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Chapter 5- Die Happy

Chapter 5

Die Happy

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[Bradley's POV]

After Kumara had fallen asleep we decided to go gather the rest of the group so we could all sleep again, and try to forge another plan of escape. Tobi and I walked together down the hallway, sitting on a window ledge by the stairs, watching the night go by. I could see Tobi looked anxious, and I offered my help. "What's up?" I asked, seeing her sigh. Her eyes darted around the area for a second, before she turned to face me. "You know Alice and I are dating."
"Of course." I responded. Tobi and Alice had been together for four months, and have been nothing but happy. "Why, did something happen before the party?" My eyes watched as she searched for words. She ran a hand through her messy hair, and nodded. "I noticed..three months ago she started acting really strange. She claimed to have hurt herself in an accident and needed a little refresher of the previous year." I nodded. Three months ago Alice came home from camping with amnesia. "Well, she kept asking about her friendships and relationships, and I happily told her about us again. But then the questions she asked got really weird...like questions about your great grandfather, and his connection with that cult thing."

My eyes widened. Tobi hadn't told me about that. I nodded again, confirming that my great grandfather had been responsible for disbanding a huge cult in England around the 1400's.
"So that's when we did research together and she seemed very angry about that. Remember she wouldn't talk to you for like a week?"
"Yeah...I thought that was strange."
"Well my sources and all this shit confirms that Alice must have been kidnapped and possessed three months ago. And we've been feeding her and her boss all this information about us. Our families, our personalities and relationships? Abigail knows everything because we willingly told her." Tobi whimpered, and I could see the tears forming in her eyes. "I took Abigail on dates, I told her I loved her and believed that she loved me back. But now I realize I've been in love with the demon that killed Jay, and intends to kill the rest of us."
"You didn't know it was Abigail. And I'm sure Alice does love you, and you two can really be together after this whole thing settles down." I placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged it away. She sighed. "It isn't that easy...I don't think she'd want us to be together, after everything she's been through." The blonde reached up and peeled her bandage off her eye, before turning away from me. It must have been bothering her.

It was silent, because I didn't know what to say. I just sat there staring at her with a long face as tears began to drip down her chin. "...but I just wanna feel loved ya know? I know it's selfish of me to do in this situation but if Yukari and Jane and fuck around and date behind our backs this entire time then why the fuck can't I be happy for once?!" Tobi jumped up and slammed her fist into the wall, and I quickly stood up and wrapped my arms around her. "Tobi it's okay! You can be happy, you'll figure out a way to be happy here, even if you and Alice aren't together." I whispered, trying to bring Tobi down from her panic attack. "We'll figure out something-"
"No one is going to live, or die safe and happy if they do it in this FUCKING house!!" Tobi turned around and gave me an expression of weakness, and failure. As if we were the only two left and everyone had died. I knew she was just depressed, Her and Jason had been best friends. Her eye was more swollen then before, snot ran down her lips and tears stained her cheeks. She was falling apart and I was having trouble keeping it together. I didn't say anything after that. I just buried my face into her neck and held onto her as if my life depended on it. I let her cry, and we sat there for awhile, letting ourselves calm down.