Chapter 3: Running with foxes.

Chapter 3: Running with foxes.

He ignored me all week. I follow him again of course but somehow he knew it and he make it sure to get lost before i knew, he was gone in a blink of an eye... stresfull. Then i decide to search for his house...

I get his home adress and went to give him a visit, he wasn’t there, nobody was... I though his parents might be out so i stayed for 2 hours till i got tired and went to Hannah’s house, she told me that some class mates saw him outside of the church that morning all alone and beaten, i got shocked again but i didn’t told Hannah about my last encounter with him, i went to his house again and there was nobody still, i got worry so i stayed till noon, he appeared.

- oh GOD! – he yelled.- I can’t belive this, you don’t give up do you? – he gave me an agry look and entered to the house...

- i just wanna know! – i told him while he entered.-

- you will not know... you’re dumb. – he went out of the house.-

- I’m not dumb!

- You are, you’re following me, how dumb is that?

- You tell me...

- Oh no... i’m not going to play this game with you, go sleep.

- I can run with foxes...

He started to laugh “foxes, yeah right”

He standed in front of me for a few minutes, we both quiet, looking each other, he will evilness and i with curiosity he was a bit taller than me, slim but well formed, his hair was rebel kinda brown kinda blonde, his eyes were blue, big ears, he had this insane guy look, he didn’t look trustable but somehow i was too curious too run away from him

- are you gonna tell me or what? – i said with courage.-

- you know what?- he looked decided.- since i don’t really care about anybody and i’m not thinking to start caring... you can follow me tomorrow, you will see, you will know and with luck you will survive to never follow me again. – he smiled and entered to the house again.-

i stayed there for minutes thinking, i wasn’t aware of his words it was so surreal so bizarre what he just said, but i wasn’t afraid, decided to follow him.

So that day after school he even waited for me, he was so smiling that everyone outside the school were staring at him with unbeliving.

- ready to follow?

- Yeah

- Let’s go.

And we went together, Hannah and Josh were there looking confused by the view but they didn’t do anything to stop me. He was on the lead, he walked fast, very fast but never with the intention to scape, i was tired we walk for miles but i was not going to get weak now i was going to discover the truth. “all good?” he said “very good” i repond “great” then he stoped, we were in the outside of the town, close to the river in a an old train rail.

- here we are... now, please – he said with velvet voice.- go hide... now.

And I did it, I went to the back of one of the trains.

- stay there – he said.- and don’t run ok?

I gesture with my head “yes”

I was getting exited and scared, but more exited than scared I saw him for minutes, he was looking the rail, waiting. Then a figure in black appeared from nowhere and hit him

- you’re late blood! – he yelled him.-

- yeah yeah ... – he said not giving it too much importance-

- are you by yourself? – he looked around, I hide a bit more.-

- I’m always by myself what do you mean?

- I don’t know is just that i felt this scent the other day... a female.

- You’re smelling bad man.

- Yeah right.

Blood was in my direction but i couldn’t see him the figure was taller than him, bigger, with deep voice i was noticing all this when he said “ready?”, “always”said blood, then they started to fight. Blood was beeing beaten since the begining, i was getting shocked, the figure was on a rage beating him against the rails, covering himself with his blood, he looked like and animal, the way he standed against blood, his big hands, the way he yelled “come you animal!” i was terrify i wanted to run to his side and do something but his words came to my head “stay here, and don’t run” had not finished thinking about his voice when I heard bones being broken.

- allright!! – Bastian yelled.- enough teasing Dimitri!!- and he pushed him away from his body, he ran into and dropped him to the floor and start hitting- you’re a fucking bad teacher you know? i can’t even get there yet! I been in this fucking training since 1 year since the accident and I just can’t loose myself you know? I’m pretty conscious right now, I know i’m splitting your bones away from your arm, and i don’t care! - he hit dimitri to the ground.- maybe I am evil after all, maybe i don’t even need to do whole transformation... maybe i don’t need to see the fucking full moon you know? – i was paralysed, almost pee in my pants, i started to run...

- FUCK!!! – i heard in the distance.-

I ran faster

- I told you!!

“just let me go” i though

- allright! – he yelled... go!

And i get to my home in tears...

Chapter two: Stalker

Chapter two: Stalker.

After that he didn’t show on class, I was on panic thinking that he might got too angry or scared to come back, afraid of my words or my possible acctions but the true was that besides telling my friends about my accident with him i have not told any word with then about that subjet again, it was a little bit privet, for reasons unknow i felt it was something they’d not understand.

-One or two weeks later he showed up, I was on my way to class, very late that morning, he was on the corridor all rubbish and covered in blood, gettin into the bathroon, i decided to follow him.

- what the hell are you doing here?! he yelled while i get shocked by the scene, his neck was scratched and bloody, one of his eyes was really swollen he was all sweated and looked really beaten
-what happened to you?!
-that is not... is not you problem! – he can barely speak,-
-why did you came here in that condition, are you insane?
-shut up – said angry- go away, it’s men bathroom crist sake!
-I know, I know... is just that...
-you are following me!, can’t you understand? Are you stupid? Go away!

- I ran out after the “are you stupid” thing – i looked him to see any reactions.-
- He’s an idiot.-
- He was a mess, he was nuts, why’d i care about him being beaten? I told myself “go to the class room now, you are so late, you are so dumb, so slow... walk faster... faster!!” holding up my tears... I didn’t knew about him until the next day, he entered into the class room very late I didn’t look at him, he walked by my side and sat in the chair next to me.

- Now kids, we’re going to talk about that little book i recomended you... james, can you do the honors?

James who was in front of me stand up and begin to talk about it

-well, the book is about a crime and a jounalist trying to discover the true with a backgorund of love, i found it a little bit too girly for my taste

-a little bit girly for you taste? – he recalls.- that poor guy just wanted a hug from that girl he always loved, she betrayed him, she dump him in the worst escenario you can ever imagine, using a letter to let him know that she didn’t love him, how can she said “i loved you but i didn’t love you at the same time” how can that be possible?, he came back from war without an arm, beggin for a hug from her, just a hug and he will be ready to move on, that’s not girly, and after that he even help her to set his husband free from guilt, that wasn’t girly...

-great point of view – the professor told him with a smile.- james point is valid too, that’s why this is called a discussion but i’m afraid that you – he gave him a sarcastic look.- have sayed all
-not all – i said.- I think Hatsue was in her right to be happy, she was in love with his husband, she loved ishmahel but she knew he wasn’t the love of her life, can you blame her for not having a better way to describe it to him? He was on war... away

-she’d have wait – he told me with angy eyes and i notice that his face looked pefect, no scratch in his neck no swollen eye... I became confuse, he just gave me a smile, a croocked one.

The bell rang and it was over... the professor told us to continued in the next class the next week we all agreed.

-wow how intense was that? – josh told me in lunch time i laugh.- i didn’t read the book, what’s the name again?
-snow falling on cedars – David Guterson
-right – he said.-
-right – i said.-

After lunch i looked after him, he wasn’t anywhere... he came back to the class room on spanish class.

-buenos días alumnos – Ms. Torres Said.-
'good morning pupils'
- buenos días profesora – we said.-
'good morning profesor'
-today you’re going to tell me what you did the past holidays, hope you guys have study cause i’m not going to repeat this test, i have no time for that, let’s start with ... umm... Bastian Blood...
- vampire! – someone yelled.-
-ok... – he said not giving much importance to the word.-
-mis vacaciones... uh...
‘my holidays’
-you are doing it well Blood – the teacher said.-
-estuve en casa de mi amigo en Londres
i was in the house of a friend in London
-very good and…
-y tuve mochos…
-muchas – she corrected him”
‘many’
-muchas... amm...
-amm – she said
-muchas, i don’t know how to say it...
-what?
-fights
-peleas
-muchas peleas con otras personas y por eso estoy aquí, estudiando aquí
‘many rights with other people and that’s why i’m here, studiying here”

-nutcase! – someone said and the rest started to laugh.

quiet please – teacher said.-

- that’s all – he finished.-
- very good blood, a little short but very nice pronunciation.

then i followed him after class I followed him. I was too shocked by the fact that he wasn’t beaten anymore i had to follow him. And i did it.

I follow him to a far ground he didn’t notice me, I stoped and closed his eyes, stayed like that for minutes then he opened again and look right into my eyes... i almost pee my pants.

- you are a stalker – he said very angry.-
- I ...
- Go away now or you will get hurt.
- But...
- I’m not joking, you can’t stay
- But your face and neck...
- Get over it! I wasn’t that beaten...
- I won’t go anywhere.
- Well then... – he looked at me with eyes wide opens and all i remember is me in his arms falling to the ground. When i woke up i was in my room and there was a note who said “you are a pain in the ass”

Chapter one: Light post

Light post

- Dad was taking us to school that morning, I was inside the car with my friend, we saw people, a bunch of em in circle and they we’re all criying and huging each other... i got scared, something wasn’t right. Dad came to us and said “you both stay here” he wasn’t just saying, it was an order so we stayed in safe gound.

- what do you think it is?- i told to my friend -
- I have no idea, i’m going to check

- I remind him what dad just sayed but he went running quietly away from my dad view. I stayed in silence and a bit angy, i tryed to see closer without gettin’ away too much from the car and i start walking into the sidewalk i wasn’t looking then i crash so hard into something that felt like a light pole, a very sharp feeling shook my body until my right shoulder was in a total pain, I was about to scream when i saw that it wasn’t a light pole, it was a person. A male

- careful about what you crash with girl! - he looked bleak and departed from my side to follow his path
- i’m sorry!– i gave him an angry shouting.- can you tell me what’s going on?- i was in pain for my shoulder but i wanted to know what was going on.-
- some idiot form futbol is dead, i guess, he might be unconscious tho – he told me with half smile, i though he was really mean.-

- I enter into panic, I totally forgot the pain of my shoulder i knew i couldn’t stay there anymore so I ran up to the crowd, looked to see who was lying on the floor, the ambulance arrived.

- It was Richard Prior - Hannan said approaching me noticeably pale in shock .-“is awful. - Said this time crying.

- Then I could see it, he was thrown on the floor bloodied, his clothes were intact, but his blond hair was dyed in blood, his face was panic, horror… he was dead.

- nobody knows how this happened - said my friend joining the group- has been very fast and strange, they’re interrogating his girlfriend, saying that the only thing she saw was him like falling from the roof of the school, suicide!

- I heard as Hanna lost control, first whispers inentendibles things, then hyperventilation, then burst into tears, it was clear:

- Hanna had a secret love, met him in the summer but hoped that their relationship lasts longer than that. "I hope not suffer a disappointment like in the movies" I laughed as she told me by the phone "I will only tell you one thing, he’s from school, but I do not want to say anything yet, not until things are confirmed among us first, you understand me? "," Of course" I lied, i was diying to know, Hanna was on holiday in San Francisco and had been found with the boy who was studying at the same school with her in Rhode Island and were in a summer amori, who envy!

As we enter the new and last year Hanna was somewhat scattered, as the boy, who had arrived about two weeks earlier that she had not called and she was unable to locate him, she felt melancholy but never really sad, it was difficult to remove the smile from Hanna

"I met him in one of the parks, i was with my cousins doing a picnic and he was doing the same thing with his family and then I recognized him and waved him, I don’t know why i did it, i had never greeted him before" confessed a bit blushed, was the afternoon before starting classes when she finally had mercy for my soul and decided to tell me everything but without revealing the name , she said "it is impressive that he also salute me and approached! 'What are you doing here?" He said smiling, then I told him that I had family there and he was surprised because their uncles lived close to the direction that I gave to him and confessed that he was staying with them, very close to me, ‘magical’ I told him ‘unbelievable’ responded, had never seen him with eyes that I saw him that afternoon, perhaps was the thrill of seeing him in a state so far to ours, not expecting to see anyone from school, much less to him "amazing" i said, "it doesn’t matter that much now, he haven’t call, tomorrow we start class if I see him in the corridors i’m not going to greet him… not if he doesn’t salutes first."

- Returning to the moment that hanna lost control… it was more than clear

- oh Hanna, I’m so sorry! – i huged her strongly and start to cry a bit-

At that time my father approached.

- Apparently slipped from the roof - said with sadness .- is a tragedy indeed, his last year, so young.
- dad please - I told him beckons .-Hanna met him.
- Oh, I am very sorry Hanna, had no idea- said very embarrassed .-

she continued crying with deep sorrow, I tried to console, but not wise to say anything, then I saw him again he was among the crowd and as if they pass a swicht in my body, the shoulder hurt me terribly again.

- I do not understand how anyone can be so serene, almost smiling at a time like this. - I said with annoyance.-
- What do you say?
- the new student, is almost smiling, i don’t understand - answered watching him still .-
- You know what they say, he’s insane. -Hanna said without giving much importance-
- Apparently he is - then I felt how he watched me , and I thought that he might hear what we said, but we was far enough to be heard, then he signs with his arm and I read his lips "How is your arm? " And showed a mocking smile .- I think I'm seeing things Hanna... – i told her confused.-
- What happens?- she asked me.-
- I crash with him, when I approached the crowd, and it was like hitting against a post.
- I do not understand
- Me neither”- I confess .- he shouted some things, then walked away, I ask him what was happening- I hesitated for a moment, then hanna moved his head in a gesture of approval and I said, "Some idiot form futbol is dead, i guess, he might be unconscious tho"
- I told you he’s nuts!- Said angry by his words-

- After that dad take us to the hospital. Josh approached me and gave me a hug then I could not stand it.

- this is bloated!what did you hit against?
- A post -lied-
- Oops! But you were running or what?
- Aha
- Let's you see your dad
- not!- I scared-, my dad can not know
- Okay, it's okay!, Then what are you going to do?
- take a muscle relaxant i guess
- How you know that this is not broken?
- Is not- I told him.-

- But I wasn’t sure, the inflammation could be hiding a broken bone- you’ll be more quiet if i go tho another place to check me out? Dad woks here you know I don’t want to get in trouble”
- ok, do that

- I left immediately and told josh to stay and keep Hannan ok, with the uproar my father would not have much time to see me. I left the hospital without even believing that meeting I had left me an inflamed shoulder, it was ridiculous, all the day seemed like that, Richard, the new student, Hanna... Why he was such a good mood? was he really nuts?. I was on my way to the radiologist at the center when I saw him, was walking toward, then I shout.

- HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!

He saw me with suprise and continued walking in the direcction of a shop

- I mean it man, stop there!

He stopped, but he wasn’t looking at me.

- Are you following me? – said this time a litte frantic scratching the back of his neck-
- are you serious? I’m not following you I’m going to the doctor!
- yeah right – he gave me a bad look.-
- hey, don’t look me like that, i’m not following you tho i should make you pay for my radiologist
- what?! Is not broken! – he said lifting the eyebrow, unbeliever.-
- and how the hell ydo ou know that, hah?
- belive me I know – still unbeliver.-
- explain it to me
- You do not want to hear anything coming from me. Remember what they say at school, I'm insane! - And made a gesture with the hands .- Now, seriously - took two steps toward my .- I must go.
- but...-I interrupted-
- I MUST GO! – he yelled

- And went walking angry.
- really? What an idiot!
- i know.

I also angry looked for the radiologist, after a short waiting the x-rays were ready…

- there is no fracture – he said noting the plates against light .- inflammation there, and there, quite severe what happened?
- crash against a post. – I said for the 942545 time.-
- Well you must take a desinflamar and some pills for a headache… you’ll be in pain for a while.