"Do you think it'll work?" She asked.
"It has to," he answered.
"Elias," she whispered as she took his hand. "I'm scared."
He looked into her eyes, not able to keep the fear out of his own. It was his job as her boyfriend to protect her, yet he could do nothing against a demon. He had never felt so helpless in his life before.
"I'm scared too," he admitted.
He wrapped his arms around her and cried down in her hair.
"I don't wanna lose you, Mallory," he cried. "I can't lose you. Don't fucking leave me."
"I'm not doing it on purpose," she cried too.
"I know, sweetheart, I know. It's just so damn hard to watch us fall apart and I can't do anything to stop him," he said.
"Okay," she pushed her way out and smiled. "It won't do us any good moping around at home. You need new pants. Let's go shopping."
"Mallory, I don't think..." He started.
"Cut it out," she cut him off. "I'm going crazy here. I need to pretend things are somewhat normal."
"New pants," he smiled.
50 minutes later he found himself inside a fitting room with six different pair of pants that he had to try on.
"How does take out sound tonight?" He asked through the curtain.
"Chinese or Mexican?" She asked.
"Whatever you want," he said as he pulled up the first pair of pants.
She shivered as she felt eyes on her, already knowing blue eyes would be watching her before she turned her head and found him standing there. He smirked and waved her over. Without protesting at all she started walking towards him.
"So what do you want?" Elias asked from the fitting room.
He closed the pants, wondering why she didn't answer.
"Sweetheart?" He pulled the curtain aside and was met with nothing but empty air and a white wall. "Mallory?"
He stepped out of the fitting room, looking around frantically as he moved through the store.
"Mallory?" He called out loud.
He ran towards the door, not hearing someone yell at him to stop. A guard stepped in front of him and cut him off.
"Are you planning on paying for those pants?" He asked while giving him a hard stare.
"Please, I can't find her," Elias looked around again. "Mallory!"