I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!! I AM A HORRIBLE PERSON!!!! :( :( :( :( :( :( I KNOW I HAVENT UPDATED FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER EVER EVER! BUT SUMMER IS ONE OF MY BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR!!!!! When I was planning on updating, I got really sick(like moving your neck one cm gave you a headache, and when u try to stand everything in the room spins and you have to walk on your tippytoes so you won't fall over!) Then right when I got better I went to camp(overnight) and they didn't allow electronics, then when I got back I had to wake up at 6:30 in the morning again everyday for volleyball camp! So I was to sore, so I'M SOOOOOOOORRRRYYY! PLZ DON'T BITE MY HEAD OFF FOR NOT UPDATING!

Bailey's POV

The days went by slowly, but I wouldn't know. I just heard that from the constant babble of my peers. I really couldn't care less. I had ended up skipping school for 23 days. Hm, felt like a week to me. I would just mope around the house not eating anything, staring at the ceiling while laying in an uncomfortable position on my bed. I always felt a presence, like a tingly feeling on my back or on my hand sometimes. I guess it could have been Damian. But I never bothered to check. When I slept I was graced by the presence of horrible nightmares. I would always flash back to the memory of them pulling my mothers dead body out of the car. I never cried, I didn't find a reason to, yeah sure...my parents were dead, and I had no clue where my only surviving relative was, or maybe he was dead, I didn't know, but the thing is, I Didn't Care. Nothing mattered anymore. I had no friends, no family, even my teachers passed me off. Dr. Mcari was just some friendly passerby in my life. Sure he was fun, and a very nice, decent person to talk to, but I never felt like talking anymore. I never felt like doing ANYTHING anymore really. So since I haven't been doing anything, I haven't been able to get hurt, so my weekly trips to the hospital are just faint memories to me now.

I was able to skip school for so long because my grades were at the top of my class and I had already learned everything at my old school.

Ryan didn't really do anything with me anymore, just walked me to my classes and sat with me at lunch. But he never talked to me.

People at school held sympathy and pity for me. They pretended they knew how I felt, and they pretended to care, but they would pass me off later, and I would just remain on the sidelines, no one really cares about me. Sometimes when they would get on my nerves they would be graced by the presence of my long forgotten use of sarcasm, but it was always halfhearted.

My grades were perfect...Whoopdee doo. Everyone knew I would never have the money to get into college, even a crappy one. I didn't care about scholarships, couldn't get one. I didn't participate in anything anymore.

I opened my plain bedroom door. Huh, I didn't remember the drive home....Everything had already become routine for me.

I sat down in my wooden chair and sat my things down on my desk. Quickly doing my homework, I would do anything to escape this life. Except death, I would never do that, ever. I had no idea why, but something held me to this life, as if I were connected to it, and I never wanted to leave, I just wished it were different.

"Hello....."I heard a wispy voice. I jumped clear out of my seat and banged my knees on the desk, causing all my homework to go flying in every which way. I stumbled backwards over my chair and onto my bed where I remained trying to restart my heart.

"Sorry I haven't let you seen me....I was....busy." he whispered while going over to hover by the bed next to me.

I just nodded and fell backward on the bed to look at the ceiling.

"I'm....sorry....about-" He began, but I held up my hand to stop him, I already got enough sympathy at school, which made me think about it enough, I didn't need anymore than what I had at the moment.

He was quiet for a while, until he laid down on the bed next to me.

"What are you looking at?" He asked me.

I shrugged.

"oh." was all he said.

I felt the tingly sensation again on my hand and looked down to realize he had placed his on top of mine.

So, he had been here the whole time, I just never saw him.

I glanced up to his face to see the out line of a huge grin atop his features. My brow furrowed, what was he smiling about?

"what?" he laughed.

I just shook my head and went back to staring at the ceiling.

"Oh come on! What! Please tell me!" he pleaded with me.

I didn't respond.

He sighed in defeat.

We continued like this throughout the day and I finally got up since I had to take a shower.

"Where are you going!" He exclaimed while jumping up to follow me.

"Shower...." was all I said.

"Oh..." he said, bowing his head in disappointment. Then he went back to resume his position on the bed.

I went into the bathroom and quickly striped my clothes off and hoped into the smothering bathwater. I recalled that I had said shower, not bath when I told Damian what I was doing. Oh well, he can wait. I repeated what I had done the night...well ya. The water got cold again, so I just added more hot water.

I did this until once again the water was about to overflow. I quickly washed my hair and body, deciding that Damian had been waiting long enough. I didn't really pay attention to what I had on.

I slumped back into my room and knocked on the door frame to let my presence known.

"What took you.....so..........long....." Damian said while he jumped off my bed and froze.

"Bath instead..." I stated simply while I went back over to lay on my bed.

He was still standing where he was only now he was facing me.

"What?" I asked.

He said nothing. But shook his head and went back to laying on the bed.

Feeling like I was being watched, I glanced over at him. He was staring at me as if he thought that if he looked away I would be lost forever.

I quickly glanced at my body to see if anything was wrong....oops. I had put on a pair of extremely short shorts and a very tight-fitting tank top from Victoria's secret. My mother liked to sneak these type of things into my drawers when I was gone, knowing I never paid attention to what I picked out to wear for bed, I just grabbed the first things my hands came into contact to.

I quickly looked away from Damian in embarrassment. Even if he wasn't human, he was still a guy, which meant he had guy thoughts....

I heard him sigh and quickly whipped my head around to look at him. He looked....reluctant?

"What?" I whispered for the second time that night.

"I should be getting home."The words rolled of his tongue like silk.

"Why?" I wondered aloud, I wasn't ready for him to leave yet! Even if I didn't say anything, I still wanted company.

"My family wants me back home..." He said reluctantly.

"Please stay...." I whispered. Wow, that was the first sentence I have made since....the incident.

"Believe me, you don't know how much I wish I could!" Damian exclaimed, his voice strained.

I frowned at this. I really wished he could stay.

"Well goodbye then." I whispered, hesitatingly putting my hand on his cheek....or what I thought was his cheek. The words were coming easier now.

He put his hand over mine and held it like that for a while. Until he finally leaned over and gently placed his lips on my forehead.

I closed my eyes in comfort. When I opened them, he was gone.

I sighed and gently reached up to extinguish my lamp.

Laying in bed that night, I realized I didn't feel so hollow anymore.

Also, that I might have feelings for this..Damian. And, that he was the only one who could help me.

I slept a dreamless sleep, prived of my nightmares.

A/N: Haha! I was going to stop there, but then I remembered what I said about the 4,000 word thing, so I'm just gonna keep on typing!

Waking up, the feeling of loneliness hit me a 100 times more than it had the first time. I missed Damian, and wanted him here next to me.

I hadn't noticed but I had began to hyperventilate.

Hearing the soft cling of my bed springs I glanced up and saw Damian laying right next to me again.

I immediately let out a sigh of relief, If I had been alone a moment longer I probably would've been passed out on the floor by now.

I leaned back and laid next to him, just enjoying the fact that he was here.

"Well, don't you seem like you're in a better mood today!" He exclaimed while propping his head up with his hand.

I smiled and nodded eagerly.

I heard the bell like chime of his laugh and felt as if we were the only two people on the earth.

I looked at him, and I mean really looked at him and saw that even though he was just a shadow, he was very muscular! His clothes seemed to be tight fitting, and showed off his shape perfectly! I swear that I was drooling!

"Earth to Bailey!" Damian exclaimed while waving one of his shadow hands in front of my face.

I laughed, but it felt forgien to me, and slightly hysterical. I guess I wasn't used to laughing yet.

"I SAID, before you decided to take a round trip to lala land, what do you want to do today? Since it is to late to go to school!" He exclaimed, his musical voice captivating me.

"Hm....I don't know, you've lived in this town longer than I have, why don't YOU pick what to do!" I declared.

He seemed to ponder this for a while, until his eyes looked as if they had glazed over, and he looked as if he were taking me in for the first time just as I had with him.

"Penny for your thoughts Damian!" I chuckled, bringing him out of his reverie. He shook his head and it felt like he was looking me in the eyes.

"Why don't we go and visit one of my friends?" He complied.

"Sounds good to me!" But really I was dancing with butterflies on the inside.

"Great!"He was giving off the atmosphere of a little kids first time at a carnival!

My over-hyperactive shadow-friend grabbed me by the hand and pulled me out of my room, down the hall and to the front door. He was about to open it when I stopped him.

"Damian wait! I have to get dressed, brush my teeth, and etc!" I exclaimed while dragging him back to me room.

"Oh, sorry! I forgot." came his wispy tone. His head slowly bobbed up and down as he seemed to take me in again just as he had last night.

I flushed, embarassed. Doing an about-face I stumbled blindly down the halls since Damian hadn't thought to turn on the lights. They clicked on behind me, turning around again I saw him by the light switch.

"Thanks." I mumbled under my breath as I ran into my room.

My outfit consisted of a tightfiting black v-necked shirt with graffiti on it, my pair of dark-wash tight skinny jeans, and a pair of black ballet flats.

While slipping on one of my flats and running into the bathroom at the same time I failed to notice the same box I had triped over my fist day here.

Stumbling over it I ran into my bathroom door, which opened at the pressure. Slipping on my wet towel I had forgotten to put up last night I slid on it and fell in my bathtub, causing the shower curtain to rip off and cover me.

"Bailey are you alright!"Came Damian's worried muffled cry. His footsteps quietly ran down the hallway, through my room, and ended in my bathroom.

I lifted up the part of the curtain which was currently covering my eyes. "Hey there stranger...." was my sheepish reply.(a/n: This really happened to me ok! don't laugh! (of course there was no Damian, and my cat came to my rescue instead, but still!)) (but the bar came too, and just so happened to hit me on the head. :P) (then the next day it happened again, only I slipped because of the hairspray on the floor and I grabbed the nearest towel, but I ended up yanking the bar out of the wall......oops....) ( if you can't tell, I am a very klutzy person, one time I was carrying blankets downstairs and I tripped and fell on one, I ended up belly surfing on my pillows and blankets all the way to the bottom of the steps where I ran into a chair......)

He burst out laughing.

"Hey! Don't be dissin the klutzy! We have the evil leprechauns on out sides!" I exclaimed childishly as I attempted to disentangle myself from the shower curtain.(its true, my friend dissed me after the blanket incident, and the next morning while she was still sleeping, my bipolar cat bit her nose! It was so funny cuz she had no idea what happened!)

Of course this made him laugh even more, but give or take, he still came over to help me stand up. Somehow my head had gotten caught in the middle of the tear at the top so it looked like I was wearing a curtain poncho.

Damian was meanwhile bursting out in hysterics on the floor.

"Oh you are so lucky I don't you where you live! SO LUCKY!" I yelled as I yanked the curtain off of me. But me, being me, just had to loose my balance and land right on top of Damian, face to face. "Surprise." I said weakly.

(oooo! fluffy mooommment!)

"Hmmm Yay me..." was his breathless reply. I smiled and gently laid my head on his chest, noting that he had no heartbeat.

His ghostly arms snaked around my waist in response.

After a few moments of silence and enjoying his touch I had to say what was on my mind. "Do we reeeeeaallly have to go see that friend today.....I don't think I'm really up for it anymore." I whispered while snuggling into him.

"We can do what ever you want." He whispered, his breath blowing in my ear.

I shivered in pleasure.

"How about I Change back into more suitable clothes and we go into my living room and watch a movie?" I asked for his permission.

"A movie sounds good to me." He once again whispered in my ear, but I could swear I felt his lips graze over it as he did.

He gently sat up with me still on top of him and carried me bridal style back into my room, me blushing all the way. (yeah I know it sounds twilightish again, BUT this is really how I would act!(If you haven't noticed, she is a lot like me, only views things differently, we look the same, and both have never gone a single day without using sarcasm at least 50 times!))

Damian set me down on my feet and pressed his lips to my forehead agin gently. Then being the gentlemen he was, left me in my room to attend to my...lady moments.

For the first time....in forever, I couldn't decide what to wear....!

After having a mini argument inside my head I just decided on wearing what I had to bed the night before. I noticed it had certainly grabbed Damians attention the night before! Since I had already brushed my teeth, washed my face, put deodorant, and makeup on before I got changed to go to his friends house I no longer had to worry about it anymore. And when I say make up I mean a little mascara and carmex on. (I am not a fan of makeup, I just put the necessities on, like carmex so my lips don't get chapped and some slight mascara to bring out my eyes, that's it!)

I gently glided back into the living room and sat ontop of Damians lap causing him to jump in surprise.

"Aw worrying about the evil leprechauns again!?!?" I teased him while leaning into his chest.

"I...er...n-no!" He exclaimed while looking at what I was wearing again.

I pretended not to notice and named a movie I had been wanting to see for a long time.

"What about the Goonies!" I exclaimed while snaking my arms around his stomach, purposely making him flustered.

"...uhm...W-What?" He stuttered again.

"I said...Do, You, Want, To, Watch, The, Goonies!?!?!" I said, slightly teasing him.

"Uh....sure...." He said, for once not stuttering as he looked into my eyes instead of my outfit.

"Ok! Great!" I exclaimed while leaping up excited I would get to watch my all time favorite 80's movie again with someone I really liked....or something, but I didn't care what he was, he was just so sweet and funny!

"Oh wait! Is it ok if I fixed some popcorn real quick?" I asked, stopping right in front of him while looking over my shoulder.

"S-sure..." Back to the stuttering, he was staring at my exposed legs that were directly in front of him.

I giggled and quickly ran into the kitchen.

Ok, I'll admit that I was flirting and teasing him...a lot, but it was just so fun watching his reaction to me, ME!

The microwave deemed the popcorn done so I quickly ripped the bag open and poured it into a large bowl, not even noticing it when the bag burned my hands.

Setting the bowel down on the counter-top temporarily I ran into my room and turned all of my boxes over, yeah they had been there forever, but I didn't really notice during my...catatonic...state.

I saw the title on the case and quickly grabbing it I sprinted down the hallway into the kitchen and grabbed my bowel of popcorn off the countertop on the way out.

When I ran back into the living room, I froze, and droped my popcorn bowl, my popcorn spilling all over the carpet.

There, lying down on the couch was a God. He had cute, inch long, thick hair. Warm brown eyes, and perfect red lips. Damian was wearing a black jacket with a plain white and silver striped shirt on underneath, long baggy light washed jeans and black air-walks. Yet he still remained very ghostly pale

I let out a gust of breath and smiled. "Hi...." I breathed out again.

"Hello there yourself beautiful...." He whispered while I could visibly see his eyes raking over me again.

Beautiful! He called me BEAUTIFUL! No one had ever called me that...not even my mother, I frowned at the thought.

"Whats wrong?!?!" He breathed while coming over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him so we were mere inches apart.

"Nothing.." I covered up quickly.

"I have the movie! And...had...the popcorn." I grinned sheepishly again.

"Thats alright...I'll go make some more for you." He replied, releasing his hold on me while making his way into the kitchen.

"No no, its fine, I don't really care for it, we can just watch the movie." I exclaimed while putting my hand on his shoulder to stop him.

He just shrugged beneath my hand"Ok." He said while grinning at me. He went over and sat on the couch as I went and leaned down by the t.v.

I frowned as I realized the D.V.D player was located in the back of the cabinet. I got down on my hands and knees and crawled to the back of the t.v stand. Reaching over I grabbed the D.V.D player and began inching my way out, until I got stuck. Oh, gawd! why me! My butt was out of the cabnet and my upper torso inside. Oh, no! Squirming I tried to inch myself out, to no prevail.

"Uhm......Damian.." I called out, embarrassed.

"uh....hu...?"He replied sounding a bit out of it. I glanced back through the glass doors to find him ogling at my body....

"A little help!!!!" I exclaimed while trying once again to pull myself from the cabinet.

"What...oh..sorry."He mumbled, embarrassed I had caught him in the act as he crawled over to me.

"On three I want to you grab a hold of me and pull." I instructed him.

"K." my angel nodded.

"One.......Two......THREE!" Damian grabbed me by the waist and pulled with all his might as I tried to push myself out. With a re-astounding crash I came out and landed on my back on top of Damian for the second time today.

I felt him shaking beneath me with laughter, and I soon joined in, noticing his arms still wound tightly around my waist. I clutched the D.V.D. player in my hands and gently placed in on the ground next to us.

I turned my body so I was now facing him.

"Still up for that movie." I whispered, my face near centimeters from his.

"uhhhm......y-y-yeah...." He stuttered again, looking deep into my eyes.

I gently pulled myself away from him and plugged the D.V.D. player into the out-lit. Placing the disc into the player I quickly ran back into Damian awaiting arms on the couch. I pressed play and laid down gently, Damian behind me with his arm over my waist.

Before long I was asleep in Damians arms.

Haha there you go! 4,157 words!