CHAPTER 11

No, please no, I continued saying in my heard as my breathing became ragged and not doable at the moment

Breathe, Shannon. It's going to be okay, my fist clutched to jeans which I saw impossible

Even with the moonlight reflecting into the room, that wasn't a form of support at all

"What are you doing? Don't tell me, are you scared of the dark?" I heard Aiden ask with mocking laughter in his voice

I think he went to check the switch or something

"Wow, this is something new. Shannon, afraid of the common ...." he stopped

"Shannon" he called, the mocking laughter was replaced with caution

"Shannon"

"Shannon, are you okay?" Now, it was concern

"What's wrong?"

Somewhere deep, I knew he meant well, but, at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to believe it. The only thing that came to my mind, and vision was him coming close to me

"Don't come near me" I said

I have to move, I told myself. I didn't even know the direction I was going, I was just moving, but, I made sure my back was glued to the lockers

"Shannon"

"Now come on dear, don't be a naughty one" he said

My breathing became more ragged

"Get away"

"Shannon, calm down. Breathe"

He smiled mischievously

"No, can't do" he said still with that sick smile

"Don't you dear come near me. Go away"

"Focus. Focus and breathe"

"Don't make it seem harder than it is. You will soon start enjoying it, just don't resist"

"Go away"

"Focus"

He came closer

"Go away!"

"Breathe"

He came closer. His smile made it worse

"Go away!!"

"Snap out of whatever you're in"

I was so scared, but he kept coming closer

"Go away!!!" I shouted and I hit his head, hard, with whatever my hand grabbed

Just then, the lights came back but, it still took me some time to catch and organize my breathing from wherever it went. When I became a little better, my mind registered what I saw, and my eyes widened, followed by my hand freeing the hold of whatever was in it

"Aiden!!" I screamed

Groaning, he was on the floor, holding his head as blood spill out from it

"Oh, my goodness" I covered my hands with my mouth

What in the world happened? Did I do this? What have I just done

I apologize to him and was still apologizing when, suddenly, everything went black

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Fortunately for her, I managed to catch her head before it made severe impact with the floor

Who in the world put a metal bottle water here? I asked but, I was relived it was that, instead of a more much dangerous thing like a fire extinguisher, that was used to hit my head

I looked down at her

What in the world just happened these last minutes?

At first, I thought she was scared of the dark and was mocking her, but then, I saw her. It was as if someone was going to come and do something extremely dreaded to her. Even as I tried to calm her down and make her focus, nothing was useful. It was as if she was seeing and hearing something else

"You are just like him"

What she said that day re-echoed in my head

Him? Who could he be? Someone my age? Older? Or younger? I asked myself these questions. Even though I couldn't answer them, I was at least definite it wasn't someone younger. But, who was he? And what does he have to do with what just happened? Cause he definitely had something to do with it

Enough of that, I told myself. For now

I concentrated on her again. What was I going to do with her?

I dismissed the option of going to the hospital. Going to the hospital with a girl in my arms this late at night would surely bring questions, and I didn't want any stress for my dad. But, I didn't know her address and she didn't bring her purse or anything, I would have checked for her I.D. card to know her address. I also couldn't take her to my house; I didn't want stress for my dad but, I also didn't want unnecessary questions for myself and annoying awkwardness the next morning

I guess there is no other choice. I carefully carried her bridal style to my car and drove her to the last place I would ever take her

This is so different from what I had planned out, I thought as I went into the road

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With her still in my arms, I managed to open the door

I carefully placed her on the sofa and went to, first of all, clean up my wound. It was just a wound on the forehead, therefore, apart from having headaches, just putting on bandage and taking medicine should suffice

She was still sleeping when I went back down but I stopped moving when I heard her whimper. I groaned as I rubbed my face

"What in the world was happening right now?" I asked the air and got no answer

Reluctantly, I prepared a bowl of hot along with a clean, fresh white towel. I sat down besides her, cleaning away her sweat and saying things to calm her down

Whatever is happening right now, is never happening again

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After shifting positions for a while, my brain finally rang the alarm for me to wake up. Grumbling, I stretched as I gradually sat up until I froze as I saw a human figure. I jumped when I noticed it was Aiden, then I remembered

Oh, my goodness, I said to myself, remembering hitting his head

Then I arched my eyebrows, what happened after that? All I remember was apologizes then I guess I collapsed? I looked around

Where, what is this place?

It was, for sure, not my house but, I'm not so sure it's Aiden's house either or else, people would be here with us

I looked at Aiden. He was on the floor, while his arms was on the chair I was on with his head on his arms, facing me. He was sleeping. I saw a bowl of water with a towel in his hand

No way. Was he taking care of me? All night?

Even while being shocked, a smile still made it way to my face, and I allowed it to stay for a little while

I bent down to him till to the point where our breathe was fighting a battle. I studied him

Just as I thought when I first saw him, he was just like a Greek God. I didn't know how to describe people but, he didn't need to be described. He was perfection and it was better since he was sleeping. And with the style in which he was sleeping, he looked like a adorable, gorgeous, handsome high school boy who fell asleep while doing school work

I froze as his eyes opened

"What are you doing?" he asked

"Huh?" I asked, still shocked, but, still looking at his eyes

"Until when are we going to be in this position?" he asked after a while

Realizing what he meant and coming back to my senses, I jerked up

"Sorry" I mumbled

Thankfully, he didn't say anything, he just sat up straight

"How are you feeling?" he asked

"I'm good"

"I didn't ask how you were, I asked how you were feeling. They're different"

I rolled my eyed. Of course

"I'm feeling okay" I said with my voice louder than normal but not to the extent where it feels like I'm shouting

Since I didn't see it coming, I flinched as he touched the back of his palm to my forehead

"If I was going to do anything to you, the night would have been more than enough" he said and continued what he was doing

"How's your head?" I asked

"Even though it's the first time I've been hit with a metal bottle water, my head's pretty strong" he said

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to" I mumbled the last part

He just nodded his head and stood up, going to the kitchen

"What happened last night? I think I fainted"

"More like collapse, due to shock" he said

He handed me a cup of water but, I just looked at it

"Drink. I have questions but, I'm not going to ask you"

Grateful, I drank the liquid content then gave him back the cup

"I couldn't take you to the hospital because of my dad. Your I.D. card wasn't with you, so, I couldn't know your address. And I couldn't take you to my home for both our sake so, I brought you here" he said returning the cup

That makes sense

"What's this place?"

"Want us to answer each other questions?" he asked and I immediately retreated

"Just know that it's special and you are the last person who's suppose to be here" he said

He was right but, I still had to bite my tongue to keep it from saying nasty comments

"Then, I guess I should leave" I managed to say

He pushed me back down when I began standing

"Since you're already here, might as well eat something. I'll be upstairs, call me when you're done so I can take you home"

"I can go myself"

"How?"

"A bus"

"With what? Cash? Or bus ticket? Where are they?"

"Then I can just walk"

He looked at me and smirked

"Do you even know where we are?"

I shrugged

"We're at least sixteen kilometres away"

I opened my mouth

"What?"

"So, just call me when you're done. I'll take you home and, from yesterday night till this morning, nothing never happened" he said and went upstairs

Okay, that statement actually hurt. I mean, no one would like to hear that. It might be indirect but, it also has some meanings

My stomach grumbling, I shook away that thought and went to look for something to eat