Chapter Twenty: Coming out
"We're here."
Said our leader
"Yeah"
The rest of us said together.
"Get ready for your nightmares to begin"
I muttered. We went inside the forest and after about three hours of walking I thought I saw someone hanging on a tree, as if they had committed suicde. I can't believe what I'm seeing. What makes it worse is that it was a girl that I knew when I was a kid. I felt something pull me but it was just Kell slightly pulling my arm with concern showing in his eyes.
"Red?"
I turned back to look at the girl, but she was no longer there
"Are you okay?"
"Huh? Yeah, yeah, Im-Im fine"
I started to walk again as if nothing had happened. Not long after Laci stopped, and then started running to where we had just come from, yelling
"RED! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! NO,NO, DON'T DO THAT! RED! NO"
And then he started sobbing. I ran towards where he was. When I got there he was on his knees and was still crying like an uncontrollable child, and I hugged him
"Laci, Laci, I'm right here. Im here"
He turned towards me with shock in his eyes
"What? But… you just...it just...how?"
"Hey, it's okay. I'm fine. See? Care to explain to us what happened?"
"Red, you, were running in this direction, and had said that something was following you. Then you fell to the ground and there was blood everywhere, your organs were all over the place, and I-I couldn't do anything to help you."
Tony decided to help comfort Laci by hugging him and then kissing his cheek. We both looked at him and he was completely red
"Sorry for that. I-I wasn't thinking, we should probably start walking again, before the sun stops giving us its light"
I stared at him for a few seconds and then responded
"Yeah, we should"
I went to where Kell was standing, took his hand, and kept walking.
"You okay?"
He asked
"Y-yes. I-Im fine"
"Red? You shouldn't be shocked by that. You should accept him for who he is. He is still a human. And it's not like you can change him. You should understand, and be happy for him."
"You're right. He is just like the others. It's still the same love that other people feel"
"Yeah. Hey, Boloney head. You fittin to lead us or what?"
"Boloney head?"
I whispered to Kell, all he did was shrug. I looked at Tony and he seemed confused
"You're stuck with us no matter what"
I said smiling at him, and he smiled back while walking towards us and dragging Laci behind him.
"Right. We will continue going this way until sundown"
To be honest, I never thought something like this would happen. I just hope that Laci didn't reject him.