Ash pov

I sit on his couch. I'm so exuasted. I haven't slept in days. Jinxx makes me a ham sandwich, even though I told him not to. He hands me the sandwich and I eat it in two bites. He looks at me, astonished.

"You must be really hungry. Want me to make you something else to eat? I can order pizza or make mac and cheese."

"No thank you."

"Are you anorexic?" Ummm...

"Uh..I-i...um.."

"Sorry. That's a sensitive topic. I shouldn't have said that. God I'm an idiot."

This is awkward.

"No, no, it's fine. R-Really i-it is."

"So did your dad kick you out?"

"No, he just gets mad when I show up at home. And my brother is the same way."

Why am I telling him this?! What the fuck is wrong with me?

"Oh. I see. So, you like misfits?"

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

"Your shirt, its a misfits shirt." He smirks.

"Oh..."

"What's your favorite song by them?" He asks me.

"Last caress. You?" "Halloween. That's the only song I know by them, to be honest."

"Who is this?" I hear a soft, sweet, mother like voice say.

"Oh, mom. This is Ash. She needs a place to stay for a while. Can she stay here?"

"Are you kidding me? Is she a fucking sewer rat or something?"

Her voice is now stern. I've never been called a sewer rat to my face.

"Mom! Can I talk to you please?!"

He rushes up to his mother. I can't quite make out what they're saying.

Jinxx pov

"Mom! Can I talk to you please?!"

Mom looks confused. Face twisted with anger.

"Why would you bring her in the house."

"Mom, this girl needs help and I plan on providing it for her."

"She can stay for three weeks. But that's it!"

"Ok, thanks mom."

She walks back to her room and I walk downstairs back to Ash.

"I'm sorry about that. My mom is in a bad mood because her boss moved her paycheck back."

"Its alright." I pull out a box on the shelf by my TV. Its full of movies.

"What's your favorite movie?" I ask her.

"Insidious 2 or Devil." I pull out Devil and put it on.

Ash falls asleep on my couch about thirty minutes into the movie. I can feel my self falling asleep.....

*Jinxx's dream*

Setting: Ash's house

Time: 4:30 a.m

Date: March 13, 1993

"Happy birthday Ash!" Ash's dad exclaims.

"Happy birthday freak." Her brother says.

Her mom isn't there. Ash is crying. There isn't anybody else there. Nobody seems to notice that Ash is crying. Her dad finally notices that she's crying. He starts to get angry. He gets a lighter out of his pocket and lights Ash's arm on fire. She doesn't scream or tel she just quietly grabs a water bottle and poor's it over her burning arm.

*dream ends*

I wake up crying. Ash is in the kitchen making eggs and bacon. I wipe away my tears and wall into the kitchen.

"Morning Ash. You sleep well?"

"Good morning. I slept horribly as always. How did you sleep?" She asks as she plates some eggs and bacon.

"I didn't sleep very well myself." She hands me the plate and a fork. "Want to talk about it?"

"Actually, yes." She gets a glass and fills it with ice water and hands it to me.

"Thanks. Let's sit on the couch."

"Alright."

I tell her about my dream and didn't hold back one detail. She is staring at me now. She looks surprised.

"That actually happened..." She seems scared. "How did you know?" She asks me curiously.

"I don't know." I answer.