My Witch of an Aunt (Emily's Original)

Chapter 6

I wake up in Max's arms, my head hurts like a mother fucker. "Sally! Oh my god, Sally!" Bre's eyes are widened with fear. I can't tell if it's of me or for me. "Sally! I'm so sorry!" Addie is crying, "I should've known, I-" "You couldn't have known," I cut her off. There was no way for her to know a person would come out of her spirit board. We all thought it was each other moving the piece. I honestly didn't believe in the spirit crap but here we are. I hold my head, this really fucking hurts. Yea, being possessed does that to ya. I don't want it to hurt, It just does. "Yeah sure," I mutter, "Keep telling yourself that." "What?" Max is looking at me weird. I look around and see Addie and Bre are too. "You guys didn't hear that? Skylee was just talking." Everyone is looking at me like I'm insane. What is happening? I'm inside your head dumbass. I've possessed you. They can't hear me. Oh, you've gotta be kidding me. "Oh, you're fucking kidding me," I mutter rubbing my head, "I guess she's inside my head or something." "So wait, you're possessed? " Bre asks standing up to pace around the room. "I guess?" I'm so confused which makes my head hurt more. I lay back down on the couch. What the fuck just happened? I close my eyes to think for a second.

I'm standing outside at recess. I look around, Skylee is in front of me, I can't move. I start puking up what looks like blue blood. My mom appears out of nowhere and hugs Skylee. She looks at me eyes full of anger, "Kill her." I hear Max scream, "SALLY!!!" Black.

"Sally? SALLY!?" I bolt up. I must have fallen asleep. I feel a searing pain in my head. I yelp and clutch my head. I realize Max isn't next to me. He must have gotten up. "Sally?" I look over and see Bre staring at me with fear overflowing from her eyes. I look around the room. Max is on the other side of the room groaning and clenching his side. Addie is next to him, "Max answer me." I rush over, "Max?! What happened? What's wrong?" Addie puts a hand on my shoulder, "Sally, y-you sent him flying across the room." Wait, WHAT? "What do you mean?" I ask panicked. "I hudge green light came from you that knocked Bre and I to the ground and threw Max across the room." I'm shocked. I can't believe I did that! You're welcome. You know I could've done more. I stand up and walk to another corner of the room, "What do you mean?" I could've killed him you know. I could kill all of them. I control almost all of your powers. I can hurt whoever I want through you. I am the puppetmaster in this little game, you're the puppet. My eyes widen in terror realizing what this could mean. Me being in this room, right now, is a threat to all my friends. I walk out of the room and sit in the hallway holding my head. I can't be here. I have to leave. I've already hurt Max. How much longer till I hurt the others? Max walks into the hallway and sits down next to me. "Sally, are you ok?" Tears start running down my cheeks. I quickly try to wipe them away, "You're asking if I'M ok? I just threw you across the room." Max puts an arm around me and pulls me closer "I know you wouldn't do that on purpose. It was Skylee, wasn't it?" I nod. Tears are still flowing down my cheeks even though I'm doing everything to stop them. I bite my lip, "I'm a danger to everyone who's near me. I can't control what Skylee does. She could kill you guys. She-" Max turns my head toward him and kisses me. The kiss is soft and slow. When we break apart all the blood rushes to my face. "Sally," Max lays his hand on my cheek, "I'm going to be right beside you no matter what happens, ok? Even if you push me away. I promise. I love you." "I love you too." I lay my head on Max's shoulder and wipe away the tears.

Addie's dad drives us home about an hour later. Max and I both get out by my house as he wants to have a picnic with me in the woods behind my house. We walk into the woods, hand in hand with the picnic that Addie's mom prepared us in a plastic bag. Max leads me to a clearing I didn't even know existed. "Here we are!" he smiles as he lays down a blanket we brought. He holds my hand as I sit down. We unpack the picnic, sandwiches, apples, chips. I hesitate, what have I eaten in the past twenty-four hours? The ice cream yesterday I think? If I eat now I probably shouldn't eat tonight. Then skip breakfast and lunch tomorrow. "Sally?" I look up, Max is looking at me confused, "Are you ok?" "Yea," I say picking up a ham and lettuce sandwich. Max stares at me an extra second then grabs a ham and cheese sandwich, "Good." He smiles at me as I take a bite. We both finish our sandwiches talking about random shit. "Hey, uh, Sally?" Max grabs my hand, "Can I ask you a personal question?" I lean my head to the side, "Y-yeah, sure." Max looks away hesitating, "W-why do you skip meals a lot? You don't eat lunch at school. Honestly, this is one of the only times I've ever seen you eat." I look away. What am I supposed to say? I can't come up with a good reason other than me trying to lose weight. "I-I" I stammer trying to come up with a lie but it's no use, the truth comes spilling out of my mouth, "I've been trying to lose weight. I've been doing this for years. Nowadays I'm just not hungry that often." I'm looking at the ground. I can't bring myself to look at Max. He probably thinks I'm a weirdo. I feel Max's hand on my shoulder. He pulls me closer to him. I lay my head on his shoulder, I can't believe I can make the happiest moments sad. Yea, you're the worst. You can't do anything right. You sound like my thoughts all the time. Hehe, that's not funny. We continue talking for about an hour before my mom texts me asking when I'm coming home. "Well, I better go," I sigh, I look at Max and he has this stupid smile on his face, "What?" Max puts his hand on my waist and kisses me again, "Ok, now we can go." Wow. Just, wow.