• Chapter 1-“Saved”


    They were alone in that dark room. Empty bottles rested in dust, close to the bed.
    The only source of light was the moonlight that reached the bed and embraced the two lovers, who were lying between the sheets.
    They were sleeping in each other arms.
    Well, at least one of them was.
    The one awake; he was hearing the loud sound of rock music, not very far away, even thought the heavy curtains suppressed all the sound and the only thing which caught his attention was his lover’s sleep.
    While staring at his lover’s face, he remembered how long the way that led them to this bed was.
    His lover trembled a little on his arms and he comforted him, pressing his naked body against his:
    -Please, sleep…


    *



    -Bite me!-said the boy, with an angry tone on his voice.
    -What?-shouted, surprised, another boy, older and stronger than the first.
    Other boys were around them, cheering for the second boy:
    -Matthew! Matthew!
    -Oh! Your name is Matthew?-asked the first boy-That’s a really gay name, you know?
    -What did you say?-the other boy was really mad-I’m going to kick your a**!
    -Oh, really? Let’s go!
    In a matter of seconds, the younger boy punched the other in the nose.
    This one didn’t predict this and he fell in the ground, cursing, and surprised with the strike.
    -You git, don’t...
    -Fighting inside school?!!
    All the students in the Hall turned to the direction of that voice.
    It was the principal.
    -Matthew Griffin? Again? And...Who are you? - he asked, looking to the younger boy.
    -I’m a new student. My name’s Frank Iero.-told Frank, without leaving the anger of his voice.
    -So, maybe, Mr Iero, I didn’t explain the rules of this school.
    -School rules are always the same! I don’t have to listen to them twice!
    -Well, in that case, if you are aware of them, you and Mr. Griffin can go to detention, when classes are finished.
    Frank suppressed his hatred towards the principal and went to classes, mumbling:
    -As if some detention would really matter! It only makes me be at school a little longer!



    *



    -Boooooooring!-sighed Frank, as he left the school gates, angry.
    He kicked a can, pretending it was he principal’s decapitated head.
    « Damn principal! » he thought.
    Frank gave a cold look to all the people in the street .Before beginning to curse again, he was able to spot an old geezer sitting in a bus stop, a girl around his age, and...A teenager.
    He remembered that he stopped walking just to watch him.
    The first two words that occurred to him when he “woke up” were:
    «Emo b*****d»
    That guy had long, black hair, pale skin and his old and filthy clothes were defined by the word «black».He probably was almost an adult.
    The "emo" guy was in a dark alley, smoking and shivering. He had a desperate look.
    Frank took off his eyes of him and, almost instantly, without warning, someone grabbed him from the back, covering his mouth, leaving him without any chance to protect himself, and threw him into the alley next to him.
    When he looked, he realised that they were the guys, no; the bastards that swore to kick his a** earlier, at school.
    -Now...Payback time...-said Matthew-Grab him, guys!
    When Matthew’s fist hit him, he thought that he wad provoke them in a reckless way.
    He was only hit during 20 seconds, but the damage that he suffered was clearly too much for a single fourteen year-old boy like him.
    -Stop it right now!.-a voice said, calmly.
    -Says who?-asked Matthew.
    -Says me!
    Frank was quickly left on the floor, bleeding.
    They ran fast as hell out of the alley and Frank was left alone with his saviour.
    The person who saved him knelled close to Frank and proclaimed:
    -It’s okay, now.
    Frank turned around and, before fainting, he saw that emo b*****d from before.