Eliza Young

Chapter 6

Ashton finally picked me up at my apartment. It was a very cool, breezy day. The small breeze sent a shiver down my body. Ashton saw that and decided what any good boyfriend would do. Yes, he laughed at me and poked fun at me.

"It's a bit chilly today isn't it Miss Young. Do you want my jacket as well as a heater?"

"Oh hush up Mister Science. I'm fine. Besides. I have my hoodie on, well...it's your hoodie, which I stole from you, but that is beside the point!" I laughed along with him. We finally got into the car and drove down to Mozart's to meet up with Rebeca and Kory. Rebeca was waiting outside the restaurant wearing her long black hair up in a beautiful curly up do. She was wearing her Nickleback concert shirt and her long dark blue jeans with a cute pair of black flats. She was shorter compared to myself. She was five foot five and I am five foot eight. Kory, on the other hand, was wearing his ROTC outfit, which was weird since the ROTC wear their uniforms on Wednesdays'. His strawberry blonde hair was cut super short and his glasses had a glare. You couldn't tell, but his eyes were blue and green. They were pretty, but very weird at the same time.

"Hey Eliza, what took you two love birds so long? Did you do the deed?"

"Rebeca! Don't ask such preposterous questions like that! You know I wouldn't do that!" I said, a bit on the upset side. I knew she was kidding but at the same time, I just didn't want to put up with that kind of crap today.

"Geez, sorry Miss Priss. Did Aunt Flow visit you today?" that's when Ashton walked up to Rebeca and whispered into her ear. I was close enough to hear him.

"Rebeca, can you tone it down a bit please? I think Eliza isn't in the mood to joke around today. So, can you please do us a favor? We came to be calm, not to cause trouble." This is why I love this man.

We finally sat down in the restaurant to order our food. Ashton and I decided we would split some nachos. Rebeca got a grilled chicken salad and Kory got a huge hamburger. Guy needs to eat too, right? Anyways. While we were waiting for our food to be prepared, I decided to run to the ladies room to fix my makeup. "Ashton, I'll be right back. Don't you dare start eating without me silly" I said with a wink.

"Alright, don't take too long. If you need anything, let me or Rebeca know, alright?" He said with a concerned expression. He knew I wasn't feeling well, but I gave him a secured smile to take some of the tense out of his body. With that, I head to the women's restroom. There was no one in the room, which made me feel a little uneasy. I took out my compact to fix my shiny spot on my check and that's when I saw that face again. It was Ashtons' face, only bloody.

"You did this to me, Eliza. Why did you do this? Why did you betray me? You're a whore! Why did you do it?!" He started to scream at me. I held my ear in my fist and started to cry, but I can still hear him clearly. "Eliza! You caused all this pain that I feel! Why did you hurt me? Why would you do this to your beloved?"

"No. I didn't do it. You aren't him. This is all in my head. Right?"

"Eliza. Why can't you see that you have done this to me? Why can't you see that this is your doing? Eliza? Why can't you understand that?"I start to ball my eyes out and dig my nails into my face. That was when the other voices all came in at once.

"ELIZA IS A WHORE"

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE"

"KILL YOURSELF"

"WHY DID YOU DO IT?"

"RUN AWAY AND NEVER RETURN!"

"YOU ARE WORTHLESS"

"SLUT"

One by one then all at once, the voice came back. Why at a time like this? And in a public place too! I looked in my bag for my medicine. Shit, I forgot it at my flat. Why the hell would I forget my medicine? I just sat on the floor, rocking myself with my hands on my head, crying my eyes out. I could feel my throat start to clog up. I am going to have an anxiety attack shortly, I just know it. I can't calm down because the voices would get angrier.

"I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF"

"I WILL BREAK YOU"

"KILL YOURSELF"

"YOUR BLOOD WOULD LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON THIS TILE FLOOR"

I don't know what to do anymore. I feel like I should just end it here and now. But then, something else happened. I hear the bathroom door open, and I see Ashton and Rebeca in the door way. Ashton ran to my aid and Rebeca ran to Kory. I blacked out, but I could hear Ashtons' voice in the distance.

"Eliza. Eliza. Come on baby girl. Come back to me." Ashton called to me. The voices finally calmed down long enough for me to calm down. I felt myself being lifted and a soft breeze flew by my face. I was still unconscious, but I could hear every word they were saying. "Eliza, honey, please wake up." I am awake. "Her pulse is normal, why isn't she speaking?" I am speaking to you. Just let me sleep please. "Eliza, honey, come on. Don't do this to me" Ashton, shh, it's alright. I just want to take a nap. "Someone, get me a glass of water. I know she won't like it" What wont I like? That's when I felt a cold glass of water poured on my body, and I jumped up. Why the hell would you do that to me?!

"Ashton! Why would you do that?!"

"Eliza!" he embarrassed me tightly. "Please, don't ever do that again. You scared the shit out of me." Was, was he crying? What just happened? I slowly took my arms and hugged him back. "Eliza, are you feeling well enough to go to class? If you need to we can go to the hospital"

"No! No hospital. I feel fine. Just, a little week. Can we take our food to go please?"

"Yeah. Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" I was sure. Hospitals meant needles and needles meant a passed out Eliza. I have always had a fear of needles, and the smell of a hospital makes me even sicker.

"Do you really want me to go to the hospital? You know I would pass out on sight. I mean I have my own code there for Christ's Sake."

"Alright, well do you just want to skip classes today then? You don't have any tests today right? I'll stay with you too."

"I'm fine Ashton, let's just go alright?" I started to get a little too antsy with his worrying. I just wished I knew how to handle the voices.