Bound by a secret

Something About him

Amelia’s POV

The rest of the school days went by as usual, it was normal and calm

I was still thinking about my mother but I didn’t let it take over all my time

I was sitting outside after school waiting for Elena so we could go home when someone came to sit next to me

“Hey Amelia”

I looked up

“Ethan”

I said

“You’re waiting for Elena right?”

I nodded my head

“You always look so serious”

Ethan said and he looked like he wanted a reaction from me

But I smiled and he smiled back

We didn’t say anything to each other and Ethan just sat down there leaning on the sit

We both sat in silence

“So tell me about yourself “

Ethan asked while still leaning

I laughed

“Why”

“Because I don’t know anything about you”

“You know enough don’t worry”

“I don’t, we’ll I know you’re always with maya and Elena”

“That’s because they’re my friends”

Ethan sat right and asked

“So am I your friend?”

“I don’t know”

Talking to Ethan felt easy and soft, we talked about school, family and almost everything

Elena came to meet me and we both went home for the weekend

“See you later Amelia”

“See you later Ethan”

We said to each other as we walked away

I found myself replaying our conversations in my head but I didn’t make it a big deal

Monday came faster than I expected

I walked into the classroom with Elena with the thought of what today had in stall for me

We entered the classroom and the first person we say was Ethan talking to a group of his friends

He saw me and smiled and I skinned back before taking my sit

Not long after Damien came into the class, he looked around and his eyes landed on Ethan and then on me

He walked to his seat without speaking to anyone

Damien had been acting strange

During class I caught him looking at me when he wasn’t paying attention to the teacher

I looked at over at Damien and he was already looking at me

“We need to wrap up our work”

He whispered

“I know “

“After school”

I nodded

“That’s fine”

He turned back to look at the teacher

I randomly remembered that Damien was a Blackwood mad I also remembered my mothers warning to stay away from them but knowing damien was the only thing close to finding out the mystery about my mother’s death

And I needed answers.

We finished class and I packed my books and was ready to go home but then I remembered I had to meet Damien to finish our work

I headed straight to our usual meeting point,the cafeteria and Damien was already sitted there, i walked over and sat down with him

I brought out my books and a pen and we got straight to work, we were determined to finish and we didn’t even argue at all, we finished up the work and pack up our bags

Damien was packing up when I saw the tip of a photograph in the middle of his books

Damien”

I looked at him and asked

“What is that, can I see?”

“Its nothing”

He said as he packed the photograph hurriedly

The photograph looked like one of the ones I saw in my room

He stood up quickly and told me that he had to go

I ran after him calling his name but he didn’t answer all of a sudden he turned back and said

“Amelia sometimes it’s better to not know everything “

I stopped and stood there in shock while he kept on walking

“Why was Damien hiding a photograph from me”

I thought to myself

I remembered my mother’s letter saying i should stay away from the Blackwoods

I felt a huge lump in my throat

“What did my mother know “

“What was she keeping from me”

And also why was Damien connected to it

Every second of my life led to me finding something new that could lead me to my mothers death and it always went back to the same family, the Blackwoods

The walk home felt so empty and quiet and elena noticed

“Amelia,are you good”

I didn’t know how to tell Amelia that I saw Damien with a picture I thought would have been for my mother

I nodded and said

“Yes”

We got home and I went straight to my room and dropped my bag on my bed and went straight for the pictures I had kept

I kept on looking at the pictures of my mom , the strange man and the house and also the writing about the Blackwoods at the back of one of the pictures

Elena came into my room because she had noticed something was wrong, she asked me if I was ok and I said I was fine, we talked about school and everything and I noticed that she didn’t push me to tell her why I was bothered but before she left she assured me that everything was going to be fine and I could always come to talk to her

For that moment I felt a little peace within me and I was calm

But before she left , we saw a letter on my table that had my name on it

I didn’t recognize the handwriting my name had been written in but I knew that someone had entered my room and dropped it there

I looked at Elena and then back at the envelope

I was scared to see what was inside but at the same time I was curious