The Beginning to Our End

Chapter 27

Song: "I Can Dream About You" By Dan Hartman

I thought this posted at 2 AM yesterday like it was supposed to but it didn't. Pure sadness right, buuuut if I can finish my editing of the 28th chapter in time this'll be a double update situation and we always love those.

SPOV

2:15 AM

We've been sitting on this floor for hours in silence there's been little to no movement unless someone's limbs are going numb. This time unlike many times before the silence is comforting and calm. I feel happy for the moment but that happiness is fleeting as soon as I try to bask in its warmth it's stripped away and replaced with fear and concern. Who was the unknown number? Why were they texting Ally? Why is she keeping them waiting? Is she in some kind of trouble?

Let's imagine for a split second that that was just a wrong number text. Maybe someone we don't know gave someone a random number they didn't think would work and it ended up being Ally.

That's logical it could be exactly what happened... then again its too oddly specific.

It said 'Are you ready to begin our little game?' That doesn't sound specific to me.
Not specific to them idiot she means someone else.

Exactly but who else could it be? There's no one I can think of that fits the tone of the message. I'd ask Ally about it but I could freak her out or make her suspicious then she'd go back to her reclusive existence that she's developed. I'll call Lauren or Danny later maybe they'd know what to do or where to go from here.

A- Stevie?
S- Yeah?
A- You ok? You seem tense all of a sudden.
S- Yeah, yeah I'm fine.

2:50 AM

Lies.
Shhh, she might be onto something.
I don't understand your logic wait no that'd be madness, wouldn't it?
For the alleged 'voice of reason,' you're very disrespectful you know.

S- Hey Ally can I ask you something?

Instead of a verbal response, I felt a slow nod on my shoulder.

S- What have you been up to recently? Like in the last few months maybe.

Wait, what?
Is this where she's supposed to be headed?
No, it's nowhere near where she should be!

Ally stiffened for a fraction of a second if I weren't so aware of my surroundings I wouldn't have noticed the sudden change. There was a silence that seemed like it would last forever I almost want to change the subject but any other possible topic was escaping me.

S- You know what you do-
A- It's been difficult... adjusting I mean.

I stay silent allowing her to continue not wanting to interrupt her train of thought.

A- I thought by now I'd have some semblance of relaxation you know being in a safe space and all but instead, I feel more trapped than I did before. I just feel like I'm always being watched from someplace other than here ya know? So to get over it I go out and I stay in my head whenever I'm home. Very unconventional now that I think about it probably not very good for my mental health either but for now it works and it helps a little bit.

I don't know what it was about her reasoning that relaxed me but whatever it was caused me to release a breath I'd been holding just in case I heard something I didn't want to. I felt a smile spread across my face as my grip on Ally tightened in a long hug.

S- I get that I'm sorry for possibly messing with your process.
A- No it's ok I'm sorry I didn't tell you I just didn't know how to until now.