They say that on a moonless night, if you see a moon like figure… you disappear into the darkness and you will be forever lost in it…
…Like I’ll ever believe anything as stupid as that. There’s no possible way for a ‘moon like figure’ to appear on a moonless night. It’s not possible to be ‘sucked’ into the darkess. I would be disappointed to hear anybody scared of something like this idiotic ‘omen’. Although, Arika is a different story to me.
It’s something about her that puzzles me continuously. She’s mature and at the same time, she’s childish. However, at least she’s showing to people around her who she truly is. It’s something about Arika that inspires me and makes me wish I was just like her. Sadly, it’s the things that we both believe in that gets in the way. She believes in stuff that deals with omens or what-not, for example if you drink water and you start to cough, but your not sick. Supposedly, that means someone’s thinking about you. Last time something like that happened to us was when we were talking to each other.
It was this conversation on the computer we shared and she had to get the phone. While I was waiting for her, I got a drink of water. Soon enough, I heard her screaming. It was probably the fact that I didn’t reply to her recent message, but that scream made me breath an extremely small amount of water that forced me to cough it out. Luckily no water went into my lungs. I went to the computer to see what was up and she started to apologize for the yell. I was thinking to myself that she was thinking of me at that time I was away, drinking water. But after she explain to me what happened, I had to laugh at myself because I just realized that little thing about drinking water and coughing wasn’t true. She told me about her neighbor that would bother her a lot and asking her to return to her hometown. I was disappointed when she told me that they were never friends. As I read that little sentence, I was thinking to myself that if they were never friends, then how come they know each other? Well, there could be the possibility that they learned each other’s names as the years went by since they were in fact, neighbors. But it didn’t bother me that much, so I forgot about that.
I looked towards the sky, seeing the stars in the night. Then, I saw a cresent moon within the group of little stars. I was going to reply to Arika and tell her about how tonight wasn’t a moonless night, but instead I went to the phone to go comfort her because there was a possibility that she’s scared right now. I called her and when she answered, she sounded relieved. I can understand how she felt because I was relieved as well, relieved that she wasn’t scared at that time. I told her it wasn’t a moonless night and she was happy. It was around thirty to forty minutes of talking to each other that I asked her if I can go to her place tomorrow. I wanted to stay with her and keep her company, since she was scared about the known information that tomorrow is going to be a moonless night. I could tell she was happy with the happy tone in her voice. When we finished talking, I sat at my desk and looked back up to the sky.
Earlier today, I remember talking to her once again about the moonless night thing. It was around lunch time that she was starting to shake in her spot after hearing a group of girls talking about the moonless night thing. She didn’t have a backpack on, but she had one of those ‘messenger bag’ things that hang from the side. I continuously advise her to get a backpack, but she keeps saying that it ruins her style. Besides that fact, I could never understand women and their fashion sense. However, Arika doesn’t really care what kind of clothing she wears. She tells me that as long as the clothes aren’t revealing or anything then she’s alright with it. Every time she mentions about what clothing she would and would not consider, there’s this rare time where I would imagine her in some revealing clothing that makes me feel warm inside. I’ll need to keep that a secret so that Arika doesn’t think I’m a perverted man.
After we ate lunch, we started to discuss about the moonless night thing and once again, her back was exposed. I was aware about her little weakness to not be able to see what was behind her. She sometimes loves being in darkness, to lay there and see the stars in the sky, she makes horror movies funny so that some of her friends that are scared would laugh about it. To her friends, it’s as if she had no weakness. But when her back isn’t leaning on something, she can become extremely scared to the point of where she could break down and cry. I was surprised to see her like that when I first learned about her little ‘weakness’.
It was the day of her farewell party and me and my parents were invited. Surprisingly, our parents knew each other from work that is now worldwide. It was during the party that there was a black out and everyone was freaking out. Prepared for everything, Arika’s parents pulled out candles and flashlights which made the party experience for everyone an interesting experience. I had a flashlight in my hand and I looked around for Arika. She wasn’t around and her parents got worried, so they sent me to go look for her.
I found her in her room, her back exposed and facing the door. I was going to ask if she was alright, but she snapped and slammed her back towards the wall and yelled. Quickly, I had to go to her and hug her. Already, tears were falling down her face and she was tightly embracing me, wishing that I won’t leave her alone in the dark. My parents and her parents came up to see what was wrong, only to find her holding me close. Miles, Arika’s neighbor got jealous and did his best to push me away from Arika. Arika, in turn, pushed Miles away furiously and hugged me tightly again. It was amazing to hear what she said to him.
“You didn’t come to see where I was immediately after the lights went off! You never cared about if I was alright or not! I hate you!”
That probably shot him and put him down, but I’m guessing that he forgot about it eventually and was hoping that he could find a way to make it up to her. This is all I have to say to him, “Good luck, dude…” Even if she did have a crush on him, I’m guessing her feelings for him disappeared after that day and that her feelings for me started to rise. I honestly never really cared about her before, but now it feels as if I have a duty to watch over her and protect her since now she’s away from her family. That and her parents instructed me to watch over her. It’s parents like those that I wish I had that care about me and worry about me. However, I’m already grown up and I technically don’t need them since now I live off on my own.
I’m now in college and I have a few classes with Arika, which makes my job of watching over her easier. People always tell us that we look like a really cute couple and it’s starting to get annoying. There might be a point in time where I would have the same feelings for Arika, but as of now we’re not a couple.
Sometimes, I wish people would just mind their own business and live out their lives as if nothing special is happening between me and Arika. And soon, I’ll have to go to her place and watch over her. It’s not that I’m doubting my beliefs of the ‘moonless night omen’, I’m worried about her and how she feels about believing in it. It seems somewhat odd just to leave her hanging like this. I don’t want her to be afraid of her being by herself. I have a duty to protect her, even if Miles is a coward to go and help her out.
Speaking of Miles, I have been curious if Miles was scared to go and protect Arika. I wonder if he has a problem or something? If he does, he’s
probably running away from it. He should be man enough to take care of these problems by himself. If he doesn’t, then I’m guessing that Arika will think he’s extremely pathetic. He’s a sorry excuse of a ‘young man’ and he should know better than that. He’s like a star, fading into the night and not wanting to be seen by others.
The stars in the sky look very beautiful especially when I see them from my room. It’s an extremely relaxing environment, where one could just lose themselves within the atmosphere. Tomorrow, I’m going to Arika’s place. The thing I’m hoping she’s done is at least clean the place up. She’s a young lady and should take care of herself. Well, she should be able to take care of herself. If she wasn’t able to do that, then she wouldn’t be living alone…
Tomorrow night… we’ll see if this omen is true… or nothing but fantasy created with the imagination…
Aria de Mezzo Community Member 
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