I was very normal, very normal indeed, I went to school on weekdays, my coffee club job on on the weekends and generally kept to myself. So when time stood still the first time, it took me days to recover. When I had just convinced myself it was a dream, it happened again and kept happening until I had no choice but to adjust and prepare.

Somehow I had managed to blend it with normal life and made the most of if, even though this month had been a whirl wind.

It was Saturday night and it was my first night out since time started freezing and I was willing to take the risk. I had branched off from my friends to get another drink, one moment the liquid was coming out steadily and the next it stopped. I sighed to myself and put down the cup, glancing around the room. As per usual, everyone was paused, mouths opened mid word, arms in the air from dancing and a man sitting on a lounge in the corner staring at me- wait what!?

I whipped my head to him, I could see his chest moving and then he tilted his head and I felt my eyes widen and body stiffen. Suddenly I felt as paused as everyone else.

Then he stood, so smoothly it was almost like ge floated and he did the same as he approached me, I was still completely stiff, an unmoving force as he got closer. Stopping in front of me and he seemed to be amused by the wild look that must have been on my face.

The silky velvety smooth voice that left his mouth didnt surprise me, he had this ethereal void about him, a weapon in human form, ultimate dark power, like death.

“Hello darling, I’ve been waiting for you”