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.
"What the hell are you doing with this son of a bitch?!" Adam yelled at Emily.I got up, and so did Emily."Uh, Adam, its not what you think." I said, trying to calm his hot ass down."Shut the fuck up you idiot!" He shouted."We were just studying." Emily explained.But Adam was buying none of it because he replied her with a hot slap to the face. He took her arm and dragged her out of the library, only stopping at the door to look back at me."You, if I ever see your fucking self with her again, trust me your body will never remain the same." He threatened, walking out with Emily.Where the hell was the librarian all this while?My memory flashed back to the hard slap Emily received from Adam. And I couldn't do anything about it. I felt so small and powerless. But I knew I had to do something about Adam before it got too late.I saw that Emily had left her geology notebook, and wondered how I would get it back to her because I
I woke up the next morning after hearing a loud piercing scream. What was happening? I immediately flung myself out of bed and ran to my parents' room, but no one was there. A terrible feeling grew inside my guts when I realised the scream had to do with Judy.I ran to Judy's room where I met my mom crying terribly and my dad, with both hands on his head.What I saw next made my heart skip two beats.Judy was lying motionless in her bed, entirely soaked with blood. Her blood. My eyes caught some pills on her bedside table, all empty. Then I realised what Judy had done.I involuntarily fell to my knees."Judy no! You shouldn't have done this to yourself! You shouldn't have. We were all going to take care of you and the baby. And now you've done this..." I trailed off. I didn't realise when tears started rolling down my cheeks like rocks down a hill.My mom just kept on wailing.
"Hey! It's you, Daniel." Chloe said."Hi Chloe, uhm..."Her mom was staring at us, making me a lot uncomfortable."Mom, a little privacy, please?""Oh, right." Her mom said, leaving the room. Chloe sat next to me and urged me to go on."Uh, okay. Chloe, I came here to apologize for- ""I forgive you." She interrupted with a sweet smile."What? Seriously?" I asked in disbelief."Of course. How can I ever say no to you, handsome."Okay, so was she flirting with me now? And did she just call me handsome?"Uh, alright. Thanks a lot.""Yeah, its nothing." She smiled sweetly again.Okay, so silence now. What do I say? What do I do? Man, I hate awkward silence. "Uh, I'm really missing Judy nowadays, you know." I said."Aw." She cooed, placing her hand on top of mine, sendi
"Jeez, Daniel. You didn't have to yell at me." Emily complained."Emily, you... I... Judy's dead." I said, without really meaning to."What?! Oh my God! How? When?" She gasped."I'd rather not talk about it, Emily.""No, please. I really want to know."Despite how much I tried not to, I told her, deleting every aspect that had to do with Adam."Oh. My. Goodness. That's why you left your backpack at school the other day and was absent the whole week. I was so worried about you, Daniel." She said, placing her hands on my shoulders.I could see that she felt sorry for me, but I was far from ready for what was about to happen.She was intending to kiss me, and that was the last thing I wanted, but I stayed still, unable to move any part of my body because a part of me wanted that kiss, but the other part wanted my first kiss to be with someone else, per
I was obviously very annoyed, but also sad at the same time. Either way, I knew I'd done the right thing, even though it didn't go quite as expected.As hard as I tried not to, I still cried because I just couldn't help it.I broke Emily's heart, even though I didn't mean to. She just wouldn't understand that we weren't just meant to be.Well at least Adam would be happy now.I tried forcing myself to sleep but I just couldn't. I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Emily. She'd gone through a lot in her life and I wasn't even helping matters. I knew I loved her, so why did I say I didn't? What was wrong with me?I laid on the couch, thinking for what seemed like ages to me, before the door opened and my parents walked in."Hi mom. Hi dad." I said, trying not to show any emotion."Hey son." My dad said gloomily."Hi Daniel." My mom said in the s
"Emily?" I asked again in shock."Daniel..." She wrapped her arms around me as we hugged tightly. That was when I felt the bump at her stomach. I pulled away from her."Daniel, it's so great to see you again! I've- ""You're pregnant." I interrupted. Why was she pregnant?I was. Stunned."Oh, y- yes I am." She stuttered."Gosh!" I put my hands on my face. "Who's the father?" I asked, afraid of hearing the name I didn't want to hear."A- Adam is." She said, her face expressionless. "Please, can we go talk somewhere private?" She asked, staring at Ashley.There was no need for me to be mad. It wasn't her fault. I left her."Uh, okay. Ashley, I'll be back in a sec, please just finish this up." I said, referring to the cart."But...but you said you're all mine today, and- ""Ashley..." I said through cl
"Don't do that!" Ashley yelled, rushing over to where I stood, collecting my phone charger from me."What? I want to charge." I interjected, scrunching up my face at her. She made a face at me, sitting on the chair behind me, my favourite sofa."I'm charging there. Go find somewhere else." She whined."Wait, why are you in my house again?" I asked her, taking my charger from her forcefully, going to find another place to charge."Because you love me, that's why." She smiled at me, grabbing the remote from the table, changing the channel."Love is a strong word." I mumbled, plugging my phone in a socket behind me. I sat down on the sofa near the entrance, since Ashley was sitting on my favourite one."So you don't love me, then?" She questioned, with a frown on her face. I shook my head. When did I say that I didn't?"I didn't say that, Ashley." I told her.
Me:Uh, yeah, that's what he's doing right now. How did you know? Guessed?I lied. I lied for the second time about Adam to Daniel. I feel so guilty and...sad. Sure, I would love to have someone to pamper my feet but Adam wouldn't do it for anything in the world.Why did I lie to Daniel? I guess I felt some kind if way that he was happy with the redhead chick he was with at the mall that I had to make up stuff about Adam just so he wouldn't think I was damned forever. I didn't want to look like a pathetic whiner to Daniel. At all.Danny❤:Oh.That was all the message carried. Just "oh." What did he mean by that? Was he jealous? I didn't know why I felt happy that he was jealous but I liked it. I liked the feeling I got talking to him. I liked it so much.Me: What? What's wrong?