Go to Sleep My Love

Chapter 6

Jeff's POV

        I woke up with Nyxie pressed tightly against my body. Her velvety, smooth lips were placed softly in the crook of my neck. Her wavy, golden locks covered my shoulders like a thick, warm blanket. I felt her hot skin against my hands and realized that I had them up the back of her shirt. Without thinking, I swiftly pulled them away. Nyxie rolled over.

"Aww shit." I muttered to myself, hoping that I didn't wake her up.

"Were your hands up my shirt?" Nyxie mumbled. Damn it, I wasn't stealthy enough.

"It was an accident...." I sighed.

"Whatever." She smirked as her eyes popped open. The two pools of liquid jade glistened against the sunlight that shone through her window. "I'd better get ready for school." She groaned as she looked towards her pink alarm clock.

"Fuck yeah, school bruhhh!" I cheered as I pumped my fist in the air.

"You are one strange boy." She said giving me a disapproving shake of the head.
    
        As we entered the school building I saw Trinity and a group of Nyxie's friends over by the drinking fountain. They stopped whispering and took a moment to gawk at me before continuing their low volume conversation. I saw Trinity point at Nyxie at I was dying to know what she was talking about.

"I have to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." I lied.

"Okay." Nyxie replied.
  
        I stood inside the doorway of the boys bathroom with my head peered slightly around the corner. The blue-haired bitch was gesticulating as she told some story which appeared to be exceedingly dramatic. I strained my ears in order to pick up what she was saying.

"Nyxie is just so... Bleh. I don't know why I was ever even friends with her in the first place. She's so mundane and uninteresting. All she ever does is follow whatever I do; I seriously doubt the girl has ever had one original thought. Then she thinks that one day she can just decide to popularize herself by bringing in her creepy cousin? Well that bitch has another thing coming, because there's no way her and Jeff are going to be attending this school for very long." Trinity said smiling savagely. Her smile reminded me of.... Me.
    
        I reached my hand into the pocket of my hoodie. It was an instict to grab my knife the second I became irritated with someone. My knife wasn't there. Oh yeah, Nyxie made me leave it at home. I bit down hard on my tongue so that I could taste the blood. Then, I started clawing at my wrist until I began to feel a burning sensation. I looked down at my hands and notcied that there was blood and skin imbedded underneath my fingernails. My hands and eyes started twitching uncontrollably and my mind began to wander into darker places. I was going insane. This happened often when I developed an urgent need to kill.

"Jeff!" Nyxie cried. I felt her grab onto my bloody wrist. "What are you doing?" She asked as she softly ran her pale fingers over the blood.

"I-I don't know. I guess I had an itch so I was scratching it." I shrugged. She gave me a funny look.

"You shouldn't hurt yourself like that." She advised. Her voice sounded worried.

"It wasn't intentional." I explained. Nyxie took me by the wrist and pulled me away from the group of demon girls. I knew exactly who my next victim was.
    
        Later that night I sat on the couch sharpening my knife. I looked up at the clock: 11:45. It was almost time to go. Nyxie sat on the couch acrossed from me curled up with a box of tissues in her lap. She was watching The Fault in Our Stars for like the tenth time. I was counting on Nyxie being asleep, but it looked like that wasn't going to happen. She was way too invested in this movie again.