The Darkness Of Love

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Friday night---5 days earlier

My friend Jessie had somehow dragged me out of the house.
I am unsure of how she achieved it becuase I didnt want to go.
Just days before, the so called love of my life, dumped me for some girl. I was heart broken. Thats what probably led me to do the things I did that night.

Im not sure whos party it was, some friend of Jessie's. I just needed to try and dance my troubles away.
Jessie also told me that Tom was going to be there, and I was going to do everything in my power to make him jealous.
We had been together for over a year and I thought he loved me as much as I had loved him, but it seemed whenever I had my back turned he was looking at someone else. I was not going to be one of those girls who sat at home crying about it, I was going to go out and have fun. If that meant making him jealous in the process then so be it.

When we got to the party it was exactly how I expected it to be. Full of teenagers, dancing and by the looks of some of them, drinking. Meaning as the drinks went in the wits went out.
The music was loud and gave me a headache as soon as I walked in. It was an almost a tribal beat that got into your heart and made you dance. But at the time I wasnt focused on dancing, I was focused on trying to find Tom. As soon as I saw him I regreted it.

He was dancing with his new girlfriend, and they were all over each other. I needed to get revenge...which is when I first saw him.

He seemed like a good choice to cause jealousy. He looked attractive, confident and by the looks of things, single. I began dancing with Jessie and kept looking over at him trying to catch his eye. He didnt look over my way for what seemed like forever. I began to lose hope in this plan. It did seem stupid and pathetic of me to try and get Tom jealous. I was going to have a good night and dance my troubles away with Jess. 

"Hot guy over there keeps looking at you." Jess yelled in my ear over the music. I turned to see where she was looking and met the eyes of the guy. How come when I actually want his attention he wont give it, but as soon as I give up he looks over here. 

"Not interested." I yelled back. She gave me a strange look and nodded in his direction. 

"Seems like he is though," I turned again to see him heading in our direction, "I'm going to get a drink." With a laugh Jess ran off before I could even respond...she would pay for that later.
I turned to look at him and met his eyes once again. The entire walk to me he didnt take his eyes of mine once, and I didnt look away. There was just something about him that made you want to keep looking. 
"Hello sweetheart" his voice at time made me melt...I just couldnt figure out weather i was melting for good reasons or for bad.
"Hi" was my reply. I didnt enjoy being called things like sweetheart. It took everything in me not to wrinkle my nose at the awful pet name.
"You're looking very beautiful tonight" His voice just seemed to cut through the music.
"Thanks" Normally that would be classed as a lovely compliment, but something about the way he said it and the way his gaze stuck to me made me feel uncomfortable.
"Would you like to dance with me" I was about to turn around and say no, make up some lame excuse and run away. Then I heard Tom and his girlfriend laughing. It hurt me more than it should and without thinking my jealously plan came back into action.
"Sure"  I grabbed the strangers hand and pulled him to were I knew Tom would see us, and began dancing. We didnt even know each others names.
The stanger was dressed all in black and could of easily vanished into the crowed...only he didnt. He wrapped his hand round my waist and pulled me close, it was almost possesive in the way it was done. 
I didnt mind at the time, I was more focused on Tom...who I knew was looking our way. He didnt look impressed. To add to it I wrapped my arms around the back of his neck bringing him even closer. 
That made me smile...I knew my plan was working. I had no idea who this guy I was dancing with was and at the time I didnt care, no matter how reckless that was. Me and the strangers eyes locked and I couldnt seem to look away. A feeling of deja-vu swept over me, bad or good I just didnt know. Either way a bigger smile made its way onto my lips when I saw the look of anger on Toms face.
I was still smiling when he spoke again a few minutes later.
"Sophia...im so glad you finally noticed me" He whispered into my ear in a way that turned my body cold. My smile instantly vanished and the dancing instantly stopped.
"What do you mean?"  My voice seemed hardly above a whisper. This seemed like more than just seeing him across a dancefloor.
"Lets just say I have been looking for you for a while now, how did you manage to stay hidden?"
"I haven't been hiding from anybody...wait how do you know my name?"
"Like I said I have been looking for you, I wouldnt have gone looking for someone without knowing everything about them." Fear flooded through my body. 
I tried to back away from him but his grip around my waist tightened...to those looking it would just seem like an embrace, to me it was a death grip.
"What are you on about? Let go of me!" If he didnt let go I would scream....that would have to get somebodys attention.
"Dont bother screaming sweetheart, look around you, nobody is going to notice." A smile I had never seen on a person before spread across his lips. It was the smile of evil. How did he know I was going to scream? My instincts were begging me to run, get as far away as possible. My breath was coming out in fast short pants.
Where was Jess?
Where was anybody? 
Somebody had to be able to see what was going on!
"Please let me go, please I dont even know who you are!!"
"Okay, I will make you a deal. If you accept, I will let you go." My heart beat faster. I could tell his intentions where not something I wanted to be a part of.
"And if I dont?"
"Lets just say if I were you, I would say yes." His eyes locked onto me, unable to look away I felt the world drop away around us.
"What do you want?" I whispered. I knew over the noise I would be heard.
"A very simple thing, something you wont even miss. I want a kiss."
"A kiss?" When he said those words it was like my heart was screaming at me not to, I had never felt this way before.
"Yes, a kiss." He was laughing at me. Not out loud and it was cruel, you could see it in his eyes.
"And then you will let me go?" 
"That was the deal wasnt it?"
"Well I guess." My body was screaming at me to run. To get away, my head was saying. Dont let him do it! A tear fell before I had chance to stop it. I couldnt even place where these thoughts or emotions were coming from.
His eyes then flashed with a deep sense of something I couldnt place, but it made me go cold. He pulled me closer, if that was even possible and then went to kiss me.
"Get the hell away from her!" Tom suddenly appeared and punched the stranger straight in the jaw. Due to the suprise attack he went to the floor. I had never been more grateful in my entire life.
"Latonya are you alright?" Tom said gently, wiping a tear away from my cheek..
"I'm fine" I knew my voice shook but I couldnt help it, because when I looked to were he had been...there was nobody there.
"Are you sure? You looked petrified."
"I said I'm fine. Since when did you care? You left me for her remember?" I didnt mean to take my fear and anger out on him...but he was starting to annoy me. A look of hurt flashed through his eyes, then they went hard.
"Yeah your right. What was I thinking? Goodbye Sophia." With that he turned away and strode back over to the slut he left me for.
I wanted to leave, so after what felt like an hour of searching, I found Jessie and we walked out of the party. It wasnt until we were a few minutes away that I realised I had left my purse. I could still see the house from were I was and decided that I would just quickly run back and get it. Jessie said she would wait there for me. I didnt really want to go back on my own, but it seemed I had no choice.
When I got there it didnt take me long to find my purse, luckily it was exactly where I left it. Walking back out again I bumped directly into him.
"Hello again sweetheart" He smiled at me.
"Leave me alone" I shouldnt of come back alone.
"Ahhhh dont be like that, it seems we have some unfinished business."
"No we do not. I am going home, and you are going to leave me alone." For some reason I had found the confidence to stand up to him.
"Ok sweetheart, I will forget about it for now. But I will come and collect." With that he walked into the darkness and vanished from sight. I dont think I have ever ran so fast in my entire life.
"You ok babe?" Jessie asked me when I had gotten back to her.
"Yeah everythings fine." I felt like if I told her she would think I was crazy. Maybe I imagined everything and the guy was just a drunk. 
At least I hoped it was that. I hoped I would never see him again. Of course wishful thinking never worked.