Once In a Lifetime

Chapter 12

~your perspective~

When I woke up I went straight to the bathroom. I stared at my scars until I started to cry. I couldn't help it. The scars won't fade. Now they look like someone drew them on with a red sharpie. That's how vibrant they are.

     Colby wakes up and comes over to where I'm standing. He wipes the tears from my face. When he touched my scars I flinched.

"Sorry. The pain is back." I said hugging him.

"You shouldn't be sorry. You can't control this." Colby kissed me on the top of my head.

I grabbed my makeup bag and tried covering the scars up. Nothing. Nothing would work. Every time I would put something on to cover the scars up, the makeup fades and I'm left with the scars again. I give up.

     I go downstairs to see if I can find Jax. I didn't see him last night. I find him asleep on his dog bed Colby got him for Christmas.

"Hey, bud." I scratched the top of his head. I got down to his level to let him see my scars. He lifted his head and sniffed them. He then started to lick them.

"Aw, Jax. I love you too." I said taking both my hands and rubbing his head. I got up to go take a shower and Jax followed me there. He never follows people that much. This is something I'm not mad at. I don't mind it. I guess he can tell me if there's a demon or something else stupid following me.

When I get in the shower, I get light headed. I get out and go get some clothes on because I don't want anyone to find me in the shower passed out. Luckily I did this because as soon as I got my last piece of clothing on, I blacked out before I could sit down.

~While I'm Blacked Out~

A thud was heard from all over the house.

"What was that?" Elton says coming out of the garage. Then all four dogs came to our room and started to bark. Aaron isn't home to witness anything.

"_____?" Colby shouts from the kitchen. Of course there is response.

"Shit. I think she blacked out again." Sam says running out of the game room along with Corey.

"Baby?!" Colby runs up the stairs. I can hear everything, but I just can't see anything. I feel someone definitely not Colby and rush me down to the couch in the game room. I hear someone say "Holy shit. Look at the top of her left hand," while picking it up. I realize it was Elton who had carried me down and Corey who had saw my hand.

"Dude, she will be okay. Just calm down," Sam comforts Colby who is freaking out. I slowly come to and can see again.

"Baby!" Colby says rushing over to me as soon as he sees me barely move. He goes to grab my hand to hold it when he notices my hand's new scars. Great. More scars to hold me back.

"Is that how your other scars came to be?" Devyn asks going to sit by Corey on the other end of the couch. I nodded. Everyone stayed in the room with me. Kat walked through the front door just after Devyn sat down.

"What happened?" Kat says when she sees my hand.

"_____ blacked out," Elton replied.

"I'm fine although my hand hurts like hell if anything touches it." I say holding my hand against myself.

"Okay well I'm going to go back to editing if you are fine, _____" Elton says walking out of the room.

"Yeah I'm good," I reply.

"Then I'm going to go on with my day," Corey says leaving followed by everyone, but Colby. Sweet Colby decides to take time out of his day to care for his girlfriend.

"I don't think that spirit we talked to with the Ouija board was what it was saying it was. I think it was the demon it was warning us about," Colby say sitting in a bean bag chair.

"You think," At this point I was just done with all this haunting shit, "babe, can I ask you a favor?" I said looking up at Colby. His eyes were that deep, deep blue-green that was full of fear.

"Yeah."

"Can you promise me something, will you love me forever even though I have these scars?" I said holding back tears.

"Of course! I will always and for eternity." Colby holds my good hand. Jax comes running into the room where we are and lyes down right beside me on the rug. When Colby lets go of my hand, I reach down to pet Jax. I notice his green hair is slowly fading while Sam's green hair is almost out.

"I'll go grab us lunch," Colby says kissing me on the head, "what do you want, babe?"

"Nothing. I don't feel like eating," I say closing my eyes.

"Okay. Just get some good sleep," Colby walks out the door.

I end up falling asleep after Colby got home. I didn't want to pass out and no one know.

"There's one thing I'm mostly terrified of, Colby," I say when he comes and sits back down.

"And what's that?"

"That this will get so bad that you will have to take me to the hospital. I don't want to be their guinea pig for tests and stuff. That would make it worse for me," I look up at him. His blue eyes are now their beautiful sky blue.

"I won't let people take you to the hospital unless that's what you will want."

"Thanks," I finally say before falling asleep.

I had a dream about Colby being attacked like I am being attacked by the demon. The dream got so bad, I cried in my sleep. Colby woke me up when he knew I was in distress. I love him too much, I think to myself as he calms me down.