Especially you

It's only the beginning.

Chapter 24. "It's only the beginning"

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I loooove this chapter, especially the last line from Ella🥲
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Chloe pov

"Chloe, I can't do this anymore"

I looked over at Red, not really understanding what she meant.
- What? Don't what anymore? I asked, scared.
- This! You and me, and all this! I'm failing, failing you, mom, Rob! Everyone I care about.

I sighed,
- Red you're not failing.. I-
- Chloe no, you deserve to be with someone who isn't cursed, I can't be that for you! All I bring is darkness, and what you need is something bright. Not me!

- So what? Your solution is just to break up with me? You don't want to fight? I asked, feeling tears in my eyes.
- I already did, and it's not working. You wanted to break up with me too, remember? She asked, with mascara all over her face.

- Yeah maybe, but that was all to keep you safe, you know that!! I screamed.
- Yeah, and now I'm doing this to keep you safe, understand? I'm not good for you Chloe, you need to understand that! It wouldn't be like this if we were meant to be!! It would be easy!
- Red nothing is easy, what are you talking about?

Suddenly we see movements inside Reds house, it's someone with a black hoodie and a mask. Red quickly unlocks her seatbelt and opens the car, running into the house.

I panic, and do the same. She couldn't just go in alone, this was insane.

We stepped inside, as Red ran towards the person, gripping them tightly. But she had no chance, because this wasn't Anastasia. This was someone else, someone bigger. Not a female.

The guy threw Red off like she was nothing, he walked closer to me. I tried to fight him, but he threw me hard into the wall. I hit my head, and instantly felt the pain.

I looked over at Red who was back up, holding a lamp that she threw in the back of the guys head. He collapsed for a minute, and that got me a chance to get up too, helping Red.

We tried to hold him down, but he was too strong. I felt something drip from the back of my head, and when I turned around Reds face turned white.

- OMG CHLOE YOUR BLEEDING! She cried out, as the guy was back at his feet, shoving Red back down at the ground.

When he turned to me, I tripped and smashed my head at the hard floor. Feeling my sight slowly disappearing. I heard Red scream, again and again and again. The guy stood over me, and slammed me back down again.

Suddenly someone flew through the front door, a blonde dude. He held a baseball bat and smashed it hard into the black hoodie guys head. He collapsed, groaning in pain.

The blonde boy ran over to me,
- Chloe? Chloe? Can you hear me?

I recognized his voice, but I was barely awake. My head was in so much pain.
-Chad? I whispered, until everything faded out until it was black.

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All I heard was sirens. Sirens, sirens, sirens.

I looked up, I was in a bed, in a car. An ambulance?

"Do you know who the black hoodie man was?" A police asked.

"No, but I think it was Anastasia's dad" Someone sounding like Chad answered.

"Where taking your sister and the other girl to the hospital right now, the other officers are still on the hunt after the black hoodie guy" One police said.

Chad climbed into the ambulance, holding my hand.

-Chad? I whispered.
- Yeah lil sis, you're safe now. He said, looking at me kindly.
- Where's Red?? Where is she?? Is she okay? I panicked and tried to sit up, but Chad carefully held me down.

- It's okay Chloe, she's in the other ambulance, it's gonna be okay!
- No.. No.. It's not! Reds mom's gone? We don't know where she is, and then this stranger was in Reds house and-

- Chloe I know, but the police is taking care of it, I promise.
- Where's mom? I ask.
- She's helping the police look for Bridget, now rest Chloe, we'll talk more at the hospital. Chad said, as I drifted off to sleep.

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When I woke up, it was two days later. I had been in surgery the whole past day, living off a lot of medication.

The my first thing I saw was mom and dad, sitting in the corner of the small hospital room, reading some magazines.

- Mom? I groaned in pain.
- Oh look who's waking up! She said, getting up and walking over to me. She kissed my forehead and gave me a bright smile.

- What's going on? Where's Red? I ask.
- You've been out for two days, Reds fine, she's in the other room with Bridget.
- Bridget's back? I ask, surprised.

- Yeah, she is honey, we found her the same night, locked in the basement.
- But.. Her car wasn't in the driveway?
- No, Anastasia had it, while her dad was in the house, you caught him just when he locked her down there, he was probably on his way out when you two came.

- Why would she have the car? I asked confused.
- The car was filled with things from Red and Bridget's house, that psycho girl Anastasia needed material to her plan to 'kill red'.
-WHAT???

- Yeah I know, it's crazy. The police found this whole room inside Anastasia's house, with pictures of you two, she's been stalking you since first day of school.

I felt goosebumps on my skin, this was the scariest thing I ever heard of. Mom spoke up again,
- They even found this plan, of how she would kill Red, honey she's been planning this for a long time.

- Mom, where is Anastasia now?
- Don't worry honey, she's been taken of the police, and her dad too. He helped her, she threatened her own dad to date Bridget only to pull this off today.

- Mom I can't even- this is-
- I know honey, get some rest, we'll talk later.

- No mom wait! I need to talk to Red, we kind of got into an argument before the accident.

- Oh honey, I understand, but you need to rest, I'm sure it will all work out between you two, it always does.
- Mom, this time I'm not so sure, she said she was done. I said, looking down at my nails.

Mom looked at me with warming eyes, and a smile.
- Chloe baby, if Red is anything like her mom, I know this Is not the end between you two, it's only the beginning.