Ms. Galloway (A Slender Man love story)

The Tendril

Slender Man didn't come out of that bathroom in a long time. While I waited on him, I ate the snacks I stole from the Taxaco gas station. By the time I finished, I seriously had to pee, so I got up and walked up to the door.

"SLENDER MAN!" I screeched.

Silence.

I brought my fist up to the door and banged on it. "SLENDER MAN!"

"What?!" came an irritated response as the door flew open. Inside, I could see Slender Man. He had retired his black suit and was in what looked like a set of black sleeping wear. His tenticles were nowhere in sight.

"I really, really, really have to pee!" I wailed, not knowing how much longer I could hold myself.

"NOT THE FLOOR, NOT THE FLOOR!" the Slender Man hissed, snatching me up with his long fingers and holding me over a toilet.

"You wench, I'm not going to use the bathroom with you watching!" I snapped, tears springing to my eyes because it was getting hard to hold.

Slender Man simply snapped his head in the other direction.

"Get out the bathroom, idiot!" I snapped. "I'm a GIRL!"

"I'm not worrying about looking at your pitiful body!" Slender Man snapped.

"Does that mean you'll let me look at your jewels?" I flashed back quickly.

"What are jewels?" Slender Man hissed, sitting me down in front of the toilet. "I don't collect gems, I collect souls. And hurry up in there!"

He hurried out of the bathroom and slammed the door behind of him.

I quickly relieved myself- and boy was it a relief- I gazed around the bathroom while zipping up my tight pants. It was truly an elegant bathroom, complete a beautiful pattern of black-and-gray tiles, a black shower curtain, and a black granite sink. I peeked into the shower and was met by a breath-taking shower head made of silver and an ivory tub, which was safely altered with a rubber mat to ensure a safe bath. There was fluffy, white towels hanging on the wall with an elegant, golden "S." I suddenly decided right then and there that I'd take a bath. I lock the door and help myself to a hot shower, which I have not had in months. I take that back; I can't remember the last time I had a shower- hot or cold- period. All of the baths I took were in that icy-cold river on the otherside of town, WITHOUT soap. So technically, it wasn't a bath at all.

I hear a loud banging on the door.

"Are you taking a bath in there?" I heard Slender Man hiss.

"You didn't expect me to go to bed dirty, did you?!" I shout back, scrubbing my self in a manly-smelling soap. I don't care though, because it was better than no soap at all.

"You'd better not be using my cologne soap!" the Slender Man shouted. "That stuff's expensive!"

"Too late!" I shout back.

"Idiot!" the Slender Man sounded really mad now. "Do you know how many bodies I had to pay for that?!"

"You have a currency of dead bodies?" I hiss, feeling mortified.

I heard a muffled reply.

"Slender Man?"

There was no reply.

I quickly finish up my shower and step out of the tub, feeling clean in refreshed. I found where he stashed his supply of fluffy dry off towels and dried myself. And I was met by a fluffy black robe. It had a elegant "S" imprinted on the rightside of the chest. I slip it on, knowing- and not caring- that I'd hear his mouth.

"ARE YOU WEARING MY ROBE?!" Slender Man snapped the second I stepped out of the bathroom.

"You have no gown for me," I said, cuddling myself in the robe. It was especially soft, so soft I wanted to curl up on the bed and go to sleep.

"You are seriously annoying!" the Slender Man snarled.

I climb into the bed. "G'night," I said.

"Oh-no!" the Slender Man hissed. "You have no clothes on!"

"This robe's fine," I said. "I like it up against my skin. Plus, it smells nice."

"That's because I'm a clean person," the Slender Man said. "It doesn't reek of human skin cells. Now get out of it."

"But what am I supposed to wear?" I whinned.

Slender Man sighed. "I'll be right back," he said. Suddenly, right before my face, he dissppeared.

"Whoa!" I shout. "W-Where'd you go? Slender Man!"

10 minutes didn't go by until Slender Man reappeared. One of his tenticles held a red night gown. He threw it at me. "Go into the bathroom and change into that."

With no questions, I walked into the bathroom and changed. And I slipped the robe back on.

"Idiot," the Slender Man snarled. "You have no use of that now."

"But it's soft!" I wailed as he yanked it off of me. "And it smells nice!"

"And by taking it from you, I'm ENSURING it smells nice," the Slender Man snapped. "Get in the bed."

It was the middle of the night when I heard a creepy scratching sound up against the door. It was pitch black now, and I was curled up against Slender Man's leg. Okay, I know that sounds weird, but for man, his leg's are surprisingly soft...And their WARM. And plus, they make great teddy bears. Because that noise was really creeping me out. I was shivering, and Slender Man was KNOCKED OUT. I knew it because that noise was getting louder all the while and he was still asleep.

It must have been around midnight when I finally found that the noise was too loud to be OUTSIDE the room. So, ever so naturally, I crawled underneath the sheets up to the top of the bed and curled up next to Slender Man's chest. That nut was still sleep which was just FINE with me. Because if he knew I was there, he'd kick me out of the room altogether.

The next day, Slender Man wasn't where he was...But I could feel the heat of his glare.

"Uh-oh," I groaned. I slowly turn over on my bed to see a ticked off Slender Man.

"You ridiculous human!" he snapped. "I told you the BOTTOM of the bed! Why were you cuddling with me!"

"There was this scary noise outside the door, and then it came INSIDE the room!" I cried.

"It was just my tendril!" he hissed. He revealed a tiny little thing, really skinny, yet very long. It was even thinner than my pinkie. That's probably why it sounded like it was outside the room becacuse it WAS outside the room; It was small enough to go underneath the door. "I lost a tenticle last century and it's still regrowing. Until it becomes mature again, it'll continue to have a mind of it's own while I'm sleeping."

"Poor baby," I said, capturing the little tendril in my hands. "It must feel lonely."

"Idiot," Slender Man growled, snatching his limb from my hand and retracting it until it disappeared behind it's back. "I'm going to get you some breakfast. When I come back, I expect this bed to fixed. And get you're human food trash cleaned up! It's annoying!"

And with that, the grump disappeared.

Hey, guys. I know this is supposed to be a romance story- and don't worry it's comming up soon- but I really wanna know what you guys think about the story thus far so I can do better in the upcoming chapters and any other stories I'll make in the future. All I can say is don't expect scary things... Because all of my scary stories are crap...But anyway, comment, message, things like that will let me know if I'm going in the right direction. (But if you read four chapters, then it must mean it's okay? And in such case, I'll enjoy your critiques!) Another thing, next week I might not be AS busy as I am. And by busy I mean I probably won't be doing any of these daily updates. Reason being I am signing up for the SAT this coming Monday so I expect it to be a busy week. But as it is my spring break, I'm willing to dedicate my time to this story! (And studying and softball ;) ) Anyway, hope you enjoyed chapter four and expect chapter five possibly today, but no later than tommorrow!