Grim Tales From Up Above

Chapter 2

Being in school is no treat for a child by any means. Especially to a twelve year old little boy who has just left home and dreams about his family every night. Junior sat by the window hypnotized by his own reflection. He had skin, a full head of hair, and another eye. The girls in his class said his eyes were pretty and that since they were two different colors that it must mean something special. They had no idea.

Junior slipped the cell phone out of his pocket slyly to check the vibration. It was a text from Uncle Nergal telling him to walk home today because he couldn't pick him up. It was a nice day out, after all. When the final bell rang Junior picked up his backpack and started on his way. He still had mied feelings about this whole situation, but he had made friends and was happy to be living with his uncle.

Endsville wasn't a very big town, so walking through the suburbs with no noise wasn't very extraordinary. Despite that, Junior started feeling uneasy. The wind blew some of the autumn leaves past him as he marched quickly to get to his uncle's house. Something just seemed strange.

When he first saw her, he thought she was Sadako. All he could see was the back of a young girl. She had long dark hair and a white one piece. She turned around in curiousity to the approaching footsteps. WOW! Look at those eyes! And what beautiful red eyes they were. She seemed startled at his presence, she must have been in very deep thought before he interrupted.

He was quickly approaching her. What should he do? They had already made eye contact. Should he just give a nod? How about a simple, "Good afternoon."? Good thing she acted first. "I'm lost. Do you know where Wallabee Way is?"

She was very forward. That plus her red eyes gave him the creeps. She could very well have been the Queen of the Underworld. "Sure…I'm headin that way if you wanna walk with me." They went two blocks without saying a word. It was very awkard. He wanted to ask her for her name and who she was going to see or anything to find out a little bit about her. She was very pretty and he didn't want to mess up another chance with a girl. The flashback of Flonne and the cafeteria loomed in his head from the previous week.

"I'm Junior. I guess I'm introducing myself a few minutes too late, huh?" He tried to hide the fear in his voice. Talking with girls wasn't his strong suit.

"Nice to meet you. I just moved here, so I kind of got lost on my way home from school. I'm kinda embarrissed about it, actually."

"I just moved here a few weeks ago. The houses and roads all look exactly the same, I got lost a few times too. Think about it this way, if you didn't get lost, you wouldn't be walkin home with me." He thought it would be a good way of getting her to smile. And it did.

They reached her porch and Junior became totally clueless as to what he should do. He had to ask her out! She was just so pretty, he had to try. "Wanna go to a movie Friday?" He just kind of shouted it. It was embarrissing. He sounded so stupid. Way to go idiot!

She was caught off guard by the question. She smiled at him and nodded her head in agreement. With that note, she opened the door and entered without a word leaving Junior on the porch scratching his head.

Time? Movie? Phone number? Your name would have been nice.

All he thought about that night was her. Her eyes. Her hair. Her voice. Her. Her. Her. It was all about Her.