I awoke to a start. I quickly sat up from my bed, I had a nightmare like I always do. I looked at my  alarm clock and it was two minutes before it  went off. I shrugged and turned it off and got out of bed. I got dressed for another long school day and walked down stairs. Every step I took on the wooden stairs creaked. I walked into the kitchen and my mom was making pancakes.

"Good morning, did you sleep good?" She asked as she flipped the pancake on the pan. 

"Same as always." My gazed fell down. My whole life I always had the same nightmare  over and over again and I always wake up terrified.

"I'm sorry," she said. 

"It's fine." I grabbed a plate and grabbed a stacked of pancakes and sat down at the table, and began to pour syrup on my pancakes and  drowning them with it. Soon after the bus came and I grabbed my backpack and my mom kissed my head. 

"Have a good day." She said as I closed the door. I got on the school bus and gazed around until I found my best friend sitting in the back.

"Stevie!" She said as I walked to her and sat down. 

"Hey" I said taking my backpack off. 

"Oh my gosh! Jason texted me last night!" 

"Really?!" 

"Yeah, I couldn't wait to tell you!" 

"What did he say?" 

"He just wondered about a assignment for class." 

"Oh," I said kind of disappointed. Jason  walker was the cutest guy that went to restwood high school. We finally got to school I said goodbye to Alax my best friend because we didn't go to any classes together. 

I walked to my locker and grabbed my books and put them in my backpack as I was walking to class I wasn't really paying attention I  accidentally dumped into Kayla Johnson the most popular girl in this school. 

My heart froze as I looked at her, I finally said something.

"Sorry,"  when I dumped into her she dropped one of her books. 

"Don't you watch where your going?" Why would you ask such a   Obvious  question? I thought. 

"Um, yeah I said I was sorry." I said kind of confused why she would even ask that. Now everyone was looking at us I felt embarrassed. She looked down at the book she dropped and back at me.

" Aren't  you going to pick that up?" Everyone was looking I couldn't let her walk all over me my next move was bold but I had to. I looked her in the eyes.

"No." I said everyone gassed.

"What?" She asked, but it was more like statement then a question. I began to freak out what did I just do? 

"Yeah I said no pick it up yourself." Then I walked passed her as every eye was on me and walked into class with my heart still beating. I quickly got to my seat and grabbed my backpack then got my book out and covered my face. I couldn't believe what I did I've never done something like that. I just get so sick of getting pushed around by people. After a couple classes I started to calm down about the  situation  and move on with my day, until lunch. 

I sat with Alax and ate out lunch as she talked about Jason and how cute he was, as I was not listening and lost in my thoughts when suddenly Kayla walked up to us with her friends Alax stopped in mid sentence, and I was still in my thoughts when she snapped me out of it. 

"You just never pay attention," she said with her  snotty voice.

"What do you want?" I asked but not wanting to know the answer to it. She lend Her arm on the table and her face got close to me.

"You to pick up my book." 

"What?" I said a bit snotty myself. She turned off her gaze on me to the people all looking.

"See, she doesn't understand about how this works again, not pay attention!" She yelled to the people. My heart now jumped out of my body. Alax just gave me the expression like what did you do? Kayla grabbed a book from her friend and dropped it on the ground.

"Pick it up" she turn to me. She command this. 

" excuse me," I said with all eye on me. 

"I said pick it up, do I have to repeat myself?" What is going on? She was acting like she was the queen, I thought. 

"Who's going to make me?" I said looking at her.

"Jack!" She turned around and looked at jack, jack was on the football team and her boyfriend.

"What you think I am going to listen to him?" I asked. Even though I was really scared. He was on the football team and it's not like he was going to beat up a girl.

"No, I just need him to hold my bag." She said in her so annoying voice. He walked up to her and grabbed the bag from her hand. She walked back to me and suddenly grabbed my backpack.

"Give that back!" I said, she Obviously didn't listen to me. I stood up from my chair now. I could see Alax in the corner of my eye just watching the whole thing. She opened it up and dropped books out of it and they fell to the ground.

"Oh yes!" She said. She grabbed a book out until I realized the whole  situation, she had my journal. I swear I left that at home, I never bring my journal to school, this is why. It must have gotten in there somehow. 

"I'll pick up the book!" I yelled out.

"Please don't." I knew exactly  what she was going to do, read it out loud to everyone. She looked at me evilly. 

"I don't think that would buy me," she said looking at me. I mean why  is she even  popular she's mean! I thought. 

Suddenly Jason step in,

"Kayla you've had your fun just leave her alone." He said. My heart skipped a beat as he said this. 

"Back off." She said, I was ready to kick her or something.

"Kayla," he said.

"I said back off." He gave up and backed off. Thanks for saving the day, I thought. 

"You have to pick up my book, and always carry my books." 

"What!" I said, she began to open the journal .

"Okay!" I said, I walked around the table and picked up the book. 

"Thank you," she threw my book on the ground and walked away.

But before she went she said,

"It's easier to just play by my rules." Then she walked away. I was ready to cry, punch, and kick all at the sametime. I was so embarrassed. Everyone walked away from the show. I knelt down to pick up my books that she dropped ready to cry, before Alax could even come to help me Jason knelt down beside me.

"I'm sorry" he said picking up the books for me. He stood up then put out his hand I took it and he pulled me up. 

"Thank you, for what you did back there and for helping me." He smiled warmly.

"Your welcome, and don't worry about Kayla she's a pain." He said. It felt like my whole world has stopped as he talked to me. 

"Yeah," I said as I smiled. Suddenly the bell rang, 

"I'll talk to you later." He said.

"Yeah talk to you later." He smiled then walked off. Alax quickly ran to my side.

"What just happened?" 

"Honestly, I dont know." I was blushing as I watched him walk away. After the last bell rang, which I thought would never happen I just wanted to go home. But my mom asked me if I could pick up milk at the  grocery store. Which was like a block away I began my walk alone. Just keep replying that moment with Jason, Alax was probably so  jealous.

I got to the store and went to the frozen Freezers  in the back I grabbed the milk and payed for it, I noticed a man in a hood just looking at me. I felt creeped out I couldn't see his face as it was down. I quickly walked out of the store and began to run. I wanted to get as far away from the man in the hood as I possibly could. My walk home would at least take me twenty minutes. When I felt like I was far enough and began walking normally. The sun began to set over the  Horizon and the sky began to darken.

I stopped and grabbed my backpack over my shoulder, I usually keep a flashlight in there because I walk home sometimes or I go to a friends house and it gets dark. I put my backpack on my shoulder and turned on the flashlight and pointed a head of me. 

I was walking on the sidewalk and there was a big forest on my right then on my left the road. The forest always creeped me out, day or night. And I was really creeped out because of that man. Suddenly my worst nightmare came true. I heard a twig crack like someone  accidentally step on it. 

My heart froze as I heard that from behind me. I quickly turned around and no one was there, it felt like someone was breathing down my neck, I began to run again as fast as I could as I kept on hearing foot steps getting closer and closer. I soon just couldn't take it I turned around, there the same man with the hood was standing there. Terror lit up my nerves.

"Who are you?" I forced these words out.

"Stevie don't be afraid." Chills ran down me.

"How do you know my name?" I demanded to know.

"We need you, we need you more then you know. Please help" he said with a soft but dark voice.

"Why me?" I was so scared I was  trembling.

"Please Stevie, your  special." I just looked at him, 

"Who are you!" I commanded. He lifted his hood which  exposed  his face. He looked around my age and he was handsome, with blonde sandy hair and green eyes.

"I'm Benjamin, your life got way more complicated."