They Are Not Ordinary

CHAPTER 5

ASHTER STARR

I stood beside my car as I watch Damien fight the large dog.

Damien threw the dog or a wolf to a tree making the tree crack on the impact. He stood on top of the weakened wolf and he grabbed its neck and snapped it, making the wolf lay lifeless on the ground.

I covered my hands in my mouth in fear and was shocked. Damien was panting harshly as he stood there. I just stayed put on where I am right now and patiently wait for Damien to notice me. The moment he met my gaze I flinched. his eyes were red. Super red he didn't have those beautiful hazelnut eyes back then.

For some reason, I wasn't afraid of him. I was scared at the fact that the wolf almost killed me not him. I was more afraid not to know any of this.

I am super confused and shock.

Is that really a wolf? or am I just hallucinating?.

Why is Damien super strong? and why are his eyes red?

What the hell is this? Is this even real?

All these questions keep on growing in my head and It scares me. I want to tell someone at least but they wouldn't believe me so I decided to keep this to myself.

I look at Damien who is still standing near the tree.

Maybe I could ask him instead?

I slowly walk towards him, and of course, I am still cautious around me. Damien. I can hear his heavy breathing and he was shaking in anger. I was barely a foot away when he spoke.

"Don't," That word sent shivers down my spine. More of how he said it. "Stay away"

"Uhm, Damien I---" My stubborn self still took a step closer to him although he already said stay away.

"I SAID STAY AWAY!" He angrily slammed his fist into the ground making the dirt went all over my face. I gasped and move away. I watch him as he walks towards me I thought he was going to hurt me but in a blink of an eye, he was gone. I tried to look around but there are no signs of him...

What the hell just happened?

I stared at the dead body of once a living creature. thinking that something like this existed I couldn't believe it. If these such creatures like this existed then what more is out there? especially what are you, Damien?.

-

The next day I decided to confront Aliana and asked her about Damien and all the questions that is running through my head. I was looking for her all over the school, when I spotted her seating by herself reading at a tree near the football field, I immediately ran over there and slammed my hands to the tree making her jump in surprise and stopped her reading.

"What the hell Ashter you frighten me" She breathed as she set her book down into her lap "What is wro---"

"I need you to tell me everything you know about Damien now I really need answers" I didn't hesitate to ask her, I am fed up with this hiding s**t I didn't have enough sleep last night because of what happen and the questions keep on popping into my head. She could have just easily told me, not leaving me hanging. "Please"

"It's not that easy Ashter I swear, you don't know what you are getting into" She explained.

"I know I have been here for only three days and seems nothing is easy when it comes to Damien" I mumbled quietly because I don't want people overhearing us. I set my bag down to the grass and sat beside Aliana.

"Well" She checked the time on her phone "We've got 15 minutes before the first class start"

I nodded, that's enough time for me. Well, I hope so. I hope she will just get straight into it.

"Well before I begin hold your questions at the end and just listen okay? It will be easier to explain once I finished telling you about everything" She told me and I nodded again.

"Alright, to begin with, no one really knows him that much in all honesty, what I am about to tell is only based on what I heard around this campus maybe most of them are lies too but I am going to tell you everything I know."

She paused before continuing again. "Okay so first he doesn't have parents he lives with his foster father and those two guys he is always with are, Claude and Zachary. At first, we thought they are brothers because they live in the same house but they aren't connected, they are just best friends also we don't know where they live and their dad never comes to the conference and Important things to deal with, it's like their father doesn't exist They have been going here since freshman and no one has seen their dad or heard of them which is weird because Damien gets sent to the principal's office often because he always beat someone up, he really is famous around here when it comes to fighting and people are afraid of him" I gulped as I remember how Damien fought the wolf last night.

"He doesn't interact with people, he rarely speaks. Only a few words here and then. Besides his two friends the only person that we've really seen him talk a little was with Jane, Also as you notice he always wears his hoodie up a lot because of what happened last year"

"What happe---" She immediately cut me off by putting her palm to cover my mouth.

"I told you in the end, girl let me finish" She reminded me with a small laugh "So yeah there are a lot of strange things about him. Like the first time he got here, everyone was all over him because we both can't lie, he's perfection like god has sculpted also his friends were getting admired too but not the same as Damien. Girls were dropping at their knees just to get him to look at them" I can totally tell that was annoying for him, based on what I experience.

"One day he got overwhelmed because people are crowding him in his locker every day just to get a glimpse of his handsomeness, he ended up shoving one of them in the locker harshly. Some had said that they saw his eyes turn red that they but we don't believe it we think that was just some made up story to get some attention from others" I suddenly goosebumps all over my body. Because my suspicious have been clear since I saw him with a very red eye last night.

"Anyway after that, people got afraid of him and suddenly people stop falling all over him. It was super weird because the first whole week of school he is like a walking celebrity but after the incident that happened it all suddenly stop" Aliana frowned at her own story "For us, it was just strange it's like he made it stop just like that"

I didn't say anything, I let my brain absorb everything before speaking up again.

"Oh yeah, he also always miss a lot of days of classes, once he gets into a fight he will disappear for like weeks. Also, there is one time that he got into a bad fight with a jock after that he disappeared for a month. Which is also strange because he hasn't been suspended yet."

"Is ther---" The bell rang, signaling that our first class is about to start

"f**k" I cursed, fifteen minutes already passed? Damn time is really unfair. "Does he have anyone close beside Jane and the other boys?" I quickly asked

"No, he doesn't have any other friends besides them.... they are the only ones" She responded as she put her books into her backpack and flung it to her shoulders. "Anyways I got to go and you should too. You don't want to be late"

I nodded as I took my backpack from the ground and started walking back to the school again with Aliana beside me.

"Anyways I don't know why you suddenly asked about Damien but I hope I help you," She told me before waving me goodbye before she go in the opposite direction. I thanked her but my mind is still clouded, but at least a few questions have been answered for now...

-

It was ten minutes after the bell rang, starting my first class. I bounced my leg up and down as I patiently wait for Damien to walk in any second now because I know he usually walks in five or ten minutes late. but he never came. the bell rung ending our first class my hopes are gone. I sighed and packed my things back into my bag and walked out.

Maybe tomorrow he will come to class right?...

-

Wrong...

It's been three weeks since I last saw Damien. Making Aliana's statement true about his regular absences.

A lot has happened in three weeks. I made it to the volleyball team at first the coach was doubtful to get me but when he saw my skills he immediately let me sign a lot of papers then I made it to the team. Not to brag but I am quite good myself, it's just sad that I won't be staying in one school. It sucks I have to try out every other year in a different school, I just wish one day we will stay at one place.

Jane and I have been studying in the library every day after our classes, we have been studying three hours as always but it was cut to one hour since I made it to the volleyball team.

I was walking with Jane to our class which is the only class I have with her.

"Hey, Jane?" I asked as we are walking down the hallway.

"Where's Damien? It's been a long time since I've seen him, is he alright?" I asked casually to not make it seem like I had much interest in him.

"They told me he was in the hospital" Jane simply told me. I was getting the same damn answer every day and I hate it.

"What do you mean he is in the hospital?" I furrowed my eyebrows at her in confusion stopping in my tracks.

"He is sick" She shrugged "Anyway I haven't heard about him that much. Claude and Zachary wouldn't tell me anything either so let's just drop it, he will eventually come don't miss him too much" She smirked at me making my cheeks heat up.

"Hey I don't miss him, I was just asking because I've been worried that he is gone for too long at school" I reasoned to her.

'Well I already told you he is sick" She reiterated, I frown my eyes at her.

"Why do you sound like it's an everyday thing?" I questioned

"Because it is" She mumbled as she tugged "He gets sick a lot, I don't even know why but he is always in the hospital" She shrugged as we continued to walk to our class. I was going to ask more questions but I don't want her to think I am obsessed with him. So I let it go this time and just continue to my day.

-

After our training I got home because I was super tired, our coach was giving us hard drills today because he said that there is an upcoming tournament.

As I got inside our house, I walked straight to my room too tired to even greet my parents.

After cleaning myself up I heard a small and quiet knock it was super quiet I could almost miss it if I wasn't paying attention.

"Come in" I shouted as I tuck my legs in my blanket.

"You okay my princess?" My mom asked worriedly, I rolled my eyes playfully at her nickname at me.

"Yes, mom I was just super tired from training and studying" I faked a yawn. I really feel guilty about lying to my parents, I've been lying to them frequently nowadays.

"Okay you rest my dear, If you got hungry dinner is ready downstairs," She told me with a soft smile as she crouch to my level to place a kiss on my forehead, I smiled at her.

"Goodnight mom," I told her

"Goodnight sweetie," She said before walking out of my room. As soon as my mom closed the door, my whole body drifted off to sleep.