HAUNTED PRINCE by DENIS DANIEL (uplifting books for women .TXT) 📖

a freak. That was a different matter now. I just needed to focus on keeping her off my back, until we got to the lab and that’s when I would think about the partnership thing.

History was over sooner than I would’ve like and science class was next. When I got in Lexi was sitting at the front row and the chair beside her was empty, since there was two rows close to the window which was the side she always liked to sit.

I didn’t want to sit next to her this time. But every other chair I wanted to sit on a person close to it would gawk at me or put something on it. So at the end I found myself sitting on that very chair that I didn’t want to sit on.

She didn’t say a word or look at me, she looked straight forward. Finally Mr. Barrington came and started teaching and today he wanted us to discuss between science and myths. He said that both have existed alongside each other in every society and generations.

While they were still discussing, I drifted off to my own problems. I had to figure out what was the connection between the girl I saw on the picture at the police station and other victims. Maybe figuring it out would help bring some light.

But the problem was that I didn’t have her photo and I didn’t think going to the police station was a good idea or if it would help my situation. I wish I’d studied computer programming a little bit more, I could just hack the system and take the picture but I stopped before I even knew anything.

I could ask J to help me, if we were still friends and if it weren’t hacking into police database. I knew Lexi was clever but I didn’t know if she knew anything about hacking, besides I just told her to stay away from me.

Suddenly the bell rang and startled me back to the real world. Lexi got up and left without saying a word to me and that was new. I was surprised that she gave up after trying so hard, but anyways it was for the best of everyone. I went to the parking lot got into my car and waited for Ashley to come from the gym.

Something strange happen while I was waiting for her. I fell asleep, like an actual sleep. But that wasn’t the strange part; the strange thing was that I dreamt not like my usual nightmares. It was a different dream, there was a girl but I couldn’t see her clearly. It was vague but what was strange was the feeling I felt.

The intense need and strength. I didn’t know if it was my feelings or hers. One thing was for sure it felt so real like I could actually touch her. Her back faced towards me, so I decided to give a try and touch her. I stretched out my arm to touch her shoulder but the sudden close of the car door brought me back before I could touch her.

It was Ashley, she was finally here and before she could notice anything I rubbed my eyes to wipe off the sleepy look from my face.

“Hey,” I said,

“Hey, how was your day?”

“Uneventful, considering” I replied, “how was yours?”

“Mine was great.”

“Good to hear that.”

I started the car and we headed home. The dream was still haunting me, even though I couldn’t understand it. And I was glad Ashley was busy chatting today, which gave me more time to think.

I thought my life couldn’t get any weirder than it already was but I was wrong. The day dream brought me a whole new piece of the puzzle and proved things could definitely get weirder. Like dreaming about a total stranger, a person I never saw or meet. How was I going to be able to look for answers if I got new questions every day?

That day my evening was pretty short soon after dinner I went straight to my room. I needed time to think and it was much easier now that Ashley was becoming less concerned about my affairs. While lying on my bed I tried to remember every detail about the dream maybe I would find something that could help me. I hoped. If it was couple months ago I would’ve thought I was going crazy for even thinking about that.

But now people around me were dying and I didn’t know why and I couldn’t tell why either. All I knew I needed to look for even a tiniest clue to help me and what I was dealing with. So yah, even a day dream was worth a shot. But sadly the dream didn’t have much help, everything was glowing. It was like being exposed directly to the sun. The girl hair was glowing too brightly like fire and I couldn’t see her face, so much for a clue.

Out of my frustration I decided to sleep, even though it’s not like sleeping was going to help anything anyway, with all the nightmares. And like I said around four in the morning I woke up. I didn’t take it anymore, I know I’d seen those corpses so many times. But then opening their eyes every time freaked me out.

I got out of the bed and headed to my bathroom and sat down on the bathtub and heated the water. Afterwards I let the water flow over me and let them wash away my depression and my confusion. And surprisingly I fell asleep again and this time it was completely nightmares free. It felt liberating and almost unreal. And just like that my cure to the nightmares was found, it felt so good that I almost overslept.

Until Ashley came yelling in my room around six thirty in the morning which was not the happy hour for her. We were definitely going to be late and get punished for it.

I got ready faster than any other day, I think I used only ten minutes to be ready and not even mom could convince me to sit down and have breakfast. It’s a good thing she made pancakes so I took some with me on our way out.

“Are you okay?” Ashley asked as soon as we took the road to school,

“Are you kidding? I’m great.” And that wasn’t a lie, it was the first I actually slept. My body felt amazing and in control.

Ashley looked at me for a while suspiciously trying to understand the sudden empowered act, but then at the end she gave up, “Okay, I’m glad.” Then she went back to her phone with earphones in her ears.

It was such a long time ago since I last saw Ashley use her earphones on when she was in the car with me. I guess she was resuming her old life. And that made my life much better, I didn’t have to worry about anything. At least on this one day, I felt like it was a good day for a break from everything and just be a normal teenage boy.

I raced towards school and Ashley didn’t complain about it. I do not know if it was because she knew we were late or because she was busy with her phone, again.

I pulled over at the parking lot and the bell went off. Ashley rushed out of the car and raced to the entrance. I followed her and the day was proving to be more and more perfect by the second. Now I didn’t have to worry about people glaring at me in the hallway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 20;

 

It was easy to concentrate than any other day. And Lexi suddenly lost her interest in me. She didn’t say a word to me, she totally ignored me. But it was what I asked for, so I had no right to feel bad about it. It was at that moment when I realized that I was actually nobody. The whole morning nobody said a word to me except for the weird looks.

I finally managed to push everybody away and I never felt so alone than that moment. I thought I would feel relief because if I was completely alone. Because I wouldn’t need to worry about anybody anymore. But I felt so empty.

I wouldn’t say that I regretted the decision that I made, I didn’t. I just thought I would get used to be alone quicker than this. At lunch I found myself sitting on my usual table in the cafeteria all alone staring at the food that I just took.

My only worry was Bratt. I knew if he saw me alone sitting there he surely would want to harass me. Apart from total loneliness; I was having a good day, everything else was fine. Fortunately, Bratt didn’t pop up anywhere and I was glad that he didn’t. After lunch I went to art class. There I did some painting. But strange things happened since the dream popped up again. This time I saw flashes and they were moving way too fast to make sense of them. And here I was thinking I was going to have a normal day. In the flashes there was the girl I dreamt about yesterday. And I think she was dressed in costumes or ancient dresses.

“Steven, are you okay?” a voice startled me from my dream. It was my teacher Mr. Becker.

“Yes sir. I’m fine.”

“Anyways this is a very good painting.” He complimented.

I thought I was asleep but I guess not. It was a picture of a girl with fiery hair standing at the beach staring at the ocean. I couldn’t see her face, it was almost like she didn’t have any. It sounds crazy but that’s how I felt like when I saw her in my dreams.

“You don’t look very well.” A kid next to me said. Lexi didn’t come to class today, I wasn’t surprised though she mostly skipped art classes. But I was surprised this kid talked to me, his name was Decker. He was one those kids who would bury their heads in books from morning to evening, wearing big glasses and he didn’t talk to people much either. When I looked at him he looked away as if he didn’t mean to talk to me.

Suddenly I felt like my body was on fire, I mean from head to my toes. It was so hot I couldn’t stand the heat, it was melting my skin off my body. I grabbed my stuff and rushed out of the class because I was starting to sweat like crazy. I ran to the restrooms and splashed water on my face. And I felt better instantly like the heat was washed away with the water.

I got out and I was glad the bell rang because I was not planning to go back to class, not after sprinting out of it like a mad person. And guess what, I got another thing to add to my pile of weird stuff in my life. I didn’t even know if I had to ask myself what the hell was that anymore? Because I wouldn’t know the answer.

I went to the parking lot and couple minutes later Ashley came with her friends who left a