Insomnia. (I can't sleep) (Jeff the killer romance)

Spirit

After School, I decided to head to the mall with My friend justice. I waited in front of the school looking for her. She wasn't hard to pick out from the crowd. She was about 5'6 with pink curly hair, always dressed in some type of black, and wore a bright pink backpack.
I scanned my surroundings to see if I could see her in the crowd but with no luck. Then my eyes fell on a strange sight. Across the street, I saw a man staring at me.
He was dressed in a white hoodie and black sweat pants. I couldn't make out his face. Maybe he was wearing some type of mask? His face looked pale white and had a wide smile, with black ringed eyes. As I was staring at him we made eye contact and I got chills down my spine.

"What are you looking at?" Someone from behind asks me.
I turn to see justice. "Do you see that guy over there?" I ask her
Her eyes scan our surroundings.
"What guy are you talking about?"
"The guy, across the street with the white hoody and mask?"
"No, are you starting to see things again?" she asks me somewhat jokingly. I turn around and look across the street and the man was gone.
"I hope not." I reply and turn to her. " where did you park?"
"Over here' she motions for me to follow her and we both head across the street.
Before entering the passenger's seat, my eyes scan up and down the street to see if I can see the man who was watching me but I only saw other students walking. I shrug it off and get in.

We arrived at the mall, and unsurprisingly, it was decorated with Halloween decorations. Every store was Halloween-themed and they even had a special Halloween maze that you can pay to get into. I sigh. Now I know why Justice wanted to come here so badly

"Why did you want to come here so badly?" I ask her as we walk down the crowded halls of the mall.
"Why? You ask?" She turns her head towards me, making her pink curl swing around Her neck dramatically, and gives me a devious smile.
"We are going to get you a Halloween costume" she sings excitedly.
I stop walking and turn towards her and grab her shoulder.
"Justice, you know I don't do this kind of stuff. " I say to her in a serious tone looking into her eyes.
"Well this year you do,"  she says to me.
"Justice, I can't it's too much for me"
"Don't give me that Chloe, I know this is hard for you, but it's been eleven years" she says trying to convince me. I don't know how to feel about her saying this to me. Part of me wants to be mad because, In a way, it feels like she's telling me to get over it. How can I get over the death of my parents and almost dying?
The other half of me knows that's she's right. I do have to move on eventually. But I'm still haunted by the events of that night.
"Eleven years," she emphasizes. "And this is the year that YOU will  have fun on Halloween, and whether you like it or not I'm getting you a Halloween costume."

I sigh. I know I'm not getting out of this. "Fine, I'll get a costume, but I'm not committing to doing anything on Halloween." I finally agree.

"Perfect!" She smiles and her eyes light up. She grabs my wrist and starts pulling me towards the spirit Halloween shop. "I have some costumes in mind for you!!"

I roll my eyes and let myself get dragged along.  But I come to a dead stop at the entrance and she continues trying to pull me in.
"What are you doing?" She questions me. I take a deep breath and eye the entrance.
"It's going to be okay, nothing is going to happen to you" she tries to comfort me.
"I know, it's just I haven't been in there since it happened"
She lets go of my wrist and hugs me.
"It's going to be okay Chloe." She looks me in the eyes. "This is part of the healing. I don't want you to miss out and avoid all of these things for the rest of your life. I'll be right next to you the whole time, I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."
I sigh and nod my head in agreement. And we walk inside the store.

As we entered, one of us triggered a Halloween decoration, and the girl from the exorcist came crawling out of under a curtain screaming at us. This made my heart pound and I jumped from the surprise.
I told myself to relax and tried to steady my breathing.

This store was the epitome of everything I hated. Jumpscares, fake blood, Halloween costumes. It just made me want to throw up.

I followed Justice down the isles as she looked for a Halloween costume that would suit her. She pulled one off the hanger. "What do you think about this one?" She asks holding up a sexy nurse costume. Typical of her.
"I think if you want your ass to hang out the whole night it's perfect for you" I say sarcastically
"Perfect, I'll keep it and look for some more." She coos.
"You aren't even looking for one." She says with disappointment.
"Oh no, I am." I randomly pick one off the coat rack without looking and hold it up to my body.
"Looks like you want to grab Andrews's attention at the party don't you?" She smiles and winks at me
I look down and realize I grabbed a sexy devil costume with a one-piece red leotard with a v neck that went all the way down to the belly button and fishnet stalkings.
I quickly put it back and pretend to keep looking.
"What makes you think I'm going to Andrews's party?" I ask her curiously.
"I saw you talking to him in the hall, I was late to class, I was going to say Hi but I didn't want to ruin your game, girl." She smiles and winks at me again.
"Always late," I think to myself
"I'm not going to Andrew's party," I say seriously.
She stops looking through the racks and looks at me and whines "why not? Everyone is going to be there! And he personally invited you... come on Chloe, you never get invited to things!"
"Gee thanks." I give her some more sarcasm. " you are right, everyone is going to be there, everyone who thinks I'm a freak. And I know you know what happened to me today. What makes you think it's not going to happen at the party?" I ask her seriously.
"I'm going to be there..." she smiles at me I don't return the smile and I look back at the racks and continue to look, not finding anything that interests me.
"You are seriously going to make me go alone?" She questions.
"No, you are going to go with Josh, who is also attending the party. I know, because this morning he wouldn't stop bothering me about it."
She gave me a look and I know what she was about to say next.
"Come on we all want you to go!"
"I'll tell you the same thing I told him. I'll think about it."
"Fine." she left it at that and continued down the next aisle in hunt of a costume. I was about to follow but something caught my attention.
In the aisle next to me, a young girl, around six, standing with her parents.
"Mom! I want this one! I want to be a pretty princess with a tiara and a wand!" She exclaims. 
My eyes widen a bit when I realize it's the exact same costume I chose when I was her age.
"Okay baby", the mom replies and takes it off the rack.
I sigh and look away and try not to think back on that night.
"Chloe! I think I found it!" Justice calls from another isle
I follow her voice and see her holding up a costume.
"It's perfect, it's not too revealing because I know you don't like that but it shows off a bit." She hands me the costume and the tag reads Laura Croft, tomb raider.
It wasn't bad. It was just a pair of shorts, a light blue tank top, a holster with a fake pickaxe, and a flashlight.
She's right it wasn't bad. And I had the boots that could go with it.
"I like it, let's go with this one!" I look at her and smile.

A/N I know it's a slow start but things will pick up in the next chapter! Thanks for reading so far!