Valentine's Night

Chapter 17

(Candice's POV)

I rested my head on the front door and smiled. Every feeling in my body was overflowing and wanting to pour out. I was happy, sad, angry, and overjoyed all at once.

I ran up to my room and tossed my purse on my bed before going and putting some music on very loud. I danced around my room. Swaying slowly to the soft music and twirling around when the more upbeat music came on.

"What's wrong with me?!" I almost screamed. Not that you could hear me over the music.

Finally, exhausted from my dancing and singing, I collapsed on my bed. My head was spinning from all the thoughts going around in it and I could barely think.

Then there was a tap on my door. "Honey? Are you alright in there?"

It was my mom. I sat up and smiled at my door before running over and pulling it open. "I'm perfectly fine. Why do you ask?" I asked breathlessly, still a bit tired from dancing.

My mom frowned before shaking her head. "No, it's fine. I just thought you were upset."

I pulled her into my room and we spun around, laughing. "I am better than I've ever been, Mom. You don't need to worry about anything!" I said.

She laughed and hugged me. "I'm so happy to see you happy. You've always been so quiet and I'm so glad to see you're excited about something."

I pulled away and grinned. "Me too."

She smiled at me for a minute then chuckled. "Still, you need to turn that racket down. I'm sure you're waking the whole neighborhood."

I giggle and went to turn my music down. My mom left my room and I closed my door. This was by far the best day of my life.

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"Yes!" J.J. screamed at me. "You are actually dating now?!"

I couldn't help grinning. "Yup. I'm his girlfriend and he's my boyfriend. It happened last night."

"Wait. You're parents weren't home, right?"

"What do you mean? Of course they were." I replied slightly confused.

She gasped and put a hand over her mouth. "Did you do it in your room? Did they hear you moan? You did moan, right?"

I slapped her arm. "That is not what I meant by it happened. He just told me he liked me and asked if I would be his girlfriend." I rolled my eyes at her. "We didn't have sex, J.J."

It was Sunday and we were sitting in my room talking about my date with Brandon. J.J. had practically banged down the door to ask me what happened.
She pouted. "Did you even kiss him?"

I bit my lip and smiled. "Yes..."

"I knew it!" She grabbed me and hugged me tight. "My little girl is growing up! I'm so proud of you!"

"Who are you calling a little girl? My birthday comes first, you know?" I said.

She giggled and grinned. "True. But, that doesn't mean I'll don't feel responsible for all of this."

"Responsible? All you did was cue my in on his moves. How does that make you responsible for this?" I asked with a laugh.

She shrugged. I chuckled and sat down on my bed. "But, I have to say. As much as last night made me happy... I kind of feel like somethings wrong."

J.J. frowned. "How can anything be wrong? The most romantic boy in school is now your boyfriend."

"Well, I mean I'm happy and nothings ever felt so right before and I've never felt so sure but, at the same time... I feel like everything's wrong and I'm so confused as to whether or not it's right." I paused. "Does that make sense?"

She raised an eyebrow. "No."

I sighed. "I don't think it's bad to be with Brandon but, something is bugging me. I can't put my finger on it though."

She looked thoughtful. "Why don't you try this relationship and if you still feel that way in a few months then you can try and talk to him about it."

I made a small hm. "I guess. I just wish I knew what it was that's messing with my head."

"It's probably nothing. You've just never been in a relationship before so you're not used to it." J.J. said with a shrug.

I nodded. "Yeah, that's probably it. I shouldn't worry to much, I suppose."

J.J. grinned. "Just relax. You'll see how fun it is to have a boyfriend. You guys are cute together too."

I chuckled. "What I don't get is why you're so supportive."

"I'm your best friend. Of course I'm going to be supportive of your relationship or dating status." She said.

I shrugged. "But, in the movies the best friend always get jealous and tries to break up the couple and they all end up dying in the end."

She scoffed. "I wouldn't do that! Besides, movies are just that. Movies. Nothing about them is real. Even ones that are based off of things are fake. Those people didn't actually go through that so they don't really know what's real or not."

I shrugged. "Yeah."

J.J. giggled. "If movies came to life I'd have to start believing everything is real."

"You never know. If everything on the Internet was true then things and people like Jeff the Killer and Eyeless Jack would be real. If that happened I'd have a heart attack."

"They could be! Jeff was human before he went crazy so it's completely possible that he's real." J.J. said. "What if one of them came to your house? What would you do?"

I thought for a minute. "I would hide."

"What if they found you? Would you sell your body to stay alive?" She asked in a creepy tone.

I rolled my eyes. "No way. I'd die before I did anything like that. Besides, Jack would just want to eat me and Jeff has no feeling so he'd kill me without waiting."

J.J. laughed. "Why so heartless, Candice? You don't think a killer is capable of love?"

I scoffed. "Absolutely not. How can someone, who kills other humans for sport, be able to love anything? It's impossible."

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Hey everyone! This was kind of a short chapter but, my last one was super long so I think it's okay. I feel super bad. Brandon is getting in Jeff's way and now he's gonna have to watch his back. Oh, well. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! AS ALWAYS VOTE, COMMENT, FOLLOW AND STAY AWESOME!

-Nekoco