Psychotica

Chapter 9

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Aaliyah's POV

It's night, and I'm still at the boys house. I can't believe it's been 2 weeks and I've gotten so close to them.

I say my goodbyes and give Louis a hug. I drive home, then Ashley enters my thoughts. She hasn't spoken to me all day today.

She always has a guilty look on her face when I glance at her, making me feel bad. When I finally get home, I knock on Ashley's door. She says a simple, "Come in," and I enter. We look up at each other and her frown deepens. "Ok-," we say at the same time.

"You go first-," we both say again. We both let out a small chuckle, then I start to speak before she can. "Ok, I forgive you," her smile widens.

"If," I say and her smile drops. "We have a girls night out." An ear piercing scream is let out as she jumps around in circles and runs to give me a hug. I laugh as she knocks me to the ground spreading her nasty kisses on my face.

"Ok, that's enough, Ashley," I state. She slightly calms down and I take a seat at the edge of her bed.

"So what are we doing tomorrow?" She asks me. "Movies?" I suggest. "Yes! I really want to see that new Channing Tatum movie," she squeals and basically drools.

She stops her little antics and gives me another hug, "I'm so sorry." She apologizes again. "It's okay, Ash," I pause, "Are you hungry? I can make us a quick sandwich downstairs." I suggest, as my best friends eyes light up as if it's Christmas.

Ashley's POV

She has to know. She's gotta know there's something wrong with me. Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

Why else would she offer me food? I overthink the situation until I hear Ally yell like a mad man, "Ash, what juice do you want?"

I open my mouth to respond but I hear the fridge door slam shut, figuring she made the drink choice already. "Okay Ashley, you can do this. Maybe you're wrong. You've missed your period before, many of times, this is no big deal," I convince myself as I shove the CVS bag full of pregnancy tests, back into my bag. I go downstairs and we both catch up on things we have missed yesterday and today. After we finish our food, we feel the sudden urge to sleep. We say our goodbyes and go to bed, immediately falling asleep.

~MORNING~

I wake up by Aaliyah screaming my name. "Wake up, you jackass!" She yells out the door. "What do you want? Didn't you say we're going to the movies? People tend to go at night. Leave me alone!" I complain. "We are not other people! Weren't you the one that always told me that?" She asks. "Ugh," I growl, Aaliyah finding amusement in that. I stand to my feet and walk up to the mirror. I look into it and I find a woman that looks older, broken, and depressed. 'Who is she?' I ask myself. Finally, I decide to stop my intense staring, I take a quick shower then get ready and put on my clothes for today.

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After we have eaten our breakfast, we head for Aaliyah's car to go shopping before the movies. She tries to speak with me but every now and then, I seem more distracted than before.

"And that is when I decided, I wanted to be a poop cleaner, at the zoo for a living," she blurts. My head snaps to look at her in shock when she looks at me then bursts into laughter. "I was just kidding, Ash," she giggles. "I just wanted to get your attention. You seem a little out of it today," she comments. I think of an explanation but after what feels like days, I can't find one. I turn up the music on the radio to distract me from my thoughts. We reach the mall and head for the first store of the day, Macy's.