Changing Past

Chapter 21: Closer

I sat up, and it felt like a knife had been dug into my chest.

"He what?" I whispered, because I was completely breath taken.

"He said he was in love with you."

"How? We'd only met before that once."

"I know I asked him that, and he told me that the day of the fight when you pushed him off of me and slapped him he fell in love with you. He said no one has ever not been afraid of him before. It made him feel normal, and not like some monster."

"That doesn't make any sense he is a monster and always will be. He's a murderer."

"He told me he tried telling you, but he didn't know you so he couldn't find you until he saw me one day entering your dorm room. He figured out what number it was. He planned out everything from there. "

I started putting the pieces together and slowly I saw the big picture. He had been stalking me this entire time.

"He said you were his and you cheated on him with me. You were a whore because you knew he loved you, but you ignored him. I'd had enough so I punched him. "

"That doesn't make any sense. How am I a whore. I didn't know he loved me and I wouldn't know."

"He blamed me just as much as you, and got angry when I said that you would never love someone like him. He hit me and then I came up to your hospital room, and well you know."

"Oh my god."

My breath was shaky and I looked down.

"It's okay. You're okay."

"He won't try anything. He walked away and I haven't heard anything from him."

I nodded and even though Luke was here with me I still felt uneasy about Asher.

'I mean what if he tries something again and comes after me. Or he kidnaps me and tortures me or something. What if-'

Luke took his hands underneath my chin and made me look up at him.

"Hey I know what you're thinking and stop it. You are completely 100 percent safe. I won't let anything happen to you."

I kissed his cheek and layed with him some more.

"We should go back out. They're probably on their way back."

"Yeah, come on."

We entered the living room and Danielle was sitting there, and when she saw us come out of my room she gave me a confused look.

"Is everything okay? You're crying."

I didn't even notice, but a tear rolled down my cheek and I wiped it away quickly.

"Yeah, I'm... great."

She smiled softly at me, but gave me a look that said "we are talking about this later." I nodded at her, and we sat on the other end of the couch. After everyone came back we all fell asleep after watching Elf. I woke up in my bed the next morning with Michael next to me.

"Good morning."

He smiled down at me and tucked a piece of my wild hair behind my ear and kissed my nose.

"You're up early."

"Yeah I couldn't sleep last night."

I gave him a confused look and traced lines up and down his chest.

"I'm sorry I hope it wasn't because of me. I'm a wild sleeper... sorry."