HIS ADDICTION

CH4 : He's obsessed

Stargate ft Sia and Pink - waterfall

Nicole
      Most will think me and Seth's relationship will be back to normal but it was far from that ever since we visited the lake house Seth has been acting as if I didn't exist
      At school we never saw each other and he was never home when I came to visit, Mrs Carter always gave me a warm welcome though and even though she tried to appear lively and happy I could see it in her eyes Seth was getting worse
       Today school was hectic and I didn't want to go home so I went straight to the Carter's mansion and it was as quiet as ever, I knocked on the door and Rose answered with the most depressing face ever
      "Rose are you okay, what did Seth do this time" I asked dreading the answer to that question and hoping it wasn't about Seth
      "I just couldn't do it anymore, I couldn't keep on acting as if everything was fine, Seth hasn't been home for days Nicole I haven't seen Seth in five long days" she said looking at me with big, sad and pleading eyes "please tell me you know where he is" she pleaded in tears
     "I...I haven't seen him in weeks Rose, why didn't you say something Rose" I asked in a shaky voice "we should call the police and make a missing persons report" I said
      "No we can't his father will get angry and probably disown him, we can't tell anyone and besides he's eighteen I'm sure he'll come back if not to me at least to you" she said confusing me
        "What!?!" I asked looking at her like she'd grown three heads
        "What do you mean by he'll come to me he hates me and you know it" I said bitterly
         "If you banking his return on me we better start looking" I said and led Mrs Carter to my car
           We searched the entire town for Seth but came up empty he was nowhere in sight after a couple of hours we decided to go home and continue the search tomorrow
          When we got home we were surprised to see Seth's car parked outside and rushed in to see if he was in the house
       "Seth?" I called as we practically ran up the steps "are you in here" I called out checking from one room to another until we finally found him for a moment I was relieved but that changed fast
        As soon as I stepped  into the room Seth had me locked in a tight grip with my back against his chest and his nose at my neck as if he was trying to commit my scent to memory
        I almost got lost in the sensation when his mother's wide eyes expression snapped me back to reality
      I tried to wiggle out of his hold but it was impossible to get out of a grip like that
    "Seth let go of me, what has gotten into you" I asked half-heartedly but his grip on me only tightened
     "Get out" he said and it took me a moment to realize he was talking to his mom
     "Seth don't be rude" I said in a reprimanding tone but he just ignored me and fixed his icy stare on his mom who backed out of the room with a look of sincere hurt on her face
      "What was that for Seth you're really hurting her and let go will you" I said turning to him in his hands and the look I saw on his face scared me so much I began to tremble in his hold
       His eyes were clouded and helooked like he couldnt see what was in front of him, his eyes raked over me at least the places he could see and a looked of raw hunger took over his face he  looked almost delusional
       "Seth what is going on?" I asked scared as I tried to make him let go of me but his grip only tightened
        " You're coming with me now we're leaving here" he said looking lost and unfocused
        "Are you high" I asked in a quiet almost undetectable voice
       "No" he said "what is this about Seth" I asked
        "You'll know when you get there" he said sternly "where" I asked feebly "stop asking so many damn questions and let's go" he replied
       He looked a mess his hair dishevelled like he just woke up, dark circles under his eyes, he looked the exact opposite of the best friend that I knew
        "Do I have a choice?" I asked "not really, no" he replied calmly and that's what scared me he was too calm for a guy practically kidnapping his best friend
      "I'll follow you" I said and immediatelly I was out the door and he was leading me down the stairs his hands still around me
      "Where are you going" Rose asked at the corridor leading to the door "nowhere of your concern" he said as we approached her
      "You either tell me where your going young man or you're not leaving this house" Rose said standing in our way
     "Move" Seth said quietly but it sent chills down my spine, it was like the calm before the storm "No" his mother required equally as fierce, and then all hell broke lose one minute I was walking with Seth and the next he was dragging me into the kitchen holding me like a priced possession he picked up a knife and placed it at my neck
       "Move " he said again  so calm and casual as if threatning his bestfriends life with a knife was a day to day venture "Seth what are you doing?" I asked fearfully knowing fully well I didn't want to know the answer to that question
       He chuckled lowly in my ear and placed a lingering kiss on my neck that sent tingles all over my body then looked at his mother who was wide eyes and scared and in a voice void of any emotions said
     "Trust me mom you don't want to get involved in this I'm taking Nicole with me dead or alive" his words stopped my heart and I didn't know what to make of it
      "I knew it would come to this"  Rose said at the brink of tears "I told you to tell her but you just wouldn't listen now your unrequited love for her has turned into an obsession,I warned you all obsessed people do is destroy the ones they love and by the time they come back to their senses it's too late" I looked at Rose with pleading eyes but all she could do was break down in tears as I started to struggle against his hold trying to get far away from someone who was once my whole world but the knife pressing unto my neck halted my movement
      "Let go of me Seth, where are you taking me, we need to get you to someone who can help you " I said fearing for what the future holds if I left with my once cherry best friends who was now an obsessed drug addict and worst of all he was obsessed with me but that couldn't be possible right, he hated me so Rose's theory of unrequited love is null, a little tension left me when I realized that he wasn't obsessed with me he was probably just high and once the drug is out of his system he'll bring me back
      I had read enough novels and watched enough movies to know a little about obsession and from the little I knew, I most certainly did not want Seth to be obsessed with me though I do wish he had loved me like I loved him
     
        "What has gotten into you? What could have happened to change you so much?" I asked myself as he dumped me in the passenger seat
      
         I didn't try to run or scream for help because even after everything I have seen and discovered somewhere in me I still felt safe in the hands of this monster I once called my best friend.