The Nightmare Man

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The morning went quite fast, probably because I was so numb and unfocused, I was still in pain too. The bell went for lunch break and I walked into the cafeteria, to see Bethany and Jared.

She was practically on his lap, and as they were the only two 'real friends' I had, there was nowhere to go. I stood there aimlessly as Bethany spun around and waved at me, a sarcastic grin plastered on her face. Jared looked at me and smiled smugly. Oh God.

I felt tears well up in my eyes. I turned around to get out of there as fast as I could. I was about to hobble down a set of stairs when I felt someone grab my arm and I turned around too fast. I began falling backwards and let out a little yelp, but the person who had grabbed my arm pulled me back so hard I ended up pressed up against their chest.

I looked up, 'You really have a thing for saving me don't you'. 'I guess you're just lucky' Luke winked. He must have seen a tear roll down my cheek, as he pulled me into a strong hug. It was nice, I felt..safe around him. 'Whats the matter?' he frowned. 'Oh, um, it's really nothing, I mean, there's nothing I can do..' more tears, great. He hugged me tighter and spoke softly.

'Dont worry about anything Harriet. I'm your personal knight in shining armour.'

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The morning went quite fast, probably because I was so numb and unfocused, I was still in pain too. The bell went for lunch break and I walked into the cafeteria, to see Bethany and Jared.

She was practically on his lap, and as they were the only two 'real friends' I had, there was nowhere to go. I stood there aimlessly as Bethany spun around and waved at me, a sarcastic grin plastered on her face. Jared looked at me and smiled smugly. Oh God.

I felt tears well up in my eyes. I turned around to get out of there as fast as I could. I was about to hobble down a set of stairs when I felt someone grab my arm and I turned around too fast. I began falling backwards and let out a little yelp, but the person who had grabbed my arm pulled me back so hard I ended up pressed up against their chest.

I looked up, 'You really have a thing for saving me don't you'. 'I guess you're just lucky' Luke winked. He must have seen a tear roll down my cheek, as he pulled me into a strong hug. It was nice, I felt..safe around him. 'Whats the matter?' he frowned. 'Oh, um, it's really nothing, I mean, there's nothing I can do..' more tears, great. He hugged me tighter and spoke softly.

'Dont worry about anything Harriet. I'm your personal knight in shining armour.'

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Didn't mean to post that twice, woops

 

Don't steal my turquoise bra Dahlia it's special

 

didn't let me finish my comment! *and thanks you guys

 

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It was late that evening and I was sat on my bed looking through some old photo albums, this included photos of Bethany, myself and Jared. I felt a sudden surge of anger and threw the album at my bedroom wall. However, I missed my target and smashed my mirror, large cracks blemishing the surface.

I went over to pick up the album, I felt kind of bad. Then, I could have sworn I heard a creak of the stairs. I shook off the feeling something was wrong and sat back down. Then another creak. No, just my imagination. And another, they were getting closer.

Then I saw. Reflected by the shards of my mirror, in the corner of my eye I saw a man walk past my bedroom door, except it wasn't a stranger, it was the man from the forest. Even from here I could see a glint of anger in his icy eyes.

I dived under my bed and grabbed my phone. Words whizzed round my head. Fire. Petrol. Death. Injury. Burns. Then a less disturbing one; Luke. What was it he had said to me? Oh yeah. 'If you ever need ANYTHING, call me.' I had no idea what else to do, there was nobody else. I knew if I made a single noise, I would probably be killed, so I text him instead, making sure to leave my address at the bottom.

'Help me.'

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Sowwyy, its cause idk what I'm doing yet, its all off the top of my head I'll try and make the next one longer