In the Darkness || Arne Johnson

Chapter 22

Love is a strange thing. It can be dangerous, weird, it can make you do rational and irrational things.

I never believed the saying, 'love can make you do crazy things.' Well, that was until my love for a guy made me save him from demonic possession.

When Lorraine told me that love is a powerful thing, I didn't know how to interpret it. But it was actually really simple, because I just needed to use that as my weapon for when I saved Arne, and I succeeded.

Today is the day the judge gives a verdict for Arne. Saying wether he's guilty or not. Last night after all the events that occurred, Arne and I both got checked by the doctors and then we stayed with each other all night.

Of course there were guards outside of his hospital room, but that didn't stop us from spending what could be our last night together.

Debbie also kept her word in making sure our parents didn't catch me. When I had came back around 4 in the morning, she helped sneak me back in, making sure our parents didn't wake up.

Now, I'm standing in front of my mirror, smoothing down my dress. My hair was pulled back into a low ponytail while some strands were left in the front.

I glanced at my clock, seeing that it was almost time to go. I sighed, grabbing my purse and keys and headed downstairs.

I was too nervous to grab anything to eat, so I just grabbed some water and headed towards the court house.

The whole drive, I drowned out my thoughts with some rock music. It wasn't particularly the right time to be listening to it, but anything to take my mind off of the events that are about to occur will have to do.

Pulling up to the court house, it was already packed with news reporters, guards, and regular civilians wanting to see 'the guy that supposedly murdered somebody because of demonic possession.'

It looked like Arne hasn't arrived yet so I got out and started walking towards the crowd. Right when I made it, the prison van pulled up and everyone started rushing towards it.

News reporters started to get ready, fixing their appearance while the camera men started to turn the cameras on.

The second the guards opened up the back of the van, everyone started surrounding Arne, leaving me all the way in the back of the crowd.

Taking in a sharp inhale, I started my way through the crowd, occasionally getting shoved, but I wasn't going to let that stop me from getting to Arne.

"Arne! Arne!" I yelled, when I saw him come into view.

I saw him glance around in hope at my voice, but he quickly frowned when he didn't see me.

"Arne!" I yelled again, finally catching his attention. We made eye contact and he instantly beamed, but couldn't walk towards me due to the guards holding him.

I ran up to him, immediately pulling him into a kiss, and him instantly responding.

I pulled away just enough to look up at him, while my fingers played with his hair.

"I just wanted to let you know that no matter what happens in there, I'm going to stick by you till the end. Remember what I told you from the beginning? From the first second that you got arrested?" I asked, looking into his green eyes.

"Yeah. How could I forget? You were the only one who stuck by with me till the end." He said, giving me a small smile while staring down at me.

"Right! I'm going to stick by you till the end. It's you and me against whatever's going to happen, okay?" I said, giving a soft smile.