The Innocent Killer of Love (Jeff the Killer Romance)

Comma-Chap. 3

Tess' (P.O.V.) I couldn't breathe. I was sobbing and hiccuping with snot coming out of my nose. I got into a ball on the ground and started rocking. "Please no. Please please no no." I said over and over again. I screamed and wanted this to end. Then I felt my head bang against the stump with powerful force, then everything went to black. A sunlight pierced through the window and I was in a hospital bed. The first thought in my head was where is my mom? WAIT WHERE IS JEFF? I glanced at the date and time: 8:45 A.M., February 1st, 2010. My eyes widen and I looked again. I shrieked. What happened?! Why has it been that long?! And why does my head hurt so much? I whimpered and laid back into the bed. I cried softly and was so confused. Where is everyone? It was darkness and knew that I had fell asleep. I heard voices and feet shuffle on the ground. I opened my eyes and could tell I was in a different room, which was a lot bigger. But I knew I was still in the hospital. This bed is so much more comforting. I whimpered and tried to say help. I heard people rush to my side. It was my mother, who looked like she aged a bit and a woman that looked like a lot like Chloe. Freckles and bright red hair. I wonder how old I am. "Mom?" I managed to get out."Yes my darling!" My mother cried with gladness. "How old am I?" I croaked. "Oh, you are officially 22 years old today. Happy birthday! It's quite a special one. You woke up from your five year coma. AND I AM SO HAPPY." She wiped away the tears from her red cheeks. I didn't care about my birthday. I don't even remember it being in February. I just wanted to see him. "Where is Jeff?" I both asked them who was sitting on my side. "Um... Well..." My mother mumbled. "Do you remember me, Tessy? It's me Chloe." She interrupted. "Chloe Fuller! I knew it was you. My best friend! I miss you so much." I tried to hug her but felt too weak. "But really... Where is he? Can someone explain anything to me?" They both looked at each other, wondering what to say. "Darling, we don't know..." My mother whispered. She continued. "He disappeared ever since you hit your head on that stump in Gompers Forest... Five years ago. But everything's better now." She was calm but looked pained in the face. I could tell she was trying to hide it. She stroked my face with a soft hand. I looked down at the white bed sheets. "Can I get some sleep?" I mumbled. I was slipping away into my dreams when I heard Chloe whisper, "No rush, Tessy."

I felt a pair of lips on my forehead and a raspy voice sing, "Go to sleep!" I felt the hairs on the back of neck stand up. I gasped and awoke. Sweat dripping down my face. No one was there. Just a nightmare? I think. Am I going crazy? I looked at the clock and read it as 4:30 in the morning. I looked in the dark to see my mother and Chloe sound asleep in the chairs. "Tess?" I heard Chloe grumble. "I want to go walking!" I demanded in a whisper. Hopefully she'll answer my question about Jeff. I doubt it though. "Okay let's go walk around in the hospital." She got up and walked like a zombie. She acted funny when she was half asleep. She reached for my hand and secured it in hers. The hospital was dark, but with only dim lights on. We both walked in silence and Chloe supported me because I knew my body was too weak frail. But I needed to get some exercise. "Could you really tell me where Jeff is, Chloe?" I pouted my lips like a puppy. "Okay, first of all, don't do that. Second..." We both laughed. Well my laugh was somewhat like a frog laughing. Croak croak. "But second" she continued, "He actually came to me a couple days before your comma. He said to me, "Chloe, what I'm about to tell you is going to make you hate me... I am a lustful killer but for good intentions. I only like to kill the enemies that stalk the night. But I am no hero and I am a coward. I'm going to have to leave. Tell Tess everything I just said to her but not her mother. I can't risk that yet. Please tell her that I love her so much. And I had to abandon her for a certain reason..." I tried to hold back the tears in my eyes.

"What reason?" I said slowly. We were now sitting on a red couch with a table of magazines. Chloe just shook her head and shrugged. I curled into a ball and Chloe had hold me close. I sobbed for what seemed like hours. "I'm so sorry, Tessy." Chloe whispered into my ear. "He really is a coward! How come he couldn't have told me?!" I shrieked. Chloe hushed me. But I didn't listen. And now hatred came over me. I was about to scream something again when she interrupted me, "He said to me, 'For I am nothing good to her. I'm practically dirt in the earth and she's the stars in the sky at night. I don't deserve her, Chloe.' I don't think he wanted to loose you. I'm gonna start crying because this is destruction to a girl's pain though." Chloe tries not to cry.

"What?" I whispered. "I want him! How come he thinks he's not good enough for me?" I was now ticked. So many mixed emotions. What was I going to do? This truly has destroyed my heart.

It was about 20 days later when I could finally go home. I was a quiet girl now, once again, and my mother didn't like that all. I just wanted to be around Jeff. The doctors said that this was very rare for a girl like me to wake up and remember so much. I remember the big things but not the small things. Like to brush my teeth and hair, or even how to take a shower. I basically forgot how to take care of myself. I'm glad I have Chloe and my mother to support me along the way. I finally realised a big diamond on Chloe's left hand when she was helping me bathe. My eyes widen with excitement. I grabbed for her hand and she laughed. I made an excited noise and her voice trilled. I wanted to ask her who it was but I've lately been having trouble to talk. I really don't know how 25 days ago, I could talk like no one's business but now it's a struggle. Chloe is so beautiful. I love her like she's my own sister. I glance at the window and swore I could've saw a pair of pitch black eyes. Stalking me with adoration. JEFF. I screamed and splashed water everywhere, mostly on Chloe. "What what?! I don't see anything, Tess. Be calm, dear. Please... I promise, it's not him." She held me close and looked at me sternly in the eye. I nodded and laid back into the tub. I gave Chloe a sorry look when I saw her using a towel wipe herself down. She was really wet, oops. "It's okay." She smiled. After she helped me dry myself, she brushed my hair and had me put on comfortable clothes with bunny slippers. I giggled at the slippers. She carefully helped me onto the bed and she sat next to me, reading a vogue magazine. "Do you wanna know who it is?" Chloe said without looking up from her magazine. I looked confused. She pointed at her ring. I gave her a questioning look. "His name is Liu Kingsley! And he's so handsome and so smart! He's a math teacher! Can you imagine a ballet dancer and a math teacher?" She beamed at me and I tried my best to be happy for her. Why did that name sound so familiar? Liu Kingsley... It's on the tip of my tongue. Since I really couldn't talk, I grabbed my white board and marker and wrote, "Can I see a picture of him?" "Sure!" She smirked as she scanned through the multiple pictures on her iPhone. "Here he is!" She showed me a young man with square glasses and dark curly hair. And the most beautiful blue eyes. He was in a suit in the picture. "Wow. He really is handsome, Chloe." I clumsily wrote on the white board. She blushed and made a gushy face. He looks so familiar though. Why can't I remember who that is? I narrowed my eyes and Chloe noticed after her daydreaming. "What is it?" "Just thinking." I wrote. And I smiled to make her feel less worried. "When's the wedding?" I wrote again. "June fifth, 2011." I grinned wide and tried my best to hug her. "I better be one of the bridesmaid." I wrote on board. "Duh. Of course. What do you think?" She winked and held my cold hands. Her face grew serious. "Tess, I think I know where Jeff is..."