The Bound Fedora

Chapter 21: Restless Denial

The rest of the drive was rather quiet and once they arrived at their destination, Deer Creek Motel, they were both eager to be out of the car. Sidney chose this particular place since it was right along a thick tree line giving them plenty of good spots to do the ritual. It was pretty nice for how cheap it was and had several good places to eat within walking distance. Once they were settled into their new room Freddy was desperate to get the ritual done.

"Are you ready?" He asked as she sat on top of the beds maroon comforter.

"It's barely one PM. We should wait till nighttime." She suggested causing him to resume his burnt demonic form and grabbed her by the front of her tank top pulling her closer to him making her breath catch in her throat.

"Please?" The demon begged. "I just want this to stop." He admitted eyeing her lips then quickly released her letting her fall to the bed her hair flopping into her face. Appearing on the other side of the room with the intricate book in hand Freddy flipped through its pages. Sidney sat up and watched him for a moment tucking her hair behind her ears out of her eyes. She originally wanted to do the ritual at night, but it never said anything about what time of day it had to be done. He was desperate to get the link weakened. Even though he never said in exact words, she knew that Freddy was starting to have feelings for her. His words he said in the car replayed in her head. You're Mine. Just thinking about it sent chills through her body and made her heart beat faster. It almost scared her how much hearing those words excited her.

They both had really made their mark on each other. She wondered if that would change once they did the ritual.

"Will you stop thinking about that you're not helping." The demon rasped snapping the book closed in defeat.

"How often do you listen in on my thoughts?" She asked curiously.

"I try not to. But when you get quiet I can't help it. I got used to hearing your thoughts all the time when I was in my world... Now are we going to do this or are you going to torture me some more and make me wait till the sun goes down?" He asked outright staring into her.

"I'm not trying to torture you ok. I just don't want to draw attention to ourselves by running around during the day when it's easier to be seen." Sidney explained as Freddy continued to glare at her. "It doesn't matter, we can go now."

"Good because if you said no I would've dragged you out there anyways." He confessed with a small laugh making her let out an annoyed sigh. Once they made sure they had everything they needed Sidney loaded everything up in a small backpack and put her hair up in a messy bun held together by a pencil she pulled from her bag.

Freddy returned to his human form in case they ran into anyone on their way and they walked behind the motel and across the railroad tracks into a small patch of trees. Dark clouds covered the sun promising rain as if the weather knew what they were about to do. Taking her by the hand he led the way. Using what she could remember seeing on the map when looking up the place he read her mind and dragged her behind him eager to get to the thicker cover of trees on the other side of the clearing in front of them. There was a large pond overflowing with moss and three young boys were riding their bikes towards them on the small dirt path that had been carved out all the way down the clearing. The first two of the kids passed them by without a second look and the third stared them down and stopped a few feet away from them.

"Aren't you a little old to still be holding your dad's hand?" The idiot kid smirked and laughed before speeding away on his bike.

"I AM NOT HER FATHER!!!" The disguised demon screamed after the kid and Sidney instinctively held tighter onto his hand and grabbed him by the shoulder trying to break his angry glare after the boy. He caught up with his friends and they made it further down the path right along the mossy pond and with a twitch of Freddy's free hand the boys bike faltered falling precisely to make him fall into the mossy green water. The demon cackled and the worried girl tugged on his arm.