Eric Church What I Almost Was Novels & Stories

Gabriel's POV Erica and Mike were making the kind of noise in my hospital room I wish I could expel them out for. I stared at Derek, who was still sitting right by my side like a devoted husband who almost lost his wife to the hands of death. His eyes never really left me, tracking every tiny breath I took. "So what did I miss?" I asked, propping myself up against the stiff pillows. "Well, for starters... Derek here has gone into religious psychosis." Erica laughed, nudging Mike as they both mocked him.

anything to define and fuel the ongoing feud between Eric and me. Anything to get me to rebel... But what they'll never know is the promise I made to myself the day my life was spared at the EC. I'll never fall into temptations like this ever again, so help me God. Tilting my head to Ruth a smirk tugs at my lips... "Did you really come all the way here just to gossip with me?" She straightened her back finally fixing her gaze somewhere else "No" she murmured. "How is... How... Is aa..."

Sige, sabi mo. "Kung sana dinalian mo ang pag-bibihis, isa din sana tayo sa baba." Hindi pa pala tapos iyong sermon niya? "Ewan ko sa'yo, Ellen. Kanina parang ayos lang tapos ngayon naman galit ka na sa akin," kunwaring naiiyak na ani ko. "Our next song is Closer by The Chainsmoker," Sabi ni Eric at kaagad namang umayos ng upo si Jonathan at inihanda ang stick.

I thоught I was реrсерtіvе, but if this has bееn gоіng оn thіѕ lоng, thе truth іѕ, I’vе had mу hеаd in the sand. I саn’t help thіnkіng about the уоung women ѕhе оnсе was. Whеn I first met her, ѕhе wаѕ Erіса, and ѕhе ѕtіll hаd the іnnосеnсе оf a соllеgе girl. Or mауbе thаt wаѕ аn асt.

Eric’s POV Meanwhile, elsewhere. On the altar, the ancient and mysterious Moon Goddess ritual was underway, but Eric felt a persistent unease. A strange anxiety gnawed at him, making him restless, as if something important was about to disappear from his life. The ceremony ended. He'd barely paid attention, his mind filled with a sense of urgency he couldn't place. It was as if a voice was urging him to go back immediately. Almost instinctively, he stood up and left as soon as it was over.

I believed what I could see, and sometimes what I could feel, when it came to Eric. But not some being who created the heaven and the earth. I respected his religion, though. I respected his love for God. Which was why I was here. To meet the being that Eric told me to believe in, and beg the hell out of him. "Please… please…" I pleaded. "Don't… Let him live. He deserves a second chance." Those were the only words that came out of my mind. "Wow! Wow! Wow!" An applause echoed from behind me.

There were people seated in the pews—strangers who smiled politely, their unfamiliar faces making me feel even more isolated. My feet felt like lead as Mike gestured for me to step inside. I didn’t move. Nathan noticed and turned to face me, his expression softening just slightly. "What’s wrong now, Ericka?" he asked, his tone laced with impatience. My soul jerked as I scanned the crowd, unable to recognize even a single face. This was happening. For real. I swallowed hard, searching for words. "This… this isn’t right," I whispered, barely audible over the muffled sounds of organ music playing in the background.

“Guys, before you kill each other, I set up this so this could be done with and dusted. I also want out, so whoever is going to survive don’t expect me to come for you.” “You`ll come back without anyone forcing you, snitch!” said Black Jesus. “I`m sorry, I`ve quit this life of crime. I wasn’t born for this, this is not the reason why I came to the outside world.” “No- one cares!” “Goodbye, for good!” I said.

I never expected it too, it just happened that my prayer got its answer. As we headed to the school, we saw Elijah's car parked next to us, and when I got down the car, he happened to get out as well and we were facing each other at the moment. He was wearing his uniform, cute. I smiled at him and I was going to greet him but he just looked at me and walked out like he didn't see me at all. Like what the heck was his problem? We never saw each other in days and he would just act like that? ''Babe, let's go?'' Bert called me and his twin sister teased us for calling me babe all of a sudden, well that became our call sign. Hahaha.

"Y-Yeah, true, but it's alright. I'm getting over it." And then she just had to show up. A voice called out to me, "Leonardo Riviera! Rachel came up to me like a violent ball of storm. I got up from my seat and gave my colleagues an awkward smile. "Sorry, I need to deal with this." I scurried off like I was trying to escape a disaster, but Rachel wouldn't stop following me. My left leg was still recovering, so I gave up the escape attempt and sat down to recover my strength.