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All I could see was the cuts that ran down his body and all along his face. He was covered in blood. But, knowing my lack of skill for handling the sight, even the smell of blood, was enough to

send me over. Everything went black…

"N-n-na-atte?" I whispered with my eyes still closed. No response. I opened my eyes slightly only to see that I was back in my room, like nothing had happened. But I swore I saw… I just knew

that I saw him. I felt a wave of anxiety come over me. But he was there! All bloody and ugh, I just knew he was there! I needed to get out of this house. Like, now… I dug into the back of my

closet and found my old running sneakers. Time to pick cross-country back up… While I lived in the city, I used to run cross-country for my private school. But, my last year at Columbia Prep

High School I gave everything up and turned into the 'rebellious' little Larissa that I am. I threw on my sneakers, along with a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt. I slammed the door on the way

out, only to receive a dirty look from the grandma living next door… she's a very 'nice' woman if you can't tell. I started down the street and tried to clear my mind. But, I just couldn't, so I ran

to Nate's house. I knocked on the door only to be greeted by his mother.

"Hi Mrs. London…um, is Nate there?" I asked with a polite smile. She eyed me suspiciously, "He's in his room sleeping… um, you can go wake him up." She opened the door wide enough for me

to get into. I ran up his stairs and found his room, probably because it said 'NATE' in big letters. I opened the door to find him sleeping peacefully, with no cuts, no anything. I gently sat down

on his bed and let my head fall into my hands. What is going on with me? I sighed deeply and fell back on the bed and closed my eyes. I heard a muffled giggle, upon where I opened my eyes

only to be face to face with Nate's little sister.

"You're preeettyyy," she whispered in my ear as she hopped on my lap.

"So are you! So what's your name? Mine is Larissa, but since you are special, you can call me Rissa." Once I told her that she was special, her eyes lighted up like it was Christmas day.

"Im Ella and Nate talks about you like aaaalllllll the time."

"So he does?" I asked with a curious smile. "What does he say about me?"

She squinted her eyes and looked me up and down, "Well don't tell him… but he likes you. Like, likes you likes you!"

"You are such a bad secret keeper. I will never tell you anything again!" a voice from behind us said. We both turned around and her face turned as red as a beet.

"But Naaaaattttteeeee! I just had to tell her! I mean she called me special!"

"No excuses! Now out of my room so I can talk to Larissa by myself."

Ella threw herself off the bed and stomped out of the room, but not before she yelled, "Her name is Rissa!" and slammed the door. We both could not control our laughter after she left. But

finally, as we both settled down, he gave me a serious look.

"I'm sorry if she made you uncomfortable…" he said looking out the window embarrassed.

"No, no its fine. I just had a question I wanted to ask you."

"Go on…"

"Well, I was wondering if, well did you come to my house yesterday?"

I swear I saw his face fall a little. "No, I was going to come but then I saw Matt walking up your driveway, and well we got into a little bit of an argument." I stared in shock at him.

"Oh my god… you… you…d-dd-int… beat him up did you?"

"No… he started growling and doing some weird shit so I left. He's a weird kid. I want you to stay away from him."

"Wait? So Matt was at my house?"

"Yea… why?"

"I need to see him… like now!" And with that I ran out of the house and ran back home. My heart rate started to pick up and I had a gut feeling that something was wrong. Where did Alex keep

those damn phonebooks. I practically tore apart my kitchen until I found the drawer with the newest addition of the phone book. I flipped to Matt's name and found his address: 21 Weolf Court.

I threw the phone book back in the drawer and hopped in my car and put the address into the GPS. Within a few minutes I was there. However, the house he lived in was kinda sketchy. I

carefully pulled up in the driveway and knocked on the door. However, no one answered. I knocked on the door again, only this time the door opened. I looked around, however, no one was

there. I stepped inside and looked around. Its either this kids parents are really hippies or, he is just a love child… The inside of the house was a mess. For some weird reason, the walls had

scratches going down them. The sooner I could get out of this house, the better.

"Matt!" I yelled into the house.

"Wha…Who are you?" I heard a voice respond. I followed the voice down the hall worried. I tried all the doors in the dark hallway, but they were all locked. Strange… Finally I found a door that

was unlocked. I opened the door cautiously only to find… Oh my god… It was you!

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