Nightmare Called Veronica Aldean

Chapter 19

The Final Goodbye.

I kept the hug lasting even though Mason's blood was burning me. His limp body in my arms as I cried didn't even give a twitch. His blood was burning me, but I didn't care, all I wanted was to never let go. I was afraid that if I did I would have to face the truth by just looking at his dead body. My eyes wouldn't stop giving tears long after I thought I had ran out of tears. After a long time I finally came to my senses and let Mason out of my arms slightly. My tears multiplied even more as I looked at Masons dead body in my arms.

"You idiot.." I said letting more tears fall.

I set Mason down and crossed his arms slightly across his chest. I took off his white jacket and took off mine, I placed my crimson jacket over his head so I wouldn't have to look. I took his jacket that had a burning blood stained hole in the middle. I let more tears fall as I hugged the jacket.

"I'll miss you, idiot." I said crying on his jacket.

-

Next thing I knew I woke up at the foot of my bed, tears streaming down my face and the cuts still there, but not burning anymore. I thought maybe all of it was just a dream, maybe Mason was still alive.

I looked in the bathroom, downstairs, the kitchen, but he was nowhere to be found. Then I looked down and I noticed that I wasn't wearing my crimson jacket anymore. I ran back up the stairs and saw that his white hoodie was next to where I was sitting only moments ago. I picked it up and saw the same burned blood stained hole in the middle. Tears began to well up again as I hugged the jacket, knowing it was the last thing of Mason I had. I noticed that the blood was no longer burning, if just looked like regular blood now. I went downstairs and washed his hoodie and stitched it back together making if look as when he was wearing it in the rain only a couple hours ago. I put the hoodie on already knowing it was to big, I didn't care anyway. I put my half sleeve covered hands overt eyes trying to keep myself from crying again. I didn't succeed in this and I just cried all over his hoodie, and it still smelled like that one time I spayed girls perfume all over it to tease him. Even more tears came when I thought of memories we had, thinking of all the times we went on summer vacations and spring fairs. But now all of it was gone, truly gone. It was all because of that damned nightmare, I was so happy that she was finally gone. But now Mason was gone too, and I couldn't see any future in front of me without him in it.

-

The next month after, I was made fun of, called "emo" because I died my hair black and I would only wear black except for Mason's hoodie. I was called weird because I never said anything to anyone unless I had to answer a question. I sat alone at lunch and sometimes in the bathroom stalls just because nobody would let me sit next to them. But not a day went by I didn't wear Mason's white hoodie. I try my hardest not to cry when I smell the perfume I sprayed on it.

I sit on the bus alone listening to music hoping it would calm me down. My grades went down and in the end I just dropped out. I know it was wrong but I just couldn't do the constant staring and laughing. In this entire time not once was I happy, but not once did I cut myself for it, I'm sure you would know why.

-

During the summer I had nothing to do like normal and I couldn't do anything anyway without feeling I'm forgetting someone. I know Mason told me to forget him, but I just couldn't. There was just one night where I wanted to just get it over with and kill myself, I knew I couldn't, I wouldn't. But I wanted to so badly. Even though all my sanity was returned, I still couldn't take the madness I kept inside by myself. I went over to Mason's mom's house too tell her what happened, but right when I walked to her porch she yelled at me.

"Who are you?! Go away I don't want company!"

It was weird, Mason's mom knew me for four years and she never acted like that accept when she first met me, then over the years she got a lot nicer. Was there no trace of Mason what so ever except the hoodie? Mason's friends at school didn't seem worried that he was gone at all and his friends seemed to not know me at all. When Mason died, was he excluded from the word all 100% ? Was all the memories we made just vanish like he never existed?! That night when I wanted to kill myself, I felt something, like someone was watching me.

I turned around and saw Mason lying on my bed turned to the foot of the bed.

"Mason!" I got up from sitting at the end of my bed and hugged him. He hugged me back as I tugged at the side of his shirt slightly as he almost swallowed me whole in his tight hug saying I was a lot shorter than he was.

"How are you-?" I cut myself off with my happiness.

"You know how you saw Brandon? It's like that but with me."

When he said Brandon, my heart totally just sank to my stomach.

"How is Brandon, anyway?" I said trying to not sound sad.

"He's alright, he lied about me being a slave, we already established that. But anyway, he was a slave to her and him lying to you was just him being controlled." Mason said as he continued.

"Also, I found out what they called that damned nightmare. Her name was Veronica Aldean."

"Oh, ok then. Well I'm happy to say I brutally murdered a girl named Veronica Aldean." I said smiling as I buried my face in his chest.

"I see you're wearing my hoodie." Mason said releasing me from his hug.

"Oh, sorry about that." I said looking at it.

"It alright, keep it." He said smiling.

"Mason," I said looking back up at him.

"Can you stay here...just..spend the summer with me like always.." I said tearing up a bit,

"You're the only one who can see me, you'd look like a lunatic, and anyway, I can only see you once every year."

I looked down in disappointment.

"But why only once a year?!" I said in sudden anger.

"After all we've been through don't they think we could have more time?! You're my best friend and I have nobody to talk too but a window!"

I said looking up at him again

"I'm sorry! It's not my rules. I'm really sorry." Mason said pulling me in for another hug. I smiled feeling how warm he made me, and not burning me.

"My time right now was very limited. I can't stay much longer." I said loosening his grip on me.

"But.." I said quietly hugging him tighter so he wouldn't have to leave.

"I have to, I'm sorry, Alayna."

Mason said kindly pushing me off him.

"Well, you know how you said I hug you to much?" Mason said slightly blushing.

"Well maybe it's time for something new." He said gently pressing his lips on mine. My eyes widened in surprise as he brought me closer to him. I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck as I blushed. He put his arms around my back pulling away from the kiss as he hugged me one last time.

I laughed uneasily and said.

"I guess we're just used to the hugging aren't we?"

"I guess so." He said as I could tell he was smiling. Mason let go of me and smiled.

"I'll see you soon, first thing you'll see when you wake up a year from this day will be me, well probably just you're ceiling but I'll be somewhere in that picture." He said laughing a little.

"I'll miss you, Alayna. Goodbye."

"I'll miss you too, idiot." I said smiling.

And with that, he faded away as he waved goodbye.