• It was amazing to see how long he could hold his body up like that. But what did I expect? He was almost perfect...a perfect shadow...
    Then my mind started working and it occurred to me that he had just asked for my heart. My voice suddenly came back to me.
    I tried to get up, but his body weight kept me down.
    'Where are you going to go? There's nothing out there. When you go outside all you will see is the dark of the night and a road that goes on for miles. That’s why I come here when I cannot follow you. Does this mean you are denying my request?' The Shadow's voice cracked at the last word.
    'ME? Where am I gonna go? I don’t care WHERE the door will take me. You're scaring me. You haven’t even told me who you are yet and you’re asking for my HEART? What does that mean? You want me to love you or something? How could anyone love you anyways? Look at you! You’re... You’re...SOMETHING NOT HUMAN. Or do you mean like, rip my heart out and hand it to you so you can eat it or something? Now please, get off of me.' I explained, feeling kind of guilty when I saw his face flood with hurt.
    His eyes turned watery as he squinted and is silver lined eyebrows furrowed. His mouth was being bit by his teeth and I could see a trickle of blood running from it.
    His whole body fell on me, and now, I was surely trapped. His head fell face down by my face, and I couldn’t even see him that well. I tried pushing him off, trying to get as far away as I could. I was frustrated and confused. I didn’t even know him.
    Several minutes later, he lifted his body up off of me, into his push -up like position again.
    'I know you better than you think I know you.' His left hand rose and ran through my hair. 'You use coconut creame, you hate make -up, your favourite color is white, you love big eyes, you think you're fat, which you obviously aren’t, you're a fast runner, you're independent, you're outgoing, very gutsy, a wonderful singer, and you hate going with the crowd. Not that I follow you every day...I mean...that's just what I learned in the past month...'
    My eyes widened. 'MONTH? YOU'VE BEEN STALKING ME FOR A MONTH? WHO ARE YOU?!'
    He stood up, grasping my hand to pull me up. When I stood up straight, he took my hand, doing the exact same thing as he did when I first touched him outside my house.
    'Let me show you.'