Chapter 9:

I opened my eyes, there was no knife, no Jason Leivenstein, no blood nothing. ‘What…the...Fuck…?” I said slowly in an almost panicked voice. I felt someone coming towards me; it was Jason Leivenstein, “Mr. Londono! How are you?” he yelled, my eye twitched, and I felt like fainting. I felt someone else coming towards me, but I didn’t look, I was in shock, and I couldn’t move at all.

“Leave him be…” I heard a strange voice beside me speak out. My body was shaking in fear, and I saw the same look as Jason gave ME, when I thought of his death. He walked away slowly, full of fear, so it seemed. “Here let me help you up, I saw a hand coming towards me, while I could only see what was directly in front of me, I couldn’t see him, he was next to me, and I was shaking too much to look.

“Hey, I’m Damien, what’s your name?” he asked me. As he said his name, his voice all of the sudden comforted me, and I no longer shook. I looked at him; it was the guy who I had in my mind 24/7. He smiled at me, while I looked at his eyes with a confused feeling; I didn’t know what to feel whether fear or happiness. He’d save me from Jason, but still, I was bound to ask, “Who are you…?” I asked in cadence, I had fainted. “

“…An Angel…”

I slowly opened my eyes, and felt the light coming into them, slightly blinding me. I saw a nurse looking at me, smiling, “Hey kiddo, you’ll be okay, you just fainted” she said in a nice, sweet voice. “Where’s the guy who I saw?” I got up quickly---“Not too quickly, you could faint again, and there’s one guy who brought you in, he’s outside waiting” she replied. My eyes opened of glee, my feelings were confused; I needed to know who he was, and why I was seeing him everywhere, and why I’m seeing things.

I got up slowly, got my backpack, “Thank you, Nurse Jade” I said to her in a nice, calm voice, so she wouldn’t have any suspicion that I was going crazy. “Take care, David” she said back, and I smiled back at her. I closed the door, and saw the guy there, sitting calm, as if nothing was wrong.

He stood up, smiling, and inside of me, I wanted to smile too. I walked towards him, “Ok who are you?” I asked him, “I’m glad you’re okay” he said while he giggled. It somehow brought life to my cheeks and to my heart. “I’m Damien” he said in a soft tone. “I keep seeing you everywhere, and --- “I’ll explain later, for now, let’s just hang out” he said with a smile that almost made me smile.