When Everything Disappears || Harry Styles || A.U.

Chapter Seven

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When I turned around the mirror was fogged up, with words on it. I leaned in closer and it read:

'Don't go to sleep.'

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Cassie's P.O.V.

what!? How did that get there?

I looked around, there was nobody in the bathroom.

I locked the door, and got dressed, in the bathroom.

When I was completely dressed, I slowly unlocked the door, and opened the door really fast, and looked around. Nobody.

"Hello?" I said out loud. No answer. Who wrote that on the mirror?

I walked back in the bathroom.

My heart rate sped in my chest.

The words on the mirror, now had a what looked like a hand print that smeared the words away. I once again called out, "hello? Is anyone there?" I said shaking furiously. I slowly grabbed my dirty clothes and waked out of the bathroom. I walked over to the 'bed' and unfolded the blanket. I unfolded it, and spread it out. I put the pillow at the top and laid down. The pillow didn't even feel like a pillow. I sat up and picked the pillow up. I unzipped it and looked in, it had crumbled up newspaper in it. Some motel, I thought sarcastically. I put it back and tried to get as comfortable as I could. It was really hot in here, so I didn't need a blanket to cover up with.

I started thinking about the note on the mirror. 'don't go to sleep.' But why? Why didn't someone, or something want me to go to sleep?

I was thinking about this until I got swallowed by darkness.

I woke up again, all sweaty and out of breath. I looked around. Is this a janitors closet? I stood up, and opened the door. I walked out, I'm in school again. I walked through the halls, I looked through a window. It was dark and misty outside. The hall lights were flickering on and off. There was no one here. At least I don't think there was. I was going to search this whole school until, I found someone. I walked down the hall. I saw doors on each side. I looked through all the ones on the right, no one was in them. No one. I looked through all the ones on the left, no one. I went into another hallway, and did the exact same thing. Nothing. Right then, I heard a noise. It was a very faint noise. It sounded like someone was thumping something. "Hello!" I screamed. It didn't echo this time. I still heard the faint thumping noise. It had to be something! Or even better! Someone. I started walking down the hall. The noise became fainter. I turned around and walked the other way. The noise started getting stronger. I kept walking, following the noise. I walked by the gym. It got really strong then. It sounds more like a dribbling basket ba- It's a basketball! How could I not think of that sooner!

I opened the door so fast, you didn't even have time to say, 'basketball.' What I saw made me stop dead in my tracks. My heart rate started going super fast, and I could hear my heart thumping in my head, my vision started getting blurry and cloudy, and everything started spinning.

Everything suddenly came to a halt, and I could see clear now.

It was him.

It was Harry.

He stopped dribbling the ball, and turned around. He looked at me in shock. "How...?" I heard him mumble.

"I thought I was the only one here. I couldn't find anyone here, and I looked everywhere." He said to me.

"I just woke up here." I said quietly.

"I know, that's what happened to me." He said while looking down.

"How long have you been here?" I asked him.

"Five years." He said. My throat hitched. Thats impossible.

"But that can't be." I said.

"You were..."

"I know, Cassie. I woke up here five years ago. There's another me back where I came from. He replaced me. I've been here five years. He comes here and tells me what he does. I didn't understand at first, until he explained. He said, that I was in an accident and my nice, and kind side came here, where as my dark and evil side stayed on earth."

I processed what he had said.

"But I wasn't in an accident?" I said confused.

"I know Cassie. You weren't in an accident."

"Then why am I here?" I said confused.

He sighed.

"You're here because" He paused and took a deep breath.

"Cassie, you're here because you're dead."

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