A Criminally Haunted Love

Chapter 9 week 1, day 7

Pov change: bold
Thoughts: bold and encircled
Journal entries: bold and italics
Dream sequences: bold and underlined.

                     Mal pov
When he woke up he heard the shower running, he got and was about to get dressed when he remembered what happened last night. (I'm surprised she agreed to that) He got his pants, socks and shoes on and left everything else off, when he heard the shower turn off he looked at the bathroom door and saw Zoey walk out of the bathroom. He smirked when Zoey blushed and hurried to get clothes then walked behind the folding screen.
"You can come back here." Zoey said, he walked behind the folding screen, he started to tie the laces of Zoey's corset. As he tied the laces he noticed Zoey's blush now had reached her neck, he smirked and continued to tie the laces of Zoey's corset.
"When your done tell me." He said, then walked back to the other side of the folding screen, while he waited for Zoey to finish getting her clothes on, he got the rest of his clothes.
"You can come back here." Zoey said, he walked back behind the folding screen and placed the jacket, tie and cufflinks on top of the folding screen, then he put on the shirt. He watched Zoey button up his shirt with shaky hands, when she finished buttoning up his shirt, she tucked the bottom of his shirt in his pants. Then she flipped the collar of his shirt up and grabbed the tie and...well tied it around his neck, she folded the collar down afterwards. She folded up the cuffs of his shirt sleeves, he grabbed the cufflinks and handed them to Zoey the cufflinks and she put them in place. He put the jacket, afterwards Zoey buttoned the jacket up.
"Am I missing anything?" Zoey whispered.
"No." He answered, Zoey nodded her head and walked to the other side of the folding screen, he followed after her. After they got their video cameras, they walked down to the kitchen, where he started to make breakfast.
"Have you ever tied a tie before?" He asked, as he placed a plate of food down in front of Zoey.
"No I've never tied a tie before." Zoey replied.
"So like with me and the laces of your corset, you just knew." He commented.
"It seems so." Zoey replied.
"We've got the first floor sitting room, the playground room and fifth floor to search, which do you want to search first?" He asked, once they finished eating and cleaned the dishes.
"We'll start with the sitting room and work our way up." Zoey answered.
"Alright, let's go." He said, as they walked to the sitting room, he noticed that Zoey was walking a little closer to him. (I guess she's a little scared) When they walked into the sitting room, they walked to the fireplace and he opened the way into the secret room.
"It's a beautiful room." Zoey commented.
"Hmm." He hummed- not exactly in agreement but he wasn't going to deny it- as they walked into the room which featured a gazebo in it. The walls were painted a light blue and the floor was gravel.
"We better start searching the room." Zoey said, he didn't say anything, he just walked to the other side of the room. As he searched he noticed Zoey would look at him then go back to searching the side of the room she was on. (I should probably ask her way she keeps looking at me but Zoey would just lie about it....hmm she's walking over here, has she finished searching her side of the room)
"What are you doing?" He asked shocked, Zoey was hugging him, (She's trembling) but he didn't get an answer.
"Why are you trembling?" He asked.
"Can't you feel it?" Zoey asked, he then noticed that the room was freezing. 
"Oh." He said, not long afterwards they heard a girl yelling from the sitting room.
"You two have lived long enough, now come out of hiding and die!"
"How are we going to get out here?" Zoey asked.
"She's not going anywhere, so we'll have to run." He answered, Zoey hesitated before nodding her head. (She's terrified but she's being brave) They slowly made their way to the exit, as they got closer to the door, he noticed that Zoey would step closer to him until she was clinging onto his arm, once they reached the exit he turned to look at Zoey.
"Alright, when I open the door we run and we don't stop running until we're inside the playground room, got it." He whispered.
"Yeah." Zoey whispered back, he grabbed Zoey's hand so she wouldn't fall behind. Then he opened the door, as soon as he did they started to run and the ghost started to chase them. When they finally reached the second floor, they hurriedly entered the playground room, and as quickly as they entered the room they quickly shut the door. They didn't say or do anything as the ghost banged on the wall, once it was completely quiet Zoey flung herself into his arms one of her hands was clutching his shirt while he was holding the other.
"Are we going to die here?" Zoey asked, her voice trembling, using his free hand he rubbed circles on her back.
"No we're not going to die." He answered.
"How do you know we're not going to die?" Zoey asked.
"I'm not going to let it happen....I'm supposed to be your knight in shining armor during this challenge remember." He replied. (Hopefully that'll cheer her up some) he heard Zoey give out a small chuckle and look up at him.
"I remember....now shall we look for that hidden room in here?" Zoey asked, he smirked and nodded his head, then he dragged Zoey to where the journal said the hidden room was and opened the door. Seeing a staircase leading down into the room he entered the room first then Zoey.....luckily a light turned on automatically.
"Why does it look like a wedding in here?" He asked, looking around the room.
"She probably used the room to plan the wedding." Zoey answered.
"But the room must have been here before she got engaged." He said. (Why would someone dedicate an entire room for planning their wedding)
"Well some girls like to plan years before their actually engaged, she just dedicated and entire room to it." Zoey replied.
"I don't get it....whatever let's just search the room." He said. (Did Zoey plan her wedding when she was younger) Zoey chuckled and walked further into the room, he rolled his eyes then he looked at the tables next to him.
There were plans of what flowers that would be used, how many guest there would be, table arrangements and what church the wedding would take place.
"This is beautiful." He heard Zoey gasp, he walked over to where Zoey was to see what caught her attention. It was a wedding dress, it was a regular wedding dress but the sleeves were see through and dipped into a veil, the bottom half of the dress had the same material of the sleeves over top the actual dress.