IT HAD BEEN A WEEK SINCE WE CAUGHT THE KING. EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL, BUT THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM THE BISHOP. I KNEW WHO HE WAS. I TRIED TO TELL ROMAN, BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE THE HALLWAYS, I HEARD SOMEONE YELLING. IT WAS DAVIS AND ROMAN. "DID YOU TELL SOMEONE?" DAVIS ASKED. "NO" ROMAN REPLIED. "THEN WHY DID THE POLICE CALL ME" DAVIS WAS FURIOUS. "I HAVE NO IDEA, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK, I'LL JUST GO AROUND AND TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE THE MISSING CRIMINAL. BISHOP" ROMAN REPLIED, HE WAS ANNOYED. I HEARD EACH AND EVERY WORD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE HAPPY OR SAD. HAPPY BECAUSE I COULD GET DAVIS ARRESTED, SAD BECAUSE ROMAN KNEW.
IN OUR LAST CLASS ROMAN WAS SLEEPING. I TOOK A BOTTLE FULL OF WATER AND TWISTED IT'S CAP AND THEN HELD IT ABOVE HIM UNTIL IT WAS EMPTY. "WHAT THE HELL!?" A SUDDEN RESPONSE." LIVANA! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" HE WAS SOOKING WET. "NEWTON'S FIRST LAW OF MOTION!" I REPLIED. "A WORD" I ADD. WE GOT OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. "SO NEWTON WHAT'S THE MATTER?" HE JOKED. "DID YOU KNOW DAVIS WAS THE BISHOP?" I WAS FURIOUS. "HOW DID YOU...?" HIS SMILE WAS FADING. "YES OR NO! I BAWLED. "YES..." HE REPLIED. "ROMAN YOU LIED ALL THIS TIME AND HELPED SOMEONE WHO KILLED INNOCENTS!" I CRIED. "LIVANA..." HE CALLED. "SHUT IT!" I LEFT.
AFTER REACHING HOME I REALIZED I WAS PRETTY RUND TOWARDS ROMAN. THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT WANTED TO KILL HIM. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THOUGHT 'WHAT IF IT WASN'T HIS FAULT?" CLEARLY, HE HAD HELPED ME MORE THAN ONCE. I TRIED CALLING HIM, BUT HE WOULDN'T PICK UP. "GREAT!" I MUMBLED.
THE NEXT DAY I THOUGHT TO APOLOGIZE BUT HE DIDN'T COME, THEN THE DAY AFTER. A COUPLE OF DAYS PASSED BY HE DIDN'T COME. THEN ONE DAY AFTER SCHOOL I GOT HIS MESSAGE. IT WAS DAWN, THE MESSAGE WAS LONG. IT SAID:
"I'LL STAY UP TILL TWILIGHT
TO SEE THE NEW MOON.
AND IF I'M LUCKY,
I'LL SEE THE ECLIPSE
AT THE BREAKING DAWN.
AND THE WHOLE TIME
I'LL BE SITTING WITH YOU
UNDER THE midnIGHT SUN".
I OBSERVED THAT THE WORDS M, I, D, N. THEY WERE WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY. I TRIED DECODING IT AND THE ANSWER I GOT WAS 13-9-414. I WAS PERPLEXED. THEN I RECALLED THE TREE. I REMEMBERED ROMAN SAYING THAT THE TREE WAS A HIDING SPOT FROM DAVIS. THEN THE NUMBERS WHICH WERE WRITTEN ON THE TREE 13-9-414. "CREATIVE, BUT A NORMAL MESSAGE WOULD HAVE WORKED JUST AS WELL" I CHUCKLED. I PICKED MY PHONE AND LEFT. I WAS STANDING UNDER THE TREE CALLING ROMAN. SUDDENLY I GOT HIT BY SOMETHING RIGHT ON MY HEAD. THEN IT WENT BLACK.
I FELT A PRESSURE OF WATER ON ME. I GASPED FOR BREATH AND STARED COUGHING. "WHAT THE HELL?" I COUGHED. "NEWTON'S FIRST LAW OF MOTION" ROMAN WAS TYIED TO A CHAIR RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. "WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER MY CALL!?" I INQUIRED. "I WAS SICK!" HE REPLIED. "REALLY?!, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE. AND LOOK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LISTEN TO AN IDIOT" I ARGUED. "DID YOU JUST CALL ME AN IDIOT" ROMAN PROTESTS. "ARE YOU TWO DONE?" DAVIS QUESTIONS. "NO!" WE REPLIED AND KEPT ARGUING. "ENOUGH WITH THE PLAYFUL MATTER!" DAIVS YELLED. THEN THERE WAS PIN DROP SILENCE. "YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO ADMIT YOU TWO ARE PRETTY SMRT, BUT YOU RUINED MY LIFE! THE POLICE IS EVERYWHERE I GO. TRYING TO ARREST ME. BUT BEFORE I GO I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!" HE THREW A STONE TOWARDS THE GLASS BESIDE US. THE WINDOW BROKE INTO PIECES. SOME OF THEM FELL INSIDE. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND TRIED TO PICK A PIECE, THAT CAN UNTIED OUR ROPES. WE STARTED RUBBING THE GLASS ON THE ROPES.
LUCKY US, WE UNTIED OUR ROPES. DAVIS WAS BUSY BLUBBERING LIKE A CHILD. "HEY DAVIS!" ROMAN PUNCHED HIM IN HIS FACE. I TOOK PEPPER SPRAY AND SPRAYED IT IN HIS EYES. I TOOK MY PHONE AND CALLED THE POLICE WHEN DAVIS SAW ME CALLING HE PUSHED ME DOWN THE WINDOW IT WASN'T SO HIGH. AS WE WERE IN A THEATER I FELL RIGHT ON THE STAGE. I WAS BLEEDING. THEN IT WENT DARK.
WHEN I WOKE UP, I HAD NO IDEA, WHAT WAS THE TIME, OR WHAT DAY IT WAS. JUST THAT MY HEAD HURTS REALLY BAD. MY PARENTS WERE STANDING RIGHT INFRONT OF ME. "LIV" MY MOM CALLED IN HER SWEET VOICE. "EASY" MY DAD HELPED ME GET UP. "YOU FELL FROM A WINDOW, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" MY MOM WAS MAD AT ME. "LET HER BREATH" DAD SAID. I SAW ROMAN WHO WAS SITTING AND SLEEPING AT THE SAME TIME. "YOU SHOULD THANK HIM, HE HELPED YOU GET HERE. BUT NOT NOW HE JUST SLEPT" MY MOM SAID. "HM..."I NOD. MY PARENTS LEFT.
ROMAN STOOD INFRONT OF ME. "SO YOU WEREN'T SLEEPING" I SNIFF. "NOT EXACTLY" HE REPLIED. "WHAT HAPPENED?" I INQUIRED. "DAVIS GOT ARRESTED..." HE STARTED. WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY NICOLE WITH FLOWERS. "HI" SHE SEEMED VERY HAPPY. "GET WELL SOON!" SHE GAVE ME FLOWERS. "OKAY...NO I'LL LEAVE" SHE LEFT. "THAT WAS UNLIKE HER" ROMAN CONTINUES. "WHAT ABOUT JESSICA. HOW IS SHE DOING?" I INQUIRED. "FINE JUST... GRIEVING" ROMAN SIGHED. WE REMAINED SILENT. "LIVANA... I DIDN'T LIED TO YOU I JUST DIDN'T TELL YOU" HE WAS GUILTY. ROMAN WAS LEAVING.
"ROMAN..."I CALLED. "I SERIOUSLY DIDN'T GET IT, I MEAN HOW DID YOU SURVIVE WITH THAT PSYCHOPATH. I COULDN'T TOLERATE HIM FOR A MINUTE" I SAID. "CONGRATULATIONS THEN, YOU'RE A SURVIVOR" HE SMILED.
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