Breathe For Love

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Here’s part 2.
Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes, I seriously completely rewrote this half overnight Wednesday night. (Thursday sucked… I was soooooo tired. haha) Anyway, I think I caught everything, but I probably missed some stuff.

If you haven’t read part 1 yet STOP READING THIS!!
I forbid you to read this half until you’ve read the first half. haha Its HERE









Done reading it yet? Sweet.
Then get ready for an adventure!

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Part 2 – Love is watching someone die

Hayley woke and turned to face…no one. She sat up and looked around her room. There was no sign of Josh ever being there.
“Damn it!” She said, frustrated. It had all been a dream. A very, very nice dream, but a dream nonetheless. The party had seemed so real though…
Her sidekick vibrated on her bedside table, letting her know she had a text.
‘I’m coming for you.’ The message said.
‘Better lock your doors.’ A second message popped up seconds later. Hayley froze. Was this a joke? The sender was labeled ‘unknown’ and there was no option to return a message to the sender. She shook off her nervousness with a laugh and texted Zac.
‘Stop it buddy, you’re not gonna scare me.’ She sent.
‘Stop what? I haven’t done anything.’ Zac replied a few moments later.
‘Haha, no, not Zachary, he’s next.’ The unknown number texted. Hayley frowned.
‘Then tell Josh to stop.’ Hayley sent to Zac.
‘I thought Josh was with you…’ Zac replied. Hayley frowned. Maybe the party hadn’t been a dream after all.
‘Ah yes, about Josh…’ The unknown number texted seconds after Zac’s reply. She heard a pained grunt from somewhere outside her room and she felt her stomach tie in knots. She slowly got out of bed, heart racing, and shivered as her bare feet came in contact with the cold floor.
“Josh?” She said quietly. No reply.
“Leila?” She tried, looking for her roommate. Her phone buzzed again. She hesitantly opened the new text she had received.
‘No one to help you…’ it read.
“This isn’t funny guys!” Hayley shouted, getting scared. Her phone vibrated again.
‘Oh, but it is.’ She read.
‘Go on, go to the kitchen.’ The next text said. She cautiously walked into the living room, heart beating in her throat, and immediately noticed an eerie light coming from the kitchen.
She looked around for the source of the light and found that the refrigerator door was open, casting light over the kitchen. Her eyes moved lower and she screamed.
“Leila!” She cried. She ran into the kitchen. Leila was laying face down on the floor in a pool of her own blood.
“Someone help!” Hayley screamed as she rushed to her roommate’s side. She heard another pained grunt from behind her somewhere as she felt for a pulse.
“Shit.” Hayley said, shaking as she realized she was too late to help. Her phone buzzed signaling yet another message.
‘Josh is next, then you.’ it read. She threw her sidekick against the wall and watched it shatter.
“Josh?” Hayley called. For a third time she heard a pained grunt. She turned slowly and gasped. Josh was limping toward her, holding his side.
“Run.” Josh said breathlessly.
“Josh!” She said in relief.
“Go.” Josh said. “Now!” Hayley’s eyes lowered to the hand he had pressed against his side.
“Oh my gosh!” She gasped. There was a dark stain on his shirt and his hand was covered in bright red blood.
He took a few unsteady steps toward her again but had to lean against the wall for support. He was losing his strength at an alarming rate. He slid down the wall, leaving a blood trail along the way, and settled in a sitting position on the tiled floor of the kitchen.
“No!” Hayley cried. She knelt next to him and attempted to find where the blood was coming from and stop it. Josh pushed her hands away, coughing slightly.
“Josh…” Hayley said, there was now a trickle of blood coming from the corner of his mouth. He wiped his mouth messily and immediately began coughing up blood again. She cupped his face in her tiny hands and felt tears run down her cheeks. He was already going cold.
“Don’t give in.” Hayley whispered. She searched frantically for a phone to call for help. She picked her shattered sidekick up and dialed 911 but got no dial tone. Once again, she threw it against the wall in frustration and panic.
“Hang in there, please!” She begged as she watched his face go steadily paler.
“Don’t leave me!” She yelled. His pulse was slowing rapidly “Just hold on!”
“Be a good girl now and let me in.” A gruff voice called from the other side of the front door.  
“No!” Hayley whispered as Josh closed his eyes. He reopened them a few seconds later and nodded to the pantry in the kitchen.
“I said LET ME IN!” The voice yelled forcefully. Hayley screamed in terror as the front door burst open.
“GO!” Josh yelled with all his strength. A darkly dressed figure entered the apartment.
“Please.” Josh said, nearly inaudibly. Hayley nodded, her sorrow momentarily forgotten in fear. At the last second she made a dash for the pantry.
“You can’t hide from me.” The figure said, looking around the apartment. Hayley shook as she caught a glimpse of the man through the slats in the pantry door. He had a Scream mask on and a large, bloody butcher knife in his hand.
She bit her lip as she looked at Josh against the wall. He was obviously struggling for air now. Each time he blinked, it took longer and longer for his eyes to reopen.
‘Open your eyes.’ Hayley thought to herself as Josh shut his eyes to blink again. ‘Open your eyes damn it!’ She whispered. Tears streamed down her face as his eyes remained closed. He slumped over and his head hit the tiled floor with a sickening thud.
Hayley’s eyes went wide and she sunk to the floor sobbing silently. She never even had the chance to tell him she loved him.
The dark figure laughed violently and towered over Josh. He kicked the guitar player hard, as if to be sure…
“N-no!” Hayley stuttered quietly as she realized he really was dead.
“Ah!” The man spun in his tracks and faced her. He had found her hiding spot. Hayley grabbed the closest thing to her, a can of soup, and waited as the man slowly walked toward her.
As he got closer, Hayley threw the door to the pantry open and raised her arm to hit the man over the head.
“Not so fast.” The man grabbed her arm, preventing her blow. Hayley let out a cry as the man raised his knife to her throat.
“I’m afraid this is the end of the line for you, Miss Williams.” The man said. She could hear a satirical tone in his voice.
“Time to die.” He said with a grin. She didn’t care. There was no point to living after two of the people closest to her had been killed.
She was ready.
He pressed the knife against her throat, laughing manically…

“Hayley!” Josh shook her. “Hayley, please wake up.” He tried again. She had been screaming and crying in her sleep and he had been trying to wake her up for minutes now.
“Hayley!” Josh said, louder. Her eyes shot open and she looked into his eyes.
“Josh!” She gasped. Without warning she jumped on top of him and hugged him tightly. “You’re ok!” She said, tears still running down her face.
“I’m fine.” He soothed; she was shaking uncontrollably. “I’m fine.”
“What…” Hayley paused, pulling away from him and wiping her eyes. “Why are you here?” she asked. Josh looked confused.
“Uh, well, you brought me here after the party…” His voice faded away.
“Wait, that wasn’t a dream?” She asked, a small grin creeping across her face. Josh shook his head.
“There’s no scream-man though right?” Hayley asked.
“…Not that I know of.” Josh said slowly.
“I had a dream that some dude in a scream mask killed you and Leila and he was trying to kill me.” Hayley explained.
“I told you we shouldn’t have watched horror movies before bed.” Josh laughed. Suddenly memories of that night invaded Hayley’s brain. She and Josh had decided have a horror movie marathon while lying in her bed. She must have drifted to sleep in the middle of one.
Hayley smiled broadly as she remembered what had happened before their movie marathon. Images of Josh… Hayley blushed at the thought. Josh laughed, knowing exactly what she was thinking about.
“Hayley? Are you alright?” Leila’s voice called from the other side of her bedroom door. Hayley jumped out of bed and opened the door, hugging her roommate tightly.
“I had a dream you died!” Hayley said quickly.
“Ah! I might if you don’t let me breathe!” Leila gasped for air. Hayley loosened her hug with a laugh.
“Sorry.” Hayley said. A muffled crash came from behind her.
“Oops.” Josh whispered. He had tripped and fallen over his pants, which happened to be strewn across the floor along with the rest of his clothing.
“Oh! Er…hi Josh…” Leila said awkwardly as she spotted him pulling himself off the floor at the foot of Hayley’s bed. He was wearing only his boxers.
“Hi Leila.” Josh replied, blushing deeply. He quickly found his shirt and pulled on. Leila raised an eyebrow at Hayley and grinned.
“Leatherface?” She asked quietly.
“Shut up!” Hayley giggled.
“I’ll just uh…be going now.” Leila smiled. She winked at Hayley and hurried out of the room.
Hayley turned to face Josh and wrapped her arms around his waist. He glanced at the digital clock on her bedside table and smiled, it was officially October 31st.
“Happy Halloween.” He whispered before capturing her lips in a sweet passionate kiss. Hayley grinned and guided him back to the bed with a smirk.

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And that is the conclusion of my first ever one shot! :) Hope you enjoyed.
THANK YOU to everyone who commented on the first half. :)