Eliza Young

Chapter 8

We walked hand in hand towards his car. Classes were finally done for the day. I was excited to finally go and relax for a while. Today was just a crazy day itself. In all honesty though, I would live it all over again. I know that sounds crazy, but today was a good kind of crazy. Other than the voices coming back at a bad time and all, it was a good day. We finally made it to the car. Ashton opened my door for me, what a true gentleman. He made sure I was comfortable and closed my door then got in on his side. When he started the car, one of my favorite songs came on. He knew what that meant.

Eliza, you awake?" I didn't answer. I was waiting for my favorite part to come up. "Eliza?" Here it comes.

"I hope you die in a fire! I hope you get stabbed in the heart! "

"I'll take that as a yes." He laughed. It was from The Living Tombstone. I have some sort of obsession with the games, and seeing how the fourth one is coming out this Halloween, I'm more than excited for it. And Ashton knows this.

"Alright. I'm done belting that out." I said. Then, our song came on. I looked at him and he looked at me. Of course we were at a red light when he was looking at me, so no worries. I started singing."I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'll never let you go." He started to sing along with me. This is why our relationship is such a good one.

"You and I'll be safe and sound" he sang, then pecked my cheek before he pressed the gas to go on the green light. We kept singing our hearts out until we got to my apartment. I looked at Ashton and said I would only be a minute, I just had to grab a few things and feed my fish.

"Do you want me to come in with you?" Something in the back of my mind said that he should come with me, but I told him to stay in the car. Boy, was that a mistake.

I unlocked my door and walked into my living room. That's when I started to get a small headache. "Well, shit. Maybe I should grab some meds before I do anything else. Oh yeah, I need my medication anyways, since I forgot them today." I went to the kitchen, where I keep all of medicine in a small box, and grabbed what I needed. I had an uneasy feeling though. Like, someone was watching me. I brushed it off and went to the fish tank to feed Dobby, my Oscar. Dobby was a huge fish. He was an albino Oscar with pink eyes. He was also mean to my convict named Ann. I know what you're thinking, why did I name one fish after a Harry Potter character and the other a completely normal human name. Well, I don't really know. It was the first name that came to mind, so don't judge me. Anyways, after I was done feeding the two fish, I walked into my bathroom to grab some bathing items and my razor, I mean I do need to shave. It shouldn't be a surprise to men, now shouldn't it? I still had that uneasy feeling, though. Like I'm being followed this time. I turned around to see if someone was there. No one was there. This is strange. I finally walk into my bedroom area and that was when I felt hands on my body. I screamed and turned around. It was Ashton, but not my Ashton. I think I have finally lost my mind.

"Shh, you little slut. Don't yell or else they will hear you."

"Get off of me!" I screamed as loud as I can. I hope the real Ashton will be able to hear me. I really wished I had let him come in with me.

"Hmm...now where did I put that little knife at?" Knife? Is this Ashton going to try and kill me?!

"Ashton! Help me!" that's when I felt a hand go to my throat. I was so scared. I didn't know what to do. I struggled in his grip.

"Sit still!" he yelled at me. I did not comply to his command though. I kept struggling against his grip. The voices came back once again.

"LET ASHTON DO THIS"

"DON'T STRUGGLE"

"KILL YOURSELF"

"SAVE YOURSELF"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

I just don't know what to do. I kept tossing around I his grip until he finally let go of me. I dart out of my room, tears in my eyes and ran outside to the car to see a surprised Ashton standing there.

"Eliza, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"There is someone in my house!" I sobbed. Ashton then goes to the glove department in his Nisan and got his pocket knife out. "No, Ashton, please don't do this. He'll kill you."

"Don't worry Eliza, I'll be fine" He said. I decided to follow behind him. Ashton looked around the house and saw the knife that the other Ashton had in his hand. Ashton looked at me and asked why this was in my room. I didn't answer and he grabbed my arm. "Eliza, you can tell me anything. But please, if you are hurting yourself you need to tell me now. I won't love you any less than I do, but I need you to tell me these things, okay?"

"I'm not hurting myself though. I don't know how that knife got into my room to be honest." I lied. I guess this would be a good time to tell him that I hear voices in my head, but I really don't want to and I'm afraid that he will kick me to the curb. I know he said that he would always love me, but is that true or is this all just fiction? I was not about to put that to the test. I loved him too much to do that. I asked Ashton to stay with me long enough so I could grab my clothes for tomorrow and books for class. He did and the voices did not show up at all. It was almost like they were afraid of him. But I knew that was not the case. Or was it?

After I was done packing for the night, we jumped into his car and drove to his apartment. Ashton got out first and opened my door for me. What a gentleman. He also grabbed my bags for me. This is why I love this man. I think I found the man I would like to be with forever, but it has only been a year. That reminds me, our anniversary is coming up next week. I want to surprise him with something, but what?

"Eliza, I'll go ahead and put your bags in my room. How about you find a movie for us to watch on Netflix."

"Alright, what type of movie are we in the mood for?"

"Whatever you want to watch honey." He said with a smirk. He then disappeared into the back part of his apartment, but I can still see him. I looked at all the movies we haven't watched yet.

"Hmm, no, no, nope, nah, oh how about this one?" I looked at the movie titled Babadook. It looked very interesting and it was highly recommended online. "Hey, babe? Have you watched The Babadook yet?"

"Nope, have you?"

"Nope. So I guess we are watching it tonight." I said with a slight smile.

"Are you sure you want to watch a horror movie tonight?" he said coming up behind me. He wrapped his long tan arms around my shoulders.

"Yes, I want to watch this horror movie."

"Alright. Well, let's make dinner first then we will watch it, alright?" To say I was excited was an understatement.