Amber was basking in the sunlight as a cold autumn breeze wafted through the air. She was excited to be seeing Sara soon. Her cell phone rang and as she looked to see who was calling she groaned. IT was Damen. She hadn't talked to him in a week, but it felt like forever. She did miss him, but she enjoyed the time away from him. She was starting to feel better until just now. She picked it up to be polite. "Yo!" Damen said. "Hey", she managed to get out. " Are you ok? I know it's been weird lately. I'd like to come by if it's ok." He asked. Amber was silent. Should she tell him she had plans with Sara. "Right now isn't a good time, I have plans." She felt weird saying that. He paused and then said, " I really like you, Amber. I don't want to lose you, ever. Why have you been avoiding me? Is it your mom?" "No!" she shouted, "My mom is fine with you." Ok, that was a lie there, but she couldn't decided where they stood right now. "Ok, well.....I'm coming anyway. You need me to rescue you, I can tell." He hung up before she could protest. He sounds desperate. Are you ok with this, Amber. I won't force you away from him. It's just he rubs me the wrong way. It's a feeling I can't shake off. By the way, Sara is so happy that your coming. Emily hovered in the air, sending a nice lavender smell, as the wind whipped through the trees. "I'll be ok. I can handle him. He...He won't hurt me. We known each other way back." Amber wasn't sure about her statement though.
Soon she heard the sound of a motor cycle in the driveway, and it could only be one person. "Yo, what a ride?" Damen said smoothly. "Damen", Amber said, "Look, I really do have plans. I met this girl named Sara. She's really nice. She wants me to have a sleepover later on, which means she's coming for me soon." Damen looked at her, " Can I meet her? Maybe I can hang out with y'all. She could come with us to our usual spot at the pub." She didn't want to hurt his feelings, so she agreed, but something was telling her this might not go well. Sara's mom had pulled in the drive way right after she agreed. Emily went to warn Sara of Damen. Sara got out, " Hello, Damen, I've heard so much about you. I'm Sara. Damen nodded, " Nice to see you too." Sara's mom was shocked to see Damen brush her off like that. " So Amber, What about the pub?" Damen suggested. Amber said, "Actually, I was thinking...." "You could come to my house with us!" Sara blurted out. Excitement was in her eyes. "Ok, then." he replied in a cool tone.
When they got to Sara's house the motorcycle parked beside Mrs. Ruh's car, as they all got out. He honked twice. Sara's mom wasn't happy about that. Sara asked Damen," So are you a Christian?" " Not much,
I go to Amber's church though, sometimes." He said. Emily floated along with them. " So, what do you believe then?" Sara asked curiously. "I'm Atheist." he declared like he was proud. Sara frowned. Then he changed the subject and said, " You wanna go for a ride, Sara?" "Well," Sara said slowly, " My parents aren't fond of me and motorcycles. Once my brother Kevin took me, and we were in an accident. I was ok, But Kevin needed to get stitches. It didn't go well." Amber intervened, " Sara, what do you have planned?" " Well, we have a river back in the woods. We could go kayaking. You ok with that, Damen?" He nodded. When he got Amber alone he said, " "You know, I can't swim, so maybe let's go for a bike ride." Amber said, " But that would be rude, Damen. Sara is my friend." HE nodded and said, "OK". Amber was getting flustered. Damen had a problem with everything, and she just realized this wasn't going to work. " You can go, Damen, if your not having fun. I understand". He took a deep breath and said, " Amber, your different, you used to agree with me on everything. What happened?" Amber shouted, " Maybe she grew up, and started acting like a person who cared for others!" She and Damen never argued before. I guess she was immature back then, and realizing for the first time decided a change was in order. Damen shot her a look, got on his motorcycle, and drove off. Some how without him she felt better off. Sara and her had a wonderful time. Sara's mom grinned as Damen left.She hid it though. As the day progressed Amber was so happy that she didn't think of him at all. It was like a weight was lifted.
The next day when they dropped Amber, she thanked them for having her. As they drove off, Damen approached. "Whats wrong with you?" he said. she didn't give him any power, and moved to go inside. As she turned the key, he jerked her hand back. She was scared. Emily knew this wasn't going to be good. And stepped in font of Amber, pushing Damen back. "What the...." he began to say, "Your really getting on my nerves. Amber realized he could see Emily standing there, shielding her from his fits of rage. "You messed her up!" he yelled. Emily looked him in the eye, " Go, leave this innocent boy, Satan!" His face changed, but Emily used all her powers to force him away. Amber realized that this was the face of evil. She called out, "Go away, Damen or whoever you are! You deceived me. I thought you were genuine, but I was a fool. Your nothing but trouble. Stay out of my life!" With that Amber was done with him, truly done. He was not a good person. Emily still shielding Amber until he drove away again. Then she sat down. "That took alot of energy, Amber. I'm proud of you. But I fear for that boy's soul. He's corrupted. Unless he repents, he will stay the same. How are you?" "I'm good", Amber replied. I'm so done with him. Emily smiled, "I fulfilled part of my mission back there. He was going to make you like him by force. HE was probably going to hurt you to do it too. You understand now as long as we're on Earth, the devil will try to get in to people's minds. I feel sorry Damen's is corrupted and pray he sees through it." Amber asked, " So, how do we save him?" Emily frowned, "In his state he needs to save himself."
Amber felt bad for listening to him for so long. "Mom, I want to be baptised in Jesus Christ's name. I don't want to end up like Damen. I've realized a few things. He was bad for me, but I will try hard to repair the damage. I want to make things right with the Lord." Her mom looked up, " You sure, honey?" Amber replied, ""Yes!" Her mom smiled, "Good", and hugged her for the first in a a while, "I'm glad I have my daughter back". Amber grinned, she felt pure happiness. Emily knew she was done here, for now. She'd always come back, just as she did for Sara. But others needed her too. She faded away, repeating, Your a good person, Amber. You have a good soul. But others need me now that I've done what I came to do: Help you see past the deception this world holds. Love will always be your friend.
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