Never Alone

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Chapter 4- Something

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"Did you understand any of that?" Caleb asked me the next morning, frowning as he chewed lightly on his pen.

"I, uh, yeah we have to write a speech on our opinions on Stephen Kings writing style in Dreamcatcher, how he creates tension and fear in the reader" I repeated what I had heard the teacher say beforehand he nodded, the frown still not leaving his face, "Ill help you" I laughed "Infact we'll work together!"

"So, Stephen King is.." Caleb started but was interupted by the heavy door banging open, a dishevelled and tired looking Reid stumbling through it, as if he had misjudged his weight distribution.

"Ah, you decided to join us Mr. Garwin"

"Yeah... Sorry, I overslept" he mumbled slouching over towards the stairs near his seat. The teacher shook his head and watched, along with the rest of us as he slowly climbed the stairs, dragging his feet and moving at a snails pace.

"What happened to him?" I asked Caleb under my breath, I didn't dare talk any louder as the classroom was silent.

"He has alot of late nights" Caleb said "He dissapeared after we left Nicky's last night, Tyler didn't see him this morning either"

I nodded, felling abit ashamed for asking after all it was none of my business.

I found myself wondering though, what could he have been doing?

He was so mysterious, his gaze so penetrating, his blue eyes blank, yet somewhere in there, I could see even from across the classroom, somewhere in there was something was something about him that was almost not quite right.

As if reading my thoughts he lifted his eyes to mine as he sank into his seat, lowering his head into his folded arms, his eyes unblinking.

I felt my cheeks redden as Clarissa's words ran through my mind again and lowered my gaze to the paper infromt of me.

"Stephen King is..." I said to Caleb, who was also staring at Reid, "...A writer"

He smiled and turned back to me and we began our speech.

The blondes eyes boring into me throughout.

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Reid

She looked at me for what seemed like a lifetime, her pale cheeks reddening slightly then she looked down and picked up her pen.

She mumbled something to Caleb, who I noticed was too staring at me, his eyes murderous, the same look I knew I would be getting when I saw Pogue.

Of course they knew I had used, your senses were alot more acute after you ascended, you could feel another using almost as if it were you yourself, I knew that as soon as Caleb had me alone I would recieve a scoulding, but I didn't care, It had all been worth it.

The tiredness this morning, the overwhelming feeling of wanting to use again and again after the first time,that I had managed to supress considering I was so close to ascending, my stiff, cold limbs, everything was worth it.

After we left Nicky's late last night and I knew that Tyler was sleeping, I'd snuck out again and without thinking had found myself of Kelly's window ledge watching her sleeping form, rising and falling with every breath she took.

Her roommate had returned and was sleeping also, her skin dark against her white pillow, she was pretty, someone I would have gone for, but plain compared to this new girl.

Light shadows fell on Kelly's face, probably caused by my form as I perched, blocking some of the moonlight that was oddly clear tonight.

Why am I here?

What am I doing?

This is so damn weird!

Questions kept whirling through my mind, and I could find the answer to none.

I had no idea why I was on her ledge, why throughout the whole night at Nicky's, even when some scantily clad girl from my math class had thrown herself at me, I could not get this girl out of my head. I had no idea why I felt this over powering need to watch over her as if she were in danger, though she was perfectly safe, this need to protect her, to hold her close and I had no idea why I found myself wanting to kiss her baby pink lips, stroke her hair that was almost as white as snow, look deeper into her blue eyes and know everything there was to know about her.

I was scared to say the least.

I had never felt so attracted, so connected to someone before, there had never been a spark, but everytime I looked at her and she looked back it was as if lightning passed through me and straight into her.

Now as I sat in English, barely hearing what Tyler was saying, my head resting in my tired arms, my back aching, after all I had fallen asleep, barely balancing on her ledge, images of her sleeping flashed through my mind, she was chatting to Caleb now, her hands waving animatedly, as he scribbled down what she was saying.

Everynow and then her big eyes would slide over to me, and I never looked away.

There was just something about her...

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