You're my scary monster (Slenderman love story)

Chapter eight: Show me you care enough to stay

Brittannie's pov

I was wandering through the trees, when I found one easy enough to climb. I climbed up as far as it would let me, and on the last branch I sat down. It was a little chilly so I pulled my favorite nickelback jacket tighter around me. I flipped up my hood, and leaned back against the bark. I ran my finger along the branch, feeling the rough yet calming feeling of the bark.

I always had this, connection, with nature. Not really the animals, but the trees. They would calm me down, and comfort me. I loved being in the woods since I was so young. We lived a half mile away from a stretch of trees in my old home, before daddy died.

I would ride my bike down there, and aimlessly wonder around. Now, in this tree it brought back cold hard memories. I remembered the car wreck, the beatings, the rape, and the bullying, but as I softly caressed the bark of the trees soothed me, and calmed me down. I missed the way mother would hug me when I came home. I miss the way Maxi would make me laugh when I told him I was being bullied.

I miss the way daddy would always take me somewhere new. He showed me the positive side to the world, but now that he was gone, all I saw was the negative. I stopped caring after my life hit depression. I was always told love was just a fairy tale for little girls, so I stopped believing in it. I cared for so many things but with every thing i Cared for, it died, or I was hurt for it.

The more i cared, the more the world found ways to hurt me for it.

A bloody tear trailed a line down my pale face, and landed on my jacket. Another followed, then another, and another. Soon I was silently weeping because the pain inside was making me numb. I try it hold this under control, and no one can help me 'cause no one knows.Now I'm going through changes, god I feel so frustrated lately when I get suffocated. (Bonus point is you can tell me what song that came from.)

I moved my hand to wipe away my tears but someone else did it for me. Someone cupped my face, and used their thumb to wipe away my tears. I looked up to see Slender's pale exprrssionless face looking back at me.

"Please don't cry. I'm sorry I was acting li-" I cut Slender off and looked away.

"I don't care." I whispered.

"But-"

"I'm serious. I don't care. The more I care, the more the world finds ways to hurt me for it."

Slender stood speechless. I wasn't looking at his so I didn't get a chance to see his expression.

"Just leave me alone." I whispered.

"OK, but before I go, will you just look and listen to me for a moment?" He asked.

I turned around and looked at him waiting for his to speak.

"The world isn't hurting you because it's against you, it knows something better is coming for you, and it wants you ready for it." He whispered, and leaned in close to me.

His mouth formed, and his lips pressed to mine. They were warm and soft, not at all what I expected. Just before he pulled away I wrapped my arms around him, and kissed back. He put his hand against my hips, and licked my bottom lip. I let him in, and his tounge crept into my mouth. We stared a tounge war, and to my surprise....I won. I explored my new territory, and once I had, slender and I pulled away gasping for air. I rested my head n the crook of his neck and whispered.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" He asked.

"For acting the way I did. It was wrong of me to rage out like that then when you come to comfort me, I tell you to leave me alone."