Torn

ERMAGERD NEW CHAPTER FINALLY

Chapter 13

"BEN," I muttered, my brain no longer foggy. Where was BEN? "BEN!"

I sat, in a heavy silence for several minutes, but it felt more like several hours. Finally, I gave up, and I began to cry gently.

"Lucy?"

I turned around, and at my window was BEN, looking concerned.

"Are you okay?"

I grinned and bit my lip to keep from crying out in happiness. I reached out, and BEN takes my hand. I pull him towards me, and he sits on the bed, wrapping his arms around me, calming me down.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," I say, my voice thick with emotions. "I'm sorry that I freaked out, it's just when I was with those people, they told me stories of you and the others killing people, and it's hard to look at you, knowing this."

"Does it make you hate me?" BEN asked, and I shook my head.

"I love you BEN. It will always be you. No one can change that. Not at all." I started to play with a stray piece of his hair. He pulled me closer to him, and I sighed, feeling nostalgic.

"Lucy... Is it okay... If I... Kiss you?"

I pulled away from BEN and looked at him in surprise.

"Umm... Yeah, of course." I swallowed, and BEN cupped my face in his hands. I felt my heart speed up, and I was having trouble breathing.

Suddenly, his lips met mine, and I was engulfed in bliss. I wrapped my arms around his neck as we kissed, and after forever, we pulled away.

We stared at each other for a couple of seconds before I kissed him again.

"Lucy?" BEN mumbled around the kiss.

"Yeah?"

"Will you be my 'girlfriend'?"

I pulled away. "Why not? I have nothing better to do."

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I was alone, in a dark, old forest. Trees on all sides.

"Lucy."

I spun around to see Eyeless Jack.

"Jack! Where am I?"

"That doesn't matter. What matters is your choice. You choose him, Lucy! What does he have!"

I recoiled as EJ screamed at me. "I don't understand."

"Of course you don't. You stupid humans never get anything." Jack looked at me, rage sparkling in his eyes. He raised a scalpel and walked towards me. "Lucy... Just give me a chance. I'm better then BEN. Please."

"And what if I don't?" I asked, fear coursing through me.

Eyeless Jack sighed. "Then... I'll have to give you to Jeff."

Jeff stepped out if the shadows, grinning. I screamed, and I jerked awake, sweat soaking my t-shirt and plastering my hair to my face.

My breath caught in my throat as I read a note stuck into the mattress that said, ONE CHANCE LUCY. OR ELSE JEFF GETS YOU.