The Devils Spawn

The Devils Spawn Part 5.

"So Anthony how old are you?" she asks.

"Eighteen years old ma'am" I reply politely.

"And how come Daniel never said anything about you before now, are you a new student?"

I nod "yes ma'am just moved her from New York for my father's new job" I say like I've practiced before.

She nods smiling "well Anthony tell us about you, I want to know why Daniel never shuts up about you" she laughs.

I notice him trying to hide his blush in the corner of my eye. "Well ma'am my full name is Anthony Ryan Hunter but call me Tony, I'm a boxer and I fight a lot with my boxing club and recently in school a lot too but only for good reasons like protecting Daniel" I throw my arm around his shoulder and look down at him seeing him smiling like a crazy person. We all sit in the kitchen munching on the delicious cookies and talking about everything but I know that they are keeping something from me which I'm perfectly fine with, it's their personal life I won't force it out of them, they can tell me when their ready or if they want to.

After hours of talking Daniel and I both stand up from the table and thank his parents for the night and the cookies which were amazing. We finally walk up the stairs and into his room, I look around the room and see the pale blue walls with a double bed in the middle of the room with a small bedside table with a simple white lamp, book and a photo on top of it. I walk over to the desk which is situated at the window giving him a perfect view of the forest behind his house, he has book shelves either side of his window full of books which he has either read or is planning on reading soon. I look at all the pages on the desk, some labelled as school work but some look like he is writing poetry or a story. I smile at the collage of pictures on the wall next to the desk, they were all taken on a Polaroid camera which I find on the shelf. I take it down and smirk turning the camera to face me, I pull my most charming smile ever and press the little button to capture the picture, I get blinded by the bright white flash and take the black slip of photo paper that comes from the end of the camera, and I shake it until the photo fully develops.

"Hey Daniel have you got a thumb tack?" I ask.

"Emm yeah" he passes me a silver thumb tack like the rest he used in the photos, "why?" he looks at me with his eyebrows knitted together.

I pin the photo to the wall and turn to face him with a cheeky grin on my face. "That's why" I point to my picture on his wall, I see him smile and he walks towards me and picks up the camera and ushers me over to him. I do as he asks and walk behind him with my arms wrapped around his tiny waist and my chin on his left shoulder as he holds the camera into the air at the perfect angle so it would capture the picture perfectly. "Smile!" he smiles as do I, I hear the little click which is followed by the blinding white light which leads to the black photo that he takes from the camera and waves in the air for a couple of seconds until it shows the cute picture of the two of us. I don't let him go even when the picture has been taken, enjoying the feeling of his body close to mine, he shows me the developed picture. "I love it" I admit, he moves from my grasp and pins it to the wall. "Don't ever lost that photo" I smirk and he nods smiling brightly at me.

His mother opens the door slowly peeking in first before walking in, she brings in extra blankets and pillows and puts them on the end of the sofa I didn't even notice was there. We both thank her, she gives her son a loving hug and kiss on the cheek and then turns to me doing the same, and she hugs me tight and then gets on her tip toes to kiss my temple. Before she leaves she turns back to her son and whispers something in his ear making his eyes go wide and making his breathe hitch. I bite my knuckles trying not to laugh at him but his face is priceless.

"Night boys, have a good night" she kisses our foreheads again, I'm shocked at the affection she has towards me and she only knows me a few hours.

"Night ma'am" I watch as she leaves and close the door after she leaves.