Chapter 7
I traced my reflection in the mirror then splashed a little water on face.
I had awoken this morning feeling as though everything I had experienced yesterday was just a dream, I couldn't remember anything about the school or the people I had met; all I could think or see was her. My angel.
My sleep had not erased the intense feelings I had felt yesterday for Alice, though it did leave me a little confused. Not once had I questioned the connection we shared or why she was the only person I had ever wanted to open up to.
I didn't even know anything about my angel yet not one part of me regretted what we had done. I couldn't ever regret it, it was the day I finally came alive.
I knew, however, that we needed to slow things down. I wanted to get to know Alice, what she liked or disliked and whether she had any siblings. I wanted to know everything about her, I wanted to be a part of her life and I wanted her to be a part of mine though she was already a part of me.
I glanced back up at the mirror and grimaced at what I saw staring back at me. I had always known there was nothing special about me, I was always just average but today perhaps what I had been missing all along, I looked sick. My skin was pale and washed out and the skin below my eyes was a deep purple, it reminded me of how my mother looked, exhausted.
I could always see how much my presence took its toll on my mother but I had never noticed how much it had taken its toll on me. Life was simply draining me but how could it be when I had never even really lived.
The drive to school was silent, though it always was. I had never noticed or been bothered by this before so why was I now?
As I pulled into the parking my eyes immediately sought out a small figure standing against a silver Volvo, the sadness I had felt earlier vanished completely as every part of me screamed to get back to my angel.
She stood by my door as I climbed out, a small smile on her lips. A part of me wanted to just grab her and throw her into my truck and drive off with her but I knew I had to force that part of me back.
I slid my hand down her arm feeling the bumps rise at my touch and then clasped her hand in mine. A small sigh slid out between her lips. "I missed you" she whispered, her large doe eyes seeking mine. I leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek, my silent way of saying that I had missed her too. I could see by the way her eyes lit up that she understood.