The library

So I really wasn't supposed to tell you this, and you have to keep this a secret. Because if she finds out she will hang both of us... but you deserve to know. It's about you too. The story is about me and my girl. And it starts with a phone call.

"Come on please" she giggles loudly, "I'll literally do anything".

"Anything huh?" I tease.

"Okay I change my mind don't come" she teases back.

"I'll be there tomorrow babe don't worry" I say suppressing a giggle of my own.

"And at 1 we can go on our study date?" She asks.

"Yes sweetie don't worry". 

That was basically the dumbest decision of my life. Because that day, I lost her, and I'll never forgive myself for it. 

The day starts off mundane with me driving 3 hours to go to where my girl lives. Long distance relationships aren't hard... when you're so in love you drive 6 hours every weekend. They were the best days of my life truly. It's a shame that I threw it all away. 

I pick her up and we go get coffee. I'll be honest I've never liked her town. Everyone knew everyone and the small life wasn't for me. But she can't drive so I dealt with it. We take our coffee and drink it on our way to the library. We never study there, but she insisted we do. Why I ever agreed is beyond me. But she looked so keen I decided no harm could come. Again, I was wrong. 

We go into the library and it's beautiful. The walls and walls of bookshelves look surreal. And I am instantly mesmerized by the sheer beauty of it all. "Wow" I let out with the breath I was holding in. 

And a very very very loud "shhhhhhhhh" comes from 4 different directions. Thing is, the library was empty.

No horror movie marathon would have warned me of what's to come. Oh wait, every single horror movie did. But we still went to the nearest table and sat side by side. I glanced at her and noticed she was just staring at the wall. And she was fiddling with her rings. That surprised me. She was nervous... Very nervous. Again RED FLAG. But anyways, I trusted her with my life, so I ignored my anxious thoughts. My third mistake. 

It's 3 pm already and I get up to get a book. The history section was the target. Me, being a history major, I was always at peace there. Knowing I had no idea what I was taking in college was honestly an amazing feeling. No sarcasm ofcourse... While I was there I noticed that really no one was in the library. And it didn't give me that "oooo we're alone" vibe. More of a "shit were alone" vibe. But I made my way to the history section in silence and searched for a book. Then I made my 4th mistake. I did not see a single book I recognized, so instead of being suspicious, I took a random one. Why that was a mistake is quite obvious, or so it became. 

I go back to my table and hold her hand. She smiles at me and rests her head on my shoulder. "Are you okay?" I ask. "SHHHHHHHHH" I hear from multiple directions once more. This time much louder. And I'm freaked out alot more now. Because honestly what was happening? I stand up and I shout "who's there?" "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" they say louder. My girl looks terrified. "I'm sorry" she mouths to me, "it's the only way". And she sprints out the door. 

And that's all I can remember for God knows how many hours. I wake in a very dark room. No idea where I am. I decide not to speak because that seems to be what angered the library gods, or whoever is in charge here. Suddenly, a man walks in. He's wearing a black suit and tie, very expensive shoes and watch, and the ugliest mask I have ever seen. It's as if those kids from Doctor Who and those horror masks had a deformed child.

"You or the one you love?".

Huh? What do you mean? "You or the one you love?" He repeats. Well obviously me, she just left me here to die, I say in my head as one does when they're in a library trap. "Your choice has been made, you have chosen yourself over her. Reason being: revenge." 

What the fu- how did he even hear me? "We hear it all" he whispers. Honestly why'd he whisper it, that was creepy. "Bring me your loved one within 48 hours or you shall die" he says much louder. 

Then I find myself outside the library door. I make my way to my car and drive over to her house. She's obviously surprised to see me. "Dude how did you get here?" she asks. "What are you talking about you left me there and I just looked around then came here." I reply "quite strange really but you've always been wack in the head". "No no no it didn't work I'm going to die" she cries out. "Baby I think you might actually be wack in the head" I laugh. What she did next did not make any sense to me, but she literally took a knife and stabbed herself in the chest. What the fuck man, you betrayed me because of some library dope and now you're risking us both? Selfish. 

After trying my best to deal with her wound. I go to the library with her limp body and dump it on the floor. "Hey dude can you please take her as my sacrifice, I'd really like to leave" I shout. And then, the weirdest shit happened. I wake up in my car, with the most beautiful girl next to me. "Who are you?" I ask. "I'm your new girlfriend" she replies "let's go home". 

And so we do. Maybe that was the best day of my life, I can never really tell. But kids, your mother sure is beautiful.