Hydrogen Peroxide Seems To Fix Everything

It Can Get The Best Of You

"Hey babe...are you feeling ok after last night?" Ash asked me as he put his arms around my waist from behind me and turned me around to face him
"Y-yea, yea I'm fine...I just, it was odd and scary is all" i answered remembering what had happened only a couple hours before "maybe we were all imagining it; Em didn't hear anything after all"
"Perhaps, but we all heard it and how could something that doesn't exist scare all of us and sound so real?"
"I don't know....maybe I just don't want to admit someone screamed like that"
"That might be it, I'm in the same boat" he suddenly smiled "but let's get to school and enjoy today"
I smiled back "yea...let's do that"

We walked the rest of the way to the bus stop and got on the bus that came moments after we arrived; since we had taken the bus so much we figured out the exact times we had to leave in order to catch it perfectly...it was a sort of game in a way. We hopped on the the bus and sat in our usual seats.
We laughed and talked about random things, like we always do when we were on the bus. And eventually the ride came to our stop and we got of, then walked to our school.
"Oh, I got to go to Mr.Smith's room to get some help on the assignment" Ash told me as he took his hand from mine to open his locker
"Oh, ok" I said then smiled
We walked to Mr.Smith's room and Ash walked inside, I stayed outside the room and just stood there, quite bored.
I looked inside the room at the clock and noticed the clock said '7:46'
'Oh, we have 30 mins till our first bell and since Ash and I don't have a 1st hour (we didn't pick an elective so we could spend the mornings together) that means I have an hour and a half until we have our "first" class.....yay we can get coffee and chill for a little...'

"Hey, are you gunna go to class?" Ash asked me, now standing in front of me, I didn't notice when he came back out but that's probably due to my thoughts
"Umm, what are you talking about? We have 90 mins" I responded confused
"No, we don't...I walked into our first class, and you just stood at the door..."
"Noo, I was waiting for you to get out of physics.."
"Umm, Bec, you're going crazy...that was this morning" he smiled at me like I was insane "I walked out and you were there, waiting, then we walked to the coffee shop and talked for an hour." He looked a little confused, ok a lot confused
"Uhhhh....nooo, how could I not remember spending an hour talking to you?" I questioned him
"Well i don't know, you were actually talking and seemed genuinely interested in what we were talking about. So I have no idea how you could forget that..." he responded
"M-maybe I'm just being weird. Let's forget about it" I said then let out a smile
Ash smiled back, gave a nod and walked into class. This time with me following.

~~~~Time Skip to Lunch~~~~

"Hey Bec, are you feeling ok?" Em asked me
"Yea, I'm completely fine..." I responded with a confused look "why would you think I'm not?"
"Well you were just looking outside, kinda zoning out, I don't know.."
"Oh, well I'm ok, I didn't even realize I was doing that" I let out a little laugh
Em went back to laughing with Sam, Marie, and Brian
The rest of lunch was pretty normal, actually, it was pretty crazy but for us, that was pretty normal

We all walked off to our next class and then the next, and the next until it was finally time to go
"HURRY UP..!" I said/yelled to Ash as he was grabbing his instrument from the orchestra room "we need to bus and were gunna be late if you don't stop loosing your rosin...god!"
"Ohmehgod im here, lord...."
"Can you hurry up a little bit next time" I said with an angle-like smile and expression
"But what will I get out of it??" He gave a smile back but it was a sly one
I knew what he expected me to say, a kiss, buuutt that wasn't my answer
"Not being late for the bus....!!??"I replied
"Oh come on" he gave me another smile
"Whaattt?? Did you expect something else?"
"Well..." he leaned closer to me and I could almost feel his lips on mine
"Nope, were gunna be late" I pulled away and started walking to the bus stop
"Oh come onnnnnnnnn" he pouted
I let out a laugh and we walked to the bus stop, just in time to see the bus coming around the corner
"Thank god" I said feeling relieved
"Humph" he 'replied'
"Awww are you still pouting?"
"Mhmm..!" He said....kinda?
"Well then..." I laughed a little and then kissed him, for a little longer than I had intended
"You happy now?"
"Yep" he smiled back, like a little kid who had gotten candy
The bus pulled up and we both got on, waited for the stop, got off, and walked to our apartments
"Byyee, oh do you know if tonight is still on? Does everyone still want to go?"

My mind flashed and I felt like my head was being ripped apart in every direction. My legs went weak and I collapsed, internally.
I was in terrible pain, it didn't leave. It stayed and it never went down or went away. It was there, always. A constant pain. It reminded me I was terrified. It came back after last night. I thought it had gone away. But it didn't. I couldn't stop replaying what happened and all these stupid scenarios that didn't even make sense but scared the living hell out of me. I don't know why it was back. And I didn't know I could hid it.

"Umm, yep. Em can't come because their going on some camping trip or whatever. But otherwise it's just like usual, Me, You, Hunter, and Nick." I answered his question in my normal cheery voice
"Ok, I'll see you tonight then" he smiled "Byeeee"
He walked away to his apartment and I walked to mine
I walked in the door and saw my siblings sprawled on the couch playing some console game that they got a couple months ago on the PS4
I went to my room, put my backpack on my desk and collapsed on the bed; the feeling still in my head
"Heyyy" I heard a chime from my phone, a recognizable one.
"Oh heyyy" I replied to Ash

Our conversation went on for a couple hours until it was about an hour away from our typical "sneak out time"
Somehow, throughout the conversation, that feeling had gone away, or at least it was dulled...Ash could always make it better. He's the reason it went away in the first place

~~~~Time Skip An Hour~~~~

"U ready?" He asked
"Ummm, almost...I can't seem to find my jacket"
"You mean the leather one?"
I had always worn darker clothes, typically dark jeans with flannels buttoned up and a necklace/choker around the collar. Sometimes an occasional worn out top and various chokers. But I always wore my ring of the two I got for Ash and I, and my Docs...
"Yea, I can't find it"
"Umm, idk where it went but I have mine you can wear"
"Oh, thanks...then yea, I guess I am ready 😊"
"Lol, mkay, flagpole?"
"Flagpole 😘😘😘"
"😘😘😘😘"
"Oh come on"
"Hah.!"
"Lol, luv ya"
"😋"
He would always try to out-emoji me and frankly it got annoying because he wouldn't believe that I loved him more...
I had a sliding door in my room that led to the small porch every apartment had.
I left out the door and I hoped over the porch "railing". Then walked to the flagpole. We always met there and it was somewhat of a symbol.
I got there and waited about a minute until I felt someone's arms come around my shoulders and hold me tight

"I love you" the person said, well, "the person" being Ash
"I lo-" I tried to turn around but he wouldn't let me "Umm, whatcha doin?" I laughed a bit
"What do you mean?" He responded
I realized that the person didn't have a voice, it wasn't recognizable but it was familiar...they had no expression yet they sounded like the actually meant what they said. They didn't sound real, but it was a person. He confused me, it confused me.
"Ash?" I asked it
I heard a cracking noise that sounded like static, like something breaking.
The static went on for a minute, then two, then three, eventually I lost count.
I tried to turn around but the thing still wouldn't let me, until I heard a loud crash that sounded like someone throwing something on the ground, and it let me. I saw a strange figure standing over me. And then I didn't

"I luv ya too" I heard a familiar voice
"Oh hey" I smiled...almost forgetting about the more than strange occurrence that just happened
"You ok?"
"Yea....it's just, since last night my anxiety has come back"
"Oh...I'm sorry, I'll try to make it better. How about you just focus on having fun tonight?"
"Yea, I will..."
So Ash handed me his jacket and we walked to our normal spot, Dweebs corner, and sat there, telling stories and laughing
You would think we'd be scared to go back but we weren't. Actually, Nick was pretty excited to go back. He still had the lock and he wanted to see if anything else was there.

I tried my best to have fun, I really did. Most of the time i was having fun, I promise. But it was still there, the feeling, and that figure, standing over me; hands on my shoulder, eyes fixed on me. It was there. And it wouldn't leave.

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Hey guys! So, I hope you enjoyed! I'm sorry I haven't updated super regularly (even tho it is only the third chapter lol) so I tried to make this chapter a but longer fo ya 😊 I'll try update at the very least once a week. Aannnyyywaaayyysss...I hope this wasn't crap and I hope you like the story! 😊😘
--Izzy