Haunted

Chapter 75

Songs for this chapter

Lost Boy - 5 Seconds Of Summer

Night Changes - One Direction

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"Mum!"

Ariana falls into Mrs. Clifford's arms while a woman guides me over to the ambulance.

"I'm fine", I tell her but she doesn't even listen to me. "I don't need help", I mumble but get pushed onto a seat anyway.

"Are you feeling sick?", another woman questions and I shake my head, which makes me wince.

"But your head hurts?", she questions and I nod carefully.

I see two men coming out of the house, dragging the creep with them.

"Let go of me", he spits and tries to get out of his handcuffs. He gets pushed into a police car and looks out of the window.

His eyes meet mine and I swear, if looks could kill I'd be dead now.

"Oh my god!", I hear an all too familiar voice. Mum comes running over, followed by dad. She hugs me tightly and I try to assure her I'm okay but she starts talking about how dangerous all of this was.

"What the hell did you think?", she scolds me and I roll my eyes. "I'm also happy to see you, mum", I say and she hugs me again.

I spot Ariana a few feet behind her and quickly jump up. "We need to check if you're alright!", the women yell after me but I'm already gone.

I spin Ariana around and wrap my arms around her. "It's over", I whisper into her ear as she hugs me back.

"Thank you", she whispers and I kiss her hair. She looks up at me unsure and asks, "What are we now?"

"You tell me", I say and she nervously bites onto her bottom lip. "Will you take me back?"

"That's a stupid question", I reply and she frowns. "There's nothing that'd make me happier than being your boyfriend again", I continue and a huge smile spreads across her face.

"I love you", she says and presses her lips against mine. "And I love you", I say as I pull away.

Exactly at that moment a police official reaches us. "Sorry to interrupt you but we need your statements", he tells us and we nod. I follow him while Ariana starts talking to an older official.

"Take a seat", he says and I do what I've been told. "We can do this here quickly, I think the whole case is pretty clear", he says and hands me a mug. "Here's some hot chocolate to get over the shock", he smiles and I slowly take a sip.

"Luke Hemmings, right?", he asks and grabs a pen. "Yes", I say and he looks at me thinking for a second. "Did anyone already tell you how we've been informed?", he asks and I shake my head. And there's the pain in my head again..

"Someone wrote 'Help' onto the bathroom window", he says. "I know", I reply. "That was me."

"Can I ask you, did you write that with blood?", he raises his eyebrows. "I did", I say and he takes notes. "With your own?"

"Yes, I cut into my arm with Mr. Clifford's razor blade", I say and take another gulp of the hot chocolate. "Can I see your arm?", he asks and I show it to him.

He writes something down again and I start to feel uncomfortable. Why does he take so many notes? Why does he want to know so much?

"Alright, Luke", he says and looks up again. "Mr. and Mrs. Clifford saw your message when they came home and instantly called the police. We've been told that something like this happened before?"

"Yes, but I wasn't here when it happened", I say and he nods. "Do you know anything about the last time?", he questions and I nod hesitating. How much can I tell him? I don't think Ariana would want me to tell him the whole story but he's a police official so why not?

"Two men broke into the house last year", I say and he raises an eyebrow. "As far as I'm concerned there was only one", he tells me. "That's the official story", I say. "But there were two. The man who just got arrested was the second man. He could escape."

"How do you know that?", he asks interested. "Ariana told me."

"Ariana Clifford?", he asks and I nod. Who else?

"She never told the police about that", he stats and my eyes start to look for Ariana. I hope she won't be mad at me.

"She never told you anything, did she?", I reply and take another sip. "But she told you. Why?"

"She didn't wanna tell me", I mumble. "So you forced her?" "No! No, she had a nightmare one night", I say and decide to leave out the details.

"Did the man hurt any of you?", he changes the topic and eyes my face. "A bit", I say and he raises his eyebrows. "It doesn't look like a bit", he says. "Oh, that. I got into a fight with another guy earlier. The man didn't do that much. He just hit us a few times and nearly chocked me", I shrug.

"You act like that's nothing", the man says surprised. "So he made an attempt to kill you?" I nod.

"What about your girlfriend? We know what happened last year, did he force her to-" "Don't say it out loud", I interrupt him and shiver. "No, he didn't. He came to do it but I ruined this for him."

"So you weren't here from the start?", he questions and I nod. "Did you know he was here when you came?" I nod, then I hesitate.

"Well, I didn't know it.. I knew that there's a possibility that he's here but I wasn't sure." "Why didn't you call the police?"

"I guess I couldn't think straight at first and then it was already too late", I tell him before I remember something. "Hey! Where's my phone?"

"I don't know", he says and looks around. "Maybe someone already found it, I'm not sure."

Before he can ask anything else Ariana comes running over to us, her eyes wide. "Luke, I.. Oh my god..", she begins and I stand up, looking at her worried.

"What's wrong?", I ask but she shakes her head. "Nothing's wrong! Luke you won't believe it!"

A huge smile creeps onto her face while I look at her confused.

"I won't believe what?"

"Guess why my parents came home earlier? Guess what saved us?!" "I don't know, tell me!", I push.

"They got a call from the hospital", she says and my eyes widen as she continues.

"Ashton woke up!"

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*high pitched voice* EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

Soo.. Ashton woke up! Finally, right?

The last chapter got barely any comments so I'm glad that this story is nearly over because I don't think anyone likes it anymore

So if you feel like doing it, comment and vote lol

Two chapters to go now, thanks for reading! :) xxxx