precious ↠ e.d

seven - telling the truth

"are you fucking insane? why the hell would you go back into that house." ethan screams, running his hand through his hair.

the ambulance had wrapped a blanket around my shoulders while i sat on the curb. they stitched up my eyebrow and lip, and took kyle out of the house in a gurney.

"i-i'm sorry." i mumble.

"allie." ethan sighs, he sits next to me and shakes his head. "there is nothing you should be sorry about. i'm so glad you're okay, that's all that matters, okay?"

tears pour out of my eyes and ethan wraps his arm around me, pulling me into his chest.

"allison camillo. we're going to need you at the police station tomorrow morning, 5 am sharp." a police officer tells me.

i nod, "i-is he dead?"

"no, although he lost a lot of blood he lost a lot of air. but, he should be fine." he tells me. "how are your injuries?"

"i'm fine." i tell him. "thank you, officer."

the police walks away and ethan grabs my hand. "come on, you can stay at my place for tonight."

"no ethan it's fine." i tell him, "i'll go to my moms house. i should probably tell her what happened anyway."

"are you sure?" he asks.

i nod, "please take me?"

ethan helps me up and leads me to his car, my house had tape all around it and my neighbours looked so confused, yet worried.

ethan drove off without directions, he probably remembers where my moms house is.

"do you want to come in?" i ask.

"pardon?" ethan asks, slightly shocked.

"you can come in." i tell him, "i'm sure they remember you."

ethan parks the car and helps me outside. i knock on the door and ethan stands there, nervously.

"allie, what're you doing here so late at nig— oh my goodness!" my mom gasps when she sees my face, she immediately grabs my arm and pulls me into her arms. tears were already pouring out of her eyes.

"what happened to you?" she asks.

"kyle." i tell her, "i s-stabbed him."

my mom takes ethan and i into the living room and makes us both tea. "mom, this is ethan. remember?"

my moms eyes widen when she finally notices. "oh my! you're so handsome now. i had no idea you two were in touch."

ethan smiles, sticking out his hand. "it's nice to see you again, mrs. camillo."

"please son, call me katherine." my mom speaks softly. "allie, tell me what happened."

"the usual." i shrug, "k-kyle started beating me again."

i could see ethan getting uncomfortable, he set his tea down and listened to me carefully.

"why did you stab him?" ethan asks.

"he was choking me, i thought i was going to die!" i exclaim. "he punched me and i fell to the floor, then he straddled over me and started suffocating me with the knife in his hand. i kept hitting him so it flew onto the floor. next thing i knew i felt around for the knife and stabbed him in the side so he'd let go."

my mom was in tears. "i can't believe he almost killed you."

"it was self defence, allie. he was trying to kill you." ethan says to me, "you have proof."