chapter eleven: secrets concealed
( just a warning for those who are scared easily or can't handle violence or blood. This story will continue to get darker until the end. Thanks for reading. If you have ideas, feel free to email me)
"Son? Is everything ok in there?" Dad asked.
I don't know what just happened. I'm losing my mind. I just stood there in my room staring at the mirror. I needed to find out who this boy was. Dad continued to knock to bring me back from my trance.
"Yeah I'm fine dad." I answered with a quick response.
" ok, just making sure." He said as his footsteps faded down the hall.
I couldn't go to sleep. Every time I tried, I would have a nightmare that would wake me up in a sweat. I tried everything I could to fall asleep. I drank warm milk, I showered, I even jacked off but nothing was helping. I glanced outside my window and realized that hours have passed by without me knowing. It only seemed like a few minutes. The sun was coming out, and the fog was dissipating.
Another morning come too soon. It was time for school again. I got dressed in my uniform and walked out the room to see my dad walking up the hall with the same jacket, same pants, same shirt and still fixing the same tie.
"You ready son?" He asked as he patted me on the head.
"Um. Sure." I said in confusion.
Things were repeating itself it seems. We headed to the school and came to the stretch of trees which looked livelier than before and the same gate that opened when I drove up to it. We did the exact same thing as sister Agatha waiting on my arrival like last time. I walked up to her, already in uniform and greeted her as politely as possible. She directed me inside and there was a man in a hooded jacket that walked into the hall before us.
I didn't get a good look at him but he looked just like the guy from my dreams.
"Who is that hooded man sister?" I asked.
She just glared at me and continued to walk to the room. I didn't bother asking again, I remember what happened last time. Just thinking about it made my hands hurt. I just walked and sat down at my desk. I waited on the other students to arrive but they never did. So I repeated everything I did. Even though I already knew the consequences. All went the same until the mess hall. This time I had seen Vince before knowing who he was. I tried to sit next to him but he brushed me to the side as if he didn't know me. I avoided the foot that tripped me last time and I went to eat the food. Why was he ignoring me?
I finished my food and headed to the bathroom. I went into the stall and I heard voices coming from outside the bathroom. Next thing I knew, these kids came inside and started yelling at someone. Calling him fag, queer, sinner. They were beating the shit out of him. I rushed out of the stall to stop them but they weren't there. Just Vince, laying on the piss soaked floor covered in blood a bruises.
I kneeled down and put my arm under his head.
"Vince are you ok?" I asked.
He just layed there for a few minutes before opening his eyes. For that moment I realized that his eyes had gone from brown to blue. Was it because I changed something that led to this? I leaned down to kiss him as sister Agatha marched into the bathroom and saw what I had started to do.
"What the hell are you doing? Fags are an abomination. The both of you are going to be severely punished for this." She threatened us.
She grabbed me by the arm and yanked me up. She dragged me out of the bathroom and left Vince just laying there. I could see him turn his head and raise his arm to reach for me as I was being pulled away. She led me down another hall that I hadn't seen before. The further down the hall, the lighting became scarce. Finally came upon a black door at the end of the hall and she opened it and shoved me in.
There was a room with 5 chains attached to the ground. The floor was stained with blood, the concrete was cracked and the walls were chipped away. She put shackels around both of my wrists and a larger one around my neck. She left without a word and slammed the door. It was pitch black and all I could do was sit there in silence. This was no school. This was a prison from the damned.
What seemed like hours that had passed I heard the keys jingle on the other side of the door. The door opens and the light flooded the room, blinding me. Sister Agatha had brought Vince in to chain him up as well. She put the shackels around his wrist and neck as well. She then started to recite quotes from the body about man shall never lie with man. And that we are an abomination.
She reached for the wall and grabbed a long black stick. It was very thin and had been worn from time and usage. We were both on our knees as she took a knife and cut down the back of our shirts until they fell off. She took the stick and smacked my hand, then the other. I tried so hard not to scream as she took the stick across my back. My body flinched as I clentched my fists together.
I shut my eyes tight as the tears started to make there way. She smacked me about 7 more times, each time leaving a welt straight across. Once she was done with me, she moved onto Vince. I dropped to the ground in pain, as all I could do was watch him as he received his punishment. I was helpless and useless. He was silent the whole time as his body tightened up. He just took the beating without a single breath.
When she finished with him, she spoke those words I've been hearing and seeing everywhere as she walked out the door.
" faciam ut mei memineris" she muttered as she slammed the door.
It went silent and dark. All I could hear was heavy breathing between me and Vince.
"Are you alright?" He whispered
"I don't know." I replied.
"It will be fine. Don't think about it. Just breath slow." He said calmly
"It hurts so much... Does this happen a lot?" I asked.
"I'm afraid so." He said.
"What was it that she said before she left?" I asked.
"You'll know in time sweetie." He said.
"Just tell me already." I snapped.
It went silent. He wasn't speaking anymore. Nore could I hear his breathing anymore. A few moments passed then the door opens as it blinds me again. When I regained my sight, I noticed Vince was already gone.
"Where did he go?" I yelled.
"Who?" The voice asked.
It wasn't sister Agatha. It my my father. Come, we are going home. I looked at him and without noticing, I jumped towards him as I wasn't attached to the chains and my shirt was on with not tares in it at all. I then realized that I was in the bathroom where I started. What the hell just happened?