Ashley's POV
I hadn't slept in days. I thought I was being followed.
It was too much. Why me? Maybe you think I was just being paranoid, but I knew what I'd seen, what I'd heard, what I'd felt.
It took every muscle in my body, and every ounce of willpower I was capable of possessing not to break down when I'd gotten home that day.
But I couldn't take the sleep deprivation, and when the sun went down, I collapsed into a terrified, but sub-conscience, heap on my bed.
And that's how I got where I am now. That's why I'm crying now; because when I woke up, I wasn't in my bed.
I was in a basement.
I'm currently in a restless state of astronomical panic. I've been down here for like an hour and I've tried constantly to find an escape, however, I know it's all in vain.
Then, the door opens and my heart stops.
The bright light from upstairs blinds me and I can't see the figure at the top clearly.
A dark silhouette.
I cower backwards, scared for my life. Why did it have to be me he took? I'm a good person!
He descends the stairs, closing the door behind him, and I'm enveloped in darkness once again. Then I hear him pull a rusty cord hanging down from a single old lightbulb, and a dim light illuminates the room. Thats when I see his face. Pale skin with black makeup, long black hair, and a grin from ear to ear.
And I scream.
Andy's POV
I'm hurt and confused... I love him. Why is he screaming?
And then I realize. Duh, Andy. He doesn't know that. He just thinks he was kidnapped. Of course he's scared.
"It's okay Ashley. You're here because I love you," I tell him.
"You're fucking crazy!" He yells at me. He's breaking my heart.
"Ash..." I try.
"Let me go!" He runs at me, hitting me with the sides of his fists.
I'm stunned. Before sadness has the time to completely set in, anger does.
I push him off of me. He lands on the floor and I start kicking him. He curls up into a crying ball.
"I loved you!" I shout. "How could you do this to me!"
When I calm down, I turn off the light and leave the basement, locking the door behind me.
Why must love be so cruel?