Living Dreams: Chapter 2-The Forgiven
It had been another sleepless night...He was too busy thinking...he couldn't focus..."I don't know why I'm acting like this"...but he did...he knew as well as everyone else in the school...even the teachers were poking cracks at him now...he was in love with someone he didn't even know...he still called her by The Girl ...her name didn't matter it wouldn't change anything...Drake was still in his bed at 9:00 am...he was usually up by 7:00 am...but today was different than any other day...he rose from the bed and went out to the balcony...where he spent many of his dark nights now...he leaned on the railing and set his eyes to the grounds...students were gathering out of their classes...Drake was still the main subject of rumors...many of which weren't true...some of which he wished were true..."i wonder where she is now"...he wouldn't have to wonder for long...he found her...she was sitting in a small tree with class companions grouped around her...Drake quickly ran back inside and out of his dorm...then through the many corridors to the large wooden doors of Hogwarts...He threw his weight against the doors and managed to open one enough where he could slip through...as soon as he stepped out of the castle many whispers awoke...he wanted to say something...but it wouldn't quite come out right...his words were stuttered and awkward..."I...I do-...I d-don't"...
"oh look at him now...he can't even talk straight" the small classmate laughed at his own joke...
Drake didn't really mind it...he's been hearing it all night outside the door of his dorm...he took a few steps towards the tree...a path seemed to open between all the students...a straight walkway from his spot on the front steps of Hogwarts...to the lone tree...now completely abandoned...except for her...
Drake didn't know what to do...since when did what the students say matter to him...never...and it took him a while to realize that he didn't care now...he walked through the groups of watchful eyes...one after another striking him with a different pain...one that Drake had never bothered with...He was now standing at the base of the tree staring at the trunk listening to the jests around him...
Before jumping up he makes a last look back at his "audience"...all staring at him with a light glare in their eyes that paralyzed Drake on the inside...then up at the girl...she was staring at him with her deep blue eyes...they had a certain affection...it calmed him and made all his other thoughts disappear..all the sound around him stopped and everything went silent...even Drake was astounded...the moment he had been waiting for...the time he would be able to talk to the person that made him feel like he was different than every other person at this school...to tell exactly how he felt...he felt like he was loved and that he could love...
Drake sat next to her still staring into her eyes...he didn't know what to say...but the words that came weren't from his mind..they were from his heart..."you have beautiful eyes"...he would never know what she was going to say...the bell for next classes rang...and she immediately hopped from the tree and ran towards the castle...Drake could only sit there wondering why...that tree was a special place to him...and he spent the rest of that afternoon carving notes into the branches with a pocket knife...many of which were feelings he had that he thought he couldn't tell anyone...he took a last deep breath before hopping from the tree himself...then slowly stumbled into the castle...a dim shadow turned from a balcony above and walked into a nearby dorm...
That night...for the first time...Drake slept...he had dreams...it was the first peaceful night he had in ages...and when he awoke he still had some questions...that night he found a carving next to his...one made by her...and that calmed him because she knew what he meant...what he wanted to say...what he wished he could say...all Drake could do was smile...and he did...from the walk to the castle...to his dorm...and the balcony...and back to the tree the next morning where he found the memories he wanted to hold for the rest of his life...
It had been another sleepless night...He was too busy thinking...he couldn't focus..."I don't know why I'm acting like this"...but he did...he knew as well as everyone else in the school...even the teachers were poking cracks at him now...he was in love with someone he didn't even know...he still called her by The Girl ...her name didn't matter it wouldn't change anything...Drake was still in his bed at 9:00 am...he was usually up by 7:00 am...but today was different than any other day...he rose from the bed and went out to the balcony...where he spent many of his dark nights now...he leaned on the railing and set his eyes to the grounds...students were gathering out of their classes...Drake was still the main subject of rumors...many of which weren't true...some of which he wished were true..."i wonder where she is now"...he wouldn't have to wonder for long...he found her...she was sitting in a small tree with class companions grouped around her...Drake quickly ran back inside and out of his dorm...then through the many corridors to the large wooden doors of Hogwarts...He threw his weight against the doors and managed to open one enough where he could slip through...as soon as he stepped out of the castle many whispers awoke...he wanted to say something...but it wouldn't quite come out right...his words were stuttered and awkward..."I...I do-...I d-don't"...
"oh look at him now...he can't even talk straight" the small classmate laughed at his own joke...
Drake didn't really mind it...he's been hearing it all night outside the door of his dorm...he took a few steps towards the tree...a path seemed to open between all the students...a straight walkway from his spot on the front steps of Hogwarts...to the lone tree...now completely abandoned...except for her...
Drake didn't know what to do...since when did what the students say matter to him...never...and it took him a while to realize that he didn't care now...he walked through the groups of watchful eyes...one after another striking him with a different pain...one that Drake had never bothered with...He was now standing at the base of the tree staring at the trunk listening to the jests around him...
Before jumping up he makes a last look back at his "audience"...all staring at him with a light glare in their eyes that paralyzed Drake on the inside...then up at the girl...she was staring at him with her deep blue eyes...they had a certain affection...it calmed him and made all his other thoughts disappear..all the sound around him stopped and everything went silent...even Drake was astounded...the moment he had been waiting for...the time he would be able to talk to the person that made him feel like he was different than every other person at this school...to tell exactly how he felt...he felt like he was loved and that he could love...
Drake sat next to her still staring into her eyes...he didn't know what to say...but the words that came weren't from his mind..they were from his heart..."you have beautiful eyes"...he would never know what she was going to say...the bell for next classes rang...and she immediately hopped from the tree and ran towards the castle...Drake could only sit there wondering why...that tree was a special place to him...and he spent the rest of that afternoon carving notes into the branches with a pocket knife...many of which were feelings he had that he thought he couldn't tell anyone...he took a last deep breath before hopping from the tree himself...then slowly stumbled into the castle...a dim shadow turned from a balcony above and walked into a nearby dorm...
That night...for the first time...Drake slept...he had dreams...it was the first peaceful night he had in ages...and when he awoke he still had some questions...that night he found a carving next to his...one made by her...and that calmed him because she knew what he meant...what he wanted to say...what he wished he could say...all Drake could do was smile...and he did...from the walk to the castle...to his dorm...and the balcony...and back to the tree the next morning where he found the memories he wanted to hold for the rest of his life...
