Amnesia

"she's not a demon"

(Edited)

Calum

I heard her scream. I jumped up from my bed and out my bedroom. I ran down the hall and into the guest room Ashley was in. For some reason, Michael thought it was a good idea to lock the door so she wouldn't run out during the night and kill one of us in our sleep.

I unlocked the door with the key he had copied, and opened the door. Ashley was in the left corner of the room, facing the walls. Her back was turned to me, and she was silent. I looked around. The walls looked black in the dark, and so did everything else.

She must have heard me walking towards her, because she started mumbling. I couldn't understand what she was saying, so I got closer to her and crouched down next to her. She kept mumbling on and on until she started laughing.

"He's watching you, Calum." She said, laughing a bit more.

"What?" I asked.

"He's watching you. He's behind you." She stayed silent after that.

I looked back and saw nothing but the open door. I looked around, and saw no body there. Ashley screamed again. I quickly turned to face her, and saw she was crying. I hugged her tightly, but she pushed me away.

"Ashley, what's wrong? Who's behind me? Who are you talking about?"

"He's going to come after you, Calum. He's going to make me kill you. Lock me up, please. I don't want to-" She started screaming again.

"SHHHH! It's okay, please stop screaming."

"STOP!" She yelled, punching the wall.

I grabbed her hand, and held it. She started crying. Luke and Ashton ran in, and started asking us questions.

"She's telling me 'He' is going to come after me or something." I told them. "She told me to lock her up so she wouldn't hurt me."

"Shhh, it's okay, Ashley. You're going to be fine. When was the last time you took your pills?" Ashton asked her.

"I haven't taken them." She said through tears. "Please, take me away. He's threatening Calum."

"Who?" Luke asked her.

"Jack."

"You're friend?" I asked.

"I'm not so sure we're friends anymore." She said.

"Why is he coming after me?" I asked.

"He's mad that you're telling me he's not real, and he's trying to 'make things right'." She told us. "He think's I'll start believing you guys, and I'll abandon him."

"You do know he isn't real, right?" Ashton asked.

She started screaming and hugging herself. She cried loudly, and rocked back and forth holding herself.

"We should really get her help." I told them.

"Please, no." She whispered.

"What? I thought yo-"

"Please, Jack." She said louder, closer her eyes tightly.

"Ashley, what's wrong?" Luke asked, crouching down beside her.

She stood up, still closing her eyes. She muttered something, and walked out the room.

"Ashley!" We called after her.