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me.”
    The panic in the stranger’s voice shakes me enough
to look up. Confused as to why this person is here with me now, I focus. My
eyes are still closed.
    Slowly, I open them but all I see is a blurry dark
shadow. As my eyes adjust to the new image before me, the shadow fades to
normal and I see him. A boy, my age I guess. Concern floods his face as he
stares down at me.
    “Thank you.” As soon as the words come out of my
mouth I wake up completely. I try to sit up but dizziness overtakes me and I’m
falling into a set of arms.
    I focus in on the face above me. His hazel green
eyes, even in the growing darkness, are clear. His short wavy hair is a dark
shade of brown. His face chiseled and unspoiled. The touch of his arms burns
through me. I’ve stared at him too long.
    “Hey.” His voice is lighter now as he realizes I’m okay.
    “I – I’m sorry, I don’t know what happened to
me.” I find my voice, and when I do I’m shocked at how put together I sound.
I’m seeing things, feeling electric shocks through my body, and now I’m calm?
Impossible.
    I’m able to sit up now so he helps me and then sits
with me. I watch him search my body for damage. I scoot inches away. When his
eyes fall back on mine I find comfort in them immediately. Who is this guy?
    “I was at my balcony when I saw you fall.” He
explains. “You looked like you were in pain. I just wanted to make sure you
were okay. Are you okay? ” His voice is gentle; I can’t help but notice
it. And his eyes – there’s something about them.
    I make the connection now as I look up to the
balcony. “I remember seeing you there. That’s when it happened.”
    “What happened?”
    “The – headache.” I don’t know why I’m
choosing to be vague right now but it’s like the right thing to do. “It hit me
out of nowhere. And then I fell. And it just seemed to – linger.”
    The boy nods, seeming to accept my story. “Maybe I
should take you to the hospital. I don’t think those kind of headaches are
normal.”
    I edge myself away from him and shake my head.
“Thank you but I’ll be fine. I feel fine now.” I stand effortlessly to prove
it.
    He looks unsure with my decision but rises with me.
“Can I at least walk you back to where you came from? Where did you come
from?”
    What
a strange question. “I’m just next door, almost there.” My eyes move towards Rose’s estate. “I’ll
be okay, I promise.”
    “You’re Rose’s granddaughter.” His voice changes
but I can’t make out the tone. He’s confident in his assumption. And
disapproving? I shake the thought away – now is not the time to try to
understand anything.
    I nod my head. “Yes.” I turn away slightly, but
sneak a look at him from under my eyelashes. “I should go.”
    I turn toward the place I’m forced to call home
before he can argue and disappear from his sight.
    Maybe I was slightly rude to just take off like
that, but this situation is much too strange to explain to a complete stranger
– a stranger whose name I didn’t even ask. But it didn’t matter.
Something told me I would be seeing him again soon.
    I’m able to sit up now so he
helps me and then sits with me. I watch him search my body for damage. I scoot
inches away. When his eyes fall back on mine I find comfort in them
immediately. Who is this guy?
    “I was at my balcony when I saw
you fall.” He explains. “You looked like you were in pain. I just wanted to
make sure you were okay. Are you okay? ”
His voice is gentle; I can’t help but notice it. And his eyes – there’s
something about them.
    I make the connection now as I
look up to the balcony. “I remember seeing you there. That’s when it happened.”
    “What happened?”
    “The – headache.” I don’t
know why I’m choosing to be vague right now but it’s like the right thing to do.
“It hit me out of nowhere. And then I fell. And it just seemed to –
linger.”
    The boy nods, seeming to accept
my story.