Chapter 6

Mom and Dad came later in the night, and I went to bed shortly after dinner, and dozed off almost immediately.

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"Hello Daniel." Emily said.

"Hi Emily." I replied

We were in Emily's room, sitting on her bed.

"So, so you care for a drink?" She asked.

"Oh yeah, sure." I said.

She went off to the kitchen and came back with a transparent glass cup and a bottle of Hennessy.

She sat on the bed and began pouring the liquid into the glass cup.

"Uhm, Emily I don't drink alcohol." I said, hoping she'd just take those away and come back with some fruit juice.

"That's nonsense, come on its not that bad. I'll pour just a little."

"Okay, just a little." I said, with my eyes almost popping out of their sockets when I saw the amount she poured.

"Here you go." She offers me the cup.

"Its too much Emily, I can't take all of this at a go."

"Take it if you really love me or leave my life!"

"Oh- o- okay, I'll take it." I foolishly said.

I gulped it all in seconds. It tasted sour and bitter at the same time. I almost puked it all back out but decided to prove to Emily that I loved her.

"I'll be right back." She said, leaving the room.

In a matter of seconds, the room seemed to start spinning, and everything looked all blurred. I knew it was as a result of the liquor I took and I thought it would pass in just a bit, but I was wrong. Very wrong.

Headache started to set in as my head throbbed in response to my heartbeat. Then my stomach started to twist.

"Arghhh!" I cried out in pain as I fell to the ground.

Then I saw a figure, two figures standing in front of me.

"Emily?" I called.

That was when I saw that it was Emily and Adam standing in front of me beaming with smiles, and Adam with an axe in hand.

I shrieked.

Emily laughed and Adam joined.

"E- Emily, what are you doing? The drink you made me take is really affecting me right now, and you're just standing there?!" I shouted, unaware that I had zero control of whatever event was taking place.

"Daniel, you're such a fool. Did you actually think that I could fall for someone like you? You're too much of a loser, and now you're gonna pay!" Emily yelled.

"Pay for what? What did I ever do to you?"

"Shut the fuck up!" Adam shouted, swinging the axe in his hand.

My vision was getting real worse.

"Do the thing." Emily said to Adam.

I stared hard and tried to focus on what Adam was trying to do.

He raised the axe as far back as he could, aiming at my head.

"Emily wha-" I couldn't complete my sentence because the axe was already in my neck.

My head was separated from the rest of my body by Adam's powerful chops.

"Haha haha..." Emily laughed alongside Adam, whose legs was drenched with blood oozing out of my neck.

And then I woke up.

"What the hell..."

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After waking up from that dreadful dream, I sat up in my bed and prayed that it didn't come to pass. That was the first time in ages I prayed about a dream.

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I got to school at exactly 7:30am that Monday. I then decided to go to the library to study a little, because our exams were fast approaching.

And to my surprise, I met Emily studying right where I usually sat.

"Hey cutey." She said.

Cutey.

"Oh, hi Emily."

I sat and asked, "Where's Adam?"

"I don't know, he's never at school this early so you shouldn't worry about him. At least for now." She chuckled.

Good.

"Alright." I said, trying to concentrate on reading my geology, but since when did I ever concentrate with Emily around?

"Emily, can I ask you a question?" I asked

"Yeah totally. Go ahead." She said, turning to face me.

"Uhm," I began. "You remember when I first met you? In math class, when I exchanged seats with Adam, and it seemed you were angry at me for some reason. Why?" I asked.

She sighed.

Why did she sigh?

"Okay, I was angry I admit. But not at you."

"Who then?" I asked. I needed to know these things.

"Adam."

Adam?

"Why?" I asked again.

"Ugh, why are you asking these questions?" She whined.

"Because I wanna know the answers." I replied

"Okay. I'll tell you. I was angry because... Well, Adam had been sitting with me since... You know, the transplant. And you coming to separate us would get him angry, and he usually takes out his anger on me. So I was angry because I knew Adam would take out his anger on me later." She finishes.

But I wasn't satisfied.

"How? I mean how does he take out his anger on you?"

"Daniel, that's not important." She looked uncomfortable so I decided to ask something else.

"Okay. But I still wanna ask two more questions."

She took a long, deep breath with her eyes closed.

"What is the first?"

"When we met for the second time, that you were at your locker, looking for something and I introduced myself and you-"

'I know where you're going with that." She interrupted. "You want to know why I was rude to you when you approached me. Right?"

"Exactly." I said.

"The truth is, that wasn't even my locker. It was Adam's locker, and he had ordered me to fetch his history note for him and I couldn't find it. I was already frustrated when you appeared. And that's why I was rude to you. And if your last question is how and why I fell in love with you so quickly, I'll be glad yo explain. After I was rude to you, I began to feel guilty because I realised it wasn't your fault. It was Adam's. And when I started feel guilty, I always tried to approach you to apologize but I just couldn't. In the process, I fell for you." She blurted.

"Oh. Its nice to hear that. Really. But actually, that wasn't my last question." I said.

"Daniel," She whined again. "When did you become so inquisitive?"

"Come on, they're just harmless questions."

"Okay, so what is your last question?"

"Do you drink alcohol?"

"What?" She asked, puzzled.

"Look, I had this crazy dream about you, and I need to know if-"

"Yo dude! What the fuck are you doing with my girlfriend?!" Someone interrupted.

I knew that deep, raspy voice.

My eyes soon found the huge figure standing at the library door.

It was Adam.

Oh gosh. I swallowed.