The Chosen.

A Cheater

Tom and I sprint down the hall way desperately searching for the rest of our friends. A few concerned glances exchange between us, our minds are wandering... does someone know? We approach a dimly lit back hall way in the shopping mall and i find Mia hugging Bill as he sits crumpled in a pile on the hard tile floor. Her shoulder moves revealing his tear stained face and red puffy eyes. Pushing her fully out of the way, i cast my knees on to the ground, flinging my arms around him. I shush him as i pull his head into my neck, he lets go of his sob and completely falls to pieces in my little arms. I share a moment of eye contact with Mia and Zeke but they both shake their heads, they don't know what happened either.

"Bill what happened?" I pull his head back in my hands and pluck his hair away as it is glued to his cheeks from the tears. He gasps between his sobs not giving me an explanation just wailing harder. If he knew about the moment of intimacy Tom and i just shared i don't think he would be so willing to fall into my arms. I can't look at Tom, I feel like a horrible person letting myself sink into his arms so willingly.

I lay on Bill and I's bed stroking his hair, wiping his tears from his cheeks as they fall. His black makeup stays spread across his soft pink cheeks. My heart breaks to see him so upset, i just wish he would tell me whats wrong. I want to give him as much time as he needs but it's killing me not knowing. Time passes by agonizingly slow as i watch each tear drip from his emotionless face, it's been about 3 hours now. I pull my head up from the bed kissing him on the forehead

"Baby you have to tell me." i whisper to him softly

He sniffs and wipes away some of the black makeup that paints his face "I-" everyone around us stands up and rushes towards Bill in anticipation for what he has to say.

"I saw it." he whispers before choking on his sob

"The figure?" Asks Tom as he puts his big hand on his brothers shoulder. My body stiffens as i get uncomfortable remembering how he touched up my legs with that same hand just a few hours earlier. Bill finally looks up at us for the first time, nodding yes.

"What happened?"

"It... talked to me... it grabbed me." he lets himself bawl for a moment throwing himself forward into my lap. Taking a breath he continues from his place with his cheek resting against my thigh

"It called me... a cheater. It said i wouldn't be able cheat him forever. That he will come to take me some day." I freeze underneath him, and i see Tom shift uncomfortably as he stands across from me. Could it have been talking about me? Warning Bill of what Tom and i were up to in that closet. It's me, I'm the cheater? Right? No, surely that wouldn't make sense...

"Him, who? and take you where?" i ask stroking his plump red cheek with my thumb, ignoring the first part of his sentence

"I don't know." he whispers falling back into his shell, deeper than he was before. He lays there motionless but what really scares me is no tears fall anymore. He's so still and emotionless if I couldn't have seen the slight rise and fall of his chest i would have thought him to be dead.

Who could it have meant... he? If it wants to take Bill, it is going to have to fight me for him. i am prepared to go to war for that boy, he has my damn heart and would take it with him. I shiver at the thought of wondering what that thing is capable of. Who knows where that fucking thing came from and the power it posses. It knew my name... It called to me so softly, so tenderly. It seemed to have a familiarity of having my name come off of its slithering tongue .

Eventually Bill falls asleep as i hold him, i slip my arm from under him so slowly trying to get up. I stare at his stunning features, he's finally at rest and i feel like i can finally breathe a little.

"Can you watch Bill so i can pee?" i ask Zeke as he sits leaning against a wall watching Bill in his slumber. We've all been too afraid to take our eyes off him since the occurrence, so we've all sat around our eyes glued to his breathing. Zeke nods his head at me to go ahead and go.

"Thanks." i walk past him tousling his hair with my hand

"I'll go with you." Says Tom as he pushes himself up from his bed

"No. It's fine." i murmur

"We probably shouldn't go anywhere alone right now." Shit, he's right, and i fucking hate to admit that even if it is just to myself. I know i shouldn't be alone with him right now but i think it's better than being alone with IT. I bite the inside of my lip as i peak at Mia sleeping peacefully in their bed. I nod yes glancing at Zeke, i can see the expression on his face. I think he suspects something of us.

"June." Zeke calls out as i start to walk away

"Mhm?"

"Be careful." I let all the air of my lungs, i think i know what he's saying. Zeke is a smart guy and it would be dumb of me to assume he's anywhere but near the truth.

"You got it." i say as i stride away from him