(A/N) Wow chapter 8 huh? First let me say I had a bunch of fun writing this chapter, second let me thank my wonderful reviewers, you guys are great! And finally again thank you brother for your help you're awesome (not as much as me though ;) Hope you like the chapter!

It took Eliot a whole half hour to find Melissa. By the time he found her he was worried out of his mind, and about to call the police to find her. The whole time he was looking he couldn't shake off the image in his brain of Melissa's gravestone. He finally found her outside the hotel on a bench across the street. He was so relieved, trying not to think about what would have happened if Melissa had never called him.

"Melissa don't do that ever again, you had me worried sick!" Eliot said walking up to Melissa. She slowly looked up and him and met his eyes for a few seconds before quickly looking away.

"I'm fine, Eliot, you didn't need to come looking for me." She said, curling herself into a ball. Eliot just shook his head.

"You're not fine, Melissa, you are going to be seriously hurt if you don't get that arm looked at." Eliot said while trying to gently lift her arm so he could see it.

"I'm fine Eliot," Melissa repeated forcefully, "trust me, this isn't my first time being cut."

"Just how many times have you done this?" Eliot asked still trying to get Melissa to show him her arm.

"I don't know I never really counted, but when I was at my worst I would cut myself almost every night, now it is about once a week or so." Melissa said slowly getting quieter at the end, looking down as if she expected to be yelled at. Eliot however was shocked into a stunned silence. He had known that she cut herself but he had never thought it was this bad.

He sighed, "Look Melissa that isn't good for you, one day you might cut too deep or not be able to stop the bleeding in time. My point is one day you might kill yourself doing this." Eliot looked down at her arm that he had finally gotten her to let him look at. It was still slowly losing blood. This worried Eliot, it should have stopped bleeding by now. Eliot sighed again.

"You know you do that a lot," Melissa said.

"Do what?"

"Sigh, you do it whenever you are frustrated or worried." She said while a ghost of a smile appeared on her face. Eliot just shook his head and let out a breathy chuckle. He turned his head back to her wrist. He brought out the rag that he had been using to clean her other cuts, and slowly began to clean the wound trying not to hurt Melissa. She let out a small gasp as he applied pressure, trying to stop the bleeding, but other than that she was completely silent the entire time.

Eliot looked up at her with concern. He wasn't sure what to think about her cutting herself so much, he was worried for her of course, but another part of him was debating whether he should tell someone or not. On one side Eliot was worried about Melissa, and as much as it worried him to admit it he had come to care for the sixteen year old girl. But a part of him was telling him that he should be happy, he had a way to kill her now with no one ever suspecting foul play, and he could just make it look like a suicide.

Eliot hated this part of himself, the part of himself that only saw Melissa as a target; she was so much more though. She was so different from all of the faceless people he had killed in the past. With the other people he could tell you their names, where they were killed, even something as specific as to what food was on their breath, but with Melissa he could tell you who her favorite band was, or what she wanted to do with her life, all of these things he had just learned last night, but he still felt like he had known Melissa a lot longer than just a few days.

Melissa shook him out of his thoughts, "Eliot, Eliot!" She said making his head snap up in a second. He then noticed that Melissa was a lot paler than before. He internally cursed himself. He should have called the hospital right when he found her. She was cut for God's sake!

Eliot I don't feel so good." Melissa said trying to get up. Eliot looked at her scared for a few seconds but quickly shook himself out of his stupor and whipped out his phone.

A few minutes later Eliot hung up the phone and turned his focus back to Melissa.

"Come on let's try to get you off this bench." Eliot said grabbing her good arm and gently pulling. Melissa slowly rose from her seat and leaned shakily against Eliot. They got about five feet before disaster struck. Melissa fell to the ground unconscious. She tried to grab Eliot's shirt before she fell to the ground. Luckily, Eliot caught her before she could hit her head on the ground. He slowly lowered her until she was lying on the sidewalk, Eliot holding the rag against her cut trying to stop the bleeding. "Come on Melissa you got to stay with me." Eliot whispered fiercely. He kept on putting pressure against her wrist as her breaths got shorter and more desperate until they slowly stopped. "No, NO! Come on Melissa stay with me please, come on remember what you told me, you're going to travel the world remember, you're going to go everywhere, come on Melissa hold on!" Eliot said desperately trying to stop her bleeding. Finally her heard sirens in the distance, "Almost there Melissa just hold on a little bit longer, please Melissa come on."

The next hour was a blur to Eliot. He remembered the paramedics finally coming and taking Melissa to the hospital. He had taken the ambulance to the hospital and tried to stay with Melissa for as long as he could. Now he sat in the waiting room, sitting in one of the most uncomfortable chairs he had ever sat in. His foot was bouncing nervously. Melissa had gone back there about an hour ago and now all he could do was wait and try not to think that he may not have to kill Melissa at all.

Three hours later found Eliot in the exact same position, sitting in an uncomfortable waiting room chair, his leg still bouncing nervously. Finally after another ten minutes the door to the waiting room opened.

"Family of Melissa Waterson?"

P.S. Ha ha cliff hanger, I should have the next chapter up soon don't worry guys, please please please review, I would love to know what you think of my story. You guys are fantabulous!