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My heart was pounding rapidly in my chest. She was scary as Hell. I didn't know what to do, tell Harry, stay quiet, scream, push her? I was confused and scared to do anything.
"Rebecca? You hear me?" Harry spoke, bringing me to a worse situation since his voice made me wanna ask for help.
The girl was staring at me blankly. Her messy black hair was all over her face, but I could still see her white, cold eyes and the deep cuts and bruises on her cheekbones. Her skin was pale, I could see some of her vains underneath. Her lips were swollen and purple-like.
"Rebecca? You there?"
Her eyes drifted to my phone, as if motioning me to end the call. I gulped, not knowing what to do. My hand slowly dropped down, my finger pressing the button to end the call. I'm sure Harry will understand that something's going on.
"What do you want?" I asked quietly, my eyes slowly burning from the tears that were ready to form.
"Why is he chasing you?" she tilted her head to the side, her voice thin and shockingly cute. Her voice wasn't creepy, it was pained yes, but not scary.
"Who?" I asked, furrowing my brows.
"He attacked you so many times." she murmured, thinking of something as she narrowed her white eyes at me.
I understood she was reffering to the demon from the club that keeps asking me about where Louis is.
"I don't know w-why he's chasing me." I stammered, blinking a couple of times to stop the tears.
Her face fell, a frown appearing on her lips. "Are you scared?" she asked, raising her hand to touch my cheek.
I instictively moved away from her hand, causing her to frown. I gulped, worried that my reaction might upset her. I breathed heavily from my nose, trying to stop the fear I felt deep down in me.
"I-I don't know.." I murmured, shaking slowly my head.
She nodded, her hand falling down on her side. She looked on top of my head, bringing a jolt of fear through me. I looked up at the ceiling to see what she was looking at, but saw nothing.
"What?" I asked, looking back at her.
Her eyes locked with mine, bringing a punch to my stomach. My hands shook out of fear. I jumped a little when I felt my phone vibrating and looked at the screen to see Harry calling me. As much as I wanted to answer, I ignored the call.
My eyes slowly looked up at her to find her looking around, acting casually and making me think that she wasn't here to scare me or threaten me. But I still couldn't trust her, because I didn't quiet know what she was.
"Are you a...are you a demon?" I asked hesitentaly.
She chuckled, looking back at me. Her smile was pretty, but with all the cuts and dead-like appearance, she wasn't the best thing to look and admire.
"Of course not." she said simply. "Do I look like one?" she asked, tilting her head on the side again.
I shook my head, my grip on the towel with the hand that wasn't holding my phone tightening.
"N-no, I just.." I trailed off, mot knowing what to say.
"I'm dead, but not a demon." she said, her tone sad as she looked down.
My heart tugged, seeing this young girl in front of me. But it wasn't just sad, it was also shocking that I could see her, how much talk to her. My eyes widened as I opened my lips to talk.
"How can I see you?" I asked confused.
She looked up at me. "I want you to see me." she answered casually.
"Why? I mean," I shook my head. "What do you want from me?" I asked, my voice shakey.
"Your help." she answered, her expression turning to serious.
My eyebrows raised. "What do you mean, my help? What can I do?"
"You helped Louis, he's an angel now, right? That's what the voices are whispering." she muttered, her swollen lips turning into a tiny small.
"Yeah, he's an angel-what do you mean the voices?" I asked. God, I felt so confused at the moment.
"Every soul wants to reach you to be free, Rebecca. And I'm happy I found you today, because I need your help." she took some steps backwards.
"This is so confusing." I mumbled, reaching behind me to leave my phone in my bag when it started vibrating again because Harry was calling me.
"He wants to find Louis, because he's trapped here. So you better send him away because he's torturing each other soul he finds in his way." she spoke lowly, pain laced in her voice.
The demon was torturing other souls? My heart sinked, tears burning my eyes again. As much as I wanted to have no part in this case, I couldn't stop the worry I felt for the other innocent poor souls.
"How can I do that? Send him away?" I asked, running a hand through my hair.
She shrugged, looking down. "I don't know."
"Great." I murmured to myself, pressing my lips in a firm line.
"Can you please set me free?" she asked gently, her voice cracking.
A tear fell down the corner of my eye that I quickly wiped with my fingers. She looked up at me with a sad expression, her eyes showing hope behind their white colour.
"I want to, but..I don't know how.." I sighed, crouching down in front of her.
She nodded, a tear rolling down her cheek. My body froze as I stared at her crying. She's dead and hopeless. I berated myself for not knowing how to help this girl. She was around her fifties, and she was so innocent and kind to me. Taking a deep breath, I spoke.
"How did you die?"
She raised her chin with her eyes still looking down, exposing the deep cut around her neck, showing me that someone did that to her. My heart sinked even more, sadness slowly taking its toll on me.
"Look at me," I said softly. She followed my order. "What's your name, sweetie?"
"Jessica." she sniffled.
"Well Jessica," I touched her cold hand, a terrible jolt of pain was sent through me at the touch but I tried to ignore it as I bit my lower lip. "Rest in peace."
Her eyes widened and she let a heavy breath, her features turning to calm and relaxed as she smiled at me. My heart stopped when her eyes turned to deep blue, her pupils coming back. Her skin was turning to tanned now and her lips were pink. Her wounds and cuts were gone as another happy tear rolled down her cheek.
I stared in awe at her sudden transformation. She looked so peaceful and...alive. My heart raced as she squeezed my hand and gave me a white green, happiness written all over her beautiful features. Nothing close to the dead girl I saw before.
"Thank you, Rebecca." she said before she started glowing and quickly faded away from in front of me.
A heavy sigh fell past my lips, a smile tugging at my lips. As confusing as it was, I was glad I helped her find her peace. But how did I do that? I had no idea. Louis' words saying I have light inside of me came back to my head, and I wanted so badly to find the meaning behind them.
The door swung open and I stood up immidiately, facing a Hannah giving me a weird look. I straightened the towel that was wrapped around my body, clearing my throat.
"Hey, you okay?" she asked, her eyes travelling down my body.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied smiling.
"Did you send Harry that message?" she asked.
My stomach twisted. Oh shit. Harry's gonna be so angry at me for not answering his calls. I nodded and reached to grab my phone from my bag.
3 missed calls from Harry.
Amazing.
I quickly unlocked my phone to text him a message when Hannah spoke. "It's time to get all mud-y, come on!" she urged.
I sighed, deciding to not text him as I was going to see him in a couple of hours anyway. "Okay." I replied simply before leaving the phone back into my bag and leaving the room.
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"I swear, it wasn't my fault!" Hannah laughed as we both jumped out of her car.
"Your panties were under Niall's bed though." I teased, winking at her.
She playfully rolled her eyes before we both walked up to her porch. I was surprised when I saw Harry and Niall sitting on the couch, both laughing at something.
"Well hello there," Hannah smiled brightly as we both stopped in front of them.
Niall and Harry both looked at us. Niall smiled broadly, phone in hands and blue eyes staring at us with happiness. Harry stared with a smirk, but his intense gaze was burning through me and I knew he was trying to see my memories.
Oh shit.
I turned my gaze from him and looked at Niall, clearing my throat. "It was about time to come, you girl's have been gone for 6 hours." Niall claimed, wiggling a brow at Hannah.
Hannah and I chuckled. "Well, we went for shopping and then to the Spa." she said, shaking the bags in the air.
Niall rolled his eyes. "Again shopping? Don't you have a lot of clothes in your closet anyway?" he groaned.
"Clothes are never enough for a girl." I claimed, raising a brow.
Niall chuckled. "Tell me about it. Go check Hannah's closet, you can get lost in there with all those clothes."
"Rebecca's the same." Harry chuckled.
"What?" I asked surprised.
"All girls do such things, so both of you shut up." Hannah shot, resting her hands on her hips.
"But you crossed the line." Niall pointed out, pointing at her.
"Too bad, for you." she shot, gaining a high five from me.
"Okay, is this some kind of war you're starting with us or what?" Niall asked, leaning back on the couch.
"Not at all, Niall." Hannah winked at me.
"I'm hungry, how about you girls? Did you even eat or just shop around?" Harry folded his hands as he leaned in to rest his elbows on his knees.
"We didn't eat, but we're really hungry." Hannah answered.
"I could kill for tacos." I mumbled.
Niall stood up, raising his hand. "Same!"
"Alright, let's go inside and we'll order some tacos." Hannah moved her hands.
"Great!" Niall hissed as he literally ran into the house, causing the rest of us to laugh at him.
Harry walked behind me into the house and I could feel his gaze burning the back of my head. Hannah turned into the corner to go upstairs and I was suddenly dragged by the hand into the dining room, an angry Harry holding me against the wall as he glared at me.
I gasped at his sudden move, giving him a bewildered look. "What the-,"
"Why didn't you answer my calls?" he demanded, raising his chin.
"I-I, it wasn't something important." I stammered, growing nervous under his gaze.
"Then why didn't you say it when you called me? Do you know how worried I was when you didn't answer any of my damn calls?" he hissed.
"I told you it was nothing important." I murmured as I turned to leave.
I came to a halt as Harry pressed his hand next to my head, blocking me from leaving. I gulped, knowing this wasn't going to turn out good. I turned to look at him, my stomach twisting into knots.
"Tell me what happened." he demanded, his voice low.
"Harry-,"
"No, cut the shit. Just get to the point." he spit.
I sighed, knowing that he wasn't going to stop until he finds out what happened. "Why don't you see it by yourself?" I asked annoyed, crossing my arms.
He furrowed his brows even more than before. "You know I'm not gonna do that to you." he said firmly.
"But you did it before."
"And I'm never doing it again." he shook his head, his pale green eyes never leaving mine. "Now tell me."
I looked down. "There was a girl there, she was-she was dead and she kinda...she needed my help to find her peace and I-I helped her.." I murmured.
"Hmm." he hummed. "How did this happen? How did you see her?"
I shrugged. "She wanted me to. I saw her the first time sitting on the floor and when I told Hannah and turned around she was gone." I looked up at him. "I thought she was a demon so I went to call you and when I turned around I saw her in front of me. That's why I couldn't talk or reply to any of your calls."
He pressed his lips a little, studying my face. "Did she do something to you?"
"No, she just told me that, that demon wants to find Louis and tortures every other soul." I sighed. "Harry, that demon is literally screwing everything up."
He nodded. "I know. And that's why we have to find a way to send him back to Hell."
"And how are we going to do that?" I asked.
"Still thinking about it." he looked away. There was something in his voice that I didn't like. "Now come on, they're gonna search for us." he said, nodding towards the hallway.
I nodded and followed him into the living room.
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