The Vampire Hunter

// Part Seventeen //

Ashley
It's been a week and honestly speaking I don't think Colby has slept or eaten since she died, he's up at all hours and he always wakes me with his pacing. Every morning I wake up the house is in even more of a state, books and research spread out and random pieces of paper with indecipherable writing litter the floor. I almost don't want to say anything to him about it because I don't want to upset him...but this can't go on much longer. I know losing Becky hurts but he can't keep doing this to himself and the house.

"Colby just stop for a minute...please!"

He dropped the book that he was holding and slumped down on the sofa opposite me.

"Go to sleep please, you haven't slept in forever."

"I can't sleep, not until I find some way~"

"Some way to bring her back, she's gone Colby and she's never coming back. You have to start moving on or your life will just become nothing more than the obsession to bring her back."

"But I have to try!"

"There's nothing you can do, between us we've probably read those books a thousand times. I'm sorry Colby, I really am."

"No! Just no, we've read these books a thousand times but...but we always ripped out the pages we didn't like, what if one of those pages had how to bring her back?!?"

"You're not listening to me Colby and you're hurting yourself, please just stop all this madness. If we could bring her back surely we would know about it! Be logical, we've read every damn books about vampires and not so long ago you wanted to burn every single one at the stake!"

"This is different!"

"She's still a vampire Colby! Vampires killed our parents, they stole everything from us. We committed our whole life to killing them...why can't you just be happy they're gone!"

"Because I loved her! But I guess you're too cold hearted to understand love!"

He stood up from his place on the couch and he stormed off into his bedroom, slamming the door behind him. The thud of the door echoed through the living room and I sunk down into my chair, this is not over, not by a long shot.

Colby
"Becky if you're out there...if you can hear me then please come back. I need you, I'm sorry. Please! You don't understand just how much it hurts here without you, I don't know if I can do it on my own. I love you, I really do love you so please if you can, come home or I'll be meeting you up there..."

I can't do this, I just can't. I committed my whole life to killing vampires, I wanted them all dead but when I met Becky I soon figured out she was a vampire, but I didn't want to kill her? I had every chance and the one I did take, I regretted instantly. I just want her back, I wished I could have stopped her but if I'd have even tried I would've died too...maybe that way things would be easier because we would be together. What if the only way I could ever see her again would be to join her up there, maybe that would fix things and I wouldn't feel this unbearable pain anymore...because I meant what I said. I really can't do this on my own.