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Chapter 2 – The hospital room

Death.

Such a short word... It's what most people are afraid of...

Most people say that death is just the beginning of life, but what do they know? I know that death is just a small hurdle in the way of life. But somehow you never seem to be happy again, once you know what you've left behind.

I always hated my family. My dad died when I was a child so I don't really remember much of him and my mom never loved me. She always shouted at me and treated me like dirt. That's why I never minded the fact that I've been dead the last two years.

And now... Why am I thinking about these things? Why does it bother me so much that everybody in this college is alive and I'm the only one that's not?

Staring at nothing in particular I turned my gaze to Tysons sleeping form and then over to Max. They were sleeping so peacefully, it made me wonder why I wasn't asleep yet. I sat up and lent myself against the wall. The streetlights infront of the window filled the room with a dim glow. It was just enough to see everythings outline. I stared out of the window at the star filled sky.

"... Max... where... ... are you?..."

I turned to see if I had somehow woken Tyson but he just seemed to be dreaming. It feels strange to be living in a room with those two. Hyperactiv, happy, gay. They were both the exact oppisite to me. Well, except for the last thing. I think that those two guys being gay and together is what really makes me envy them. I've been gay all my life and I've never had a proper boyfriend. I was never able to show my true feelings and was always mean to everybody...

"Kai? Are you awake?" Tyson voice whispered in the dark.

"Maybe." I replied, kicking myself for being so horrible to him.

"Do you mind if I come over and sit by you?" His voice sounded shaky.

"If you want. Just don't try anything gay-like. I don't want you taking advantage of the dark."

I heard him jump of his bed and walk over to my bed.

"How come you're still up?" he asked settling down next to me. I had only just asked that question myself, so how the hell was I supposed to know. So? Why was I up?

"I dunno. How come you've suddenly woken up out of you slumber?"

"Bad dreams, I guess." He replied with a sigh.

"What about?"

"None of your business." He suddenly snapped and jumped of the bed. All I did was look shocked, I mean can you blame me? Someone that looks so sweet and kind suddenly snapping at you as if I had just insulted him big time.

"Sorry I asked." I said before he got to his bed. And all he did then was get in his bed and fall asleep. I wonder if he had a bad case of mood swings... I stopped thinking about it and got back under the nice warm bedcovers.

The next day....

"KAI!" Some loud voice shouted next to my ear. "We're gonna be late if you don't hurry!"

I opened my eyes slightly and was blinded by light.

"What the hell's going on?" I asked. "What time is it?"

"Half past eight. Our first lesson is supposed to be starting right at this moment." The voice I now recognized as Maxs told me and it took me a few seconds to actually process what he had just said. I jumped up out of the covers and looked around to see what everybody was doing.

"Max, why didn't yo-... whoa!!! Why aren't you dressed?" I exclaimed seeing that he had absolutly nothing on.

"I've only just got up myself." He looked at me, with a puzzeled expression.

"Do you always sleep totally naked? Haven't you ever heard of pyjamas?"

"What's wrong with sleeping with no clothes on? I've got nothing to hide from you guys. You've all got the same things as me so why should I hide it?" He said with a big smile on his face.

"Great gay and naked in bed. Anything else you want to tell me?"

"No. But how come you're so talkative today? Yesterday we hardly got anything out of you."

"Yesterday I wasn't late for a lesson and you weren't hoping round the room naked. So don't think that I'm always like this."

"So, does that mean you like the sight of me naked?"

"No. You better not do it again!" I said pulling my sweater over my head.

Seeing that he finally had some clothes on I quickly looked over at my time table and saw that we had PE. Physical Education? Why the hell did we have to be late for that? The coach would probably make us run laps or something. Well atleast we don't have to get changed in a cramped changing- room.

"So. Are you ready to go?" I asked Max seeing that he was still fiddling with some thing under his bed.

"What d'you mean?"

"Ready to go with me to the gym."

"Oh. Sorry to tell you this but I don't have PE. All that exercise would kill me."

"So I'm gonna be late on my own? Oh this is just great. Well see ya later."

I probably won't see him later but it just seemed like the best thing to say. How weired, I don't think PE has killed anybody yet. Well, except that time I had to kill a boy I saw in my vision but I don't think that'll happen anytime soon to Max.

The Gym wasn't actually that far away from our dorm. And it surprised me to see Tyson still changing into his gym clothes.

"How come you're still here?" I asked, starting to get changed myself.

"I forgot what time it was in the caféteria." He paused to think and then pulled his shorts on. "I've talked to the coach already. We're gonna have to do ten laps and then fifty push-ups."

"You what?" I shouted in protest.

"Apparently that's standard for being ten minutes late. He said it burns away the fat we got while we were being to lazy to get here on time."

"Fat? Do I look fat to you?" I asked, putting my trainers on and walking out of the room with him.

We entered the sportshall and saw that the rest of the class were all sat on a long bank next to each other. We walked up to the coach and he looked at us bitterly.

"So, you're the other guy who thinks he can come late to my class." He said grumpily, looking me over. "You two are late and it's only the first day. I'll let you off this time but if it happens again there'll be trouble. Now sit down!"

We obeyed his comand and before we could even sit a second he'd already told us what we were doing next. First we had to run twenty laps then fifty push-ups and then twenty more laps.

This is killing me!!! No wonder Max said it would kill him... Atleast I'm on my last lap and the fact that the lesson is nearly over is even better! I really just can't wait for all the muscel pains I'm going to have tommorow. The finish line's just a few more ste-

"Ahh!!"

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!!" Someone said behind me as I fell flat on my face hitting my knee on the way down. I didn't even have time to see who had said it before everything went black.

In the hospital room...

"Kai............... Kai..." I heard faintly in the distance.

"KAI!!!!!!"

I jumped up, eyes wide open and god wasn't my head throbbing...

"Oh, Thank god you're okay." The girl sat next to me said. Looking round the room I noticed that I hadn't got any clue of where I was sitting......... wait, I'm not even sitting! Why the hell am I layed in a bed with white bed- covers?

"We were very worried about you, Kai." A strange woman (that I've never seen before) said. "I'm the headmisstress of this college. I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting yet." She added and held out her hand for me to shake it.

"No, we haven't..." I answered. It was rather strange, I didn't know quite what to make of her tight top which only just held in its contents and the shortest skirt I had ever seen.

"It's very lucky that you only sprained your ankle. The coach said that you took a very nasty fall. So I hope you'll be attending tomorrows lessons." She asked me with a suspicious look as if she were expecting me to stay in this room for the next week.

"Of course he will, ma'am. I'll take care of him today." The girl next to me suddenly said in a kreeping kind of way.

"Well, that would be very nice of you Jade." The headmisstress said with a warm smile. The girl smiled back at her and I felt a lot of dislike growing in me.

"Well, I must get on now. I'll see you tomorrow in my office, Kai." She said while exiting the room, leaving me alone with the girl I didn't even know...

"I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting yet." The girl suddenly said, mimiking the headmistress. "God how I hate that woman! She drives me insane. But anyway..." She shot an evil look at me. "What gives you the big idea to run infront of me and make it look as if I had tripped you?"

"Excuse me?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "What are you talking about? You said so yourself, you tripped me by accident."

"I lied." She plainly stated looking me straight in the eye.

"You what?"

"Well someone had to look as if they were concerned about you and since I have the best reputation on this college, so I had no choice but to pretend that I cared for your poor little leg."

What the hell was wrong with this girl? One second she's all goodie goodie and now all of a sudden she's the devil in person.

"You know, I don't have to listen to this." I said as I lifted the cover off of me and got out of the bed.

"I wouldn't stand up if I were you." She said watching me carefully.

I ignored her and stood up, pushing myself up with my hands but as sonn as I had stood up a burning pain shot through the whole of my leg. I fell back onto the bed cursing to myself.

"I thought you said I sprained my ankle."

"I did but I never said that I was telling the truth." She said with a smirk.

"So, what have I really done to my leg?"

"You broke it."

This was just getting better by the minute. She must be playing a joke or something because at this moment I really do not understand her.

"But don't worry. You Death Demons always heal fast so it shouldn't be a problem fo you, should it?" she said staring at the ceiling.

Now she really was scaring me. How the hell did she know that about me? Am I that diferent to everybody else that I stick out like a saw thumb? Or maybe...

"I don't know what you're talking about." I said not looking at her.

"Oh, come on. You're dragon wings do make it quite obvious." She said touching my left wing with her hand. She really wasn't making this all up. But how did she know? What did she want from me? There was something about her that made me feel week and helpless. It wasn't a feeling I really liked.

"I saw you talking to Ray yesterday at dinner. What did you want from him?" She looked me straight in the eye. It felt like I was being searched through thoroughly.

"Nothing. He came to me. I never told him to come to me."

"Liar. Nobody talks to a Death Demon out of their on will. That's why you're such good workers. You have know real friends to hold you back."

Her words were like knifes stabbing me everywhere. It wasn't true, I do have friends. Friends I can count on. Or do I? Why did Ray come to me yesterday? And what happened? Whycan't I remember?

"If Ray is your next target or anybody else out of this college, just know that you have me as an enemy."

I looked up at her and for the first time I actually saw, the reason for why she knew about my wings. She had wings herself. Jade coloured ones...

"I'll be watching you Kai." She said as she left the room.

I didn't really care about what she had said. It just confused me that I couldn't remember what happened with Ray or why he came to me... to be continued

Hey I finally made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I finally posted the next chapter!!! Don't worry the next one wont take as long as this one did. I'm getting back into the rhythm of writing again so expect some updates soon!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that there was no Ray in this chapie but he'll be back in the next chap. (-)/ bye, bye