Whisper In The Dark

Despite the lies that you're making 1

Your love is mine for the taking 2

My love is 3

Just waiting 4

To turn your tears to roses 5

I will be the one that's gonna hold you 6

I will be the one that you run to 7

My love is 8

A burning, consuming fire 9

[Chorus:]10

No 11

You'll never be alone 12

When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars 13

Hear my whispers in the dark 14

No 15

You'll never be alone 16

When darkness comes you know I'm never far 17

Hear my whispers in the dark 18

You feel so lonely and ragged 19

You lay here broken and naked 20

My love is 21

Just waiting 22

To clothe you in crimson roses 23

I will be the one that's gonna find you 24

I will be the one that's gonna guide you 25

My love is 26

A burning, consuming fire27

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I could never tell you how much pain I feel every time I saw her.....alone, musing in the dark. Look so afraid with her nightmare. And I, I just watching her from the shadow. I wish, I could make her feel better. I wish, I could be exist and wipe her tears from her blue eyes. I wish.........29

And that wish come true.........30

I moved to Lincoln high school in Florida with my brother. This is for our run away. We can't stay in new York. Not while 'They' still searching us. And I have my own purpose. 31

"Listen, Caden. Don't ever think about that." Chas remind me. Of course he know what I wanted. He always know. 32

"Don't worry about me, Chas." I convince him. I can't promise to forget my purpose but I'll try to not drown at it. 33

"I'm not worry about you. It's about out existence. If you reveal it to her, then you will reveal about me as well." 34

I nod. I trust her, I trust her with all my life. And I don't care about our existence. It's torture me to saw her suffering.35

I walking along the school hall. Watching around, searching her. But I can't find her. But I know I will. And then someone crush me. 36

"Ouch!" She scream and fell.37

"Are you okay?" I asked her. she look up at me and.......I hold my breath.38

"Yeah. Sorry." She stand up and give me a sour smile. "That was my fault. Sorry."39

I get numb. Am I dream? Of course not. I even can't sleep. But she real, stand in front of me. With her pail face that always look suffer. 40

She give me another sour smile then pass me by. I exhale, try to control my self. It's her, and I found her. I always promise my self, I'll do anything for her. Anything to make her happy and feel the joy of live. 41

I get in my class and....this could be my lucky day. I sit next to her. She look sad.....scratching on her book while waiting for the teacher. I hold my self steady and greet her.42

"Sorry." I said to her. She flinch and frown at me.43

"Yeah?" She respond, look uncertainly.44

"I'm Caden Brown." I said and held out my hand.45

She welcome it and take it right away. " Claire Steward." She said and look back at her book. I watching her wavy black hair cover her round face. She always look same. 46

I spend my whole hour watching her. She look bored with Chemistry but still paying attention. 47

"Mr. Brown, could you please answer number 3?" Mr. Benard ask me. I nod and stand on my feet. Walking to in front of the class and write the answer. Claire didn't pay attention. she busy with her own mind. 48

The school is already out. I waiting in my Jaguar, wait for her to pass me and make sure she safe. 49

"Caden, you have to stop this." Chase talk to me. He glare at me with rage.50

I watching her get inside her car, turn on the warmer in this cold winter. "I can't, Chase. This is out of my will."51

"It's on tour mind." He remind me. 52

I smile but still watching Claire in her car. " You won't understand this."53

"And I don't want to understand." He pull me until I face him. "Caden, remember, you are a demon. And she is a fragile little human. You two are definitely different."54

"I don't care." I hiss at him and jerk his hand. I get in the car and he follow. We drive home in silent. 55

Like other night, I come to her house and get in to her room. Watching her sleeping. She got a nightmare again and tonight I encourage my self to step closer. I kneel in her bed side and rub her for head gently. Try to not wake her up. That will ruin everything. Then I bow my head near her ears in this dark room.56

"It's okay Claire....." I whisper. I hope she could hear me in her dream........57

she open her eyes suddenly. but before she could see me, I already gone............58

The next day, I wait her in parking lot like usual. Chas bring his own car now. He sick with my attitude these day. Well, I don't care. He's not me. 59

I watching her out from the building but then she come over me. I frown. She look so serious.60

"Hay Claire," I try to act casual. But in my mind, It's all under the shade. How if she know me........Well, that's okay. How if she hate me......that's the one I'm not sure about.61

"I need to talk to you, Caden." She talk to me like she already know me for long time.62

"Go on then." 63

"Not here." She look around and look nervous.64

"Okay." I nod and turn around. Lead her to another side of school. Where nobody around. I stop under a willow tree and face her. 65

"What?" I ask her, still try to be casual.66

But she ruin it up. She look nervous, afraid and suffer. "Maybe this sounds crazy but....." She lick her lips and stare at me with pleased. "please, answer it. Honestly."67

"Anything." I try to convince her. But my own self feel uncertainty. 68

"Have we ever met?" She ask with her low voice.69

"No." I gritted my teeth. "Well, I have but you're not."70

"How's that impossible?" She asked me again. 71

"Just passed. I saw you somewhere I can't remember. But you don't" This one, I lied.72

" I need your advice." She look down and get blushed. There's an urge inside my heart to hold her close and calm her down. 73

"Did you trust me?" I ask. I pretend to be like the other, pretend I just know here while in fact I already known her for a years. 74

"I didn't but this is something about me.....and you." 75

I stay still and didn't answer. I can't guess where she'll lead this conversation.76

"Well......" She start." I have this nightmare.....torture me....." I know, Claire. I know. I know how suffer you live with that nightmare. " And.....in my nightmare........I......There's you....."77

I hold my breath. Me.....? That impossible. Maybe she saw me? and she thought that she's dreaming? "What?"78

"Yeah, sounds crazy, right? I saw you. but....with red eyes.... and I afraid of you......"79

This is what I afraid of. She afraid of who I am. She can't live with the thruth. "But I'm not...." I murmur. Well, now she have to hear me lied. I won't tell the truth.80

I come home and park my car. I get in and search for Chas. But he nowhere. I search him at his room. then.......He wasn't there. But, I found his necklace. and.....a mark on the floor, cross marked. mean......he's already dead..... and 'They' come after me....this could be my last night.81

This night, I came again to her house. But she's not in her bed. I go to her backyard and found her musing at the bench. She hold her self, get freeze because of the weather. And I can't hold my self. I step forward, approach her. She flinch. 82

"Sorry if I scared you." I said and smile. 83

"No, it's ok." She answer and smile back at me. And now, the first time I saw that smile. A truly happy smile. 84

"May I sit?" I ask and she nod. I sit next to her. "What are you doing here?"85

She look at me and smile....again...." waiting you?"86

I frown. "Impossible." 87

"Yeah, at first I thought the same thing. But, I'm right." She look at the star and close her eyes. "This afternoon, I slept and I dreamed. I dreamed that I sit at this bench and you watching me from somewhere."88

"Now you're a psychic?" I ask try to make it as a joke. But, however, I really wanted to know. 89

"Of course not. Just my luck." Then she look down at her knee. "Better I get in." She stand up and walk away. I watch her back disappeared inside the house. I wait for several hour and then go to her room. I'm sure she already sleep. As usual, I walk under the shadow, beside her bed, watching her sleep. Then she say my name......90

"caden......" She murmur. I know she's sleep, but I can't hold my self to not flinch. Then I kneel again, beside her. Rubbing her hair, watch her round face. Then I take her hand, I hold it gentle while I watch her face. Suddenly, she grab my arm and open her eyes. I freeze. no....no.....she know me......91

"I know it's you....." She whisper. I numb. Since when........92

"I know it's you......" She repeat. "Since I met you at school. I know you watching me......." She wake and sit on her bed she rub my face, gently. "I always dreamed about you, Caden. It's always you. And I never know that you're the one, the one that whisper in the dark while I'm sleeping." 93

I try to find mu voice back. " how....." She stop with with her kiss. I shock.94

"Why you do it?" She asked me. I exhale, try to find the reason inside my head.95

"I don't know." I answer. "I don't know why, but your suffer torture me. Very bad."96

She smile at me. " Stay with me tonight. Please......" She whisper in my ears the kiss me. I kiss her back. Kiss her along her jaws. And this is the first night I could kiss her and touch her. Feel all her warm and this could be the last..........97

Claire already sleep. I stand on my feet and wear my clothes back. She laying on her bed, stay still, breath steady. I hope I could be her guardian angel after I die. I kiss her once again and get out the window. 'They' waited me.........98

"long time not see you, Caden." It's them, The Guardian. People who hunt demons. And I am Demon.......99

"Are you ready to die?" One of them ask me. I look at Claire window and then at them.100

"Time to go, your brother wait for you." I gritted my teeth. Suddenly, my heart full of rage. In need revenge. and I won't die without fight.....................101

This is hell? Or heaven? I feel..... light like a feather.....I open my eyes and I float in the water. Pool? I wake and swim to the edge. I cough.....where I am? I fight with The Guardian and I should have die......but......I know this pool. This pool is in school and now.....it's morning. I stand on my feet and grumble. What I have to say? The reason my clothes is wet? What? Then the door is open, people rush in at a big wave. passing me......like I'm a shadow. Or.......I am? They didn't even notice me. I step aside and find Claire she's look so gloom and sad......I approach her and greet her.102

"Hay Claire...." She's not respond at me. Is she angry to me? I grab her shoulder but I grab nothing that air. I frown. I try again and I just grab air, air, air again. Even when I try to hug her.....I hug nothing then the air. I'm a ghost.......103

I come to her room again tonight. Like usual, stand under the shadow. She's crying in her bed. That make me sick. Why I have to die......104

"Why you have to go....." She murmur......105

"I don't want to go, as well." I answer. even I know she can't hear me. But....she flinch and look around.106

"Caden....." She call me and look around again. "Is that you?"107

"You can hear me?" I ask her, didn't believe.108

"Where are you?"She cried she approach me, under the shadow.109

"I'm hear." I answer.110

"Where?"111

"In front of you." I say when she stand in front of my face. I feel the urge to kiss her but I know that impossible.112

"I can't see you......" She cried again.113

"I know......" We stand in silent. I try to touch her face, one more time. She shiver and touch her face.114

"But I know you're here."115

"Yes I am." I smile and she smile like she saw me.116

"Would you be....the one that take a look at me? every night? whisper to me that everything will be okay? whisper to me under the shade? from the dark?" She ask me, tears come down fall from her eyes.117

"I will...." I answer and she smile.118

And so.....every night, I whisper for her from the dark. Caring her, convince her about everything. And I'll always be here, never go anywhere. Never till the end of her life........ 119