CHAPTER~2~

Chapter2~~~~~~

I layed on my soft bed drifted away in the dream world, though I wasnt a deep sleeper, any small noice could actually wake me up.

*🔔🔔🔔*

It was a notification sound along with a vibration came from my phone, I yanked up proving how light of a sleeper I was, before opening my phone I checked the clock on my room wall, it was 10:50pm, my mum was probably back and asleep too.

I sighed.

Opening my phone, I saw it was a message from Whatsapp, I was confused at first but it all came back to me, I gave someone my freaking number, I remembered now, it was that strange guy from Omegle,

Travis.

I was kind of hesitant but eventually gave in and gathered all courage and opened his message-

Him: Hey there girly, you awake?

He was online cause it showed *Active*, before answering I checked his profile and he looked even more mystrious, he held up his black cased phone taking a pic of himself infront of a mirror, he wore a dark red Tshirt matching his hair, and still with that black face mask, he must really love that mask,

Me: Hey, Im awake

Him: Cool, so tell me about yourself

I cletched my fist,

Me: Well what do you wanna know 😅

Him: where do you live?

That question of his cut me off guard for a second,

Me: Umm why do you wanna know?

Him: Im kinda curious

I hestitated a bit but part of me forced myself to tell him,

Me: Tennesse

Him: Foreal? Guess we aint too far from each other ;>

Such a coincedence I guess, but I dont know still weird,

Me: where do you live then

Curiousity got the best of me

Him: Kentucky... all I can say

Kentucky and Tennesse were very close states in US but still I was a bit relieved he wasnt in TENNESSE,

Me: Okay cool

Him: Youre pretty weird you know

Me: Uhh thanks

Im guessing that was suppose to be a compliment!?

Him: But dont worry, I like weird *wink* ;)

Me: Sure you do 😒

Him: Im dead serious😏

I couldnt help but laugh, Travis was obviously strange but not all too bad, we chatted alot that night I guess trying to know each other, it didnt hurt to try to know him at least.

Days turn into weeks, and Travis and I still chatted and he called once in a while, honestly we are both totally different, but had one thing in common, we both love art and I was happy finding someone who appreciate arts like me and I do sometimes blush and feel warm inside talking to him, I know its crazy cause we met through a video chat website but still I enjoyed talking to him well,

UNTILL.....

He soon started acting very strange like anytime I asked to see his face he made excuses or change the topic immediately, Yeah you guessed it right, I still havent seen his full face I mean it feels like he doesnt trust me sort of and also he starts sending creepy texts like-

'I want you to cut me open and take my soul' and 'I want you to feel the eternal darkness of my soul'

something like that, it creeps me out honestly and I told him to stop most times but he didnt, I really felt uncomfortable but I didnt want to lose my new friend, Im stuck in the middle.

One afternoon having lunch at school, Miley and I sat together at the cafeteria and I told her everything and how I felt,

"Mercei common if he makes you feel that way my advice is to tell him you dont like it" she suggested to me

"Mi I did but he doesnt listen want to listen at all" I exclaimed with frustration,

"Then block him girl, if he's that of a creep I mean he's just someone you met on the internet" she sips her cola giving me 'The Look',

I rubbed my shoulder cause shes kind of right but part of me is stubborn and unsure.

Miley and I moment was soon interupted by the most annoying guy ever, Tyler, he's Miley's neighbour and longest time friend since childhood, I always have to put up with him cause of Miley but I hated how arrogant he was, Gosh!!!

"Hey ladies, hope you dont mind I sit here" he smiled and sat down at our table,

"Ohh We dont mind at all" Miley welcomed him,

"Oh we mind alot than you think" I frowned,

"Common Mercedes why are you always like this" he grabs a fry and waiting for my reply,

"Its obvious, I dont like you Dork-Nark" I rolled my eyes,

"Stop pretending Mercedes, I know you have a huge crush on me" he smirks whist eating the fry,

"I dont need to pretend cause I dont have any kind of crush on you twerp" I eyed him in disgust,

"Thats too bad cause alot of girls are tripping for me, Im a hot stuff" he brags and bit his lower lip,

"They must be seriously blind not to see how huge of a jerk you are" I blurted out loud,

"How can you say such a thing, oh no my heart.... its failing" , he held his chest pretending to have a heart failure,

What an actor!!!!

Thankfully the bell rang for class, lunch time was over, I was glad cause I didnt have to put up with him anymore,

"Whatever! Bess Ill see you after class" I hung my bag on my back,

"Umm okay bestie , we'll talk later"

"Love you Baby" he teased then he laughed,

"Shut up You Ass" I yelled angrily, then walked away.

Anyways, Tyler was the least of my problems now cause I had to deal with Travis the strange guy I met on Omega or whatever the name was.

I got another strange text from him and honestly I was frustrated and didnt think much and I blocked him on Whatsapp and on calls so he couldnt reach me, I was already upset so his message didnt made me think twice before blocking him,

I wont regret this right? I thought to myself as I walked to class whilst putting my phone in my pocket, maybe I wont.

Says who? I actually did...

Three days later I was feeling so guilty for blocking him so soon I mean I really didnt think, somehow I kind of missed chatting with him about art culture, he's the only one who gets me unfortunately, but it might be late or maybe it isnt? I dont know what to do....

I didnt tell Miley about it I just kept it to myself.

After school on Friday I was in my room, my phone was in my hand and I was lost in thought, I was sure he hated me now for just blocking him, I still didnt know what to do when all of a sudden my phone ranged but it was an unknown number.

Without thinking I answered it,

Me: H...hello, who's this?

There was no response but heavy breathing and my heart pounded in fear,

Caller: Why did you block me Mercedes?

The caller spoke and I immediately knew who the person was, Travis, I was shocked,

Me: Travis????!

Travis: You blocked me Mercedes, is something you dont and shouldnt do

I could hear anger in his voice for the first time, and somehow I gathered all the courage to tell him exactly why,

Me: You were sending me weird texts and I felt really uncomfortable Travis

Him: But I told you Im an Emo guy, and you should know you shouldnt take everything I say too literal, Im really mad at you

Me: Ohhhhh, gosh, Im sorry Travis, I just dont understand Emo stuff, how can I make it up to you

I said without thinking again,

Him: I wanna see you

Those words send shockers to my brain, like what!?

Me: Really?

Him: Yeah lets meet up at Dogwood Park tomorrow by 2pm

OMGOSH!!! He actually wants to see me, its hard to believe but its true, but then one thing came into my mind though,

Me: But I havent even seen your face yet and it makes me feel like I cant trust you

I revealed to him,

Him: Ill reveal my face to you tomorrow deal?

I sighed and secretly Ive longed to see his full face so...

Me: Okay deal, Ill meet you there tomorrow

Him: Cool, I have to go, dont dissapoint me tomorrow girly bye

He suddenly hung up,

I layed down flat on my bed, my head was spining and my heart was pounding cause I couldnt believe Ill

personally meet Travis tomorrow, the weird guy I met on yeah I forgot the name, I was freaking nervous!!!

The next day, I knew I was going to be home alone again cause my mum worked Mondays to Saturdays except Sundays. Today was the day I was meeting 'Him' and time seemed to be moving so fast to me, you know like in that situation where youre writing a test in class and time seemed really speedy yep that kind I was in right now.

I wore something simple as his giving time was 2pm, I put on a pink top and jeans with sneakers, I dont like tops I liked wearing Tshirts but today I decided to give it a try, gosh, what am I doing?

Time hated me today, it was already 1:40pm I need to hurry out of the house. I made sure I locked it before leaving too.

I also decidedd to buy pepper spray, call me crazy but I wanted to cause his someone I havent seen before and who knows who he might actually be, my second thoughts haunted me so I bought it.

I was super nervous as I walked to Dogwood park, it wasnt too far I mean you could walk there, my heart was pounding as I reached, my eyes scanned the park looking round for him.

I thought maybe he was just playing with me cause I didnt see anyone.

I was on the verge on giving up, when my eyes met with HIS!

Dear Lord save me.

He looked much more mysterous in person and he looked kind of cool too with his outfit, he wore a black leather jacket, black jeans and his signature black facemask, wow Ive never seen someone who loves black colour so much. To top it all of he was damn tall,

He saw me too obviously, who wouldnt see a short girl on a pink top🙄

I slowly walked to him and he strolled along to my direction with his hands on his pockets, when he was infront of me I had to look up, I felt so short like I was a small fire hydrade and he was a tall lamp post, he looked at me with those green eyes, I was shaking and my cheeks were bright pink, it was so obvious.

I was praying he would break the silence first like the first time we video chatted,

"Hi Girly" he finally spoke, his voice was so hypnotising in person,

"H....Hi" I stammered like a toddler trying to speak,

He chuckled and I felt like I could melt away but why was I feeling like this was unexplainable,

"I guessed it, youre really short" he scanned me,

"Youre really tall as well, my neck hurts from trying to look at you" I rubbed my neck,

"Hahaha, youre funny, should I lift you up?" He joked

"No no! I can manage actually" I smiled like a fool,

I was already nervous but became embarassed when my tommy made a loud noise enough for him to hear, and I realized I havent had lunch yet,

He chuckled again,

"You must be hungry, common lets go get lunch Im buying" he reassured me,

I wanted to refuse but I was hungry actually and since it was a public place it might not be bad,

"Umm okay, sure" I agreed,

So we both walked together and somehow it felt like a date, my first date? No way or maybe it was, its just strange I mean havin lunch with a guy does sound like a date, oh Gosh!

He took me to a place called Burger Blast, weird name but hey they served food so I let it slide, we sat down and I ordered first, not much just hamburger, fries and a strawberry milkshake, while Travis ordered a cheeseburger with fries also and a blackcurrent and banana milkshake.

I immediately started to dig in as soon as our order came, but I felt his eyes on me and ate slowly, it was really awkward seeing him watch me, he was still wearing that facemask, I looked at him confused,

"What?" He raised an eyebrow,

"How are you suppose to eat with that facemask, wont you take it off?" I blurted out,

He chuckled and gave me a deep stare like he was staring at my soul, I was stiff and remebered I needed to breath,

"I see what you trying to do here, aight Ill take it off, I did promise you anyway" he used his hand to move a strand of hair covering his eye,

This was the moment of truth, I was finally going to see his full face, it made me wonder if he hid something like a scar maybe thats why he wears it.

I was so wrong!

He removed it and my jaw dropped, he was freaking hot, no scar at all, he was really cute but his mysterious aura didnt change it increased, my cheeks turned red this time,

He smirked cause he probably knew how hard I was staring at him, he held his facemask in his hand waiting for me to say something,

But I was speechless and my heart pounded so fast like I ran a marathon, does all this mean I....

Oh Jeeez!!!