Thinking Out Loud

001;

Ashley Sadie Lane is never late.

She's always at least 5 minutes early, always ready 10 minutes before she has to leave. Always.

So as soon the clock went past 1.00pm her best-friend, Eva Mills, knew something was up.

20 minutes later the brunette found herself knocking on the door to Ashley's small house, the knock went unanswered and the worry in Ava's stomach continued to nag at her. She swiftly unlocked her phone and rang Ashley, once again it went to voicemail; Eva glared at her mobile before she began harshly banging on the front door.

Suddenly the door opened to reveal a disgruntled Ashley; her messy hair and tear stained cheeks instantly made Eva worry.

"A-Ashley? What happened?" Eva sputtered as she stared in shock, her eyes quickly looking away from her friend and instead she looked around the hallway; the spotlessness of it made it seem more eerie than ever before. Ashley's unfocused eyes were staring at her friend but it seemed to Eva that she was staring through her, not actually seeing her at all. She turned and slowly walked down the hallway, turning through the last door on the right where Eva remembered the living room to be.

What Eva saw in the living room could never be unseen—it's still haunting her sleep. Ashley's parents were sat on the couch, they were sat there like they are almost every day, sat in their usual seats facing the TV. But this time was different.

This time their throats had been sliced, a clean straight line ran through the necks with blood running down all over their clothes.

"I came back from the shop to find them like this" Ashley whispered from the doorway.