Midnight

Rediscovery

*Erin's POV*

I woke up from my sleep with a start.

I could feel warm sheets draped over my shoulders, and my head resting on a cushy pillow.

Wait...were these on the couch that I fell asleep on?

Where am I?

I turned around to find Justin sleeping peacefully next to me.

Slowly I started to calm down as I figured things out.

He must've brought me into his room when I fell asleep last night.

I tried to adjust to the darkness of the room while scooting from the bed.

Today's the day.

I'm finally going home.

I was about to leave the room before pausing and glancing at the bed.

I quietly walked back over to it, leaned over Justin and kissed his forehead.

His lips curled into a small smile.

He's so innocent.

He never deserved to be alone for all of those years, basically trapped in this house because of fear.

The fear that society wouldn't accept him.

The fear that he would be used and abused by cruel humans.

The fear that he would remain alone...forever.

In his mind, the world was just one big scary mystery.

All of that made me feel guilty for leaving him.

But I know it's the right thing to do.

I rushed from the room and downstairs before I could inconveniently change my mind and decide to stay.

As I opened the house's front door and made my way down the porch, I couldn't help but think to myself.

"The world doesn't deserve Justin."
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*Justin's POV*

I yawned and stretched, reaching my arm over to Erin's side of the bed so I could pull her in for a hug.

When I didn't feel her body, a harsh realization came to mind.

She had finally left.

Loneliness started to creep its way up my spine, a prickling sensation following along with it.

"She won't be gone forever," I told myself.

Still, the house felt bigger and emptier without Erin here.

My heart was no longer filled with joy or happiness, it was now drained of those emotions.

It was as if she was playing some sort of game with me.

What if she really didn't love me?

It seemed all too suspicious that she would decide to go home right after I confessed my emotions to her.

I shook my head to dispell the horrid thought, cursing myself for doubting her.

She would never do that to me.

I scrambled from my bed, still groggy with sleep.

It was about two o'clock in the morning, contributing to the extreme darkness surrounding everything.

Everything was pitch black, just the way I liked it.

I checked outside to see if the skies were still as beautiful and clear as they'd been before, and sure enough, they were.

Excitement flowed through me, adrenaline pumped in my blood, and energy coursed around my muscles.

I hadn't woken up during the night in way too long.

Technically it was early morning, but this was the latest I'd woken up in ages.

Saying that I wanted to go outside was a complete understatement.

I was more excited for this than almost everything that happened to me recently.

Staying with Erin had lead me to be inside more, and neglect the life that I had previously lived.

Now was the time to go back to that.

I snatch my black leather jacket from my closet, glad to have it back in my two hands.

The leather of the jacket is slightly worn, but it still gave me the same adventurous feeling from all of the times that I'd worn it.

I retrieved my gray umbrella just in case I stay outside for too long.

After tugging on the jacket, I could feel my old self returning.

A smirk played at the corner of my lips, the mischievous expression that I didn't wear too much anymore.

As I open the front door and let the cool and crisp night wind into my house, a thought crossed my mind.

What if I get so caught up with my past that I lose my present self?

Sure, I'll enjoy total freedom at night once again, but I could enjoy it too much and get carried away, not wanting to return to what I'd learned in the past week.

Including Erin.

I pause in the door way, contemplating between the human I loved and the passion that I've been missing out on for a while.

I don't want to lose sight of Erin or love.

But this is an opportunity that I may not get back because of my strange and irregular sleep pattern.

I just stood there for what seemed like ages until I made a final decision.

Stepping outside into the cold fall air, I closed my front door.

My adventurous side wins this time.

All of this is a risk that I'm willing to take.

That's the end of Part 18 :)
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