Human After All. (Motionless In White Fan-Fic)

August 23rd, 2013/ Chapter 14

I was in awe. Elijah let me go and backed up, the person who held, what I saw was a razor blade, was none other than Devin. He kept the razor at arm's length, against my ex's throat until he was in front of me. I didn't realize how unevenly I was breathing, and I choked and coughed when I tried to take a deep breath.

Elijah laughed, finding his situation funny. "Well this is certainly unexpected."

"Really, I find my boyfriends ex choking the life out him while he goes on his selfish tirade about how he thinks he owns him." Devin's voice was eerily calm. "Try that for unexpected."

"You're in my way." Elijah growled at him. "And I don't give a flying fuck." I watched him as he dug in his pocket, and pulled out his phone. "I'm calling the fucking cops."

Apparently that's the one thing that was going to scare Elijah away. For now. "Fine, but it won't be forever. At least not until you see the marks, then you'll want nothing to do with him." he shrugged as if it didn't bother him. He ran off as Devin put his phone to his ear, guessing he was calling the cops.

Me, I was shaking; badly. I turned back around and opened my door, hastily grabbing my groceries and tossing them inside and I followed suite. Leaving my door wide open, I threw off my shoes and ran to my room, bumping into everything. I barely noticed Devin running after, calling out to me. I barely registered that I heard him close the front door, because I was too busy running past mine and trying to swing it shut. I got to the side of my bed and collapsed on the floor, taking a blanket with me. I wrapped myself in it as if I was cold. It was like I couldn't breathe all over again, I took in gulps of air, just to find it wasn't enough. I felt water build up behind my eyes, I kept seeing that night and it kept trying to mix with this night. Everything hurt, I felt that whip lash across my back, the sound of it slashing my skin open, and it made me want to get sick.

A shadow appeared in front of me and I jumped, pulling the blanket closer trying to hide myself. Two hands moved towards my face and I shut my eyes tightly, fearing it was Elijah, coming back to finish me off. My eyes popped open when I recognized whose hands they actually were as they touched the sides of my face. My heart thudded, panic stricken and I almost whimpered.

There was a faint glow around his head, but as my eyes adjusted I saw that it was Devin. He looked bewildered, scared for me. "Alistair." he whispered. I felt tears trickle down my face, and I quickly tried to wipe it away with my left hand. He grabbed my hand and gently put it down. "Alistair, it's okay, he's gone."

I listened to his words, feeling my chest rise less dramatically and more calmly. The tears kept falling, even as I closed my eyes again, taking a deep shuddering breath. I felt his arms under me and he gently coaxed me to get up. "Come on, the bed will be more comfortable than the floor."

I let him set me up on the bed. He took the blanket off and pulled it away so he could hug me. My shaking arms went around him and squeezed him tightly. "I'm sorry,Devin. For earlier." I didn't know what else to say to him, I just wanted to try to focus on something else.

"Don't even worry about it, I should have just left it alone and we would have been doing this since after the concert."

"But.. -"

"No buts."

"But he was right about not wanting to be with me."

Devin pulled away and groaned at me. He got up and turned on the light. He sat back down beside me, and crossed his arms, his eyes saying he really didn't like what I said. "Excuse me if I don't take his word for it." he mimicked what I had said earlier that day.

I looked down, wincing as I did so. The pain had become so overpowering that I had to put my hand on my shoulder to stop from full out flinching. Although, Devin saw and he reached out his hand and touched mine.