Not A Fan Of Dark Places

After stepping out of his class, Riley followed the boy out of his classʼ building and into the gym's building.

"I thought you said he is a science teacher?"

He didn't want to be suspicious of such a boy, but he had no other option but doubt him.

The boy stopped walking, nearly making Riley bump into him. He turned to look at Riley with a cute smile on his face.

"Yes, he is a science teacher. Don't you know Mr Moltenore."

Riley looked away and scratched the back of his neck.

"I don't think I know him."

"You might, you probably just don't know him by name. Come on, you don't want to keep him waiting for long."

The boy resumed his job of leading Riley, and Riley followed behind him, all of his doubts concerning the boy completely cleared.

Stepping into the gym, Riley found the place dark, he and the boy exchanged glances, probably wondering why the place was dark.

"I don't know." the boy said even before Riley could ask.

"It wasn't like this when I left. Before I came to call you, he was right there." he said while pointing to a place in the dark room, a place Riley could not recognize, since he was not a frequent visitor of the gym.

"Why was he here anyway?" Riley asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"I heard some seniors say he came to check on some faulty equipments, wanted to know if it was something he could repair."

"And just why on earth did he call me." he asked, looking a bit pissed off.

"I don't know, I was not told, all I know is that I was asked to call you."

They both stood at the door for a minute or so, then they saw a dim light coming from what they believed to be a torchlight.

"That must be him, that was where he was." the boy said and pointed to the very same place he pointed to earlier and which happened to be the same place the light was on.

"Fine, I'll be going in then." Riley replied and took a step in, but stopped just as soon as he took the very first step.

"Good bye." the boy said.

Riley looked at the boy and chuckled.

"You're not coming in?" he asked.

"No, I was leaving before, I would probably be in class as of now, if not for the fact that I was asked to call you."

"Hmm, ok then, goodbye."

"Bye."

Riley watched the back of the boy until he could no longer see him. He looked back at the dark room, wishing so badly that the lights would come on, he really was not a fan of dark places.

*****

Natasha could no longer bear sitting still without having a single idea of where Riley could be.

Good and bad thoughts kept popping up in her mind.

"He is safe, probably in the school clinic taking a nap."

"What if he bumped into the TST girls and Olivia is taking out her anger on him."

"He could be in the library, going through some research materials."

"What if what happened to Carrie happens to him?"

Natasha stood up in shock.

Her classmates all faced her when they heard the sound of her seat scratch against the tiled floor, and the sound of her sharp intake of air. They all stared at her shocked face, wondering just what could make her that shocked.

She stood still with big shocked eyes and mouth agape, but no flow of breath. She remained this way for half a minute, as Carrie's innocent face came playing in her mind. A drop of tear came out of her left eye. She wiped it off with the back of her palm. She urged her legs to move, there was no way she was going to let history repeat itself.

Her classmates watched her open the front door, watched her step out with a face which looked hurried and determined, and were very much surprised when they saw her return into the class as soon as she stepped out.

"Has anyone seen Riley return to class?"

The whole class went mute, and nearly everyone did shake their heads in the negative.

She let out a deep sigh and was about to leave the class again.

"Wait."

She heard someone say.

Looking at who spoke, she realized it was one of those boys she smiled at earlier, but this time around, there was no smile.

"I saw a boy come to call him."

"A boy?"

"Yes."

"Do you know who sent him?"

"Mr Moltenore, a science teacher."

"Oh!"

For a second, she became calm. But then her inner thoughts came up again.

"Told you he is safe, you just didn't listen to me."

"Do you seriously believe that he is safe. What if they just used that to lure him to themselves."

Her moment of peace suddenly got disrupted. She rushed out of the class, leaving her classmates puzzled.