6 CHAPTER SIX : Secrets float

HIM: THEN

The pet store was crowded, after the newspaper interviewed the owner when one of his employees rescued a little injured puppy from drowning to death, the pet store was now full of people wanting to meet the hero. Eren hated strangers, so having tons of people wanting to meet the puppy savior wasn't a good thing.

It wouldn't happen if he wasn't working extra hours at the store, so he could stay as far away as possible from his family. People at school still thought he had a perfect life, just because he could do whatever he wanted, he honestly hoped that someone would actually care about why rather than what.

Anyway, that day a lot of strange things happened. He was walking home after his late-night shift, it was around 9 pm that's when he saw the puppy.

But a girl was playing with him, or so he thought. When he got closer the girl vanished, all he could remember was her glowing blue eyes, the puppy was gone too, but I found him drowning in a fountain, it was odd since the fountain wasn't so deep, then a red liquid started painting the water so he quickly pulled him out as the puppy was already unconscious.

The veterinarian arrived and congratulated him for saving him, he also stated that his feet were broken and he had a cut, it was not an animal's bite.

The pet store manager frowned, "A human, you say?"

"A knife"

A day later, a girl around his age, or as he thought she was, kept staring blankly at the glass, exactly at Camellia. He then suspected a group of bullies from his school was approaching so he called her inside.

When he noticed her watery eyes, his mind went blank for a while then he guided her to the bathroom.

He was confused and had a lot of emotions inside him mixed up. When she got out, he rushed to her.

They had a little conversation but he was so confused when she asked about happiness, he answered with a white lie, then it was his time to ask; perhaps he shouldn't since she stormed out of the store, leaving him clueless.

He walked home that night, not ready for what's waiting inside of that house. He saw his mother's boyfriend laying on the couch, drunk as always. He figured his mom would be near him somewhere aware of what mess she got herself into. Maybe a good night's sleep would fix the trembling emotions he felt. It was like a volcano about to erupt and he had no power to prevent it. He had no more will to prevent it from exploding at someone's face.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HER: NOW

A child is staring at me across the aisle, I try to ignore him but he keeps staring; now his mom is staring. I turn to face the window and enjoy the warmth of the weather, the sun was bright and the sky was blue. Selena sent me to do grocery shopping, and when I saw the bus I knew it was no big deal to ride it back home.

I never ride the bus, I go to school on feet or if Patrick wanted to play the gentleman's father he would give me a lift there.

Life is easy now, no more drama, I am at high school even though I just turned fourteen yesterday. I passed the test, so they let me in. My mom used to say I had so much potential; maybe it's time to let it into the light.

I like my new room, new family, and new school. I decided not to befriend anyone, it was still dangerous for me, and I'll stay in the dark for a little more time. High school wasn't a big problem. I get straight A's and I like it, the others are jealous of me but I don't care, I'll leave before they know it. I had to tell Patrick the truth, he's a detective, after all, maybe he'll help me, I just need Selena's empathy to get started. I saw that boy from the pet store once, I acted like I didn't know him so he wouldn't bother me. It worked.

I help Selena at the kitchen so she can go to work early, she has a serious meeting, she says she'll bring me there one day and I reply I'd love that. Like I said, life has become easy until she showed up.

My Twin sister.

She sends me letters to my mom's address whenever something was about to happen, she never shows up.

"Are you stupid? You just think you can start over?»

"Hi sis, long time was no seen, how have you been?" I say sarcastically.

She smashed her hand against the wall, I flinch, she says "Skip that, you are an omen, if you want to erase that you'll have to erase yourself from existence"

"Tried that, didn't work remember?"

A moment of silence felt like an eternity, I break it saying «I have a better way, none of us or the people around us have to die, we just have to catch the killer, erase him, end of story"

"We need a plan for that; we don't know anything about him or her"

"HER?? It's a he, the footprints was 28,6cm, and does that appear like a woman's shoe? »

"You Never know"

"Are you here to stay? Or …."

"I'll keep an eye on you, don't worry nothing will happen on my watch"

"I'll tell them if I have to"

she winkles at me, disappears in the dark of the night.

"I missed you, please come back" she was gone and I know she can't hear it, that's why I said it.

It's just me and Patrick in the house, he seems stressed, something happened at work; Deep down, I just hope they will not turn out dead someday, it's been 6 years since the last one, I want them to catch the killer so bad. I'll tell them about my biological mom and my twin sister and the whole story if it's going to help them. I don't want him to ruin my life again, or she. That's odd.

I still don't know why I keep so many secrets; I think it's easier that way. Unlike me, my sister never had a family, she escaped to the streets, she says she knows what she's doing, but I think she's as messed up as everyone else.

I still remember the day she found me. I never cried that hard, our killer thinks I'm her. That's why I have a target on my back. I don't think they want me dead but I wish they did, none of this would have happened if I stayed in the dark too, it's all my fault!