Chapter 9
Cold hands grip around his neck and all I do is stand there. Stand there. I watch as she punches him repeatedly in the gut. He cries out in pain but I do nothing at all. No one else around sees this and only I do. He lies on the ground helpless... broken.
She kicks him a few more times and I finally move from my place.
"Stop it! You're killing him!" I scream running over to her and pushing her away from him. "Stop!" She grins evily and I cringe. Josh is on the ground coughing up blood and crying from all the pain.
"That may be my intentions" She smirks and steps on his hand crushing it below her foot. He screams and rips it from below her foot bringing it to his chest holding it easily. I stood there and did nothing. In complete shock as I heard his bones crunch below her shoe.
People just kept walking by still.
"If I can't have him..." She trails off pushing her foot against his chest to make him lay striaght down.
I run up to some people screaming and yelling. Crying for help. "Help me! Somebody help! Shes going to kill him!" I cry running around but no one dares to notice me. I run up to this one lady that was near by and shake her rapidly. "Help! Please!" I voice cracks and the lady looks at me. "Shes..Shes going to kill him." I say placing my arms on her shoulders. I look over my shoulders and see Claudia pull out a gun from the side of her pants. I start dragging the lady towards the scene but everytime I felt like I was getting closer, I was even further away.
"Nobody can." Claudia states. I hear the roar of a gun shot go off and look up seeing his body life-less and cold on the bare ground.
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I whip my eyes open and see Josh on the side on the bed slightly shaking me.
"Oh my gosh thank god your awake" he says bringing me against his chest. I lay there trembling against his body. He holds me close and kisses my forehead every so often. The sweat drips down my forehead and onto his bare chest but he doesn't care.
"You had a nightmare" he says stating the obvious. I bring my hands to his face and grab his cheeks. Then I run my hands through his hair and punch him lightly on the chest to make sure he's alive. He gives me a puzzling look and I smile.
"Just wanted to make sure you were alive." I place my head back against his chest and he nods.
"It's 3 am, you should get some more sleep" he whispers kissing my forehead. I nod into his chest and sleep took over my body again.
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I wake up and turn to my side. I put your arms out and feel nothing. The bed is empty. I open my eyes quickly and look around for Josh. He's no where to be found. I sit up in the bed and glance at the time 1:24. How did I sleep so long?! I think to myself. I jump out of bed and sprint to the door opening it wide. I tip toe out of the room and hear the T.V faintly in the background coming from the living room. I stand in the doorway and Josh is sitting on the couch flicking through T.V channels in just his joggers. His chest moves up and down with every breathe.
I smile and clear my throat. Josh looks up at me surprised and smiles instantly. "Oh did I wake you?" He asks turning his attetion back to the screen. I move over to the chair across from him and sit.
"No, you should have woken me up though!" I punch him lightly in the arm and he pretends to be hurt. "I can't believe you let me sleep this late!"
He shakes his head. "You needed the rest."
I smile and look at the T.V. "What are you watching?"
