Part Two: a little help from a stranger.

Notes: Sorry it took so long to update! things should be coming along more now since my life is getting less hectic! 3

That evening Kris wasn't hungray and decided not to have dinner with her family. she needed to get to the bottom of what was going on between her and Rich. She went to her room which luckiy had a private line.

To surprise him, she put her number on anonymous in case he wouldnt pick up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Rich?"

"OH, hi, uh... its you... um." he stammered.

"...Yah. It is. Where were you afterschool?" mine as well come right out with it right? Normally she wasnt i this /i brave.

"Oh... that... yeah. I had to leave around one and my brother was sick and"

Was that another voice in the background? It sounded like a girl. Rich had no sisters and he lived with his dad. Tears welled in her eyes. Why was he lying?

"Oh. OK. I thought... I saw you pulling out after school and-"

"Um, Kris?"

"Yeah."

"I kind of have to go but i need to tell you I think we shoud. have some time apart... Ive been talking to people and they agree."

Stunned, Kris couldnt say anything. WHO! screamed inside her head.

"ARe you there Kris? Hello? Kris?"

Panicked, Kris did the only thing she could think of, hang up the phone.

She sat next to the phone for half an hour waiting for him to call back. He didnt. The she cried.

Rich was the one person she truly loved. She imagined that they would be together forever and now he didnt even want her in his life. And it was so close to their anniversary. She had been looking forward to the halloween dance, what was she going to do with her life now?

Maybe she could talk to Megz and see if that really was her with him. Megz had been Kris's best girl friend for two years and she trusted her alot.

Another good thing was Kris had her own computer in her room. She logged on to the internet to see if she or any other friends were on.

No sign of Megz, hoever an online friend was on that she confided in alot. She didnt know much about them except she thoughtit was a guy maybe, she knew they told her their name once but she really didnt remeber. She had been confiding in them for over a year so they knew just about everything going on in her life, she always talked tot hem when she had a problem. In a way this person was like her angel.

Erik noticed Kris sign online and held his breath a moment seeing if she would message him. he looked forward to talking to her nearly on a daily basis, even if it was about school and her grades and turmoil and friends and most of all Rich. None of this he could really relate to but he couldnt i not /i listen, it was the closest friend he had. He tried to ignore that she was on and wasnt messaging him and glanced at his coursework, of course he was focused on it though.

Not until-

Hi

Thank God, he breathed out. He was so bad at starting converstations.

Hey how are you?

Rich dumped me. :(

He felt something inside him go light and airy. Hope? No. Stop it, he told himself, its not even feesible. However Rich sounded like a scumbag to him so he didnt feel bad feeling a little satisfaction.

Wow that's too bad. Are you ok?

No. I love him. I thought we would be together forever and now i cant even thing of moving on. I was supposed to go to the halloween dance with him and it's our anniversary and I realy just hate my life i cant stop crying

I know what you mean, not about guys, haha, but about harint your life. You just have to keep going that's all. And you SHOULD still go to the halloween dance.

There was a long pause and shit, he thought, why did he say that about the dance? He tried to push the thoughts from his mind but couldnt. And why wasnt she messaging him back yet?

I guess youre right. I do have my costume and its so cool, im a dead prom queen

LOL that is cool

Im gonna go though maybe Rich is calling me

Before he could say anything else, she signed off.

He turned over his idea. No it was stupid but maybe... it could work even if it was for one night... One night that wouldnt do any harm and one night how could that even affect his feelings?

He got up and went downstairs. His room was in the attic something he had come accustomed to, it was convienent theere would be no surprises if anyone dropped by...

Standing in front of the bathroom mirror he turnedo n the light and brushed some longish strands of dark hair away.

Covering half his face he was really good looking. However when he did the same with the other side that wasnt the case. It looked like one side had been twisted around and completely distorted. The eyes on that side was pale and dull blue and he didnt have a lot of hair there.

Even with modern medicine there wasnt anything doctors could do because it was on his head.

Sighing he washed up and went back upstairs thinking of any costumes he might have. His younger brother might have something except Erik was as thin as a rail. Maybe that meant he shouldnt do this... but his heart was set on it.