The Hessian

Chapter 5

I woke up in my bed, I got up and yawned stretching my arms out, I got up and went to the kitchen, before I even got out of the room I noticed my window had been smashed, glass was shattered on the floor, some were big pieces while others were much more smaller pieces. I went to the kitchen to make myself some tea then I had to clean the mess up.

"Is the door broken too?" I said out loud.

When I got to the kitchen I noticed my front door was completely fine, as if it was never touched, then it hit me.

"Hessian probably came through the window in order to not get caught," I sighed before grabbing the broom and dustpan and going back to my room where the broken glass was.

After I cleaned the glass up I went back to the kitchen and started drinking my tea.

A few minutes into drinking my tea someone decides to knock on the door , I got up and went to the door opening it.

"Oh morning Ichabod," I said a little shocked, he usually comes in the afternoon not the mornings.

"Good morning Y/n, I just came to tell you that you need to be more careful," He explained

"Careful?"

"Yes, I saw the Horseman smash your window and climb in, then he left after a few minutes"

"Oh..." I said not knowing what to say.

"I'm just telling you that if these people find out your with the Horseman they'll-"

"Call me a witch and I'll probably be killed," I interrupted him.

"Exactly"

"Okay well thanks for the warning, but did you come here for anything else?"

"No, I'll leave now," He said before I shut the door.

I went back to drinking my tea, but I couldn't get the fact that if these people see me and Hessian being together they'll kill me.

I tried to not let it bother me but it did, and for the rest of the day too.

I was out near the woods admiring a beautiful flower when a gentleman came up to me.

"I'm sorry to disturb you ma'am but you really shouldn't be out here especially with the Headless Horseman around," He warned me.

"Oh sorry I didn't realize how much time has passed...would you mind if I stayed out here a bit longer?"

"I suppose so, but I wanna be out here with you just incase," He stated.

"Okay"

With that he sat down next to me. The man who introduced himself as William scooted kinda close for comfort, I decide to ignore it.

A few minutes later we heard a horse whining and then the sound seemed to be getting closer to us.

"We need to go now," William stated grabbing my arm forcing me to stand up.

"Let go of me," I said calmly.

He let go of me, we both look ahead of us to see the Horseman close now.

"We need to go!" He said in a loud tone.

"No"

"Fine, but that's your death wish," but before he could even run away the Horseman or Hessian pulled out his sword and sliced his head off.

Hessian came back to me getting off his horse, he wrapped both arms around my waist pulling me close to him. I still have no idea how he saw or even heard us but he somehow did.

"Jealous still?" I teased him

He ignored my teasing and looked over to Daredevil so he would come, he helped me get on before getting on himself.

We were riding for a bit when he stopped and got off, I got off with him.

We sat down on a log hand in hand.

"Hessian...do you ever think we will ever find your head?" I asked him

He gave a nod, and I felt relieved even though doubt was still in me, then I realized.

"Did you take Williams head?" I asked worried.

He shook his neck no.

"Hessian please take the head before you leave, people have seen me with William before he died just a minute ago, and he probably told someone he would be with me and,-" before I could say anything else he pulled my arm to him, making me sit on his lap, he wrapped his arms around my waist keeping me close.

"Really Hessian?" I said

He gave a nod, as if this position was necessary, which it wasn't.

I do remember him doing this multiple times before his death though, if a man even dared to look at me in a loving way he would make me sit on his lap showing others that I'm already taken, if he was really jealous he would kiss me while sitting on his lap.

Hessian does feel insecure about his looks, he hates how he filed his teeth down, he doesn't like how his hair is always back and always up, he hates how his pupils were small, since men usually had dilated pupils or normal pupils, but I usually didn't mind these things, his filed teeth just made him look more dominant in my eyes, his hair was just normal to me, I knew plenty of other men with their hair always up, his smaller pupils just made him unique since men really didn't have smaller pupils.

And he did feel guilty about his jealousy, but again that never bothered me, since I chose not to have male nor female freinds after his death even before it I had very little freinds.

Anyway we hanged out for the rest of the night until he dropped me off home, this time I was up so all he had to do was drop me off near the house then I had to walk.