Like Us Duet
They say everyoneâs a superhero to someone. Iâm not sure who Iâm supposed to save, but I know who saved me. We were kids. His name was Christopher. And up until the day he pulled me from deathâs grip, he was nothing more than a boy I felt sorry for. In a blink of an eye, he became the only person who made me feel safe. And then he disappeared. Now Iâm seventeen. Iâm not a kid anymore. I havenât been for years. While death didnât take me that day, the things that happened left me with scarsâthe kind that robbed me of everything I once loved and drove me into darkness. But more than anything else, that dayâand every day sinceâhas taken away my desire to dream. I wasnât going to have hope. I wouldnât let myself wish. Those thingsâthey werenât for girls like me. Thatâs what I believedâŚuntil the new boy. Heâs nothing like the old boy. Heâs taller and older. His hair is longer, and his body is leanâstrong and ready for anything. I donât feel sorry for him. And sometimes, I hate him. He challenges me. From the moment I first saw him standing there on the baseball field, he pushed meâhis eyes constantly questioning, doubtingâŚdaring. Still, something about himâit feelsâŚfamiliar. He says his name is Wes. But I canât help but feel like heâs someone else. Someone from my past. Someone whoâs come back to save me. This time, though, heâs too late. Josselyn Winters, the girl he once knew, is gone. I am the threat; I am my worst enemy. And he canât save me from myself.