Dark Screams, Volume 3 by Brian James Freeman

Author:Brian James Freeman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

When the day finally came it was beautifully dark and dreary. It had to be. People did not go out in the rain if they can at all avoid it. And when they did they kept their heads down. They focused only on getting to the next dry place they were going to and not on anything else. As much as I would have liked to take Stacey in the sunlight, to see it on her shining hair and her blushed cheeks, she would be more likely to come to me on a day where the rain kept her from doing other things.

The trick of it, though, was getting her alone so we could talk, so I could invite her to come with me to my house. Because I knew all too well what her knee-jerk response would be if I approached her in front of Terrence or her girlfriends. I did not want their influence on the situation in the slightest.

In the end she made it easy for me, which convinced me that she had simply been waiting for me to make the first move all along. Her ruse was sweet but easily seen through. She was at her locker, which was close to mine, and she was angrily shoving things into it, her big blue eyes filling with tears. Everyone else had gone to class already, the halls nearly empty, and I had lingered because Stacey had lingered. I approached her carefully, not wanting to spook her or associate myself with her anger and frustration.

“Hey, Stacey. Is…are you all right?” I asked, making sure I had just the right level of compassion in my voice. Not too much. Not too little. Just right. Like she was Goldilocks and I was one of the three bears.

“It’s nothing. Go away, Chuckie.”

I always hated that nickname, but I didn’t mind it so much when she said it. Besides, it would be rude to correct her. I didn’t want her to think I was passing judgment on her.

“Maybe I can help?” I said gently.

“Not unless you can magically change an F to an A,” she snapped. “Stupid Mr. Carson and his stupid fucking tests. And tomorrow is midterms and I know I’m going to fail it. He’s not fair. He always puts in trick questions or things he didn’t even go over in class.”

“I know what you mean,” I sympathized. “I have him for third period.”

She stopped abusing the things in her locker and looked at me. I could see the first spark of interest in her eyes, the first sign that she was beginning to see me…truly see me. And I had always known that the minute she saw me, she would begin to love me. It couldn’t be any other way.

“What did you get on his last test?”

“An A,” I said, humbling my tone. But then I brightened. “I can help you, you know. Help you study. There’s a trick to it. I can predict what is going to be on his tests.

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