Save Me From Myself (sequel to "My Neighbor")

Chapter 1

Chapter 1| Aurora

"Goodbye Jackson" I say, watching his eyes widen, and his body relax as I jab the knife into his spine, allowing him to collapse onto the floor. Tears fall down my face, ruining any remains of makeup I could have left. I bend down and pull the knife out of his back, watching his thick blood drip off of the knife and onto the fluffy, white carpet

I hurry and run out of his room and into the elevator, frantically press the button to take me into the kitchen, feeling my hands and body shake at the thought of what I just did.

As soon as I get to the kitchen, I run into the walk-in fridge, noticing Zander left the door wide open. I hurry and walk out the door, making sure to close it behind me, noticing Zander standing right outside of the door... waiting for me.

He watches me walk out the door, and sprints over to my direction. His furrowed eyebrows match his worried expression, he holds me and grabs the knife out of my hands, dropping it right next to our feet.

"Aurora" He whispers. I start crying as I lay my head on his shoulder.

"You killed him didn't you" He whispers, wrapping both of his arms tightly around me. Only leaving a small sliver of air to reach me.

"Yes" I choke out.

"Let's go home" He says, still holding on to me as we walk away from the massive building, replaying every single incident that occurred in that prison.

We walk in silence, feeling a drop fall right onto my damp eyelashes. I look up and watch as the clouds let out their cries. I sigh.
Zander pulls me in closer,

"Come here"

He hugs me, his sweater protecting the both of us from the hard rain that begins to make its way to the mushy grass.

"There's a building right up, do you want to wait to see if the rain stops?" Zander asks.

I nod. We stop at the building and sit down at the front of the entrance, risking having tons of people look at us in the state that we're in. My body begins to shake, and my teeth begin to clatter.

"I'm so cold" I let out.

"We'll get home as soon as possible, I'm here for you." He says as he pulls me even closer.

I rest my head on his shoulder and he does the same. I wrap my arms around him and close my eyes. "Zander" I say, turning my head, allowing our eyes to meet.

"Yes?" He asks, rubbing my arm softly, causing me to feel at peace.

"What if someone finds out I killed Jackson" I say, my lips quivering and this time, not because I was cold.

"Don't worry about that right now" He says as he kisses my cheek, slightly smiling

"I don't think this rain will stop" I say

"It has to stop someday"

"But what if it doesn't" I say

"If you believe it will stop, then it will" He replies.

"Aurora" he adds on,

"Hm?"

"I want you to know that no matter what, I will always be here for you" He says, smiling and leaning towards me so our heads touch.

"Thank you, you have no idea how much I need you right now" I say, lowering my head so I can kiss his cheek.

"I love you Zander" I add on,

And I love you more" He replies.

"Good" I say with a smile. He chuckles and kisses my lips. The rain finally begins to stop, which means we are back on our feet.

"Question, How did you find me anyway?" I ask him, interlocking my fingers with his.

"It was hard, I went driving around everywhere, street by street in hopes that I would find you, and that's when I hit a dead end but saw a hidden entrance and began walking through there. You know what happens next, and then I found you." He says

"I'm just glad we're together, I appreciate the effort you put in to finding me" 

"Me too. I was going crazy without having you with me." He says 

"And i was going crazy being with Jackson" I say, letting out a laugh, then remembering that this wasn't just a simple escape plan, I killed someone

"Oh I bet! Piece of shit made me go psycho" He says

"Shut up" I say, allowing myself to let out a real and genuine laugh after so long.

 "hmm and what will you do if i don't?" he asks

 "I will make you" I say, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk just to take a look at him.

"Oh really? How?" He asks,

 "I can kiss you..." I trail off, causing him to smirk. He grabs on to my waist, and before he can pull me close to him, I add

"Or, I can just slap you or cover your mouth the rest of the way"

His smirk fades away, leaving him with a genuine face of worry.

 "The first one sounds like the better option" he says.

"Hmm okay" I say and cover his mouth, causing him to make lots of undistinguishable noises

  "I'm sorry I don't understand gibberish" I say. He gives me the most deadly look and licks my hand. 

"Ewwwww!" I yell, easily allowing me to remove my hand and wipe it on my shirt

"You basically asked for it" He says.

 "Fine then" I say, and place a small kiss on his lips.

"Now hush!" I say firmly, as we begin to walk again, noticing the familiar neighborhood only a few blocks away.

"I don't wanna!" He whines. I furrow my eyebrows and look at him, wondering if he's stupid or just crazy

 "Stop it. You're not 5" I say 

"How do you know? I could be 5 but be tall and handsome" He says, smirking and doing an imaginary hair flip.

"Sure about that?" I ask

 "I don't know, you're the one with a crush on me" He says

 "Umm I do not have a crush on you!" I yell

"Uh huh." He says with a smirk. I give him a deadly look then he picks me up and spins me around

I squeal, "Zander put me down!"

 "Not until you admit you have a crush on me" he says 

"No. Cause it's so much more than just a crush" I reply, locking my eyes with his.

He puts me down and hugs me "You have no clue how much I missed all the cute things you tell me" He says. I smile and squish his cheeks, almost as if he was a baby. 

"You're so random" He says 

"I know" I say with a smirk. 

We begin to walk into the neighborhood, the place I call home, and the place that brought out the worst, yet the absolute best of me. It's still dark, so we go to the park and lay down on the wet grass for the remainder of the night.

I cuddle up against Zander and burry my head in the crook of his neck.

He hugs me tight and lays his head on mine.

"I'm so tired" I say 

"I'd be concerned if you weren't. Go to sleep, you need it. I'll be right here when you wake up" He says, stroking my hair softly.

"Okay" I simply say and lay down on top of Zander's legs and drift off into a well needed slumber.