9 

       We sit outside looking at the stars.  Layla, Caspian, and Jax asked if they could stay over at my house earlier. As I sit here I’m glad that I agreed. This is nice to have people around. My mind drifts back to the dark days. The days where I was all alone and struggled to get by. All my life I never realized how lonely I was until now. 

        I feel tears rolling down my cheek. Why am I crying? I’m happy. I then stand up,”I’ll be back,” I tell them. I go inside and wipe off my tears. A light breeze hits my face.  I realize I forgot to grab an eyepatch. I reach into a cabinet I put them in and grab one. 

        “Whatcha doing?” 

        Layla. I hurry and put the eyepatch on and turn around. “Oh I just forgot to put one of these on,” I try to smile but I feel myself shaky. I was almost caught. That would not have been good. 

        She walks up to me and gives me a hug. Her body heat is actually calming. I hug her back and allow myself to relax my head on hers. Then before I knew it, she grabbed my eyepatch and ripped it off. Instantly I cover my eye with my hand and she steps back. 

       “What was that for,” I say feeling myself become anxious. 

         Cas and Jax then walked in and stood behind Layla. 

        “You don’t have to hide anything from us,” Layla sighed. 

         “She’s right. You can trust us,” Cas said. 

         “So,” Jax asked,” would you please uncover your eye.”

           I hesitate, realizing that this could ruin everything. I should just do it. They won’t think anything of it, right?  I nod, and slowly remove my hand. 

         They walked closer to me slowly, almost hesitant.  Layla ran up to me and gave me another hug. I accidentally flinched out of an old habit of not being used to being touched. I couldn’t help myself but pull her close. She wrapped her arms around me and started to cry. 

           “What’s wrong Layla?” 

           “It’s just, you're so kind.” 

           Jax walked up and snatched her away from me. 

           “What are you?!”Cas walks up to me and gives me a death stare. “Demon.”

           “What do you mean-” 

           A sharp pain forms in my stomach. I look down and see blood. A knife fully submerged by my blood. Cas pulls the knife out with a sick look on his face and walks out the door.  Layla screams and fights out of  Jax’s grasp. She runs up to me but her image is blurry. Cas stabbed me. Why?

           “What is this?” I gasp. I cough and spit up blood, falling on my knees. “What is this feeling?” 

              “What you feel is pain,”she placed her hand on my shoulder. She lays me down and puts one hand behind my head and the other by the wound. “You're bleeding so much. I-I don’t know what to do.” 

             “I love you.  I want you to stay safe. I promised to myself that I would protect you. You mean the world to me and I don’t ever wanna leave your side. You make me the happiest. Without you I’m nothing. Please, don’t leave me. I don’t wanna be all alone again.” 

             “ I-” 

             She’ll be ok. That’s my last thought before I allow my head to turn on its side, and everything goes black. 

             All my memories of my life flow through my mind and I feel like I am slowly falling. Falling deeper, and deeper into a dark abyss. Down, down , down, then suddenly my fall seems to have come to an end. My memories come to a stop and my mind goes pure blank, an emptiness with not even a single thought. Everything then goes black and slowly fades pure white.