Borderline of Stability (Creepypasta Story)

Chapter 4- Tick Tock Goes The Clock

One thing Jeff never expected on this hunt was meeting anyone's past self. It made it uneasy for him, knowing everyone and yet not really knowing them at all. He was currently staring out the window, leaning his head on his head, and below the line of the hood that covered his face he noticed Jeffrey's worried expression.

"You ok Jeff?" Jeffrey asked quietly, Brian and Liu were asleep at this time. As for the time it was already nearing 3 pm, and the forest was bumpy as ever for the car.

"Yeah i'm fine..just thinking." Jeff mumbled, not even turning to look at Jeffrey. They were getting farther from the city and Jeff hated running from a fight. The worst thing about this though is looking at his human self. His old eyes and hair, how his smile used to be, the presence of bruises and cuts from fights, and the most terrible part..how innocent he used to be,

Jeff barely noticed the car stopping while remembering his past and looked up. Outside there was many small houses, trailers, and cabins that looked to be decades old. Jeffrey focused on waking Liu up and Brian woke up instantly, and slowly they all got out of the car. Something was off, it was dead quiet, which in the past this place was lively with loud kids.

"Jeez where is everyone?" Tim muttered and looked around. "So uh, Jeffrey where is your friend's place?"

"Mom actually let you go here?" Liu grimaced. "What if people tried to mug you or something?"

"Come on Liu it's not that bad, sure some of these people are poor but Toby is nice. His family just may have a few...problems at the moment." Jeffrey stated hesitantly.

Jeffrey started walking, as if looking for a hint of something to regain his memory on where he was. The rest slowly followed, and both Tim and Brian bickered quietly about leaving the car out in the woods. For a bit Jeffrey wandered aimlessly but did manage to stick to one course and a two-story home was in the distance. It was older but not in bad shape, however it looked dark and barren inside.

As they stepped up to the house, the porch and steps creaking loudly, Jeffrey knocked on the door. "Toby? Toby it's me Jeffrey Woods, from science class."

The door slowly opened, and what Jeff saw shocked him to his bones. A kid looking about 17 or 19 that was shorter than Brian and Tim, but taller than Jeffrey pop out from the dark. His body was a pale grey and he twitched a little, his neck making an eerie crick sound, he wore a simply grey hoodie and blue jeans, and his dark brown hair ruffled. It was almost hard to tell if his eyes were brown or grey.

"H-hi Jeff! G-good to see you." Toby smiled weakly. Toby didn't look too healthy but not so that he's skin and bones.

"Hey man how are you doing? Do you mind if we chill here for a day or two?" Jeffrey asked and rubbed the back of his head. Toby jolted and looked around for a second at all of us, he stared at Jeff the longest before slowly nodding.

"S-sure, my dad is out anyways. J-just make sure you're out by Thursday." Toby agreed and walked inside.

We all followed in, Liu made himself at home right away on the couch in the living room and Tim relaxed in a big leather chair. Brian simply leaned on a window and kept watching out in the forest. Jeffrey followed Toby into the kitchen and Jeff was left in the entrance of the house. His nerves were on fire, the urge to go back and kill the bitch before she could reach this house.

"So what should we do? Just sit here and wait for those things to-" Tim started but Liu shushed him.

"Look Toby has graciously given us a place to stay, if he hears about this we could be kicked out." Liu commented quietly.

"You can't be serious, the kid looks like he's seen a ghost, so i'm pretty damn sure we're intimidating enough to stay here." Tim snapped and crossed his arms.