Quiet but Kind

Ep.16

After barricading the door Ben was in a corner helping Ashlyn with the scratch mark on her arm

"it stings!!!" Ashlyn yelled in pain as Aiden smashed a bottle against the wall

Tyler told Aiden off as Logan went to grab a broom and i was still on the wall waiting for the pain in my shoulder to go away, with no luck of course

"Amber, you good?" Aiden asked and i tilted my head up and nodded

"yeah im fine" i answered. i was wearing a black shirt so i hoped the blood wasn't leaking through but that didn't matter as Aiden put his hand on my shoulder and i winced in pain.

"no your not, your shoulder is wounded." he said placing his hand back down and i flinched a bit

"can you cut it out." i asked and he shrugged "not until you let Ben patch you up" he argued

"i said i was fine." i spat back and he knelled down

"fine but this is on you" he said as i looked at him

"what's on-" i stopped as he put pressure on my shoulder and it shocked in pain down my arm and up my neck "Agh! Aiden stop!" i yelled and he lifted his hand up and away from me.

"Let ben patch you up." He said in a more serious tone and i nodded, realizing him pushing his hand down probably made it worse.

He walked over and talked to Ashlyn as i watched ben put bandages on her arm, admiring him.

'just walk over and ask god damnit its not that hard' i thought as i walked over and knelled beside him.

"hey Ben- could you- uh- patch my shoulder up for me?" i asked and he nodded, smiling.

i pulled my sleeve up to show scratch marks, still a bit bloody, his eyes widened and though i couldn't see them well, i knew they looked bad. He grabbed the alcohol and a rag, he poured the alcohol on the rag and pushed it down on the cuts, i gritted my teeth, trying not to scream at the top of my lungs. I shut my eyes tightly as Aiden offered me the towel Ashlyn had for me to squeeze and i accepted. a couple minuets passed and Ben wrapped the bandages on my shoulder and typed something on his phone.

'I patched it up the best i could, i hope it feels better' it read "thanks, it did help" i smiled and thanked him. He smiled back at me and i saw a bit of rosy color on his cheeks.

"they're still at the door. i can hear them but..not in a normal way" Ashlyn explained after Taylor asked if they were still outside

"What do you mean?" Logan Asked

"Remember how i said i had sensitive ears?" Ashlyn started

"ooh that's right! so you can hear them moving outside or something?" Aiden asked and she agreed saying that they make a certain sound that we couldn't hear. 

"can you get to the point?" Tyler asked and i spoke up

"will you let her explain and stop interrupting?"  I said and he glared at me

"The thing is, because of how loud everything is to me, i hear phantom noises as a side effect. y'know? sounds that aren't really there. In the sorrel weed house i thought i was hearing a phantom noise and when i saw the monster i believed it was just a type of hallucination. But Then it grabbed me and Amber." She explained

"A hallucination that grabbed and injured you two and you still thought it wasn't real?" Tyler scoffed

"weren't you the one who brushed it off as a prank and stormed off?" i asked and he went to say something back but Ashlyn interrupted

"-No neverminded. it doesn't matter right now. what im trying to get as it i can hear and locate them when you guys cant."