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sitting on my bed watching TV, when at around three in the morning, my suspicions that he was there were confirmed when I felt something brush against my arm.
I quickly got up, closed my eyes and started trying to send him away. I couldn’t see him and I couldn’t hear him, but I could feel his tight grip around my neck. Even if I could have screamed, I wouldn’t have been able to.
Then I felt him letting go of me. I stood there, gasping for air.
The noise and movements were coming from my bed. I could see the movement of a body on top of my bed, and then, all of the sudden, I could see them both. Benjamin was on the bed with Hunter holding him down with one hand while punching him with another, warning him that things would get worse if Benjamin ever came near me again.
Benjamin laughed at Hunter, glanced in my direction, and vanished. Hunter got up, fixed his clothes and then looked right at me. My terrified gaze locked on his eyes made him realize that I could actually see him.
He took a step closer to me.
“Don’t come any closer!” I warned him.
He put both hands up as if surrendering.
I knew he couldn’t be a ghost; there was just no way. I mean… people at school saw him, talked about him…
“Why couldn’t I see you?”
He shrugged. “I don’t know. You are probably just tired. I knew he was back and followed him in.”
“Sorry to break it to you, but we have an alarm. True, he didn’t set it off, but you would have, so how did you do that? And for the record, I’m not that delusional so don’t you even try to blame this on my lack of sleep.”
He took a step forward.
“Please, just stay away from me.”
“Look, Kayla… I can help you, but there are things that I cannot tell you.”
“Fine, then thank you for helping, but I want you to leave.”
“Suit yourself!” he said in an annoyed tone.
He walked out of my room and whatever way he left the house, the alarm never went off.
I ran to the window. There were no cars outside. I checked the alarm and it was on.
I should never have talked to him in the first place.
I figured that Benjamin would stay away if I stopped talking to Hunter, and if sleeping pills were what was supposedly keeping me from seeing or hearing them… well, that was my solution.
FIFTEEN
This time, the sleeping pill had no effect on me, at least not as far as going to sleep. I guess I just had too much caffeine. Who knows…?
I did however not see anything or anyone else that night.
Over the next weeks days, things went back to how they used to be. I spent most of my time at school with Jessica and Emily. That is right, they were actually better friends than I assumed. Once I gave them more attention, they dumped Ashley again. And the most recent news was that Ashley was no longer with Justin, he had moved on to someone else.
My sessions with Dr. Moulder weren’t canceled all together, but I just had to see her once every two weeks, which wasn’t that bad. She also took me completely off the sleeping pi lls, saying that it would take two to three weeks for it to be completely out of my system, so until then, there were no guarantees of whether I would be able to see Benjamin or Carolyn.
As far as Hunter goes, he tried to contact me… he called, left notes on my car… every single one of those attempts were ignored. He was back to being his usual anti-social self, but Emily and Jess caught him staring at me several times at school. Of course, they made jokes about him stalking me. I felt bad and I sort of missed talking to him, but at the same time I was sure that Benjamin was staying away because I was avoiding Hunter and Carolyn at all costs. Every time I felt her attempt to come through, I kicked her back out.
The most recent note was left on my car that day, and it
I quickly got up, closed my eyes and started trying to send him away. I couldn’t see him and I couldn’t hear him, but I could feel his tight grip around my neck. Even if I could have screamed, I wouldn’t have been able to.
Then I felt him letting go of me. I stood there, gasping for air.
The noise and movements were coming from my bed. I could see the movement of a body on top of my bed, and then, all of the sudden, I could see them both. Benjamin was on the bed with Hunter holding him down with one hand while punching him with another, warning him that things would get worse if Benjamin ever came near me again.
Benjamin laughed at Hunter, glanced in my direction, and vanished. Hunter got up, fixed his clothes and then looked right at me. My terrified gaze locked on his eyes made him realize that I could actually see him.
He took a step closer to me.
“Don’t come any closer!” I warned him.
He put both hands up as if surrendering.
I knew he couldn’t be a ghost; there was just no way. I mean… people at school saw him, talked about him…
“Why couldn’t I see you?”
He shrugged. “I don’t know. You are probably just tired. I knew he was back and followed him in.”
“Sorry to break it to you, but we have an alarm. True, he didn’t set it off, but you would have, so how did you do that? And for the record, I’m not that delusional so don’t you even try to blame this on my lack of sleep.”
He took a step forward.
“Please, just stay away from me.”
“Look, Kayla… I can help you, but there are things that I cannot tell you.”
“Fine, then thank you for helping, but I want you to leave.”
“Suit yourself!” he said in an annoyed tone.
He walked out of my room and whatever way he left the house, the alarm never went off.
I ran to the window. There were no cars outside. I checked the alarm and it was on.
I should never have talked to him in the first place.
I figured that Benjamin would stay away if I stopped talking to Hunter, and if sleeping pills were what was supposedly keeping me from seeing or hearing them… well, that was my solution.
FIFTEEN
This time, the sleeping pill had no effect on me, at least not as far as going to sleep. I guess I just had too much caffeine. Who knows…?
I did however not see anything or anyone else that night.
Over the next weeks days, things went back to how they used to be. I spent most of my time at school with Jessica and Emily. That is right, they were actually better friends than I assumed. Once I gave them more attention, they dumped Ashley again. And the most recent news was that Ashley was no longer with Justin, he had moved on to someone else.
My sessions with Dr. Moulder weren’t canceled all together, but I just had to see her once every two weeks, which wasn’t that bad. She also took me completely off the sleeping pi lls, saying that it would take two to three weeks for it to be completely out of my system, so until then, there were no guarantees of whether I would be able to see Benjamin or Carolyn.
As far as Hunter goes, he tried to contact me… he called, left notes on my car… every single one of those attempts were ignored. He was back to being his usual anti-social self, but Emily and Jess caught him staring at me several times at school. Of course, they made jokes about him stalking me. I felt bad and I sort of missed talking to him, but at the same time I was sure that Benjamin was staying away because I was avoiding Hunter and Carolyn at all costs. Every time I felt her attempt to come through, I kicked her back out.
The most recent note was left on my car that day, and it
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