He Loves Through a Knife

Chapter 2

~ONE DAY LATER~

"You can't hide from me.." he says. The girl holds her breathe, not even daring to make a sound. She hears his footsteps getting louder and knows that he's close. She finally lets out a breath and turns to look around the corner. Suddenly the man pulls the girl's hair and she screams. He pulls her into his arms and pulls out his knife, putting it against her cheek. She whimpers, and he smiles. "Now, how about a cut here..." he says as he slices the girl's cheek. "And how abo-"

The girl suddenly jerks his arm causing him to cut along his lip. He throws her on the ground and he covers his lip with his hand. He looks down at the girl, removes his hand from his mouth and smiles again. He could feel the blood, he enjoyed it. He slowly lifts the dull knife and stabs her straight in the chest. She screams and he continues to stab her. Blood explodes across his face. Yes, this is what he loved, blood. He lifts her head and slits her throat, blood splattering everywhere. Pure, irreplaceable, red blood.

~72 HOURS LATER~

Ashton wakes up to her alarm and stares at it with irritation, and when it doesn't shut up, she picks it up and throws it. It hits the wall with a thud but doesn't break. She gets up from her bed and looks at the black walls covered in a band poster or two. She sighs and begins to get ready for school. She fixes her black hair into a fish tale and puts on black eyeliner with mascara bringing out her green eyes. She goes back to her room and looks through her closet to find clothes but she stops shortly. "Where are my jeans?" she asks herself. Ashton begins digging through her drawers trying to find a pair of black leggings. "No, no, no..not today," Clothes fly through the air but all she finds are a couple pairs of shorts. She looks at the clock, only fifteen minutes before school starts. She puts her head down, sighs and puts on the shorts with her My Chemical Romance T-shirt. She quickly brushes her teeth, puts on a black beanie and runs out the door.

The halls filled with teenagers are always loud, especially today. Ashton pushes her way through to her locker and when she finally reaches it she stops, and stares at all the cruel words taped to it. Her eyes water and people walking by begin to whisper and snicker towards each other. Finally she snaps, she screams and rips the papers down and cries. Her black make-up smears and then people start looking at the cuts and scars across her thighs. She cries even more and runs toward the restroom. She runs in and bumps into Skylar, her bully. Skylar looks at Ashton up and down and begins laughing. "Can you be anymore of a fuck up? You're a mistake! No one likes you, no one cares about you," she laughs even more and pushes Ashton. She falls back and hits her head on the sink. "You're just an attention whore," Skylar spits. "Cutter!"

Skylar walks out of restroom leaving Ashton bleeding, due to the hit on her head. Ashton tries to get up but the pain hurts too much so she lays back down. She cries again and yells out for help. The pain spreads throughout her entire body and she closes her eyes. She yells out one more time before everything becomes a blur. Someone walks in and she looks up, she can tell it's Andy. She reaches out to him. "Andy..." her voice was weak. She goes unconscious and Andy just looks down at her, thinking. Thinking of how weak and vulnerable Ashton was, and how easily he could do something to her without anyone noticing. That moment he wanted her body exposed to him, and all to himself. He shook his head and picked her up like she was a small child. He walked out into the hall, which was now empty and headed to the nurse's office.

Andy enters the nurse's office and sets Ashton down on the bed mat. "What happen to her?" the nurse asks. Andy looks at her head and then to the nurse. "She hit her head, on the restroom sink," he says and sits in one of the empty chairs. The nurse begins checking up on her and every once in awhile, she would look at Andy. "Shouldn't you be in class?" the nurse asks, checking Ashton's heart beat. Andy doesn't answer but instead stares at the tile floor, the nurse rolls her eyes. When the nurse is finish checking Ashton, she turns around toward Andy. "She's fine, she's just asleep now. And when she wakes up can you give her this?" The nurse says, handing Andy a bottle of Buspirone. "She forgot to take it this morning," He takes the bottle and nods. The nurse walks out the room leaving him and Ashton..alone. He gets up and walks over to Ashton. He looks at the black smeared make-up all over her face and takes a wet cloth and begins to clean it off. When he finishes, he looks down, puts a kiss on her cheek and walks back to his empty chair, waiting for her to wake up.

~2 HOURS LATER~

Ashton begins to wake and Andy instantly stands up, walking over to her. She opens her eyes and meets Andy's wonderful blue ones, she smiles. Andy smiles back, sits right next to her and holds one of her hands. Her cheeks flush red and she looks at the ground. He frowns and takes his other hand and moves Ashton's face back to him. She looks at him and smiles again. He moves closer and looks at her lips. So many thoughts ran through his brain and he got so many mixed feelings, but he knew one thing. That he wanted his lips on Ashton's and that's exactly what he did. He set his lips on Ashton's and began to kiss her. Ashton's entire body felt hot, and her cheeks red once more but she kissed him back, passionately.

She wrapped her arms around Andy's neck and started running her hands through his hair. He wrapped one arm around her waist while the other was supporting her neck and then ran up to her hair and pulled the beanie off. They both took a breath as they pulled away and stared into each other's eyes. Suddenly the bell rings and they both jump. "Uhh I guess I have to go," Ashton says, putting her beanie back on. "Yeah, I guess. Oh, and here, the nurse said you need to take this," Andy responds and hands her the medication. She nods and Andy walks out the room leaving her to herself. She quickly takes her medication and runs out of the school. No way she wanted to stay in this hell.

Ashton unlocks the door to her house and walks in. "Mom, you home?" she calls out. She steps into the kitchen and sees a note on the counter. She picks it up and reads it.

"Hey, won't be home for a few days. Foods in the fridge and there's $20 on the side table in the living room, just in case. Also if something happens call your Aunt Jay, her number is written on the dry-earase board. And sorry for the last minute notice. Love Ya!" -Mom

Ashton smiled to herself and crumpled up the small piece of paper. She had a full three days all for her. She picked up her phone and laid on the couch.