Whispers at Midnight :Chapter 1

A new improved version of the old one, hope you enjoy


Landon ducked, that was close. He'd been doing this for a while now, he had become so very good at hiding. He watched silently as everyone walked past on their way home from school. His eyes fell upon one boy, he was perfection, his messy black hair and his long fringe that covered his dark brown eyes that broke Landon's heart everytime he saw them. He noticed the boy glance in his direction, he wondered if he'd moved in time, he must have because the boy turned away again resuming his conversation with his friend. Landon edged closer to where they were standing against the wall until he could hear them talking.
"What were you looking at?" asked his friend
"Oh nothing, I just thought I saw something, I seem to be seeing a lot of things recently".

Landon leant back against the wall he was hiding behind. Crap, he thought, he's seen me. He felt a tear run down his face. He was tired of sitting in the shadows watching him, he longed to talk to him, to touch him, but he knew that it couldn't happen, that boy will probably never even know he exists. It's better that way, he didn't need to know him. All he could do was watch him praying he wouldn't get seen, though if anyone did see him he'd look like any other teenage misfit sitting alone. He knew he was too good to get seen, he'd had a lot of practise.

The usual gang of guys with their slutty girlfriends walked past, he pitied them but he also envied them. He knew they had fallen into the trap of love which was what he wanted so much. He wanted someone to love, someone to hold when they were upset, someone to love him back.

He flinched, the sun had reappeared from behind the dark clouds looming over the park. He knew he had to leave quickly, but how he wondered, surely someone would see him, but to them he looked normal, he was far from that. He saw his chance to get out of the park and into a dark alley blocked off by the police in some pathetic attempt to keep kids from gathering there.

He brought up his hood and sprinted across the park into the alley. He knelt down between a stack of damp cardboard boxes and an overflowing trash can and made himself as comfortable as one person could possibly get in an alleyway and decided to stay there until the sun had passed.

He must have fallen asleep because as he opened his eyes he could see that the sun had finally given in and the moon shone high above him occasionally being blocked out by the grey clouds strewn across the night sky. He shivered, there was a chill in the air, but it wasn't a normal chill expected of the small town night air, it was different, it made him feel uneasy. He could see the far off glow of the rising sun shining through the clouds in the distance. He knew he had to get out the alley pretty fast. He began to get up when he saw something out of the corner of his eye, he stopped and looked down, between a discarded lighter and what looked like a used needle he could see a small book. At a closer look he could see it was some kind of diary or journal. He picked it up, put it in his pocket and walked out of the alley.

Later on, back in the safety of his room Landon looked again at the book, it was black with red detail. Keep Out! was written on the front in dark red. He suddenly felt another presence in the room.

"So you're back then" came a voice from the doorway.

Landon turned "Ah Jade, what are doing up at this time of the day, I thought you would be in bed"

"I'm going to ignore that pathetic excuse for a joke" said Jade with a coldness in his voice. "I've been waiting for you to get home, where have you been, what were you thinking, sneaking out in the middle of the day, do you know how dangerous and stupid that was !?!?"

"Yes I am aware of the danger but I'm okay aren't I? I'm not going to tell you where I was because it's none of your business and it'll only start an argument and I don't need an argument right now!"