A/N: Still don't own NOES.
Elizabeth's POV:
"You like me?" Freddy said incredulously.
"Yes. Why is that so hard to believe?" I asked. I crossed my arms, frustrated. That had taken a lot of courage to say and now he was treating it like nothing. Although, I'm not sure why I expected anything less. Stupid hope I guess.
"Nobody likes me!" He shouted. "I'm a killer! I kill children! I enjoy it!" He was breathing heavily, glaring at me.
"Well tough! I like you, so deal with it!" I shouted back at him.
"Why do you like me?" He shouted back.
That blew the energy right out of me. I looked down at the ground, ringing my hands. "Because I thought that you could understand." I whispered. My eyes were filling with tears, but I would not let them fall. I wasn't a crier.
"Understand what? What the Hell could I understand about a brat like you?" He spat out. He used his gloved hand to lift my head to look at him. It made a small cut; I flinched.
"Why I am the way I am." I said in a breathy voice. "I'm dark inside. I'm hardly ever happy; I think about hurting people I don't like. Sometimes I want to be dead, not like I'm depressed, but undead, a monster who wants to hurt people."
He stood there with a shocked look on his face. He was speechless.
"I thought you could understand me, because I understand you."
"No one understands me." He said, looking away from me.
"I know why you do it. I don't especially like that you're killing my classmates, but I understand why. You have a reason behind it all. You don't just kill for fun."
"What about before all this?" He snarled. "Back when I was human?"
I sighed. "I think you had darkness in you too. It's like a black hole that just feeds on negativity until it can't stop growing. That's how I feel all the time. Pretending to be happy for other people is just exhausting." That did it. The tears, unbidden, began to fall.
"Fuck, why are you crying?" He growled.
"I've been holding this in for years and this is the first time I've told anyone!" I shouted in his face. "What a stupid idea that was." I said under my breath, turning away.
"Where the fuck are you going?" He yelled at my back.
"Away from here. This was all a mistake."
I woke up to my alarm. School, I didn't want to go to school. I felt like crap, I couldn't deal with all the kids at school today. I decided to stay home. I told my parents I was feeling really sick, and like the overly caring people they are, they let me stay home.
After they left I put in Mortal Kombat, I needed to hurt something and this was the closest I was going to get.
Around the middle of the day, Faith called to check up on me.
"You're not really sick are you?" She asked immediately. She knew me so well.
"Couldn't deal. Last night was Hell."
"What happened? Was it Freddy?"
"You were right." I flopped onto the couch, throwing my arm over my eyes.
"Right about what?"
"I'm falling for Freddy Krueger." I sighed. "I also told him that I liked him and he blew me off. Not that I should have expected any different, but it still hurt."
"Honey, it's okay. You'll be fine." She tried to soothe me. I appreciated the effort, but it wasn't working.
"You're all safe by the way. He's done." I said. As an after thought. "Do you still have that Stay Awake stuff?"
"Yeah, but I thought you said he was done." She said, confused.
"He's done killing, but I don't want to chance dreaming about him again." I choked on a sob. "I can't handle that tonight."
"Okay Honey, I'll come by after school and drop some off."
"Thanks Faith, you're the best."
"You know it. See you in a few hours."
I hung up the phone. Hopefully by taking this stuff I could avoid Freddy long enough to get over him, or at least figure out a way to deal with him. Falling in love with a serial killer sucked.
A/N: Hope you liked it! Please R&R!
