escaped → lashton {sequel to captivated} ✓

two

Luke's POV

"Luke, you need to get ready for going to the therapist." Ashton said as he came up to our room.

"I don't want to go, Ash." I moaned and flopped down on the bed.

"You have to, but it'll be ok. Don't worry about it." Ashton spoke as he sat down on the bed next to me and placed his hand on my stomach.

"But I am worried about it."

"Hey, it'll be fine, Julia is there to help you." Ashton tried to reassure me and I nodded, knowing it was true because she had helped me a lot through the years and I really did appreciate it and I knew she could help me.

"When is it again?"

"It's in an hour but I've made you some breakfast and so I suggested getting dressed and coming down to eat it before we head off." Ashton said before leaning down and kissing my forehead. "Don't stress about it."

Ashton then got up and left the room, leaving me to my thoughts again. I was stressing about what was happening to me and I was nervous to tell Julia about it because she probably thought I was doing well and here I was starting to have nightmares again.

Sighing, I got up from my bed and slipped a t-shirt on as well as jeans before making my way downstairs and into the kitchen where Ashton was sat eating at the table.

"You feeling alright, babe?" Ashton asked as I sat down opposite him, I nodded and began eating my breakfast. Ashton sighed and got up from his chair before walking around the table to stand behind me. "Tell me what's wrong baby." Ashton begged as he wrapped his arms around my neck and placed his head on mine.

"I'm just nervous about going to Julia after not going for so long."

"Well don't worry, she's there to support you." Ashton kissed my head.

"I know, it's just hard."

"I understand baby, I do. But it's alright to be nervous."

"Ok." Was all I said before standing up, I then told him I had to fix my hair before walking upstairs and into our bedroom again.

Standing in front of the mirror, I styled my hair into its usual quiff and sighed once I'd done because all I could see were the bags under my eyes. They were obvious and it was a huge indicator in my lack of sleep and I suppose that may be why Ashton was so concerned.

However, I just did my best to ignore them as I walked out of the room and back downstairs to put my shoes on. Once I was done, I saw Ashton was ready and stood by the door.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Yeah." Was all I said and with that, we left the house and got into Ashton's car to drive to my therapist.

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"So, you're suffering nightmares again?" Julia, my therapist, asked me as I sat opposite her.

"Yeah and some are pretty disturbing and graphic."

"Ok well would you like to explain some to me? Talking about it can really make you feel better and it can clear your mind, maybe help you sleep better tonight and so forth."  

"Well, there are some where Mr Bates murders Ashton by slitting his throat which are the ones that terrify me the most and these are becoming more frequent." I admitted to her.

"How frequent?"

"I've had them for the past few nights but I only told Ashton about the one I had 2 nights ago."

"And why's that?"

"I don't want him to worry about me."

"Ok well, Luke, the dreams could be because of your transition in your life right now and that is obviously going to University in a few months. The reason Ashton is featured in such disturbing ways to you may just reflect your worry for him and so your subconscious includes Ashton in a situation in your dreams in a way you are worried about him." Julia explained and I kind of understood but I still didn't understand why my experiences with Mr Bates had to be brought up in my dreams.

"But why are my dreams about Mr Bates?"

"Because your stress and anxiety levels are high and these high levels are largely linked with how you felt about Mr Bates and so your subconscious is just processing your emotions in this way."

"So when I'm settled in college, they should go away?" I asked, hopeful.

"Eventually yes, they should." Julia smiled at me, knowing this would make me feel much better about everything right now.

"Well, that's great, thank you." I said as I stood up to hug her, which wasn't odd because she was effectively like my friend.

"It is so go and have some fun because you deserve it, don't worry about the dreams as they should go away within the next few months." Julia smiled at me and I said a 'thank you' again before I left the room and went back to Ashton who was waiting in the car for me.

"How did it go?" He asked when I sat down.

"Good, she said they should go away once I've settled into college." I informed him with a smile.

"That's great, I'm happy for you." Ashton leaned over in the car to give me a hug and I smiled into his shoulder but I shot away from him when I saw Mr Bates stood across the road.

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A/N: I'm not sure how many will read this since I'm updating quite late and this is boring even though I've re-written it but I guess I'm just struggling with this chapter.

I hope you guys do like this though because you guys didn't seem to like the original chapter, I hope from your point of view that this is better.

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