The Guard

I was taking computer classes in a well-known university in our town. The major class starts at 8 o'clock in the morning. I don't like the idea of being late so I usually step foot in school at 7. Evn though it's really early, I feel energetic sincr I always have enough sleep.

I heard about new employees that were hired by the university. Maybe that will explain that I see new faces everytime I roam around the school during class breaks.

There's a certain building for all computer courses and it stands beside the cafeteria of the school. It is divided into 4 floors and looks amazing judging by its design.

I made my way to the building and noticed a guard that I think was new at that time. I haven't seen him before. The time was 7:15 am.

"Good morning sir!", I said.

Though he didn't said a word, he smiled at me and nod. Maybe he's just shy since he's new I thought.

I quickly hopped in to the elevator and pushed the button. But when I took a peek at the door at the main entrance of the building, the guard wasn't there anymore. I got curious but didn't bothered to question.

The class dismissed at 10:39 since the professor on my next class has a meeting. But I can't go home for now since I have a project to do with my classmates in school.

We started doing the project at 5 pm because we decided to watch a movie first in a nearby mall. As we were doing the project, I noticed the guard. He was roaming around the hall. My classmates didn't take a look at him and that made me bothered. There was something about him. I noticed that there was a red thing in his shoulders. But the scariest thing was he turned around and faced me. He gave me a devilish smile and walked again.

I was quickly snapped back to reality when my best friend told me that we have to go home already. I asked if she saw the guard but said that there was no guard in the 3rd floor that we are now because the guard is downstairs.

I thought that maybe I was just daydreaming.

We made our way out to the building. I decided to take a look at where the guard is but it's a different man now.

The next morning, I noticed the guard that I saw last night when we got home. Curiosity got into me so I asked him.

I questioned him about the guard that I saw yesterday morning. He asked for the details and I replied that the guard seemed to be new since I haven't seen him before. He was a little short for a security guard, has a mustache and is white.

His eyes widened and asked if I was talking about Mr. Roberto Marquez. I said that I haven't heard that name before.

He then replied, "There's no security guard in here that is white and has a mustache other than him. He died yesterday morning at around 3 am when he was going to school. Yesterday was supposed to be his duty but he didn't made it."

I was shocked when I heard everything. And everything got into me. If he was dead and I didn't even know him, then why did he smiled at me?