His Purpose

Chapter 1

Miami, Florida, June 4th.
{Selena's POV}
The very first day of summer after just getting out of the hell hole that is 11th grade.
But today wasn't only the first day of summer break.. Today was the day I had been worried about for quite a while. So here's the details...
My parents both passed away, so I'm living with a woman named Pattie, who was good friends with my mom. Pattie has a son, Justin, who's around my age. They're nice and all, from what I've heard, but I've been living on my own ever since my parents passed. I'm very worried for what's coming my way, but as my mother always told me, thinking positive is the best way to go, even in the toughest situations.

Their house is much larger than mine was. 4 bedrooms for Pattie, Justin & I and a guest room. I was definitely more excited for the house rather than adding two more people to live with.

(three hours later)

Pattie & Justin went out to the store while I was in the house alone. After unpacking my belongings and setting up my room, I went down stairs to get a glass of water. A few minutes later, I hear the front door unlock. I ran upstairs as fast as I could, while trying not to fall down the stairs and embarrass myself. I quickly went straight to my room and closed the door. I heard Justin say something to Pattie, then he began running upstairs. The sound of footsteps became louder, then i hear a knock on my door. I opened it slowly to see Justin standing right there in the doorway. 5'9, blonde-ish hair, brown eyes, he's cute but I'm not gonna say much. "Hi" I say quietly. He smiled at me. "Hey Selena, so, I just wanted to, you know, come up and say hi since this is the first day we're living here and all". "Yeah hi" I said back awkwardly. It became silent. "SELENA!!" I heard Pattie call my name. I flashed a quick smile and ran downstairs. "Yes, " she was sitting at the coffee table in the living room with an image of the new house spread out. Justin came downstairs and sat down.
"So this is where everything is" my mom said. "We all picked our rooms already, there's two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs. I have the master bedroom which is downstairs at the very back at the end of the hall and Justin's room is downstairs towards the front of the hall near the bathroom." Justin nodded at her. "Then Selena, you already know where you are, near the guest room." "Sounds good" I replied. Pattie then walked into the kitchen to start making pasta for dinner.

(A few days later)

"So Selena, I know everything's gonna be weird at first since it's been a while for the both of us starting fresh in a new house with new members." Justin said as he looked at me with his puppy eyes. "Yeah...it's awkward at the moment..I don't know..it's just a lot to think about really. I haven't lived with anyone other than my parents before but I have to make changes in my life at some point". I said looking away. "haha I'm glad we're both OK". He got up and walked to his room.

(2 nights later)

It was 11PM. I felt horribly sick. All the emotions inside me were going crazy, I didn't know if I was going to throw up or cry..or both. I got into my pajamas, black & white shorts & tank top, put my hair in a messy bun and tried to lay down. I didn't wanna think about going back and doing anything I'd regret later. I had been thinking through everything over the past few days. Justin & Pattie both seem really nice, but I didn't know how I felt about it all. By now I think I should be over everything that's happened with my parents but sometimes all the emotions come back at once. I layed there and cried and cried until I finally fell asleep.

Somehow it ended up like this..
I was in a dark room. Everything was pitch black. But far away I could see a small gleam, coming off of a mirror. I got up and ran as fast as I could. But it took just one second to get to it. I placed my hand on the mirror, and another hand appeared on the other side. I winced and quickly pulled my hand away. I reached out again and put my hand farther, this time it went into the mirror. I felt another hand grab me from the other side and pull me right through. I opened my eyes. I knew where I was. I remembered. I was in my fathers old house. I saw him sitting on the couch. Only sitting. Not moving a bit. The TV was blurred and all messed up and making unusual noises. I tried to speak. "Dad..what you watching there?" He looked at me, he looked frightened. His arm slowly raised up. His finger was pointing out, not towards me, but right near me. I turn around. There is another mirror. I walk up close to it and I see me. But now me currently, me when I was 4 years old I gave a confused look and turned around to face my dad again, but he wasn't there. Behind me were two mirrors, but this time I didn't see 4 year old me. In the right mirror, I saw a beautiful woman. Glowing skin, red lips, shimmery eyes, perfect looking. I realized it was me. In the left mirror, I saw a boney older woman, she looked very tired and very sad. A permanent frown was on her face and her eyes were drooping. Her mouth opened and she whispered something I couldn't understand. Then I could hear clearer, as she repeated over and over. "s e l e n a... sel ena... selena... Selena...SELENA!!!!"

I opened my eyes and gasped.
I almost screamed, but I looked up and stopped. I was in Justin's arms. He looked worried..and scared. "Selena..are you..okay??" he asked me, unsure of what was happening.
"Yeah I just had this..dream..what are you doing?"
"Well sel, I heard you like, whimpering actually pretty loud. "oh," I said and began to almost fall asleep again.
"I got worried because you looked like something was really wrong and you wouldn't wake up I got so scared.."
"No really Justin it's fine.."
"No selly, I care, we live together now, and even though i probably don't know exactly what you're going through I think I have an idea of it. Even though I may not seem like it, I'm a nice guy and sel, I really care"
"just-" I said, and that's all I remembered.
After that, I didn't have any more nightmares. Justin's words seemed to have calmed me and that's all I really needed.