Eric

Chapter one

Eric James came into this world so happy his parents just adored him always fusing over him kissing him he had everything he could imagine. His mother Sally was a caregiver at a local hospital in Stone creek she loved taking care of the elderly. She was noted as the the best nurse at stone creek memorial hospital, her husband Frank was a lawyer he was tough, but everyone loved him. And he loved building things with wood in his spare time. He would often show Eric how to build things like bird houses. when Eric was 7 his parents starting seeing things in Eric he became isolated and increasingly angry his mother would describe it as a serious meltdown that would last for days, yelling kicking screaming throwing things when it would end it was like nothing happened his mood would change and he would be the Eric they knew and loved. Now at 14 Eric was more withdrawn and his mother was more concerned about his behaviour issues and his dad was showing his authority more. It was 4 o’clock Eric came home and walked into the kitchen. The floors were so shiny you could smell moms pot roast in the oven “Eric..Eric why did you cut school again?) his mother yelled at him “because I felt like it!!” Eric said laughing. His mother came through the kitchen door from the family room “Eric you can’t keep doing this, you need to go to school” his mom said as she put her hand on his face and rubbing his cheek. Just then Eric grab his moms hand the look on his face was that of pure evil. “Eric!! Eric please you're hurting me, Eric!!” His mother yelled out. Eric just looked at her he had this smirk on his face like he was enjoying his mother's pain. He released his hold on his mothers hand and slapped his hand on the table hard enough to make his mother jump. “You can’t tell me what to do” Eric said looking his his mom with a cold stare as he left the kitchen. His mother just froze there. Holding her hand tears streaming down her face. Eric ran into his bedroom slamming his door a big grin on his face he couldn’t believe he made his mom cry. He took out a small notebook from underneath his nightstand and began writing an entry about how proud he was to have fought with his mom. While he was writing he could hear his mom talking to someone. “I’m so scared of him right now, I don’t know what to do” Sally said crying rubbing her hand, Eric wanted to go into the kitchen to see who his mother was talking to but he had to write more in his notebook, he thumbed through the pages of his book every page was filled with writing and dark drawings he wrote about his pain and the pain he inflicted upon others it was like a keepsake of all his bad doings. He even wrote about a young girl in his class Jade and the feelings of hate he had towards her
And things he wanted to do to her, as he smiled reading every page to himself, he could hear someone at his door, “Eric can I come in?” His mother asked in a quiet tone Eric closed his book pushed it under his mattress and throw open us bedroom door. His mother stepped back Eric could feel his mothers fear, he loved it “Eric honey,” Sally reached for Eric’s hand “I love you, I’m just so worried about you, no more cutting school ok” Sally said again holding Eric's hand. Eric just smiled at her barely blinking he did not say anything for a few minutes then he grabbed his mom and hugged her “ok mom I’ll try” Eric said. Eric knew how to play his mom pretending to change his behaviour acting like everything was ok it was to easy to get his way. His mom smiled at him uneasy “Dinner is almost ready ok” she said smiling at him
Eric just nodded and closed his door Sally turned around and walked back to the kitchen she was so scared of Eric, but she was afraid to let it show. She knew he needed help, but it was a question of how to get him the help that worried her. Eric could hear his father’s black firebird pulling up in the driveway Eric glanced out his bedroom window his dad was whistling as he got out of the car and started walking towards the front door. Eric closed his notebook and placed it back under the night stand he could just hear his mom talking to his dad about him skipping school again she always told on him, Eric opened his bedroom window and decided to sneak out he couldn’t stand his father’s lectures always dictating to him about how important school was about how important his future was “get real” Eric said to himself as he jumped onto the grass outside his window and started running towards the street. Frank came walking through the front door carrying his briefcase his smile beamed when he saw his wife in the kitchen “ Hi beautiful” he said putting his arm around her waist, Sally smiled and turned around to give him a kiss “ hi how was your day” she said hugging him “busy” he said laughing “ I was pulled into court to deal with a runaway client, he breaks the law and tries to bail into the next town” he said again laughing “they caught him on the bus going towards the valley” he said again undoing his tie.
As he was talking he glanced at Sally’s hand “what happened to your hand its red did you hurt yourself at work?” Sally was hesitant to say she turned around opened the oven door to take out the pot roast
“I caught Eric skipping school again” she said sighing “he got mad when I confronted him, I think we should get him help Frank” she said again almost in tears Frank turned Sally around and hugged her “I think your right he’s just getting worse” Frank said putting his tie on the counter. Frank walked out of the kitchen and down the hallway towards Eric’s bedroom Sally was walking behind him. Frank knocked at the bedroom door “Eric it’s dad can we talk?” Frank stood by the door waiting for Eric to open it, there was no response Frank knocked again “Eric if you don’t open this door I’m coming in!” Frank said again his voice getting stern, Frank waiting a few seconds and started to open the bedroom door. “Eric” Frank said walking into the room, Frank glanced around the room. “It looks like Eric climbed out the window” Frank said turning to Sally. “When he comes back home, we will have a talk” Frank said again closing Eric’s door. Eric walked down the street the cool air blew through his hair. Stone creek was such a dull small town he thought there were a few shops on the main strip which was king street and the adjoining street which was Arlington Street nothing much for a teen to do why his parents liked this town was beyond him
Eric continued walking towards king street to grab a slice of pizza from the pizza house pizzeria maybe he could find some action there he thought. It was almost 6 o’clock Eric walked down King Street the town felt more alive he saw a few young adults littering the streets, Eric could smell the pizza from the pizza house, there were only two pizza places in Stone creek but the pizza house on king street was the best pizza in town. There were a few people in the pizzeria when Eric walked in upbeat music was playing in the background a young woman could be heard asking to take Eric’s order “I’ll just have a slice of pepperoni and a Coke”Eric said smiling at the woman the woman nodded her head and tapped it into the cash register “that will be 6 dollars please” the woman said smiling Eric took out 10 dollars and placed it gently in the woman’s hand he glanced at the woman’s name tag
Dani what a beautiful woman he thought “Dani I like that name” Eric said putting on a charming smile Dani shyly smiled lowering her gaze “here’s your change” she said Eric took the change and just stared at Dani he was so mesmerized by her the blue eyes light brown curly hair
Dani grabbed the pizza and coke and placed it on the counter besides Eric he grabbed the pizza and coke and went to sit down besides the window just then a older boy came walking in and kissed Dani on the cheek he looked like a college student maybe a football player
Dani hugged him and told him she would have a break in a few minutes
A look of anger sweep over Eric’s face she was playing with him she acted like she was happy he was coming on to her shower her a little bit of attention. Eric kept watching Dani and her boyfriend he was disgusted how could she he thought. After a few minutes Dani and her boyfriend went out through the back door a young man took over the cash Eric could smell cigarette smoke he got up and walked towards the back door he was going to make Dani pay for playing him that’s all girls did they played with him they laughed at him he thought Eric swung open the door he saw Dani and her boyfriend sitting on a bench besides the building there was very little lighting Dani looked up when she heard the door bang open her boyfriend Greg looked up too “Hey what’s your problem kid” Greg said looking at Eric, all the thoughts running through Eric’s head just went wild he picked up a glass bottle that was besides the door and just swung it at Greg the bottle caught him on the side of the face Dani started crying Eric walked towards them his fits balled up Greg pushed Dani to the side and him and Eric started fighting. Greg was much taller and more muscular he easily threw Eric on the ground
“Relax kid,” Greg said putting his knee on Eric’s back “Don’t tell me to relax” Eric said yelling Greg turned his head to Dani and told her to go back in the pizza place and call the police. Dani ran inside Her sobbing echoed as she ran through the door. The police came within minutes Eric was still on the ground yelling and cursing with Greg holding him down Dani came out and watched as police grabbed Eric and sat him on the bench “What happened here guys” police officer Williams said “why don’t you ask her” Eric Yelled The police turned to Dani “ he just came in for a slice of pizza, he was flirting with me” Dani said tears flowing down her cheeks “I just let him flirt, it didn’t mean anything” Dani said again sniffing Greg hugged her and told her it was ok
Those words hit Eric hard I didn’t mean anything he thought the police officers handcuffed Eric and put him into the police car “because thus was just a minor incident, we will bring you back home instead of the police station ok” officer Williams said Eric just lowered his gaze on the floor of the car he was so bitter right now he just kept thinking about hurting Dani making her pay. As soon as the police arrived at Eric’s house, they Escorted him up to the front door He’s father opened the door, and the police brought Eric inside. Eric could see his dad’s anger
The police shook his dad's hand “thank you officers we will have a talk with him” Frank said smiling with the officers “not a problem” the officers said smiling as they left Frank turned his attention to Eric
“Son this has to stop, your getting to out of control” Frank said sitting down beside him “me and your mom think you should talk to somebody,” Frank patted Eric’s hand “Tomorrow we will go talk with The Dr” Frank said again Sally came into the room “Eric we love you, we just want you to get help ok” Sally said hugging her son Eric just stood up and walked to his room, his parents never took his side he thought Eric sat on his bed he couldn’t stay here he didn’t want to see this doctor tomorrow “there is nothing wrong with me” Eric kept saying to himself
Eric snuck out his bedroom window again. He was not going to see this doctor he felt his blood rushing to his head as he ran down the street his thoughts racing. Dani did not want to stay for her the rest of her shift Greg left because he had to go to work so she was alone to deal with the rest of her shift, just one more hour she thought then She can go home to her apartment which was just a block away. Dani’s manager Brent was in his office her coworker Sam was on the cash while She was taking a fresh pizza out of the oven. Eric kept running until he reached king street He stopped running and looked at the pizza house, he could see through the window Dani was still there he started to walk across the street until he was right across from the pizza shop and sat on the bench waiting and watching Dani. It was almost 8 o’clock the town still felt dead just a few people outside now and that is how busy this town got. Eric just watched Dani her bubble personality just irritated him he saw her putting on her jacket and hugging her coworker. She must be leaving he thought. He quickly got up and walked behind the garbage bin and knelt hoping that Dani did not see him. As Dani walked out the door of the shop, she breathed a puff of cool air. It felt so good to be off work she thought she began to walk to the end of the block towards her apartment she put her earphones on to listen to her music tapping her fingers on her leg she continued walking, Eric slowly got up and started walking towards Dani it was easy to sneak up on her since she had her music on Eric thought
He started to pick up the pace there was a small, wooded park at the corner he could grab her and pull her in there he thought. He caught up to her and right when she was about to turn the corner Eric grabbed her by the waist and dragged her into small, wooded park. Dani began to kick and scream Eric placed his hand over her mouth. And kept dragging her “Don’t fight me bitch, I won’t hurt you” he said whispering into her ear. Eric stopped dragging Dani and pushed her on the ground she tried to get up and run but Eric grabbed her by her leg and threw himself on-top of her he saw the fear in her eyes he grabbed a rock that was lying on the ground and started hitting Dani with it on the head he could hear Dani cry out in pain the blood was oozing down her face. Eric could hear someone running towards the woods he got up in time to see two young men running towards were he and Dani were. Eric took one look at Dani and smiled and took off running down Arlington Street his adrenaline was racing. He just beat Dani he thought he attacked her he really did he thought, while he was running, he could hear the two men asking Dani if she was all right, he could hear her faint cry
He started running back home but he was not Thrilled about his parents making him go to the doctors tomorrow, all he could think about was hurting Dani he was besides himself this was the first time he ever actually became extremely violent to the point were he caused severe bodily harm, but he loved it he could smell her blood as he bashed her head with the rock over and over again coming up to his block he pushed open his window and slid himself in he turned on his desk lamp his hands were trembling from what he had done it was trilling he thought so thrilling that he hurt Dani
He took out his notebook and started writing in big bold letters he wrote MY First thrill MY FIRST PREY he was very proud of himself
Now that he has done this, he could do so much more he thought