Author's Note: I appreciate all the views that I've gotten over the past few days on my story. I wouldn't have guessed 80 views, I was more thinking along the lines of 20 but I really am happy to see that this is being viewed. I would like some reviews and such but hey, I'm not complaining. Like I said, I do not own anything and this is all purely fiction. Now here is Chapter 2 of No Fear. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: A Helping Hand
August 16th, 2012
I awoke early the next morning to a rumbling sound coming from outside. I had no idea what could be making that sound at six in the morning. I slowly crept towards my window, only to see that it was simply the moving trucks coming in with all our stuff from our old house. I wanted to go back to sleep really, but my mother called me.
"Dawn…Dawn, are you up yet?" she called.
"Yes mother, I'm awake now." I said hazily.
"Well when you're ready, come downstairs, I'll need your help bringing in all this stuff from the trucks outside." she said.
"Alright mother, let me do something first." I said. As soon as I finished saying that, I began to reach for something I had packed in the box from my mom's car. My tea leaves. Now something that I enjoy to do, besides reading auras, is reading my tea leaves. They usually tend to be right except on a few occasions. I generally don't do this at school (as I've learned, people think that's even creepier than me reading their auras), so I do this before I do anything in the morning just to see what's ahead of me that day. I put them into an empty cup that I had in the box as well and begun to read them.
"You will…help someone make a difficult decision." I wondered who I could help with this decision seeing as I only knew my mother and Zoey. When I thought about Zoey, I remembered that I had to go over to her house around six today. Thinking about that made me a little giddy inside, something I was not really accustomed to unless it involved being in the woods with my forest friends.
"Dawn, are you coming?" my mother asked impatiently.
"Oh yes mother, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." I said not realizing I zoned out a little bit thinking about all this.
I hurried downstairs to find my mother was waiting for me with boxes already on the floor.
"I'm glad you decided to get up, now take these boxes and put them in your room." she said.
"Yes mother… mother, I was wondering, I never got an answer to this though I don't remember asking, is it alright that I go to Zoey's house around six… I know it's kind of rude to ask considering we're unpacking and all but…." I said.
"Oh why of course dear, she said." "You'll just have to do some more unpacking tomorrow but I don't mind that at all… I think it's good that you're making friends already; it's definitely a reassuring sign." she said with a sigh of relief.
So for the next almost 12 hours, I spent the day bringing in boxes and unpacking them. Finally, it was almost six. My mother let me stop unpacking about an hour before this so I could get ready to go. As soon as I was ready, all she told me was to be home around a reasonable time and to enjoy myself. I began walking out the door and unto the driveway to notice that it looked very nice outside. The cool wind was blowing and the stars were about to come out. I will say that this town does have some natural beauty in its landscape.
I didn't have to walk very far considering that Zoey lives right next door, and before I realized it, I could feel something inside me that I had never felt before. It was nervousness. I had no idea how being nervous felt… I could see my fingers shaking and my heart was racing as I was about to knock on the door. I began to think about what if this was some kind of joke and that Zoey was only kidding about wanting to be friends with me. As I slowly reached the door to knock on it, it swung open.
"Dawn, I'm so glad to see that you could come!" said an ecstatic Zoey. "Well come on in, don't be shy." she reassured me.
I began to walk into her home. I noticed that her house was much like any home you'd see. Not too many expensive things, but they weren't poor in any way. She led me into her living room where I could see two guys sitting down on the couch. One of them was a bit short and wore glasses. He wasn't physically strong, but from what I could tell from his aura he was giving off, he was very intelligent. The other guy had spiked messy hair and was a bit taller than the first guy and a little taller than Zoey. Something about him was weird though, it was as if he had multiple people in him because I was reading 4 different auras along with his. They got off of the couch to come and greet me.
"Hey you must be Dawn, Zoey has told me a little bit about you, I'm Cameron." said the short guy.
"I'm Mike, I'm Zoey's boyfriend." said the tall guy.
"Oh hi, I'm Dawn." I said a bit awkwardly.
"So, what movie would you like to watch?" asked Zoey.
"Do you have any Mother Nature documentaries, I really enjoy those." I said. I didn't mean for that to come out of my mouth. I thought that Zoey and the others would think that I was weird for saying something like that.
"If you really want to, I think I have some nature movies down in the basement." said Zoey.
"Yeah, I mean I don't see a problem with that, I'll probably learn something from it." said Cameron.
"Me neither, I have no problems with that." said Mike.
I wasn't expecting that at all. To hear that they not only didn't laugh at me for saying something like that, but actually didn't mind or object to watching something like that. Zoey left to go down into her basement to find a movie and Cameron left into the kitchen to go make some food, which left me and mystery Mike.
"Mike, I have a question." I said.
"Sure, go ahead and ask." he said.
"How long have you had all those little personalities of yours?" I asked.
"I uhh..I have no idea what you're talking about." he said nervously.
"Mike, I can read auras, and I'm reading about four other ones besides your own…" I said.
"Ah man…I was hoping that only Cameron would know…, I can't believe you were able to tell just by looking at me…alright alright, so I have multiple personality disorder." he said.
"Who are these personalities?" I asked curiously.
"Well besides me, whenever I'm frustrated Chester comes out. He's kind of an old man so that makes sense. Whenever I'm faced with something that's physically challenging, Svetlana comes out. She's a Russian Olympic Gymnast. Whenever I'm not wearing a shirt, Vito comes out. He's sort of a greaser or a scrapper. And finally whenever I put on a hat, Manitoba Smith comes out. He is a tracker with a very thick Australian accent. Please don't tell Zoey." said a concerned Mike.
"You haven't told Zoey yet?" I asked
"No…I've been wanting to for a while now, but I'm scared to imagine what she'd think of me if she heard that her boyfriend has four different people living inside of him." he said very wearily. I then realized that this is what my tea leaves meant. I was meant to help Mike make the decision to tell Zoey about his disorder.
"Mike, you shouldn't be afraid to tell Zoey. It's part of you, it's what makes you well you. No one can take that away from you. You shouldn't be afraid to be who you are. If Zoey really cares about you which from what I can tell from her aura, she does, she'll understand." I said.
"You know what Dawn…, I think you're right…, when she comes back up I'll tell her!" he said with some confidence.
Just as he finished saying that, Zoey came back to the living room with a movie in her hand.
"Well, I don't have any nature documentaries, but I have "The Lion King" if that's alright." she said.
"Oh yes I have no objections." I said.
"Zoey…there's something I need to tell you." said Mike.
"Yes, what is it?" she asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Zoey, do you know those things I do sometimes that you think are funny?" he said.
"What with Chester, Svetlana, Vito, and Manitoba, what about them, aren't they just little things you do to make people laugh?" she asked.
"Well…not exactly, Zoey…" he said nervously. He then took a gasp of air and became Chester.
"Ah just spit it out already boy, you've gotten this far, don't chicken out." said Chester with an irritated voice. He then took a gasp of air and became Mike again.
"Zoey, I have multiple personality disorder, those things I do, well they're my personalities. I would've told you sooner but I was scared to because I didn't know how you'd react to hearing that." he said. Zoey didn't say anything but after a brief moment of silence she leaned forward and kissed him.
"Mike, I love you for who you are, you shouldn't ever be ashamed for who you are. So what if you have multiple personalities, they all make you into the Mike that I know and love very much." she said happily. Mike then held her in his arms and kissed her back.
"Thank you for understanding, I feel so much better now knowing that you don't mind them at all." he said.
I just stood watching them and being happy that I could make their relationship even stronger than it was before.
"Hey what did I miss?" asked Cameron as he came in with popcorn in his hands.
"Cam, I told her, and she doesn't mind at all." said a very happy Mike.
"Congrats to that, I'm glad to hear that you finally told her, it was getting hard to explain why you act so strangely sometimes." Cameron said laughing a little. We all began to laugh, even myself. We then took our seats on the couch; me sitting on the left side of it with Mike and Zoey in the middle cuddled together and Cameron sitting on the other smaller couch.
After the movie finished, Cameron was the first to leave, but not before telling me that it was a pleasure to meet someone who was able to convince Mike to tell Zoey his secret and that anyone who was that nice to people was a friend of his. As I was about to leave, Mike grabbed my shoulder.
"Hey Dawn, thanks." he said.
"It was nothing really, I'm glad to see you happy." I said. He then walked out of the house, but not without a goodbye kiss from Zoey.
"Dawn, thank you so much for getting Mike to tell me that, it mustn't have been easy for him, having to deal with all that and come up with excuses to explain it and all, but I'm glad that you were able to convince him otherwise." she said.
"It was nothing at all." I said.
I began to walk back to my house and I cracked a smile as I walked. I was happy to see that I had made others happy and that I was able to show someone that you didn't need to hide who you were. I know I don't ever do that. As I walked in, I noticed how messy it looked downstairs in my house.
"Oh hi Dawn, how was the movie?" my mother asked as she was opening another box
"Oh it was just wonderful, I made two more friends, and I helped one of them with his relationship with Zoey." I said happily.
"Well I'm glad to hear that you're making more friends Dawn, oh by the way, in a few days, we have to sign you up for school. It starts on the 23rd." she said.
"Thank you mother, would you mind if I go to bed?" I asked politely.
"Of course dear, we can work on finishing all this tomorrow." she said.
I began to go up to my room to see that it was a bed and a bunch of unopened boxes. I grabbed the blanket that I had left on the floor and laid it out along my bed. As I grabbed one of the pillows on top of one of the boxes, I began to think about how good these past two days had been and I wondered if all my days were going to be like this. I could guess that it wasn't, but I was going to enjoy this as much as I could. I wished that everyday could be like this… being surrounded by friends and making people happy.
AN: How was this Chapter? I apologize if this was also a bit boring and if the ending was a bit boring. I was writing this half asleep so I do apologize once again. I enjoy getting views and I hope to get more with this chapter now being put into the story. Chapter 3 will come out sometime in the nearby future as well, I don't know exactly when though because I want to start another story and also helping someone write one. But I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it!
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