Chapter 3
Ciel's POV/
The grass was hafe dead and the ground under it was nothing but mud since last night's storm. The moisture made my butt and the back of my legs uncomfortably wet, I usually wouldn't be sitting in the mud like this but I was too amused by the scene in front of me to even care. A large tree had fallen onto the wooden bridge that went across the small river, causing it to collapse and destroy one of the only ways in and out of town. A large group of men were working on cleaning it all up, but do to how deep the water was, it became a real challenge.
"Well there goes 'Sleepy Bridge'. No more ghost stories I guess." Peter said, referring to the stories about how a bunch of homeless people froze to death underneath the bridge in their sleep one winter, it had been made into a ghost story in order to scare the little kids in town so they wouldn't play on the bridge and end up getting themselves kill, but it never seemed to work very well, they played on it anyway.
"Do you think they might cancel the carnival tonight?" Sam asked, laying on his back in the grass, his dark brown hair blending in well with the mud and he was cover in it already from head to toe because he was one of the first ones out here and had actually helped clean up some. The carnival was something they held every year in town on the first week of summer vacation for the kids, there never was much there ride wise but they had enough booths to entertain a person enough and take their money.
"Course not. They've been doing it for fifty years, they never cancelled it before." Peter retorted, flipping his curly blond hair out of his hazy green eyes and sitting back on his bike seat.
Peter and Sam were some of my closest friends, mainly because they lived so close to me and since they the first ones to talk to be when I switched homes. Even though they were both pretty good friends, they couldn't be anymore different. Peter was tall and pretty good looking, he always seemed to have a girlfriend or was talking one up, but he wasn't the nicest at times. He had this quick wit about him and has been known to pick on the other guys at school that weren't in our group or any younger kids, he also seemed to find himself in fights a lot, usually when someones big brother comes at him for messing with the them. He'd get his ass kicked but he'd still do it again. Sam on the other hand was quieter and always kind, he was really good at sports and was the captain for multiple teams in middle school. He was also dumb as a rock, he just barely made it out of the eighth grade.
"Your going Vince, aren't you?" Sam asked looking at the clouds, not caring that the whole back of his head was caked in mud. I was planning on going, I've never really gone before, mostly because I either got sick, had to go somewhere else, or I just wasn't living here, but this year I had no excuse to miss it. Well, all except one.
For some reason I've become more conscious about everything since Sebastian came. Before I left the house after getting a text from Sam about the bridge, I made sure that he wouldn't see me when I snuck out. I mean it's not like he's a bad guy, he seemed really nice but there was just something strange and abnormal about him. Also it just made me feel weird being around him, maybe I was just jealous of him because he was so much better looking than me but I feel like it was something else too, something deep down inside that set me off with him. I really didn't want to go to the carnival because then he'd have to come to and I really didn't like the idea of everyone in town seeing him.
I was about to tell Sam that I was busy and that I couldn't go, but then I was interrupted by Peter. "Hey look it's Em." He said in a taunting voice to me. He knew I hated it when he called my foster mother by her first name since even I wasn't even allowed to. He dropped his bike to the ground and ran over to the street straight towards the car, she stopped with a smile on her face, she liked Peter, all the girls did. Sam got up too not a second later, paying no mind to the fact that his whole backside was brown. I stayed in my spot in the grass, continuing to look out at the river because she was probably just going to get groceries or something anyway, nothing to get up over.
After a few moments I heard the car drive away, heading towards the main part of town. "What the hell man! Why didn't you tell us you got a new guy at your house?" Peter said walking back over to me, he seemed kinda pissed, he hates being left out about anything. I didn't tell them for a reason but now they knew so I may as well face the facts, I can't hide that beautiful freak forever.
"Because I didn't want you shithea..." I stopped myself when I turned around and saw that there was now three people walking towards me. I let out a quiet groan and looked back at the river. Just pretend that he's not even here, I told myself.
"Hello." Sebastian said in his normal polite voice, sitting next to me in the grass, legs pulled to his chest and seated maybe a little too close. As soon as I heard his voice though my face went pink. Why did he have to be here, I've just gotten over the sick heart attacks he gave me this morning, why here, why in front of them?
I looked over at the other too, Sam was smiling, happy to meet someone new, but Peter gave me a death stare. I couldn't tell if it was because I didn't tell him about Sebastian or because of how I got so embarrassed when he showed up and Peter was getting the wrong idea about me. I looked away from them as well and just ended up staring at the ground.
"So your names Sebastian right? Where are you from? You just get here last night?" Sam started flooding the boy with questions, he sat down next to Sebastian and they had there little own conversation. I sat there staring at the ground, trying to my myself as unnoticeable as possible, but every time I'd look up, Peter would be giving me his 'look'. The one he only seemed to use on people before he'd beat the crap out of them or something else terrible. I couldn't have made him that mad could I?
"Hey what's that on your hand dude?" I was pulled out of my own mind and fear when I heard Peter's voice, he must have gave up on me. I looked over to see what he was talking about and saw what he meant. On Sebastian's left hand was a strange black pentagram like mark, I hadn't noticed it at all before but as soon as I saw it now my right eye began to tingle and I had to rub the feeling away.
"Oh this...my parents did this to me when I was little." He said, his voice shaking a little. I felt bad for him all of some sudden, which made me hate him just a little bit more. I looked at it again, it did look like it could be a tattoo, and if it was it was a really good one at that, but I just had to wonder what that sign ment.
"Oh man...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Peter apologized, which was something he rarely did. But he was asking for it, what else did he think it was there from?
Sebastian smiled and acted like nothing happened. "Its okay, you didn't know." He said, Peter just looked away and nodded. It was awkwardly quiet for a few moments until Sam spoke up.
"Vince you never answered me bud. Are you coming to the carnival tonight?" He asked looking down towards me with his usual innocent face and big brow eyes. I was about to tell him that I didn't want to go but then he opened his stupid mouth again. "Oh, Sebastian should come too. It's really fun, you'll probably like it." He said with a laugh.
I rolled my eyes and thought about all the things that I've done lately, trying to figure out what horrible thing did I do to deserve all this. "Sounds like fun." Sebastian said before looking over at me, eyes completely serious, looking deep into them. I wasn't expecting him to turn towards me again so when our eyes met I quickly looked away. I hated this, I hated how I got like this around him and I didn't understand why I did, and that made me hate him even more.
"I guess." I whispered. Sam got all excited and started off listening the things we should do and Sebastian seemed to be listening closely to him, I blocked it out and tried to also block out Peter's death stares that he disided to pick back up. I really was going to regret tonight, I just knew I would.
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It was late in the afternoon, the sun that had disappeared moments ago behind the mass of tents and booths, had turned the evening sky a rainbow of reds, pinks, and oranges, and the clouds made beautiful patterns of purples across the heavens. The sound of crickets and frogs beginning to chirp could barely be heard over the loud music and the many people talking in excited voices.
The temperature had dropped a grate deal from earlier this morning, I made sure I brought a jacket in case it got even colder later later. The ground was still pretty muddy but it didn't seem to bother anyone too much same went for the obnoxious mix of good and bad smells that filled the air from several different stands and sadly people. It was just like I thought it would be, a normal, slightly disgusting, town carnival.
"Make sure you watch him, I don't want him getting kidnapped by some carnies or something." Mrs. Abbison said out the car window to me and Sebastian. She was leaving Tyler with us because he wouldn't leave her alone about coming all day but she had to stay home with Sarah who had come down with a fever earlier this morning, so she divided to kill two birds with one stone and hand him off too us.
I really didn't want to watch Tyler and also having to deal with Sebastian all night, who did nothing but drive me crazy without even trying. "Yeah I will, but if he acts like too much of a butt, I'm bringing him home." I warned as he started pulling on my arm, trying to get me moving. "Jeez, will you wait a minute." I said looking down at him and giving him a look but he kept it up anyway, the whole time Sebastian just stood there.
Mrs. Abbison gave a weak smile, I could tell she didn't like leaving him here with us but she also didn't want his crying keeping Sarah up while she was sick. "Well good luck and have fun. You got your money right?" She asked starting up the car, I nodded, the hundred dollars she gave me to spend for both me and Tyler were in my wallet in my back pocket. She soon drove away leaving the three of us at the main entrance to the carnival.
"Yeah, we can go now!" Tyler cheered happily, pulling on my arm even harder making me stumble forward. I grumbled and told him too stop.
"I could take him if you want. So you can go hang out with your friends." Sebastian said, I looked over at him and growled to myself, the sunset made him look like a damn God. The warm dark light made his skin look so white and hair a very dark color, and the bright colors above and around us made his eyes filter into a rainbow of colors. Though there was something odd about the way his eyes glimpsed down on me, there was something deeply predatory and hungry about them that made a shiver go down my spine.
"No, I'd worry about him too much." I said looking back down at the ground, my grey sneakers were already a muddy mess. It was true but not because I'd be scared that he'd lose him but because I just didn't trust Sebastian for some reason even though he's been nothing but kind to me.
Sebastian just shrugged at that and we started our way into the crowded carnival. After about five minutes of walking around and having girls gawk over how gorgeous Sebastian was, and a few confident ones even coming up and trying to talk him up, though always being turned down in the end, it become clear that my earlier prediction of the night had come true. It didn't make me that mad when they were just staring at him and whispering things to their friends about him as we walked past, I've grown used to that from being Peter's friend all these years. But it was the fact that when not one, but two hot girls came up to him and tried to talk to him and then him turning them down right there, politely of course, really got my blood boiling. I've always had the worst luck when it came to girls, they all just over looked me because if how small and girly my appearance was, so I'd of course be overjoyed if a cute girl actually did talk to me for once. But when he did this it was like getting a punch in the face, like he was rubbing it in or something, and it made me hate him even more.
Even though I was having a horrible time and couldn't even find Sam and Peter anywhere, Tyler and Sebastian seemed to be having a great time. I guess when they made Sebastian they decided that being good looking and a saint wasn't enough, so they decided to make him amazing at everything too. He won Tyler more things then I could count, the poor kids arms began to overflow with stuffed animals, treats, and other toys he'd just forget about in a week. One after the other he was taking out every booth like a pro. It began to get out of control when we got to the sixteenth booth and Sebastian was about to play the game with the big hammer and the bell to test your strength, at first I was all for seeing this scrawny guy try and hit the bell but then I saw that the grand prize was a bunny and I didn't want to take that chance. The last thing that Tyler needed was a bunny to not take care of.
After an hour Tyler started to get tired, we stopped at a eating section with tables to rest for a bit. I sat beside Sebastian with Tyler hafe asleep in my lap, using my jacket as a blanket, trying to clinch several stuffed animals to his chest, but failing for some fell to the ground as he dozed off for a second. "He seems like he had a good time." I said shifting him so his head could lay against my chest. I hadn't talked much to Sebastian at all since I met him, which all of a sudden made me feel bad because he was so nice to me, even if it freaked me out at times.
"Yeah." He said looking at the lanterns in the trees for a second, they had been hung all over this part of the carnival, giving it such a gentle atmosphere. It was so nice and peaceful, this was the quieter side of the whole event, not many people hung around and if they did they were older couples or ones with other sleepy kids. The stars over head were very bright and the moon was hafe full, the crickets and frogs played their own beautiful music that could be heard so much better now, away from all the loud music.
Tyler had completely fallen asleep now, his breath was deeper and his mouth threatened to drool on me. I fixed Tyler's head a bit so that he would only drool on his own pants and not my chest, the whole time I was careful not to wake him, during this I was completely unaware of the fact that Sebastian was staring at me until I caught the red color of his eyes in my side vision.
He was staring intensely at me, his face wasn't in the usual smile though and his eyes had the same look as earlier, like he was a lion staring at its next target, it made me really uncomfortable so I looked away. I didn't understand why he did these kinds of things and why they made me feel this way, it wasn't hate or jealousy like I kept telling myself but it was also like the feeling I get when I'm crushing on someone, but completely different at the same time, it was like every feeling in the world was mashed up into one desire to be by him but also to run away and keep my distance.
I was about to suggest that we just call it a night and take Tyler home, mostly just to save myself and to get out of this embarrassing silence, but then, out of nowhere, the worst thing in the history of the world happened. I felt something rest on top of my right hand, which had been resting on the bench beneath us. It was his hand, it was on top of mine, another guys. I couldn't move, I was to bewildered by all this to do anything except stare straight head, my heart pounding like crazy. What was he doing, this is so wrong.
If I wasn't shocked enough at this and I almost died when he started to lean in towards me. Oh god please don't kiss me, I can't have another guy be my first kiss! But something didn't let me stop him, like I wanted him to continue. I was about to let out a sequel and move away but then his head made a slight turn and his lips became meters away from my ear. At that moment all time stopped, there was no one in the world except us, the only thing I heard was my own pounding heart and Sebastian taking in a breath, his air brushing across my skin giving me goosebumps and blush, before whispering, "You don't remember me do you?"
I was released from his spell and I looked over at him, pulling my hand back quickly, moving away. "What...what are you talking about? An...and what was that just now?" I asked, there was complete fear in my voice. The way he talked, I could hear such sadness in his voice, like me not "remembering" him killed him a little, like he lived for me or something.
I got up hafe forgetting that Tyler was still asleep in my lap and almost dropped him but I caught his small body before he could hit the ground. That brought me back to reality. "Sorry bud, I just...I just need to use the restroom." I apologized to his sleepy confused face, I didn't look back at Sebastian though because I was afraid to see him after I just believed that he was trying to kiss me and how he was acting weird again.
I started walking down the back row of tents, I didn't think that he was following me but I kept walking faster anyway. There wasnt anyone down this way so when I reached the little area with the park bathrooms I was completely alone but I went behind the back of the building instead of going inside. I just needed time to calm down and forget about what had just happen and forget about the fact that deep down I didn't want him to stop, that I wanted him to kiss me. I felt sick with myself, I mean I never saw anything wrong with gay people, you like what you like and who you like, but I just never felt this way about another guy before and it scared me and I just couldn't understand any of it.
I was about to turn the corner to the back of the building when all of a sudden I heard a food step behind me and was about to turn around then when an unknown force hit me in the back of the head, making my world go dark.
