Chapter 9

Telling THE Truth

Ding-dong.

I sat up in my bed and looked at the clock, it was about noon.

I slowly stood up. He was here.

I ran down stairs.

Mom had already opened the door. There, standing in the doorway, was Davin.

I smiled. He came. For some reason I thought he wouldn't, I don't know why.

He looked at me and I realized that Mom was trying to push him away.

I ran up to the door.

"Oh, Vanica, do you know this boy?" Mom asked me.

I sighed, "Yes, Mom, I do."

She looked at me amazed at what I just said. "How do you know him?"

"He's my boyfriend." I looked back to see Susan smiling back at me.

I saw Mom look back out of the corner of my eye.

She turned back to me. "Your boyfriend? When did you start talking to this boy and what's his name?"

"His name is Davin, and as for when I started talking to him, I would have to tell you everything and for me to tell you everything you will have to believe everything. Will you believe everything that I say?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Just answer the question."

Davin put a hand on my shoulder to gesture that it was a little too strong, but I ignored it.

"Um, yes. I'll believe everything."

I gestured for Davin to come in and closed the door behind him.

We walked over to the couch and sat down. Davin sat right next to me and held my hand to show he was there for me.

I looked to him. I was worried, but I tried to hide it with a smile. I knew he could see right through it.

I felt another hand touch mine and I found that Susan had joined us on the couch, quietly. I gave her a fake smile, too. Then I gestured for

Mom to sit on the couch in front of us.

I took a deep breath and told her everything. I didn't tell my parents that it was at my today that this all happened, I didn't want anyone feeling more sorry for me than they should, and if I told them of my birthday that would ruin that. So, instead, I outlined it, only told them about the part where I picked up my bed and all my friends got scared.

At first, she interrupted me and asked, "What about this guy? I asked how you met him, but you haven't mentioned-"

"I know what you said!" I yelled. "Sorry, but I told you, in order to answer your question I have to tell you everything." I said this a little bit calmer.

"Ok, you don't have to yell."

At that I almost blew up in her face.

Susan must have known that because she said, "It's not her fault. She'll tell you about it in the story. Now can we carry on?"

Mom only nodded her head. So I started the story again.

When I mentioned that I picked up my bed with two hands, alone, her mouth dropped, but she didn't say a word.

When I reached the part about how Davin came into the picture she almost said, "Ohhh," but remembered that she couldn't interrupt.

Finally, I finished the story, all the way to now and added, "Does that answer your question?" After a little while she nodded her head and I said, "Now you may talk."

Then she burst out with questions and statements, like, "So what you told me before was true, and I grounded you for trying to lie to me. You told Susan and not me? Why don't you try making up with your friends? I mean Honnah shouldn't have done that, it what HARSH!"

We let her babble on until she was done, then Susan said, "OK, one question at a time. Which one do you want answered first?"

Mom took a deep breath and said, "OK, why don't you try making up with your friends, they'll understand."

"First of all they wouldn't talk to me. Second, after what Mary is telling them, they'll be even more scared, and thirdly, if I tell them that what

Honnah said wasn't true, Honnah would just lie to them, again, and say it was," I said trying hard to stay calm. "Next?"

"Now, about you turning evil. You mentioned a dream; can you tell me what it was about?"

I looked to Davin and pleaded him to tell her with my eyes.

He noticed and took a deep breath.

He started off the same way I told him. He choked on the last few sentences that mentioned him telling me he would rather die then be with me at the time, but we all knew that wasn't true.

When he got to the part where the laser shot I started to cry. I could feel the tears pricking my hands as they fell down to them. I didn't want to look at my mom, but I knew that I had to.

I looked up and her mouth was dropped. I didn't know why, maybe she was spooked, but I forgot about it and moved on.

"Now that was only a dream, might not come true, but it's very likely that it will," I said wondering what she would say to that.

"But, you really don't seem that evil, but it is likely that it well happen."

"Everyone says that, then she yells at them-" Susan started.

"Then they understand perfectly." I interrupted. I glared at Mom. "Do you?"

"Yeah, perfectly." She was a little startled with my glare, I could see it in her eyes, but otherwise she did a good job of hiding it.

"Good, we're on the same page." I smiled at her, the full-toothed grin.

She looked like she was going to yell at me, then ground me, but then she remembered that I wasn't myself and I would never do that if it was really me, so she refrained.

"Right," she said through clenched teeth.

"Is that all the questions you have, for now?"

"Yes. That's all."

I had finally calmed down and stopped giving her sarcastic looks. "Great. Would you mention all of this to Dad? I can't do this again. I already had to, three times before this, and one was to tell someone that I was, most likely, going to kill them. So, please? You don't have to tell Elidor and please don't tell Alicia, I don't want her to be scared of me. If you can, try to make every second, of the last of my 'good' life, count, I want it to be meaningful." I could feel the tears spring to my eyes as I said my little sister's name.

I got up and ran to my room, to hide the tears from everyone else.

I was now done crying and was lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling when I heard a knock on the door.

"Vanica, can I come in?" I heard Davin ask from behind the door.

"Yeah," I answered, still weary from crying so much.

He opened the door, walked in, and closed the door again behind him.

He came and sat next to me and said, "Your Dad's home."

"Oh?" I replied.

"Your Mom thought it best that I stay out of sight until she tells him, so I came up here to comfort you. I can't relate to anything like this, but I was hoping I could be of use." He looked at me and tried to catch my eyes.

I looked into his, also. "Of course your 'of use' to me. I always want you there, but my side, helping me along." What I was going to say next was so hard I could barely get the words out. "But, if I do turn evil… and there is no way to change me back… I want you… to… kill me. I don't want to harm people for my own game. I don't want to harm my friends, my family, and I don't want to hurt you." I looked up and met his eyes with mine.

His eyes showed signs of seriousness, and sorrow. He looked deep into my heart and knew I couldn't stay evil forever; I was so pure and kind that it was practically impossible.

"I know there will be a way to get you back, there always is a way. I won't-"

"But if there are no ways, you will kill me!" I looked at him, my eyes saying 'you will' and at the same time promising him that I will be Ok.

He closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking it over.

Finally he opened them, nodded, and said, "I'll do it, I promise."

I flashed him a week smile. No, I did not what to die, but if it was the only way out of this, then so be it.

I slowly closed my eyes and fell into his embrace.

We sat there for what seemed like ever. I started to cry, but his touch made me feel safe.

Finally I heard Mom coming up the stairs to tell us we could come down.

He must have heard it too, because when I sat back up, he didn't question me.

I still couldn't trust my parents to understand what I've been going through, I shouldn't trust anyone to know, actually, but… I did. I trusted Davin.