Rotten to the Core

D1- Part Ten🖤

I waited for her to come out of the dressing room.

I hummed a tune to myself while waiting.

Soon, that humming had turned to full-blown singing.

(The song up there☝🏻)

CONTROL by Halsey

They send me away to find them a fortune
A chest filled with diamonds and gold
The house was awake, the shadows and monsters
The hallways, they echoed and groaned

I sat alone, in bed till the morning
I'm crying, "They're coming for me"
And I tried to hold these secrets inside me
My mind's like a deadly disease

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
God damn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

I paced around for hours on empty
I jumped at the slightest of sounds
And I couldn't stand the person inside me
I turned all the mirrors around

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
God damn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

I'm well acquainted with villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them so they'll never die when I'm dead
And I've grown familiar with villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them so I'll never die when I'm dead

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
God damn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
God damn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

I sighed as I finished the song.

There are some things... needed to be kept secret. Some things that you keep deep in your memory bank and use Occlumency for against ruthless intruders. Some things you never, ever, talk about, in your entire life.

But could I keep those from Evie?

I shook my head wildly, trying to get rid of the thoughts in my head.

'I'm done.' I heard a voice behind me. 'Did you wait long?'

I turned. Evie was wearing a two-piece blue bikini. I repeat, BIKINI, for Ben Dover's sake.

If my jaw was unattached to my skull, it would have been lying on the ground for me to pick up. Evie has that effect on me.

'Amazing.' I breathed.