scream ↠ 5sos (WATTYS 2017)

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chapter six;

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[ e v e l y n ]

"i shouldn't be here," i sighed, opening my locker. "this was a total mistake."

"i want you to meet me here right after class, okay eve?" danielle put her hand on my shoulder and i nodded. she turned to calum that was standing by her side with an arm around her waist, scrolling through his phone. "hey, cal?"

"hmm?" he hummed in response, not looking up at either of us. danielle continued to suck on her signature lollipop, waiting for him to look up. "ugh, calum hood look at me!" she dipped her head down, trying to get his attention away from his phone.

"i haven't seen ashton, is he pissed?" i asked, shutting my locker after getting a handful of textbooks for my various classes i needed to attend in the next five minutes.

"oh you mean after you branded him the candyman? no, his heart is broken." calum said, and looked back at his phone, no emotion whatsoever.

"calum." dani said sternly, hitting him with her lollipop on the head.

"ow!" he yelled, rubbing his forehead.

suddenly, a kid from our school had the same mask on that the killer was wearing last night and passed me. "boo!" he yelled, laughing and running down the hall doing the same to other vulnerable girls.

"why are they doing this?" i ask to nobody in particular, sighing. people just aren't understanding how serious this is. i could've been killed! and jessie and jack were in fact, killed!

"are you kidding?" calum smirked. "it's like christmas!"

danielle hit him on the head again. "stupidity leak!" dani yelled down the hall toward the moron that pulled this prank.

"take it easy, will you?" calum says.

ignoring them, i sped walked down the hall. dani tried yelling for me to come back, but i wouldn't have it. tears were streaming down my cheeks already and all i could see in my head was that masked man in my house last night, and i'm now regretting blaming ashton for such nonsense. i felt awful.

speaking of, i ran right into the person i didn't want to see. ashton, if it wasn't obvious.

"ouch!" he yelled, soon looking at me.

"shit! sorry." i mumbled, picking up my books that had fallen to the floor. i stood up and looked at him.

"it's okay, it's just me." he put his hands up in surrender. i slowly backed away. "woah, woah, woah. you still think it's me, don't you?"

"no, no. it's just that someone was there, i know it. someone was there ash, someone tried to kill me." i rubbed my tired eyes.

"i know, the police said i must've scared him off." he stuck his hands in the pocket of his jeans.

"yeah, he called me again last night at danielle's house." i looked down, not wanting to make eye-contact any longer.

"it couldn't be me, see?" he held up his hands so i could see the ink on his fingers. "i was in jail, remember?"

"ashton, i'm so sorry. please understand." i pleaded.

"understand what? that my girlfriend would rather accuse me of being a psychopathic killer than touch me?" the hurt look in his eyes made my heart shatter.

"you know that's not true." i shook my head, tears brimming my eyes.

"then what is it?" he questioned.

"what is it? really? ashton, i was attacked and nearly killed last night!" i scoffed, my voice raising. he just doesn't understand that nobody can be trusted. who the fuck knows who killed jessie and jack, and attacked me. the police aren't even close to figuring this whole thing out.

"i mean, between us, you haven't been the same since your mother died." ashton shrugged.

"is your brain leaking? my mother was murdered! i can't believe you're bringing this up." i shook my head, pinching the bridge of my nose.

"it's been a year, evelyn." he said.

"tomorrow. one year tomorrow." i replied, still not looking at him.

"i think it's time you finally get over that. when my mom left us, i accepted it. that's how it is. she's not coming back." he said the last sentence with more softness in his voice.

"your parents split up! definitely not the same thing. your mother left town, she's not laying in a coffin six feet under!" i cried.

"okay, okay. it's a bad analogy. but i just want my girlfriend back." he reached for my hand but i backed away.

i ran down the hall, shaking my head, ignoring him. "eve!" he called out.

i turn around, "i'm sorry that my traumatized life has an inconvenience to your oh, so perfect existence." i continued to walk down the hall towards the restrooms and could still hear him yelling. i hated being so sensitive, but ashton was acting like he had no remorse for the topic. my mother died.

"what? nobody said that eve!" he yelled. i turned around one more time, and saw him punch the wall, "stupid, stupid, stupid!"

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adorable gif of calum

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-luna