scream ↠ 5sos (WATTYS 2017)

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chapter three:

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"ashton!" i say relieved, running up to him.

"are you alright? your front door was locked and i heard screaming." he pointed out the window with his brows furrowed together.

"th-the killer was here. he was in the house ash," i cling onto him.

"it's okay, you're safe now," he cooed and pushed my hair out of my eyes, that had clung onto my face from my tears and sweat.

he pulled away to look in my eyes as an old cell phone fell from his pocket. i looked down, and furrowed my brows together. now please tell me how suspicious that looks.

"what the fuck?" i said above a whisper. he looked at me and noticed how bad that looked on him. he began to panic and yell profanities, trying to get me to listen, but i wouldn't.

just at that moment i heard sirens and bolted out my bedroom door, down the stairs, and on the porch. as soon as i opened the front door, i saw the ghost face mask. i screamed loudly, and the mask disappeared and i saw danielle's older brother david. he was the deputy in sherwood. he screamed the same time i did and quickly apologised. "sorry! i saw this in your yard."

i sighed, shaking my head. david helped me to the ambulance just as danielle pulled into my driveway.

we hugged and she asked over and over again if i was okay and i told her it wasn't the time to explain and gossip with her. she apologised profusely for being late and i told her it wasn't her fault someone attacked me.

david and another cop ran inside and searched the house, finding ashton on my bed crying in hysterics.

i can't believe my own boyfriend would do something like this. to me, or jessie. like i said before, i hadn't known jessie but i knew she was a really sweet girl and always offered me and extra pencil in class when i had neglected to get one myself.

david brought him out in handcuffs and shoved him in the backseat of his cop car, ashton yelling at me that "he can explain about the phone" or "it's not what it looks like" or even some "you know i wouldn't do this baby, come on!"

he looked ridiculous.

i hopped in the ambulance so they could take my vitals and check my head, just to make sure nothing was damaged.

"you gonna be able to come down to the station and answer a few questions, eve?" david asked.

danielle walked up to me, "i'm so sorry, eve. are you alright?"

david grabbed danielle's wrist, pulling her away. "dani you can't be here. this is an official crime scene."

"it's okay." i said quietly.

"her dad's out of town, she's staying with us alright?" danielle scoffed at her brother, pulling her arm away.

david looked at danielle awkwardly. "does mom know?"

danielle gave him a dumb look. "yes doofus."

"let's get you out of here." one of the ladies in the ambulance said, helping me out.

danielle pulled me over to her car, just as we ran into sarah hart, followed by her camera man. sarah was a southern reporter, that i in fact hated. she was the one who would never leave me alone about my mom's death.