Chapter 27

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He crashes back into reality sweating like he's just had a workout, "what was that?" He's almost breathless and he tries to make sense of the dream. But it wasn't making sense.

He checks his phone, he's only been asleep for an hour yet it felt like a thousand years. He stands up weakly with cold feet and enters his room, he collapses on the bed still thinking of his dream. It scared him to death. He didn't know what to do about it.

He checks his phone,

Bryan: sorry for the sudden disappearance. Back now, I'm going to beat you this time

He smiles and accepts the challenge, hopefully the game would get his mind off the nightmare.

It's afternoon and I'm in my bed reading a textbook, my eyes rest on my window after a chapter and I enjoy the peaceful aura the day possessed.

I hear a knock on my door and I tell the person to come in,

"Are you ready Eris?" My aunt comes in and sees me lost in thought, "Eris?" Her calling snaps me out of it and I turn to her with a forced smile, she comes to sit on my bed and holds my hands, "what's wrong Eris?"

"It's nothing really aunt, it's just that I haven't felt this kind of peace in a long while so I'm lost in it" my words are on a different depth and she hits it,

"I understand you Eris. You know what you need?" She smiles, "some wine and a guy to ease you" she laughs, "works for me every time. Do you have a boyfriend?"

A mental image of Daylon pops in my head for some reason, this was the second time it's happening,

"No I don't" I fold my arms, I knew where she was headed at,

"You should get one. To keep you company" she's so perverted and I've become like her,

"No I'm fine by myself besides I have you remember" I counter,

"Well yes but I'm not going to be around sometimes. Being a businesswoman isn't easy and it means traveling so who'll keep you company then?" She places her hands on her hips, "speaking of traveling, I'm heading out of state Monday morning and won't be back until weekend. Think you can handle yourself in my absence?"

"Yeah I can but will it really be like this?" My eyes droop,

"Cheer up Eris, I'll always have time for you" she strokes my hair, "come on, we have to get our hair and nails done" she drags me out of bed and makes me get ready.

So we're going to the saloon. I Never visit often. Not like Tiffany who went almost weekly.

We're back and damn did she get a lot done, I washed the black dye of my hair and got my nails repainted with red nail polish. We also went shopping and just when you think she overdid it, she's just getting started.

"Your hair looks great! And they charged so little for it" we drive home,

"Well yeah, probably they were feeling generous" I speak with a tongue in my cheek. I shocked my stylist by having colorful hair underneath the black dye. My hair's naturally purple with tones of blue and black, I don't know why but it's must've been some genetic mutation.

It made mom and dad fight more often.

And that's why I don't do my hair in a salon. Too many questions. Only Debbie knows about this and I plan to keep it that way.

We arrive home and carry all the luggage inside, I slump on the couch while my aunt starts unwrapping immediately. I grab my phone and see three missed calls from my sister.

I dial her number but it enters voicemail, I pout and let my phone fall on the couch. My aunt is squealing at all the things she bought me and it puts a small smile on my face, she was like Tiffany but way nicer and more generous and open-minded.

I fix up a little sandwich and watch a movie on the couch while she types away on her computer, my phone beeps and I reach over to grab it,

Daylon: you busy tonight?

I smile to myself and open my keyboard,

Me: not really. Just wanna hang?

After a few seconds I get a reply,

Daylon: yeah . Pick you up at 10 pm?

Me: I'll meet you up in the park.

Dinner comes and goes and it's 9:30 pm, I stop practicing my maths and put on some cute shorts and cameo crop top, grab a Nike and his hoodie to keep me warm.

I wrap it around my body delicately but leave it unzipped, I jog downstairs and tell my aunt I'm going out for a stroll. She dismisses me and gets back to work.

The gentle breeze greets me and the stars rejoice at my appearance, I try to grab one but I realize I couldn't. I laugh and blush to myself, he's already rubbing off on me.

I reach the park after 20 minutes and I spot him on a bench gazing at the stars as always,

"Hey" I greet him and he turns to me,

"Hi Eris" his tone rather low,

"Is there a problem?" I could sense tension, he looked tired and sick,

"No I'm fine" he lies, "just been a busy day. Lots of clothes to wash" he jokes, he's been overthinking, the nightmare's giving him a tad bit of trouble,

"You can always talk to me about anything" my left-hand lands on his shoulder but he was hesitant.

He didn't know how I would react if he told me. He'd probably think I'd call him paranoid.

"It's just that your beauty always stuns me and it leaves me speechless" he flirts, using it to cover up,

"Daylon don't. I just got here and you want me to chase you already" I roll my eyes, "can't we do that after an hour or two?" He laughs at my statement.

We talk about numerous things and I tell him about my aunt taking me in, he's happy but I could still sense this tension. Like he wanted to tell me something but he couldn't say.

It was evident in his eyes. In his movements. And anytime I looked into his eyes they were blue and not emerald, and maybe I need to see an optician because my eyes were starting to deceive me.

Unexpectedly he rests his head on my shoulders, I play with his hair and smile, I could hear his heartbeat whisper to me, it was so beautiful.

"Are you feeling sleepy already?" My tone is soft and low, he nods slowly like a baby, "maybe you should get going" he lifts his head to look at me and pulls Me into a warm embrace, "I know you're troubled Daylon, tell me what's wrong" I hold him tightly,

"Everyone has problems" he begins, "even the rich. Just promise me you'll be with me" he holds my hands,

"I promise"

A shooting star falls across us and we couldn't help but look at it,

"God has stamped your promise Eris" he jokes, I laugh,

"I never break my promises" I look into his blue eyes that were once emerald, I've come to accept them, he laughs and yawns,

"Time to head back. Hope you're ready for tests" he smiles,

"I'm ready. Are you?" I poke him grinning,

"God is with me" his statement forces hysterical laughter out of me but at least he was being honest.

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