| Mars POV |
" Hello ? Are you there ? " I called out as I searched around the house with a knife clutched in one of my hands and a flashlight wobbly holding in the other one . " Is there anybody listening ? " I opened up the bathroom . No one there . I slowly walked in while moving the flashlight slowly shining it everywhere . Just then . I heard deep breathing .
It was coming from the shower curtains . Oh no . I'm dead meat now . If it's going to end like this or possibly could end like this , I think I'd rather kill myself then try to flee for my own life . But I couldn't do that . And we both know that . If I were to kill myself I would be being a coward and that's something I'm simply not . I had to kill him . I can't stand to let this happen anymore . I am a human with human emotions , just like him and just like everyone else on this planet . So why should I be afraid to do with I should've done a long time ago ?
But behind this curtains , was a vicious , manipulative , and impulsive man . All I had to do was swing the curtains open and it would be lights out for either me , him , or we'd probably kill each other trying to only kill one of us . It was just too risky . I don't know if I want to go through with this . Maybe he can change . Maybe we can turn back time to the good ole days . Where we would make our computer show videos happily and we didn't have to edit out so much footage because we would start to argue in the middle of doing it over something stupid like me saying a certain line wrong .
Or those times when we would perform live and we would hug after the show was over and I felt perfectly safe with his arms wrapped around me and mine wrapped around him . But as of today I don't feel safe around him and I'm sure as hell he probably doesn't feel safe around me . Not after what happened . I just don't know what happened with us . We use to be so happy . His words would blur out with a sober tongue but they would unblur themselves with just a little taste of alcohol . He became so blatant .
And I'm not sure if it was my fault or his . But that was the pass and this is the future , which feels extremely old . Wait did that even sound right ? Yes , that did . It makes perfect sense . The future is so old ! Just then , I heard something scratching the curtains . Okay Mars , it's now or never . We have to do this . With more sweat running down my face then a sinner in church , my body shaking more and more with every breathe and step I take , and my thoughts just all over the place , I finally gathered enough courage to open the curtains and face him .
I counted to three in my head then swung the curtains open swinging my knife . Then there was a meow . I flashed my light and looked down in the tub . It was only our cat , Chica . I placed the knife down on the toilet softly to where it wouldn't make more than the slightest noise so Titanic wouldn't hear anything . I gently rubbed against her fur . She purred . I smiled a bit . " Come on girl . " I whispered as quiet as possible as I brushed her tail . " We're going to runaway from this place . " I gently let her get out the bathtub and I looked in the cabinet above the sink .
I grabbed my swan headband and closed it back . Then I tiptoed pass me and Titanic's room , grabbed my suitcase I had hidden underneath the fish tank , put on my coat , and headed for the door . Chica was sitting on top of the armrest on the couch .
" Come on , girl ! " I whisper shouted at her . She then jumped off the couch and walked out the door while I opened it . I quietly shut the door , locked it , and put the house key that once belonged to me under the doormat . I waited a few minutes and a car pulled up towards our old house and stopped in front of me . It was Poppy . I quickly put my suitcase in the back of the car , picked up Chica , and got in .
" Hey Poppy . " said when I finally got in and carefully placed Chica in the backseat .
" Hey Mars , " She replied with a nervous smile as she quickly pulled off . The road the dark and clear with no traffic . But it was only four in the morning , so what did I expect it to be ? Loud with traffic jams leading all the way to the Hollywood sign ? " Are you sure you want to actually go through with this ? "
" Yes , I am . I've been wanting to do this for a while and now I can finally do so . Without Him trying to stop me . I should've done this eight years ago . I know I'll be happier after this . And so will you . He's been no good to you either . "
Ignoring everything I just said , she brushed a piece of hair from out her face with her hand . " It only hurts because it's true ! "
" Where did we decide we were going again ? " She asked trying to ignore everything else I was saying . But this isn't only stressful for me , it's stressful for her too since she was probably Titanic's best friend or one of them . So maybe the fact that she's escaping to a whole different country with his ex girlfriend to get away from him is bothering her and she doesn't want to talk about it .
" Canada . He wouldn't think to check there . We'll take a airplane , and we'll be far , far , far away from him . "
Poppy smiled . I did too . It felt really good to see her happy to get away from him .
