Chapter 7
Midnight Snacks
Daken yawned. He had a long day. After they got home from the movies they decided to go to the mall. Daken was desperate for some new clothes since he left a lot of his clothes at home. He got a couple pairs of jeans and a nice t-shirt. Div absolutely dreaded the mall. She claimed that it was too crowded with people who loved to spend too much money.
He sighed, wishing that Div could act like a normal human being from time to time. But that was a little too much to ask for.
Daken got into his bed and pulled the covers over him. He was almost instantly asleep.
That's when the dream started.
He was around eight or nine years old. His hair was slightly shorter, but was still gelled up. He was running through a forest, all the trees dead from the past winter. Sticks crunched under his feet as he ran, his backpack holding him down. He ran, huffing, trying to get away.
He ran out of the forest and fell onto the sidewalk. He felt his backpack get pulled off of him and cringed when a foot rammed into his stomach.
Four boys huddled around him, kicking him senseless. "Stop…" he croaked out.
"Why?" One boy said and kicked him again, this time in the face. Daken could have sworn he heard a crack. "You're a daddy-less freak. I saw you move a pencil with your mind, that's not normal!"
Daken's eyes watered. He wanted to cry so badly. But he couldn't. His Mom always told him that he had to be the man of the house, and men didn't cry.
He slowly got up, resisting the kicks. He stared at the boys. "Leave…me…alone!" he yelled and heard a loud boom.
He quickly covered himself with his arms while the boys ran away. Daken could feel heat on his back and heard the cracks of fire.
He slowly got up and turned around. He saw a car- well, bits and pieces of a car- on fire. His mouth was wide open. Did he do that?
He had done that. Years and years ago. He hadn't had this nightmare for a quite a long time and frowned as it all came back to him. His nightmare would be the same every time. But it was different this time. There was a man, standing in the pit of the flames, glaring at him. His eyes were black. Then the man appeared right in front of him, scowling.
"You little pest! I still had four years left! Now I'm dead thanks to you!" he growled. The man grabbed Daken's neck and applied pressure. Daken started choking and saw everything go fuzzy…
He woke up with a gasp, gasping for air. He held his hand up to his neck. What a weird dream. But the black eyed man…was he a Demon, like his math teacher? He remembered back to over a week ago when he saw his math teacher with black eyes.
He sighed and got out of bed. He couldn't go back to sleep now.
He looked at the clock. 12:00 AM. Wonderful.
Daken headed downstairs and walked into the kitchen. He saw Ms. Baker baking cookies.
He smiled then said, "Morning Ms. Baker."
She jumped and turned around to face Daken, holding her chest. "I swear, one of these days you kids are gonna give me a heart attack!"
Daken grinned then asked, "What are you doing baking cookies in the middle of the night?"
Ms. Baker sighed, pulling the just cooked cookies out of the oven and placing them on the counter. "I like to bake when I need to think. Want one?" she asked, gesturing to the cookies.
Daken nodded and took one, surprised that it wasn't too hot. "I see why Gabriel likes you." He laughed, taking a bite of the cookie. It was delicious.
Ms. Baker sighed again then took a cookie. "That man sure loves his sweets." She said, but she had a frown on her face. Daken looked at her for a moment. He could tell something was wrong.
"Come on; let's eat these on the couch." Ms. Baker said, taking the tray over to the couch. Daken walked over and sat down next to her.
"So, why are you up this early?" she asked, eating another cookie.
"I had a bad dream." He said, remembering the man with the black eyes. The Demon.
"Really? What was it about?" she asked with a mouthful of cookie.
"Just something that happened to me when I was little." Daken said, deciding not to tell her about the stuff that happened in it. She probably got enough of that Angel and Demon crap every day.
Ms. Baker nodded, staring at the floor.
"What wrong?" he asked, reading her expressions.
Ms. Baker looked at Daken, her eyes starting to water. "Can I tell you something if you promise not to tell anyone?" she asked.
Daken nodded. "Cross my heart." He said while making an X over his heart with his finger.
"I can't believe I'm telling you this but…I'm pregnant."
Daken stared at her, his mouth wide open. "Wha-what? Is-is it-?" he started.
Ms. Baker nodded. "Yeah, it's Gabriel's." Daken saw a few tears fall from her eyes. He put a hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her.
"You're going to have to tell them you know?" Daken said.
Ms. Baker nodded, wiping away tears. "I know. I-I will tell them soon."
Daken nodded.
"Thanks for being here. I really needed to tell someone that." Ms. Baker said, looking into his eyes.
"No problem." Daken said, though his mind was spinning.
There was going to be another mini Gabriel!
What? Ms. Baker is pregnant! Bet you didn't see that coming? Wonder how Gabriel is gonna take the news? Keep a look out for the next chapter!
