Glass Reality | Book One

Chapter XI

School the next day is tough. I did not get one ounce of sleep, but instead, rolled over most of the night, thinking. Grim was curious about me. Why? Is it from the fact I could see him? 

I don't know, because the booty disappeared with a snicker seconds after he told me he was, in fact, interested about me.

"Hey, Cassie!" A familiar voice has me looking up the hall. Caleb sits with his friends against the lockers, staring at me. I only wave at him. I really do not want to walk over there. Turner stares at me as if finally realizing I am a person and alive. The gross Turner who is an asswipe? Yeah, that one.

"Oh, hey," I smile at Caleb as I come up beside him.

"So, I was just telling everyone about your Halloween costume." Why? "They are sad they cannot see it," Caleb smiles. I look at him sharply. I bet he means Turner is sad to not see me. I know very well that Turner now thinks of me as a new toy. He always steals Caleb's girlfriends. I cannot believe Caleb doesn't catch onto Turner's rhythm. He constantly sleeps with Caleb's girls.

I almost throw up right there and then when Turner winks at me.

The conversation rolls over to something else that I am barely paying attention to. I want nothing more than to run away. But when something catches my eye, standing less than three meters away, I freeze. Down the hall sits a shadow of a body I recognize all too well.

Grim.

He's here.

Right next to me.

In school.

My heart stops working immediately, and he must hear the odd pause in my heartbeat because his head snaps over to me. I raise my eyebrows at him, letting him know that I can see him. He just moves around the locker. People walk right past him, showing me they really cannot see him. No one even spares a look at him as he migrates down the hallway, right toward me.

No, he cannot be here. He has to go. My heart starts to cry as I watch him walk closer. I want to scream for him to go away, but my heart feels weak in my chest, maybe from his doing. Turner glares at me as my eyes glaze over, staring at Grim as he approaches.

I look around, looking for a way out, but Caleb's arm tightens on my waist. "You okay?" His mouth is inches above my ear. I look at him shortly before nodding.

"Uh, yeah," I turn back around to see the Grim is gone, thankfully. A sigh runs through me so fast, it sneaks out. Caleb just sends me a confused look before nodding to his friends and leading me away.

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I burst into my room the second I get home from school, running to my window and opening it wide. I hope that Grim gets the message. It's an open invite.

I need to talk to him. I can't have him showing up at my school, especially if he wants to kill me. What if he stalks me in school? Or he ends up being connected to Caleb and Ruby somehow? My stomach rolls over like a tsunami at the thought.

Maybe he can read my mind and hear me calling to him.

Grim, come here.

I think it as hard as I can, hoping he can pick up on my call. After about ten minutes of nothing, I just sigh and fall back on my window alcove. With my sleep deprivation and the constant feeling of being watched, I'm tired as hell.

My eyes feel heavy, but I refuse to sleep. I need to talk to Grim. My shoulders are tense as I sit by the window, a cold breeze brushing across my shoulders. I shiver slightly at the breeze, but I won't close my window. I need Grim. I need to yell at him, even though it doesn't seem like the best plan. My stomach rolls in nerves. Maybe I shouldn't do this.