Paranoid.

Chapter 19- Asleep With A Heartbeat

Thursday, August 13: 4:12 PM
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"Good morning." A faint, deep voice says. Who's voice is that? "Wake up, it's time..." It says again, in a creepy tone. I open my eyes to a dark room and groan. "Who is it?" I ask. There's no way it's Luke. It's so dark, what time is it?!

No answer.

I grab the gun from under my pillow and pull it out, pointing it to the direction of the voice. "Who...are you?" I say, once again. "Its me, my love." The voice says.

This voice isn't Luke's..nor does he say anything like that. Who are they?

"What the hell do you want?!" I yell, pointing my gun to any direction of the room. "Are you scared? I told you I will find you sooner or later. You've gotten older since we first met." The voice says.

It can't be him...

"No! This isn't happening again! It's just an illusion! Get out of my head!" I drop the gun and fall on my knees, screaming for help. "It's no use. This is your life now. I will always be inside your mind until the day you die." His voice echoes in my head...

...and everything stops.

I open my eyes and see my bedroom ceiling. Was that a dream? What happened? "Good morning." I hear again and scatter away, falling off the side of the bed with the gun in my hand. "Who are you?!" I ask aggressively, squeezing my eyes shut. "Alina, it's me, Luke. Are you okay?!" I hear his footsteps come closer to me. I shut my eyes and slide the gun in front of me before I do anything rash.

Don't hurt me...please..

"Hey, it's me. Look at me." Their hand reaches my chin and I flinch in fear. I open my eyes in fear of what's before me but...it's just..Luke.

"Luke.." I shiver, tears coming to my eyes. I breathe heavily and everything starts closing in around me. I scoot back as things get closer and closer and I close my eyes, rocking back and forth.

Luke's voice soothes me and I finally crack open my eyes and they land on my window. Good, I can jump out of there. I run past Luke and stumble a bit because of my dizziness. I quickly run out of my room and up 6 flights of stairs so I have enough height to die.

I soon make it to the room called "Lance" and run into it, Luke following suit. I get on the ledge and jump from the 8th floor window.

I look down and see how far it is from the ground. Luke yells as I keep falling. I forgot how many stories there are to this shitty mansion. Suddenly, fear overwhelms me as I get closer and closer to the ground. I scream in fear and something swoops me from the side.

I squeeze my eyes shut as the painful force brings me to the ground. I wrap my arms around their neck and bury my head into their chest. The scent is familiar...

I'm put down in a chair of some sort and I crack open my eyes and look down. It's Samuel, kneeling in front of me. "My lady. Don't do those things anymore, I thought you promised?" He says, standing back up.

"But he came back in my mind again, Samuel. It's gotten worse! I need to take the pills again!" I tell him. "You can't. They're too strong for you and you'll end up getting addicted again. Remember what happened last time?" He asks sternly. "Yes, I remember. I-I almost killed you. What of it? I want to take the pills!" I yell, standing up.

There's an immense pain in my rib and I put my hand over it, balancing on the chair. What's wrong with me? I can't move. "S-Samuel.." I whisper, reaching out for him. He runs to me as the chair slides away and I slump down to the floor, blood spilling on my fingers. I manage to look down at them, wiggling my fingers.