"Addison Apartments is known for murders and hauntings. Lately the murder of Sandra Sanderson whom we believe Charley Mansfield: our suspect has killed in room 403 of this apar-" I turned off my radio and made my way into my new home, "I'm sure you will like it here, Julianna," my mother told me as she gave me the last box to carry into our room. Nothing seemed odd when I went inside at first but then I felt a tap on my shoulder but when I turned around, no one was there; it felt like someone was trying to get my attention. I looked at myself in the mirror I brought with me from my old home; my long black hair was tied up in a ponytail and I was wearing my best purple jacket and a white tank top with blue jeans and black combat boots. I liked the punky style, it was kinda my thing I guess; It wasn't until someone knocked on my door that everything changed.

When I opened it, I saw a person the same height as I was with blue hair in pigtails and a mask which seemed like something Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers would wear but I didn't let that bother me; "Hey, I'm Sal, but my friends call me Sally Face." I was shocked, I actually thought he was a girl but I giggled afterward "My name is Julianna, but my friends call me Jewel. It's nice to meet you." I brought my hand out to shake which he shook back.

My black cat, Midnight, then rubbed herself on Sal's legs causing me to blush "I have a cat too." Sal said petting her "His name is Gizmo." he seemed to be smiling underneath that mask of his "Mind if I show you around?" Sal asked "Ummmm sure." I answered a little unsure if this guy was going to kill me or just show me around but I just let my worries fly by as Sal takes my hand and leads me out the door and into the hallway "Don't be nervous," he said, "I won't hurt you." It seemed he knew exactly what I was thinking as he pressed the button to go down the elevator

"Where are we going?" I asked, "There's someone I want you to meet." Sal answered as he placed a key card into a slot in the elevator; In my life, I have never seen an elevator quite like that. We reached the basement, it seemed pretty normal with a washer and a dryer but a door that had 1B on it.

"I didn't know that there were rooms down here." I said looking around "I thought the same thing as well." Sal replied I could see in his eyes that he was smiling. As he opened the door, Sal called in "Hey Larry, are you home?" Just then another voice shouted back "Yeah, little dude, come in." I was completely nervous, I didn't know what was gonna happen, but Sal seemed to make things a little better. As the door opened, a tall guy with extremely long brown hair smiled and brought out his hand "Hey, I'm Larry." I shook his hand smiling as well "My name is Julianna but my friends call me Jewel." Larry seemed to be blushing as he held my hand "Well what are you waiting for?" he said, "Come in." I was ushered by Sal and Larry to sit on his bed while they just looked at me funny.

"Dude, you didn't tell me that a girl was comin' to stay." I heard Larry say "I didn't know either," Sal replied, "But I don't want to scare her off." Wait, Sal's afraid I might run away? From what? We just met. "Dude, give it some time." Larry said, "You can tell or shall I say show her when you're ready." OK, What on earth were they talking about? but, I didn't want to butt in. Larry sat down next to me and placed an arm around me "So, Jewel, do you like it here so far?" he asked, "Well, I don't know, I just got here." Sal sat down behind me and began to remove my hair tie

"Is this ok?" he asked looking at me "Yeah, I'm ok with it." I said, "I let my friends play with my hair all the time." Sal just giggled and began to braid my hair "No, fair! Whose doing mine?" Larry asked moving down to the floor in front of me making Sal and me laugh "I guess I will." I smiled as I took one of his hair ties and tied Larry's hair into a bun. "You know," I said, "this reminds me of when I had slumber parties and my friends did crazy things with our hair." "Like what?" Sal asked, "Well, sometimes we did ponytails all over our heads, we did some hairdos like some cartoon characters and we even did some loom designs on our hair as well." Sal looked impressed while Larry looked at me like I had said something embarrassing about him. Sal then pulled me down so that my head is on his lap; My eyes widened as he stared at me with those icy blue eyes

"What are you looking at?" Sal said jokingly as he started to stroke my hair "You." I replied, "Your mask is very unique." "It's a prosthetic," he muttered under his breath. "Hey Sal," Larry sat up onto his bed right next to him "You should bring Jewel more often." He told Sal; I was blushing like crazy just hearing that; I heard a click and saw that Sal had lifted his mask so that his lips were showing. They looked completely scarred and wounded, Sal leaned towards me and kissed my forehead

"Sal," I whispered as he lowered his mask and buckled it in place "Yeah." "Do you think you can take me back now?" I was starting to get tired "Sure." he said as he took my hand "It was nice meeting you, Larry." I smiled "Yeah, you too, dudette." Larry grinned. Sal took me back to my room where my mom was talking to someone

"Oh, Julianna, so glad your back." my mom greeted me; Right next to her was a man with blue hair and beard "Hello, Sal." he said, "Hi, dad." Sal replied, "Well, it seems my son has already met your daughter." I heard the man say "I'm Henry Fisher, you must be Julianna." I shook his hand "Nice to meet you Mr. Fisher, but call me Jewel."

I honestly don't like when adults call me Julianna, it's too formal for me "And you must be Sal." my mom smiled and shook his hand "I'm Lauren Davis." My cat then came towards me "Well, it looks like Midnight needs to be fed." I say pulling Sal with me "Ok, but don't be in there too long." my mom called out as we walked towards my bedroom "Dinner will be ready in a few." I rolled my eyes as I closed the door and picked up my sketchbook

"This is so stressful!" I say as Midnight jumps onto my bed "What do you mean?" Sal asked "I want to be happy, I really do. But moving here just seemed to make it worse." Sal's eyes widened as he heard this "There were times where I really didn't want to be here, in this world and I really wanted to-*gasp*"

Sal pulled me into a hug; he rested his chin on my shoulder and I could feel his heartbeat; It sounded fast.

Sal's POV

I can't believe she would say such a thing. I know I've had thoughts about this in the past but I wouldn't think of actually trying to kill myself no, never! I was in tears at this point just quietly sobbing on Jewel's shoulder "Please," I said, "Don't say that again." Jewel seemed like an innocent girl and I just knew it wasn't her time yet. "I'm sorry." she whispered as she buried her face in my neck "It's ok," I replied rubbing soothing circles on her back. There were just a few minutes of bliss, both of us holding each other when I felt her begin to twirl a strand of my hair

"It's so soft." Jewel said beginning to stroke one of my pigtails "So is yours" I whispered, bringing my lips to her ear. One of my hands reached towards the buckles of my prosthetic and removed it letting it drop on the bed; Luckily, Jewel couldn't see my face but I knew that she could feel me gently nibble her ear lobe; I could hear her softly moan as she began to dig her nails into my back. I moved down to her neck, leaving small love bites here and there "Keep going." I heard her whisper while I continued to kiss and bite her neck; my hands found my mask and began to put it back on.

"Better?" I asked seeing her looking a little calm "Yes, thank you, Sally Face." Jewel replied as she hugged me "You wouldn't mind if I came over tomorrow, would you?" she asked looking at me with those sea-green eyes "No of course not," I said, "You can come by at any time." Jewel beamed and grabbed my hand, "Our parents are probably wondering where we are." I squeezed her hand and followed her out where our parents were waiting.

"What took you two so long?" her mother asked "Dinner is starting to get cold" my dad added, "Umm, Midnight was being a little picky." Jewel said nudging me "Sal was helping." she looked at me as if she wanted me to say something "Yup, sure was." I said nervously "Well then, Sal, I'll be next door if you need me." my dad said, "And, Jewel, here is a key to my apartment if you ever need me or my son." "Thank you, Mr. Fisher." Jewel said, blushing "You're welcome." he said as he left

"Well, your father seems like a nice person, Sal," Mrs. Davis said, "So where are you guys from?" "I'm from New Jersey," I replied, "we moved here just a few weeks ago." "Ah, that makes sense, Well, I'll leave you two alone while I clean up." she added, "Thanks, mom," Jewel said looking pale.

Jewel's POV

I couldn't let my mom see me like this, I have to hide. I need to get out, I need to… "Ooof!" Sal came from behind me his arms around me and he was whispering sweet nothings into my ear, "Don't listen to them." "You're safe now." "I will protect you." My breathing began to slow down, my eyes began to close, my mind was at ease, and it was all because of Sal.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Jewel." he said as I felt something being placed in my jeans "Just remember you can always come over when you need me," he said as he closed the door leaving me alone.

"Such a sweet boy he is." my mom said, "Yeah I know." I replied, "I think I'm gonna get to bed." "Ok sweetie, I'll see you in the morning," she said kissing my head. I went into my room and climbed into my new bed. The slip of paper that Sal put in my pocket was his phone number so I added it to my contacts, and sent him a text

JD: Sal

JD: u there

No response for a moment, but then I heard something

SF: Yea, I'm here

SF: What's up?

JD: Can't sleep

SF: Me either

I think Sal, is my new stress reliever and as for Larry, well… I honestly don't know. But I hope that he is cute as Sal is.