New friend || book 1

Chapter 2 - anxious

ᴾᴸᴱᴬˢᴱ ᴸᴵᴷᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᶜᴼᴹᴹᴱᴺᵀ!!!

I swung my backpack over my shoulder and took a breath.

First day.

"Hey!"

OH GOD. OH GOD. OH GOD. OH GOD. I WANNA GO HOME.

I took off.

"Raven head!"

That's the last thing I want to be called.

"M-me??", a boy with curly hair and green eyes ran up beside me, panting.

"Yes you!"

He seems nice, I guess.

"Y-yes?"

"Are you new?", the boy stood up straight and grinned at me.

"Yes.. my name is Phil."

"I'm Peej!!!"

Very perky.

"Did you just move down here?", I nodded, "you must me lonely moving to this empty town.."

"A bit, I didn't have any friends where I came from because I was online schooled and here I am... here."

"Why did you stop being online schooled?"

"Dad thought it'd be nice to make friends before I graduated."

"Mission accomplished! Here I am!"

I only smiled, I made two friends in two days.

I made friends.

Two friends.

Dan.

"DAN!", I startled Peej in my sudden outburst.

"What?"

"I made another friend! Have you seen him around here at all??", we walked closer to my first period.

"What does he look like?"

"He's tall... brown hair.. brown eyes-"

"What's his full name?"

"Uhh not sure actually, Daniel is all I know."

"Are you talking about the guy on the news?", I paused my thinking.

"Guy on the- CRAP! I'm gonna be late!"

So Dan dropped out because he's famous, now I understand, he's very mysterious.

I wish to see him again.

...

It came to last period and all I could do was think about Dan.

"Hey Phil"

"Yes Peej?"

"Can I, uh, have your number so we could connect??", I was surprised at first but I only nodded. I grabbed a piece of paper, wrote my number on it, and handed it to him. "Thanks dude!"

"No problem."

The bell rings.

Dan.

I get out of my chair and grab my stuff.

Dan.

I walk out the class with Peej.

Dan

"What are your plans today?"

"Probably play games, we didn't get work did we?", Peej and I walked down the street, side by side.

"Nah, our only homework was to fill out the 'get to know me' sheet."

"Lame."

"I know right, so many people skip that shit."

"I mean I don't blame them."

"Neither do I-", his words drifted off as I saw a familiar figure walked behind the trees, "it's like, do you really think we want you knowing this shit about us?", Peej laughed to himself.

"Yeah, uh, I'll catch up with you Alright?"

"Yeah of course, I was just about to turn."

"Cya."

I took off down the road and did a sharp left right into the forest.

"Dan?!"

My phone buzzed.

Unknown- hey I saw you turn into the forest, be careful of the Howell house, don't get hurt. :)

The Howell house?

"Hey there raven boy."

Okay, what's up with the raven nicknames?

"D-Dan! You scared me."

"You look like you've seen a ghost! Priceless!", I laughed along with Dan. His laugh is just so contagious.

"Haha, real funny..", I scratched the back of my head and watched as Dan calmed down. "Hey, random question, how are we supposed to keep touched?"

Dan stared blankly at me.

"I have, no clue.."

I looked at Dan closely.

Watched as he stood straight up, constantly looked tired and dead, didn't really show much emotion.

"What's your full name Dan?", he looked taken back by the question.

"Daniel James Howell, why?"

Howell.

I took out my phone as soon as it buzzed.

Unknown- the Howell house has been abandoned for decades after the murders, so it's not very stable.

Unknown- I really hope you're getting my text messages and you're safe.

Abandoned?

Me- can you tell me more about Dan and the Howell house please? Meet me at my house in 10?

Unknown- yeah of course, address?

I gave him my address and shoved my phone in my pocket.

"Phil?"

"What? Yeah?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah uh, mom wants me home, when can we see each other again?"

"Not sure, just go to the forest, I promise I'll be there.", I nodded and went in for a hug.

He immediately pushed away in terror.

He was so cold.

"Sorry.. I- uh, I have to go!", Dan turned away and disappeared, leaving me as confused as ever. Again.

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