Consumed By Darkness: A Short Story

Consumed by Darkness “You know, I want to burn your face off, so that no one else can see your beauty.” He said completely straight faced. It was one of those times that you knew he wasn’t joking and that scared me. The first time I ever noticed him, was the day he walked up to me when I was working at my high school’s pool as a Lifeguard. He had been in swimming that whole evening during my shift and I didn’t really think much of it. At some point, he had hopped out the pool and took a seat around the edge of the pool. Minute’s went by and I never even noticed this guy just staring at me from the other side of the deep dark waters. Next thing I knew, there is a guy standing next to my lifeguard stand. When looking down at him from where …show more content…
Skipping school was a regular event for him. Getting mad, if I even asked why he didn’t show up that day. Telling me that I didn’t support him and his choices. When he talked about himself, it was never in a good way. It was always one constant put down after another, about himself. When mad or jealous, he would never answer my text or calls. Nonstop complaining about the crippling pain in his shoulders, followed up with excuses about why he never showed up to his swim practices and that no one understands or

Johnson 4 supports him. The insecurities, self-loathing was just one thing after another of dreadful problem’s that just seem unending. This has been a negative impact on me for over a year and eight months. Others around me have seen me change from being with and around him. Because of this negative impact I have dealt with having depression, feeling like I do everything wrong an I’m always to blame. Expressing my feeling has been harder making me very guarded. Emotionally I am exhausted from weekly arguments and less confident. I have grown emotionally and defensively stronger from this experience, but it is something no one should ever have to go through. He did change me and it wasn’t for the