, the voice still ringing in my head. My dreams usually ended in me screaming in pain, having horrible visions as I was engulfed into the darkness, but today was different. Today I dreamt that I had... A saviour? ... I had hope?

I peered at the clock next to me and it read 06:59 leaving me another minute before my alarm blared. As it rang out, I quickly turned it off and stood up, getting dressed in an instant and running downstairs. Im never one to take long in mornings. I slipped hop out of bed, get dressed, have a small coffee, brush my teeth whilst quickly fixing my hair, grabbing my bag and leaving. Ash and Cal were never awake, or they were out, they would never be awake and in the house when I was. I would walk to school, even though it was a good half hour walk, but I didn't care. I could drive, but I never felt like it, walking was so much easier and gave me time to think.

Today, all my thoughts were traced around the dream. The cackle reminded me so much of Niall. And the darkness surrounding me made the dream feel all the more realistic, because that's all that life is really about. But the hand, the voice, someone finally reached out to me. It was as thought I was finally safe. Safe from Niall, and all the other darkness in my life. The only explanation I could think of was... Well... The only thing that had changed really was Luke.

NO WAY! NO FUCKING WAY! THE VOICE WAS LUKES! But, it didn't make sense. Luke wasn't my hope, Luke wasn't my free-card from Niall, and Luke definitely didn't make me feel safe. Nothing was adding up anymore. Luke couldn't do anything. He was too insecure himself, never mind making me feel more secure!

I couldn't focus the rest of the journey to school. I think we both already know who was on my mind the whole time.
"Hey Bud!" I felt an arm swing around me and a saw a sickening smile next to me. "What do you want Niall?" I said, shooting him a glare.
"Pft, what do I want? I want to hang out with my friend! My best mate!" He had a firm grip on the sleeve of my jumper, and was also partially pinching me, making me wince in pain. He was glaring at me and somK quickly nodded, making him let go. "Good, glad we're on the same page!" He smiled and looked around the school gates, "Where the fuck is Liz and James?' He glared at me and I quickly said, "I-... I don't know!"
He looked around one more time before smiling harshly and saying, "Well, I better go fucking find them then! See you later Mikey!" He turned sharply, his facial expression instantly changing. I was glad he had left, because I knew if he hadn't, things would have gotten much worse.

Before he had a chance to come back, I quickly ran to the bench to find Luke. School hadn't started yet, and so I had no clue whether or not he would be there. Just to my luck, he was! Well... I only saw his hoodie and his bag, but only he would look like that. His head was hung low, with the hoodie covering his face. I walked over to him silently and placed a hand on his back. His instantly flinched, went stiff and turned around to me. He released a deep breath before saying, "It's just you, geez Mikey, don't scare me like that!" After hearing Niall call me Mikey, the nickname kinda sickened me,but it sounded much cuter when Luke was saying it somehow.

"Hey Luke!" I said, quickly sitting down opposite to him. I still hadn't seen his face, due to how low his hoodie hung, but I ignored it and quickly took out my phone.

1 New Message!
Lizz-Fizz : You're such a little shitbag, you're with Luke aren't you!

Of course it would be Lizzie. I didn't have time for this rant from her so just threw my phone carefully back into my bag. I looked back over to Luke who was nervously searching through his bag. "What you looking for?" I said, looking at him curiously. He blanked me and continued searching. Finally, he took out his phone and looked up at me. Before I could listen to what he had to say about his phone, all I could yell was, "Holy shit what happened!" He had yet another black eye, along with a small scratch along with cheek. He quickly hid his face again and mumbled, "Can I have your number?"

"Do you mind? I was asking what on earth is that?" I quickly pulled his hood down which made him freeze again before he quickly pulled it up. "Can I get your number or not?" He mumbled quietly. I sighed and took his phone, typing my name into it and saving my contact as "The Amazing Cliffonda"

He took his phone back and laughed slightly. I grabbed my phone again and handed it to him. When I got it back, he had saved himself as "Penguin Pal :3" I chuckled at him slightly then returned my phone to my bag, the beg rang loudly and we quickly gathered our things. "Hey, are you gonna be here at lunchtime?" He said, looking up at me, hopefully.

I wanted to say yes, but I knew I had football practise. "Sorry, I have football practise... But you could watch if you want?" His face lit up as he nodded, I chuckled and we both walked off to our first lessons.