Chapter Fourteen

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Chapter Fourteen

After I scream Kyle and Jesse came running into the closet.

"What's wrong Athena? Why are you screaming?" Kyle asks worriedly as he rushes over to me.

"T-the....w-wall." Was all I manage to get out before I fell backwards. I brace myself to hit the carpeted floor, but something--or more like someone caught me.

"Athena, it's okay. Calm down. I'm not going to let him take you. You're going to be with me, you're safe." Jesse murmured these things in my ear from behind where he still held me. It calmed me down immensely. I felt safe on his arms.

"Okay, someone needs to tell me what the hell is going on here because I am pretty sure that that writing was not there five minutes ago when I was in here!" Kyle yells at us.

"Dude, just calm down. We will explain later." Jesse says. He lifts me up bridal style and carries me to my bed. He brushes the hair out of my face and got back up from the bed to go in the closet.

"Kyle, can you just pick up the dead cat and bury it somewhere. I think that we have had enough excitement for one night. I'll just scrub the blood up." In a time of need Jesse was always there to give instructions.

I get up from the bed and start walking towards the closet. I hate being helpless. "I'll help you." I offer to Jesse. He looks at me with disagreement.

"No, you are going to lie down. You've been through enough today, Athena. I think it's your turn for a break." He looks at me sincerely.

"No I'm not." I say back. I walk over to where Kyle dropped the cleaning supplies and pick up a brush and some cleaner. I clean the blood stain that was under the cat away. It was a good thing that I had dark carpet.

"You are the most stubbornness person I have ever met." Jesse says laughing.

"Well I want the job done quickly so I don't have to smell this horrible smell of death again." I tell him.

"I love it that you're so determined. You sure don't take crap from anyone do you?" Jesse asks.

"Haven't your already figured out that I don't like to be bossed around? Haven't you noticed that in the five days you've known me?" A question answering a question. I was sounding more like my therapist

He just shakes his head and smiles. "Even though this demon thing is stalking you, you still smile like nothing is wrong. How do you do it?" How do I do it? To be honest, I'm not sure how I do it.

"I don't know. I just don't think about it." I replied. Things were easier if they weren't thought about. That's how I got through life. How I got through losing my friends. How I got through losing my dad. It was my motto.

"I wish I was as strong as you." Jesse says quietly. It was so intimate. It seemed like the air around us changes. That after the almost kiss thing we've became closer. It was weird. I'm not sure I like it yet. I never had been close to someone before like with Jesse. I was starting to sound like one of those whiney girls in the romance novels. I was starting to sound like someone who was in love.

But I'm not. I can never love or no one can ever love me. I was just too weird. I was a freak.

"You don’t wish you were anything like me. I’m no good.” I whisper. I was saying it to myself, so I could get back to reality.

I hear my door open and saw Kyle with a disgusted expression on his face.

“Okay guys the cat is now buried and gone. Athena you owe me so much explaining. Can you tell me what is going on now?” Kyle asks. It’s about time we tell him. The last of the blood was almost all off my wall. The smell was getting better now that it was all off.

I don’t know how I’m supposed to explain this to Kyle. I don’t know where to even start. I look over to Jesse to see on how he is going to deal with this.

He returns my stare and smiles then nods. “I think we are going to need to sit down for this one, Kyle. Things might get a little intense.” He says. Kyle nods and walks back into my bedroom. Jesse gets up from off of the floor and walks over to me. He holds out a hand and smiles.

“I think it’s about time we tell him, don’t you think?” Jesse asks. There once was a time that I told Kyle everything. I don’t know why I stopped. Why didn’t I tell him about Jesse? I didn’t want to tell him about Jesse. I wanted to keep Jesse to myself—no matter how stalkerish that sounds, it was true.

“Yeah sure.” I say as Jesse pulls me up from the floor. Let’s get this over with.

Jesse and I head out of the closet where we find Kyle on the small love seat that was to

the left of the closet.

“Finally stopped making out to come and tell me what’s going on.” Kyle asks rudely with a smirk on his face. Sometimes I want to drop kick him.

“Do you want us to tell you or not, Puddles?” I ask. Kyle widens his eyes and then narrows them.

“Puddles?” Jesse questions. I smirk widely and look at Kyle who was begging me with his eyes not to tell Jesse. “Athena, no! Please!” Kyle says in a low whisper. I shake my head and look at Jesse.

“When Kyle was fourteen, him and I went to a haunted house for a Halloween carnival. When Kyle was walking through a door way a guy grabbed his arm and screamed “BOO!” Let’s just say that Kyle had to borrow some pants afterwards; earning him the nick name of Puddles.” I explain. Jesse laughs and Kyle glares at me.

“You said wouldn’t tell anyone!” Kyle screeched. I shrug and say “You said you would stay out of my business. But look how that turned out.”

“Whatever, can you now explain? Like now.” Kyle pouts.

“Sure, whatever tinkle bell.” I reply. Jesse snorts and Kyle glares at me more, If possible.

“So don’t freak out on us, okay? We understand that this is a lot to take in but we don’t need you signing us up for a mental institute.” Jesse says to Kyle. Kyle nods and looks down at the ground.

So in about an hour or two. We’ve (Jesse and I) tried are hardest to explain to Kyle about what has happened. All the way from when we met each other at the mental hospital to when we found the dead cat. It was a lot to explain but we’ve manage to get it through Kyle. He knows that we’re being stalk by a demon who wants are soul. He seems to take it well I guess. We showed him the pictures and the notes. He was surprise to see that we weren’t lying or that we weren’t crazy.

“So wait, you’re telling me that you lied about peeing for half an hour?” Kyle finally asks after we done all are explaining.

“Out of all the questions you can ask, you ask that one?” Seriously Kyle, seriously? I think I need a new best friend.

“I don’t like being lied to, Athena. Did you pee for half an hour?” Kyle asks. Isn’t it obvious that I wasn’t peeing for thirty minutes? Good god.

“No Kyle, I lied. I wasn’t peeing for half an hour. I was running away from Jesse. Happy?” I tell Kyle.

“Why were you running from Jesse?”

“Yeah, why were you running from me?” Both boys were questioning me. God, do I have to go through this again? Can I answer this with a ‘none of your beez wax’ phrase? No, that wouldn’t work; Kyle would probably tickle it out of me; or at least to the point where my nickname would be Puddles.

“Um…well I was scared, okay! Jesus, can’t I run away from someone without being question?” I say a little more sharply than I intended to. The boys looked over to me weirdly like I was crazy or something. I wonder where they got that idea.

“I’m not crazy okay! That Sunday when I met Jesse just freaked me out okay! And then on Monday Jesse kept following me even though I made it pretty freaking clear that I didn’t want to talk to him,” I say the last part a loudly directed over to Jesse. “And then run outside and hide from him because he wouldn’t stop chasing after me. Like dude I know I’m sexy but lay off of me for like five minutes. When I thought I lost him, I was behind a tree and then boom he showed up and was like ‘I see ghost to Athena. We should become best friends so we can live normal lives.’ He didn’t really give me much of a choice than to say yes. I was scared okay! You would be to if some guy came up to you and was like ‘Um hey dude, I know that you see ghost and all, and I just wanted to tell you I see them to.’ I didn’t want to tell you Kyle because you’d would have been all like ‘Athena, do I have to give you the sex talk again’ and then I would have been like ‘Ew, gross Kyle.’ But then you would proceed to tell me about how babies are born and that how one out of four babies is born with a full set of teeth. So I just told you that I was peeing because I knew you weren’t going to question my bodily fluids.” I ramble. Kyle and Jesse just stare at me with a confused expression. They look back at me like I’m crazy. Ha ha.

“Somehow I doubt that would have happened.” Kyle says. Finally speaking breaking the silence. I shrug back into the couch.

“Seriously Athena, I wasn’t stalking you. I was just trying to talk to you. There is a difference. But aren’t you glad that we became tots BFFs?” Jesse asks referencing the conversation that we had earlier today. Kyle looks at me with an amused expression.

“No, you can’t have her. She’s my BFF! Right Athena?” Kyle looks over to me. I snort. Stupid Kyle.

“No guys, don’t worry. There is plenty of Athena to go around. But yes, I am glad that we met even though you had to stalk me.” I reply to Jesse. It was true, I was pretty glad. Even though we almost kissed. Athena shut up! What if it had continued? What if are two lips pressed together? That was what kissing was, right? Two lips clashing together. Ew.

Do I like Jesse? NO! Yes? Maybe? I don’t know. I’m not sure. My brain hurts.

“Okay guys, I gotta go. I have to meet…a friend.” Kyle says and then got up to move. Probably to go meet another one of his friends that pees sitting down.

“Okay, I’ll walk you out.” I get off the couch and follow Kyle out my room, leaving Jesse on the couch.

“So you and Jesse?” Kyle asks as we near the door. I can practically hear his smirk.

“There is no me and Jesse.” I mumble.

“Okay, that’s exactly the reason you were trying to eat his face earlier.” Kyle responds.

“Not-uh! I didn’t try to eat his face. I am not a cannibal!”

“Okay! I just wanted to ask. I don’t want to be an uncle just yet.” Kyle says. I hit him on the shoulder.

“Kyle, I think it’s time for you to leave.” I try to push Kyle out of the door but he didn’t budge.

“Did you know that one out of four babies are born with a full set of teeth?” Kyle asks. Ugh! Not again.

“Kyle get out! Go meet up with your friend who pees sitting down.” I manage to push Kyle out and shut the door.

I walk up back to my room with my shoulders slump and my head down. I was exhausted. I reach my room and see that Jesse is still on my couch, almost asleep.

“Jesse! Wake up.” I shake him a little before he fully is awoken. By the looks of things, he is just as exhausted as me. I slump down on the couch as Jesse yawns.

“Best. Day. Ever.” I mutter with fake excitement. I was so about to fall asleep on this couch. So warm and comfy…just want to lay my head on it and go to sleep forever…

“Athena, I have a question…” Jesse says, breaking me from my sleeping trans.

“What?” I ask sleepily.

“Why does everyone avoid you?” Jesse asks softly, he sounds like he didn’t was to ask the question. I was fine with him asking it, it’s not like a sore subject.

“Ugh, it’s a long story.” I say recalling the memory.

I was just thirteen when is happened. I was on the charter bus waiting to arrive at the Grand Canyon. I remember being super excited since this was my first trip out of state. The loud chatter of the 8th grade students were filling up the bus. I remember sitting there with my friend Stephanie next to me and my other two friends Lucinda and Devon in front of my seat with their fronts towards us.

“So Athena, I hear that someone likes you.” Devon said as she ran her fingers through her hair to fix it.

“Oh my god, who!?” I asked excitedly. I remember being overly excited that someone liked me.

“It’s Nate. I hear him tell Timothy in science.” Stephanie says eagerly. She was just as excited as I was.

“Nate likes me! No way.” I whispered screamed. I recall having a huge crush on Nate back then.

“Yes way! He told me in Math.” Lucinda said proudly. I blushed and laughed. It felt like I just had won the lottery.

“Alright kids, we’re here! It’s time to get off the bus. Everyone in a single file line!” The teacher commanded the students. We all got off the bus and met up with the tour guide. He explained the rules and a little bit of history of the place. Soon we were off to go visit the canyons.

A whole hour went by, by just taking pictures and exploring the canyons. I was having fun taking and gossiping with my friends—that was until I got that depressed feeling. See, just after hitting puberty I started to see ghost. I was still a little confused of what was going on with my head. I never really got the full blown depression that I experience now when I see ghost.

So I just ignored the new feeling and kept on talking with my friends. The feeling built up inside me. It felt like a tidal wave was coming to hit. When the water draws back, getting ready to attack. When finally whatever was holding the water back stopped, there was a few second pause and then the water hits, drowning everything in sight. Having no mercy for the innocent.

The depression was killing me on the inside. My knees buckled from under me and I fell to the ground. I cried out, tears in my eyes. It was too much to take in at once. I couldn’t breathe; it felt like someone was someone was sitting on my chest.

Then I hear voices. They were all around me, everywhere. They whisper things of death, war, and violence. There were people standing all around me, dead people. They were covered in blood and dirt, they were so dirty I couldn’t even make out their features. The voices got louder, so I put my hands over my ears begging the voices to stop.

“LEAVE ME ALONE!” I yelled as loud as I could. I was sobbing, I felt like I couldn’t take much more of this or I would die.

“ATHENA!” A familiar voice yelled. The voices stopped and the people were gone. All that was left was the confused faces of my 8th grade class. I pick my head up to see my bestfriend Kyle standing over me. He crouched down and asked me what was wrong.

“Well that is what happened.” I told Jesse. I explained the whole story and he listen the whole time, not asking one question.

Jesse nods. “I’m sorry.” Jesse says while getting up. “I am sorry that that has ever happened to you.”

I shrug; I got over it along to time ago. “It just made me realize who my true friends were. It did me more good than harm.” Jesse smiles at that.

“Okay, well I have to go back to my house or else my mom would start to worry.” Jesse says reluctantly. I nod and show him out the door.

“I’ll see you tomorrow at Adler.” Jesse says and then started to walk off into the direction of his house. I walk back up to my room and flop down on my bed. I close my eyes and start to drift off…until my phone started to ring.

I growl in annoyance and search for the phone that was still in my pocket.

“What?” I say in a tired voice.

“Hey Athena!” I voice says through the other side.

“Emery?”

A/N: OHHHHH! suspenceful!!!! So I sent this message to all fans, please read.People keep telling me that Athena rolls her eyes too much. Well you don't Athena, you don't know what shes been through, you don't know how much milk she likes on her coco puffs. If Athena wants to roll her eyes every other second, let her do it. It's just the way her eyes function. I can't control her eye movements so don't complain to me when she does it too much. What am I going to do? Go up to Athena and say "Yeah...um well my fans on wattpad don't like you rolling your eyes every other second. So can you maybe stop it because it doesn't please my fans too much." And then Athena would be like "Who the hell are you? What the eff is wattpad? Is that like some kind of new lightbulb brand? I really don't want to here about your lightbulbs so can you like leave me the eff alone? I got some rachet demon to run away from who wants my soul." Then Athena would roll her eyes and then walk away to go make out with Jesse. You see how that didn't work out? You see how I can't just tell Athena to stop rolling her eyes. Because she would roll her eyes and then walk away. So stop complaining to me about Athena's eye movements because I cant do anything about them. Sorry.

So yeah that happened. Okay, BYEEEEEEE!!!!!