The Past That Haunts Us part 4

It had been a week since the girl, whose name is Angel, gave us the sign to help her. We tried finding out about this Damien Loveless but
it seems like he doesn't have a record. Sasha says it's possible he changed his name so we will have to look back into Angel's year here which
is why I am currently in the library, Nikkita and Seth are on the computer while Sasha and I are looking through old yearbooks and such.

Our classes have been pretty normal though everyone is still a bit shaken up about the incident with the teacher and student being killed,
we haven't heard anything from Angel either so it's almost as if we are close to hitting a dead end.....or so I thought.

"Hey Zeke check this out! I found Angel." Sasha said excited and I looked over at the picture, it showed a whole class which must have
been her class. She looked.....beautiful.....her white hair down her back, she was wearing what seemed like a blue dress with a white bow
around her waist. Her blue eyes lit up with happiness and a genuine smile on her face that showed love and care. 

I noticed something though.....the boy standing next to her.....they were holding hands. "Hey..who's that?" I asked pointing to him,
Sasha looked at him too. He kinda reminded me of Seth....they looked slightly different though. This guy was tanner than Seth and had yellow eyes instead of purple. "Maybe it's that Damien guy?" She questioned, we didn't notice the librarian walk up to us until she spoke.
"That's Alex, he was such a polite young man." She said as if remembering something. She had worked here for a long time, so it
only makes sense she might know something. Sasha thought the same.

"Mrs.Rosemary do you know the girl beside him?" She studied Angel for a moment before the biggest smile made its way to her face,
"Ah yes, I do. Angel Kosmo, she would be in here whenever she didn't have class and read almost every book we have." I nodded she
did seem like that especially after seeing what she writes.
"Why are you asking? Are you looking for something?" She asked and Sasha spoke for us as I didn't know what to say. 
"Sorta, we just read an article about the fire and got curious about it. Who is Alex anyway? Could we talk to him?" Sasha asked getting
more curious by the second. Mrs.Rosemary's eyes saddened and she shook her head.

"I'm sorry...but no....he was murdered a few months before Angels house caught fire. If you ask me it just seemed to much of a coincidence
but the police gave up on both cases since they had no clues to see if they were tied together or who might have done it."
"What about Damien Loveless?" I asked randomly and her eyes widened in surprise.
"He used to be a teacher here, he taught English and was one of Angel's teachers. They didn't even act like teacher and student but more
like best friends. They both had hard times in the past and always had the same thoughts about looking forward to a better future."
She explained and my thoughts drifted off to the way she looked when she attacked Seth....the murders....why was she doing this? 

If she wanted a better future why was she messing with everyone else's? I didn't notice how she left or Sasha explaining everything
to Seth and Nikkita until Seth tapped my shoulder. I jumped and faced him. "Hey, Sasha says the librarian told her where we might find
this Damien guy. You ready or what?" He asked and I nodded following my friends out to the parking lot. 

We didn't usually bring a car to school since we chose to walk instead but today Sasha brought her Red Lamborghini we all piled in, Seth 
and I sitting in the back Sasha explained that Mrs.Rosemary said he started working at a Private all boys school. 
The thought drove some strange yet entertaining fantasies in my mind, Seth nudged me and shook his head with a grin on his face.

It took us 45 minutes to find the place and get there. When we did we saw students all just walking around, I guess it was the end of the
day? We got out and all the guys attention turned towards Sasha as she was the only girl here, Nikkita glared and growled at
any guy who dared approach us. It was a pretty big school three story school with a pattern of windows and a gate at the opening of the
school. When we went inside the school and made our way to the office asking about Damien they told us to sit and wait and they
would call him. 

10 minutes later A man with dark black hair, glasses, a red button up collared shirt, and black pants. He looked at us and smiled,
"Are you the kids wanting to see me?" He asked and I stood up "Are you Damien Loveless?" He nodded and gestured for us to follow.
Everyone stood up and followed him up a flight of stairs and into a classroom which I assume was his.

"So, I never seen any of you kids around. Is something the matter?" It was Seth who spoke up this time, 
"First, Let us introduce ourselves. I'm Seth, this is Nikkita and Sasha" He gestured to the couple of two "And My cousin Zeke." He looked
over at me and nodded. I spoke next.

"Well, you see, I live in a house that belonged to one of your students and when I found out what happened to them I got curious and
we wanted to ask you some questions." Damien nodded and smiled. "Which student? I may not remember." Sasha spoke up with
a determined look that would take no lies. "Angel Kosmo." He froze....a dark look hid behind his emotionless facade. He clutched his fist
and looked down shaking. "And what about her....." He managed out.

"You may not believe us but she has been haunting Zeke and well she even hurt Seth. She gave us your name which is why we looked
for you." Nikkita spoke up and Damien looked up a smile on his face. "Now, its not nice to play jokes on people like that. Angel was very
special and does not deserve that kind of respect." Sasha brought up something I thought I'd never have to see again.

The Flash drive with the video attached. "We have proof." She said and let him watch the video on his computer....when he did....
a look of regret flashed through his eyes. He stood up after the video and handed the flash drive over.

"What do you want to know?" He asked crossing his arms, a battle going on in his head. "What happened to her? We know about the fire,
we also know about her friend Alex being murdered. We want to know if something was going on....if someone was after her." Sasha 
explained, I had forgotten Alex. Huh....still....I looked over at Seth. They did look alike.

"I was her teacher, not Alex's. Alex was an on and off boyfriend of hers, but even when they weren't together they were best friends. 
Angel was different.....she saw things that others didn't, believed things that others were against, and so forth. She was a person who
did not follow the common train of thought. She was someone who took independence to a new level." He paused for a moment, leaning
on his desk he looked at us.

"Angel was....I know I shouldn't have picked one but she was my favorite student. She read a lot during class but she still understood what
was being taught. In projects she exceeded past the normal range of work from students. People tended to start rumors about us being
together since she often stayed after class to work and help me. Though it was none of that really, if anything it was just her way of
thanking me for giving her a chance at her dream." He explained and I asked "What do you mean?" He nodded as if knowing I would
ask. "I had helped her get into the university by tutoring her personally when I had met her at a cafe shop. She was working hard on a 
story she was writing. I decided she needed some where to start and asked the school to give her a scholarship as long as she kept
her grades up."  He answered.

For a moment though...something flashed in his eyes....and I couldn't understand why it made things more confusing than before.
"Before the fire did something happen to her? Was she nervous or scared? Maybe someone was following her." Sasha said thinking
to herself about the possibilities, she did have a point though. Maybe someone was following her.

"Ah well I'm not sure but I have to get to work now. It was nice meeting you four." He said and grabbed his bag and left the room, I watched
him until I could no longer see him. We left soon after but we were currently talking about how strange the guy was and how he left
so quickly. "He was in love with her......." Nikkita muttered in the car making Sasha pull into a parking lot and park making Seth and I
lean forward and back. Luckily we had our seat belts on. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN?!" Seth yelled confused about what Nikkita said.

That was it....that was the look the flashed in his eyes earlier. "When he spoke of her....he had this look....the same look I get when I talk
about Sasha. It may look like just admiring the hard work of someone but in reality the dude was in love with her." 
"So.....now we have to figure out how Angel felt and if they were even together?!" I asked not wanting to get any deeper into this mystery
but Nikkita just nodded and Sasha started the car. We drove to my house since Sasha said she had something she wanted to try....I
had a feeling I already knew.

When we arrived it was empty. The lights were off and the air was cold, I turned on the heat and we began a little session to discuss
what we found. 

"Well, we know her name, her age, where she lived....but her relationship with Damien....and who was Alex is the real questions."
I muttered and Nikkita looked at me confused. "Why do we need to know about Alex?" Sasha hit him upside the head for the
stupid question and spoke. "Because what if their deaths were connected? What did they have to do with eachother? If we learn
more about Alex we can-" She was cut off by the doorbell. I stood up and walked to the door to open and see a little boy, no older than
11 standing with a box in his arms. 

"Uh...hey kid is there something you need?" I asked and he stared up at me. Emotionless. He resembled Alex strangely with slight 
differences. He held the box up to me and said "My big sister told me to give this to you. So you can find out what happened to her and
my big brother." He said handing the box to me and turning around to leave but I grabbed him.

"Hold up....Big brother....Sister....are you Alex's little brother?" He nodded and shoved away from my grasp.

This was it...this was the start of an adventure of a life time.