Memories

24-dead

I woke up to a loud crash of thunder. Screaming slightly, I pushed myself into calebs chest, screwing my eyes shut. But something wasn't right. I couldn't hear the rhythmic beat of his heart. I could feel the rise and fall of his chest against my cheek. And his skin was so cold to touch. It felt like ice.

Hesitantly, I looked up, and let out a scream, horrified at what I saw. His eyes were open and staring at nothing, a clouded gloss covering them. My hand felt sticky, so I looked to see what it was, but wished I hadn't. My hand was coated in a thick layer of blood. His blood. I pushed myself away from him, falling off the side of the bed. Crawling into a corner, I sobbed, rocking myself back and forth.

"He deserved it" I heard a voice say from the corner of the room. A man emerged, and it was the person that I wished I would never see again. The person that took so much from me, the treated me like a piece of shit on the bottom of his shoe. Jake.

"W-what are you doing here?" I asked, not being able to stop the quiver in my voice. He walked over to me, crouching infront of me, placing his hands on my shoulders.

"He deserved it" he repeated, making me furrow my eyebrows.

"I don't understand. What's happening!" I yelled, clawing at the roots of my hair.

"He deserved it, Ashley" he repeated again. I started screaming to myself, pulling my hair so hard I thought it would rip out.

"Ashley" he whispered, shaking my shoulders gently. I screamed, ignoring him and thrashing my body around.

"Ashley" he said again, this time louder. I couldn't reply, my throat was swollen and I could hardly breathe.

"Ashley!" He yelled

I jolted up, smacking my head on something. I winced, grabbing my forehead and looking up to see Caleb infront of me doing the same.

"What the fuck was that?" He whisper yelled, and I saw the clock on the nightstand saying it was 2:47 am.

"I don't know. I guess it was a bad dream. It just-" I cut myself off, not wanting to think about it again.

"It just what?" He asked softly, placing his hand on my shoulder. I flinched, thinking back to the dream, and he removed his hand, placing them in his lap.

"It was just- just- it was just so real!" I yelled, letting a few of the tears I had been trying to hold back slip. He sighed and pulled me into his chest, lying us both down on the bed.

"Hey, it's fine. It's all okay. Your fine, see. Nothing has happened to you. Your completely safe" he whispered as he stroked my hair softly, I cried into his chest, not being able to stop the tears.

"You wanna talk about it?" He asked, brushing the hair out of my face. I nodded slightly, but didn't reply just yet. I'm gathering he understood because he just kept in whispering things to me, holding me close to him. After a while, I managed to get words out.

"There was a storm. A-and I got scared to I went to you, but- but-" I cut myself off, crying again

"Shhhhh, it's okay" he mumbled in my ear, pulling me closer to him. 

"You were dead. So I pushed myself away. And then Jake appeared, and he just kept on saying "he deserved it" and I didn't know what to do. I thought I was going crazy!" I yelled, curling up into him even more, trying to stop the tears.

"It's okay. I'm fine, see? I'm completely fine. And so are you. I promise, you will always be safe as king as I'm with you. I'd die before I let anything hurt you. That's a promise, and I never break my promises" he told me, kissing my forehead and wiping away the tears with the pad of his thumb. I smiled lightly and lent up to kiss him. Our kiss was less than 24 hours ago and it already felt like we had been dating each other for years.

"I promise, I'll always keep you safe" he whispered, before I shut my eyes and fell into a dreamless sleep.

I don't even know what this was. I guess it's just a filler chapter. Buuuuttttt... THIS BOOK IS COMING TO AN END. THERE WILL BE NO SEQUAL. But I have loads of ideas, and already have characters planned out for the rest of the boys! For anyone wondering, idk if anyone is but oh well, my next book will be for Luke and I can't wait to start it because I feel like this one has just been dragging on. Pls vote and comment 🥰 byeeeeeeeeee