The Free Weekend

Chapter 6 Hold my Hand

I wake up in Ashes arms I don't want to leave them but I know that I will have too.
"Morning"
"Morning" I reply he hugs me tightly
"Well I guess I'll prepare breakfas-" I say
"I'll come" he says almost instantly
"Thanks I'm just going to get ready be right back" I say getting up
"No I'll just meet you in the kitchen" he says letting go of my hand.

I stride into the kitchen. I'm not sure what made me so confident. Ash looks up.
"Hey again" he says grabbing an eggplant out of the food bag.
"What's with the eggplant, I thought you said you don't cook"
"I would cook anything for you, umm think of that in a romantic way" he says cutting the eggplant into slices
"Whatever you say" I softly say
"Morning" I turn around
"Hi Sim" I say flipping my head back around. If you think about it Sim is a weird name, what the fuck who calls a kid Sim? I think to myself as I walk over to get some plates.
"So how do you plan on cooking your lovely eggplant, you have there" I say sarcastically
"Actually I plan on frying it then after its a bit brown I was going to add pepper" he says smiling as he cuts the last slice.
"Cooking hormones" I say rolling my eyes

"You are one of them" we look up to see Oscar looking coldly at us.
"Um are you all right?" I ask handing a plate with ashes fried eggplant slices to him. He flicks it away
"You" he says pointing at me
"HE HAS TALKED TO YOU, YOU KNOW SOMETHING" Oscar says violently. Storming up to me, he grabs my collar of my shirt but Ash punches him which makes him fall backwards hitting the tree trunk on the way down knocking him out.
"Are you okay?" Ash asks gently.
I breathe a long sigh.
"I will be." The preposterous words come out before I really think them through. How can I be okay ever again? My best friend is dead possibly, Oscar thinks I'm some evil shit and there a demon dude running around in a forest killing everything he sees. Yep and I said I was fine, bull shit. I take a deep breath and let myself fall under Ashes loving gaze.

"What is he talking about summer?" Sim says now sitting down by my side. I don't answer I refuse to let those dreadful words come out of my mouth.
"I have to go back to the lake" I say getting up
"Oh no you don't not on my watch that is the last fucking thing you are going to do" he says standing up
"I'm sorry ash but I have too, I need to go back" I say softly
"Fine me and Sim go with you" ash says with a serious tone
"Fine, but Sim can't go because there must be two people in this tree house at all times" I say turning to Sim
"It's fine don't worry, I'll be fine with Oscar" he says uncomfortably
"You sure?"
"Sure" he says nodding his head.

Ash pulls on the trap door with all of his weight hanging on the handle it flys open an he falls to the ground but quickly stands up like that was suppose to happen.
"Hold my hand"
I take his hand and he leads me up the ladder. The air was moist I look at my surroundings. Fog great I say to myself what more perfect weather conditions could we possibly have.

He braces his body over me protectively and we half-run, half stumble to the lake. When I get there Ambers body isn't there there's nothing I run to where she had lay.
Something catches me eye I walk over. A ring I pick it up a small ring with a green stone in the middle. I think very hard to where I have seen this.
Amber it was on yesterday she wore it.
My eyes fill with tears.
"It's ok" Ash says trying to comfort me he grabs my hand that has ambers ring and holds my hand again
"There, now we can all be together" ash says whispering in my ear. He puts the ring on my finger.

"Hey summer I've got your little friend with me she's great company, well she doesn't talk a lot. You get the point"

"Yes I want her back, AMBER I shout but there was no answer nothing just total silence.
"Are you alright" Ash says in a protective tone, confused but protective.
"He's got her" I shout
"He can talk to you?" Ash says
"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!!!" I shout.
Ash nods his head. We both run as fast as we can I get to the tree hauling myself up and and onto the trapdoor this time I opened the door.
"SIM, GET OSCAR AND PACK AS MUCH CRAP AS YOU CAN RUN WITH HE'S COMING" I shout

I run to my room throwing my all my things back into my black my bag. I look up to see my dream catcher swinging back and forth I grab it ripping the string that was attached to a branch. I didn't care right now I needed to get out of here with Ash, Oscar and Sim alive.

"COME ON, WAKE UP" Sim says slapping Oscar in the face
"What the- FUCK OW, what was that for?" Oscar says angryly Oscar turns to face me. He was about to say something but right now I don't give a shit. I shove his bag in his face.
"HERE, I WOULD LOV-E TO TELL YOU A LOVLY STORY BUT RIGHT NOW IF WE DONT LEAVE RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE" I shout climbing out of the tree. They all follow without a question.

"If I say anything to you anything you must listen" I say jumping of the tree and onto the ground. I turn around and they all nod there head.
We run as fast as we can Ash runs with me with Oscar and Sim running behind. We run past a huge tree, biggest dam tree I have ever seen actually. Something seemed a bit odd about it. Then something starts to prick, it feels like fire slowly crawling though my body I felt like I was going to die, pins I think to myself I feel pins all over me. I try to keep running but everything seem to come to a blur I hear Ash shouting out something but I can't make it out. I fall over something, my vision gets blurry even more.
"Ash" I whisper

I hear a voice in my head once again "Lights out"

And then I black out....