A tall young man with dark shaggy black hair stood in the shadows as he watched the girl of his dreams walk by.
This dark young man was Paton Yewbeam. He was hidden in the shadows as he watched the pretty young girl walk down the street and into her home. He watched silently as the cold night breeze blew at his hair. All that could be seen of Paton in the dark gloom was his bright gleaming eyes.
Paton was now 19 and was madly in love with a girl named Alexandra. Is this the same Alexandra five years ago? Yes, yes it was. Alexandra loved Paton back. Paton had grown to be quite a handsome young man. He was also considerably tall. Alexandra and Paton often snuck out in the middle of the night to just hang out and talk. Paton never really went out in daylight. Alexandra just assumed that Paton was shy around others. Everytime Alexandra would attempt to turn on the light Paton would yell and tell her not to. So she assumed he was just trying to save energy. But that was the problem with their relationship. Alexandra really didn't know Paton as well as she thought. She just assumed most of the time but never really actually knew.
It was tonight that she was going to realise how much she really did know about Paton. Tonight was the night of sorrow and pain.
A cold wind blew, the bare trees rattled and shook. A dark evening cloud drifted over the full moon as Paton took his chance to step out from the shadows. He had to tell her. He had to tell her now. He loved her. He could not lie to her any longer. What's the point of loving someone when there was no trust? He was going to tell her the truth.
He pulled on his hood as he shielded his eyes from the street lights as he walked past them. He continued to walked and came to a halt at a door. His hood was pulled well over his face. In the dark gloom anyone would have thought Paton was some sort of burglar. But when Alex saw the dark gloomy figure at her doorstep she knew right away that it was Paton. She went over and opened her front door.
"Paton? What are you doing here?" She asked not at all surprised to see him at this late of an hour.
"I came here to tell you something." Paton told her.
Alex began to worry. What did he have to tell her?
"Can we.. can we talk somewhere?" Paton asked her not daring to look at her in the eye.
"Yeah sure. Hold on just let me get my coat." Alex quickly ran over to her coat rack and grabbed a jacket which she quickly put on.
Alex closed her front door and followed Paton as he began to stride away.
"Well what do you have to tell me?" She asked him as she tried to keep pace with him. Paton was quite a fast walker.
"Can't say." Paton murmured. "Not here." Paton continued to walk with Alex quickly following him from a couple paces behind. Paton led her to a very dark alley and finally came to a halt. He stopped rather too quickly causing Alex to walked straight into him. "Umph-" Alex murmured as she crashed into a very well built body. Paton cupped Alex's chin with his hand and gently lifted her head up. Alex found herself looking into very dark eyes. Paton brought his face closer to hers and and whispered, "Are you afraid of the dark?" Alex blushed at how close Paton's face was to hers and was slightly surprised by his question. "No." She answered simply. "Well I hope that would help ease you of what you are about to see." Paton told her. What did he mean by that? She wondered.
"I haven't been completely honest with you." Paton began. Alex's heart skipped a beat. Where was he going with this? She asked herself. "You see... I don't go out in daylight therefore I cannot take you out on dates." Paton looked at Alex and continued with what he had to say. "But even though we never really actually gone on a date.. I still somehow fell in love with you." Alex's face flushed with excitement. Paton noticed this and said, "But I realised that this isn't true love. It's more of a crush." Alex could feel the tears bulding up inside her. Was he going to break up with her? "I cannot love a person when I know that all I did was lie to them." Paton could see Alex's eyes watering in the dark, the moonlight made it glisten. "But I'm willing to love you if you accept what I am about to show you. Are you ready?" Paton asked her. Alex nodded.
"Very well." Paton grabbed Alex's hand with his and walked her down the dark alley. Alex saw that at the end of the alley there was a distant light. When they came close to the end Alex realised that it was an old street light. She noticed that Paton tugged at his hood. "Are you ready?" Paton asked once more, his eyes completely hidden under his dark hood. "Y-yes." Alex replied. Paton lifted his head up, his hood shifted a bit allowing his eyes to be seen. Paton appeared to be looking at the street light. Alex could feel a strange hum coming from him. "W-what's happening?" Alex asked in concern.
Bang!
The street light suddenly exploding causing Alex to jump in fright. Paton pulled his hood back down and turned to look at Alex. "Now you know my secret." Alex looked at Paton frightfully. Was he some sort of monster? Were those rumours about him true? Alex slowly began to back away. "Alex please don't be scared.." Paton took a step forward but Alex just took another step back. "Alex.." Paton began, the hurt was just too overwhelming. Alex just shook her head back and forth. "No.." She began. "Please.. just no. I'm sorry Paton." She said as she turned around and ran.
Paton stood with his hand stretch out as he if he were trying to pull her back. He didn't move but just watched. When he lost of sight of her he pulled his hood well over his face and looked up at the full moon. In the moonlight it revealed Paton's watery eyes. He did not cry though. He was tired of crying. He spent his whole life crying. He wasn't going to cry anymore. He gave up.