Zelda (Ben drowned X reader)

Chapter 6

After all of my classes were finished, I trotted off to the library. I really wanted to go home and play video games. If possible, with that dude named BEN. God, what is wrong with me? Why am I even entertaining a stalker?

I'm not used to this kind of attention. I've always wanted to be cared about but at the moment I feel like I'm being squished. I miss being invisible.

I never expected to be stalked by anyone and now there was also this really cheerful boy whose energy makes me wish I was a hermit crab.

It seems like Drew wasn't here yet so I took a seat somewhere quiet and listened to music from my phone. I just hoped we would end this quickly so I can get home sooner and play.

 All of a sudden a cold breeze made me shiver and my eyes wandered to the dark bookshelves. There was a figure but I couldn't see it clearly. I stood up to take a look at it but as I took a step nearer, I didn't see anything. This is weird... I swore someone was there.

"Ah!" I was startled as someone pulled my earphone out. I whirled around to see Drew, smiling happily as usual.

"What's wrong? You look spooked." He noticed my bewilderment.

"N-nothing, I just thought someone was there."

"Oh that's spooky~~~ Care to tell me more?"

"N-no, there wasn't really anyone...."

Why did I care to look anyways? It's not like people actually interest me in the first place. I was just hallucinating because I lack sleep and food in my system. Yeah, that's it.

"Wooo~~ What if.. It was a ghost??"

"Nonsense, ghosts don't exist."

"How would you know? Have you ever seen one?"

"No...?"

"Then how would you no they don't exist?"

"I-"

I bit my lip and decided not to say anything further. I'm bad at debating and all.

"Anyways... About our paper-"

"Yeah let's start right away!"

He lead me back to the place I was seated in while waiting for him and he enthusiastically clapped his hands.

"Alright, so you like video games right? Let's search for sources!"

 Just after sitting down he jumped up again and ran towards the book shelf.

"Umm... I could just google it on my phone, you know?"

"Nope! Ma'am told us to use book references, don't you remember?"

"Oh..."

She did? I don't remember that at all.. I was probably not listening or something...

"Well then, let's start!"

I followed him into the different book section and bookshelves and started browsing through the books.

 It's not that I don't like books but the internet was invented for a reason, and that reason was to make life easier. I don't read any books aside from novels anyways. I sighed and opened a book that might be helpful.

Drew moved farther between the bookshelves and I eventually lost him. This library was rather huge and full of books no one has ever touched in the past few years.

I swear to God, I felt someone behind me and I don't see Drew anywhere. I don't believe in ghosts or whatsover, yet why am I so scared?

"Drew?"