A/N: I don't own NOES.
Elizabeth's POV:
Three nights. That's how long it's been since I slept. I know I'll have to sleep eventually, but I don't know what I'll be facing when I do. Freddy knows the truth now, and he doesn't care.
"Elizabeth?" Robert asked me.
"Yeah?"
"You wanna watch a movie?" He asked.
He and Faith had come over earlier that afternoon to try and cheer me up. So far we have just been talking, but that wasn't really working.
"Which one?" I asked, curling up on my couch.
"We were thinking Young Frankenstein." Faith said.
"Sure." I shrugged.
Robert made a bowl of popcorn and we settled in to watch the movie. After a while I actually started to smile and laugh. It was just such a funny movie; I couldn't help it. Then Faith put in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and I was laughing and singing along to that. By the time it was over it was past 10 o'clock. As they were leaving I yawned and headed up to bed. I was so exhausted I just fell on my bed, not even bothering to change into pajamas.
"Where the fuck have you been?" Freddy growled, glaring at me.
"Why should you care?" I yelled back. This is exactly what I had been trying to avoid. Now I had no choice in the matter.
That stopped him dead in his tracks. He wasn't supposed to care. He didn't care, I reminded myself.
"Let me leave!" I shouted.
"And why should I do that?" He snarled.
"Because I don't want to be here and you don't want me here." I replied.
"Who said that?"
"Wait, what?" I was shocked. Did that mean that he wanted me to stay?
"I've decided that a little companionship is long overdue. You're staying." He reached out his left hand and caressed my cheek.
"What about when I wake up? I'm not like you. I can't stay here all the time." I said defiantly. I was holding my heart, locked away. I wasn't going to get my hopes up that he might feel something too.
"Simple, I'll stay in your mind." He whispered close to my ear. It made me shiver. "And no more pulling the crap you have these last couple of days. No more staying awake." He growled.
"No, you can't." I said.
"Oh but I can and I will. See, now that I'm done with killing, I can focus on you now. It may not give me your soul, but if you don't stay, I will hurt you when you return."
From the look in his eyes I could tell he meant it. He would hurt me if I didn't do what he said.
I sat up in bed, breathing heavily. This was not good. I knew he would hurt me now; there was no doubt about that. The only way he wouldn't was if I kept coming back to him. Forget the physical pain, I didn't think that I could take the emotional pain that this would cause. I let out a sob. Even that had been too much. What was I supposed to do now?
A/N: Please R&R!
