(Based on the movie: Eraserhead from 1977)

I took one last look at myself in the mirror and combed the last remaining of my dark hair and buttoned up my dress to at least look professional enough for my new job. I looked at the mirror again and saw Henry though it's reflection, I smiled and saw the man waking up from his slumber. "Morning, Henry. Sleep well?"

"...Morning." He mutters sitting up and looks over to where I'm sitting, "I did sleep well. It's been a while since I've had a good night rest." He says almost in a whisper and rubs his eyes. I smirk and turn to face him. "I expected you to. We had fun last night." I suggest and smirk.

The man doesn't say anything but looks away and started putting his pants on, "Today I'm starting a new job, if everything goes well I'll be back early, maybe we can have dinner and spend the night again?" I ask my neighbor Henry, he just nods his head. I stand up and smile at him, "Well wish me luck!"

"Good luck..".

With that I walk out of his small apartment and saw our neighbor outside of her room and waving at me. I wave back confused since she barely speaks to me but I waved anyway and made my way to my new job. It wasn't long from where I live and to be honest I was thankful of it since I didn't want to walk this early, besides the ache between my legs was killing me.

"You're the new girl right?" a young woman said when I arrived at the building. "I am." "Follow me please." I did as told and the inside was full of people working, "And this will be your desk. You'll find everything you need here and make sure to finish these papers for today." The nice woman said and left me to do my job. I was excited nonetheless to start this job since I'll be earning a lot of money and I'll finally be able to get out of that crappy apartment and hopefully convince Henry to live with me. I admit he isn't the best of guys I've dated, he barely talks to people or to me at certain times, is awkward and keeps things to himself but I love him despite his weird ways. Everything seems black and white where we live, it's gloomy all the time and the neighbors are always trying to figure out the lives on others.

I handed the pile of papers to my boss and was dismissed once I finished my work. I excitedly made it to my apartment and told Henry everything I did today and how successful my day was. I was seriously looking forward in seeing where this job would take me.

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Five months have gone by since I started this job and I held the small stick in my hands and smiled to myself when I looked at the two lines on it. "I'm pregnant." I whisper and started wondering what Henry would think of it. We've never discussed on the topic of being parents since we just started dating half a year ago, but I can see us both sharing a life and him being a good father. I excused myself from my job and made it home. I rolled my eyes when I heard the neighbor having some fun and wouldn't shut up with her moans so I quickly got the spare key out and entered Henry and I 's apartment.

As fast as I could I started making dinner and sat patiently for my boyfriend to come back home. I sat down on our bed and rubbed my stomach, according to the doctor I'm three months old and I'll have to check up on him every week.

The door opened which made me jump up and smile when I saw him enter our small home and I wrapped my arm around him and kissed him deeply. "You're finally back I miss you." Henry looks at me then the dinner that;s on the table.

"..I thought you were coming late."

"I was! But I had permission to leave early. Look I made your favorite." I say pointing at the plate filled with his favorites. He looked over at the radiator which made an annoying sound. "Sorry. It's getting quite chilly so I turned it on."

We awkwardly sat down on the table and I watched him eat, I smiled and took hold of his hand and pressed it to my cheek. "Henry..I have an important news to tell you." His dark eyes focused on me again, he raised an eyebrow and I held his hand tighter.

"We're gonna be parents!" I happily say.

His face drops and I feel him trying to move his hand from me, "You mean..I'm gonna be a father?" I nod my head again and tilted my head since I never saw him this serious. "Is something wrong?" Henry stood up from his seat and stared at me almost afraid.

"I'm not ready..I gotta go." He said almost running to the door. I frowned and walked over to the window and saw him walking down the dark streets. "Maybe I shouldn't have shoved the news at him like that." I mutter to myself and decided to go to our bedroom and take a nap. He just needs time to think this through.

I opened up my eyes when I heard the door opened and close. I rubbed my eyes and sat up when the lights turned themselves on and saw Henry come in, "Did I wake you?" he just asks. I nod my head and held the sheets close to me.

"You did but you have nothing to worry about. Come." I said patting the spot next to me. He laid down next to me without saying a word but looking more tense than ever. Around midnight I woke up to a baby crying which made me jump out of bed and started shoving Henry so he'd wake up. "Henry why is there a baby in our room?" I asked when I turned the lights on.

I walked over to the small crib and leaned down to see a baby, Henry stood next to me and looked down also. "Remember my ex..she left it to me without a word. She grew tired of it." He said which made me look at him and he looked at the baby in disgust and horror. "Jesus Henry! You went over to your ex while I waited for you! I didn't want to believe this I knew you've been cheating on me with your ex and our neighbor. I ignored the people who told me to dump and decided to stay but now you come home with a baby you never told me you had?" I snap at him. He doesn't reply to me just stares at the baby.

The baby began to cry horrifyingly which made Henry jump a little, "You take care of it. It's your kid." I angrily told the man and went back to our bed and left Henry with the child.

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With each day passing I saw Henry getting distanced from me and not knowing what to do with the kid. So today I was gonna ask him the big question or I would have not other option but to leave him. "Henry." I called out when I saw him resting his head against the window. "You know how much I love you right?"

Henry stares at me and slowly nods his head. "So I'm asking you this..Do you want this baby or not?" I ask rubbing my growing stomach and stared at him frightened by what he'd say. "I'm not ready to be a father.." I felt my heart drop. I should've listened when I knew well what was the only thing he looked for in a relationship.

"Okay..do you love me?" I ask now. We both look at each other and he's the first to break eye contact. I sniff and without a word began to pack my bags and left his room. I placed my bags at the room I'd be staying for a while, my friend was happy enough to let me stay which is a couple of blocks from where Henry is.

"So wanna watch a movie?" she asks.

"Sure but I'll be right back I forgot my purse over at Henry's. I'll be right back." I told her and by the time I arrived it was already dark. I knocked on the door a couple of times and no answer, "Henry open up." I said out loud. I cursed when he didn't answer so I unlocked it. "Henry I left my purse that's all I'm here for-" I stopped when I saw a trail of blood on the floor. I started to shake and slowly followed the blood which lead to his room and into the baby's crib. I gasped and felt the need to puke when I saw the baby dismembered and a lot of blood.

I turned around and screamed in terror when I saw Henry's body hanging from the ceiling. I fell down to my knees and began to cry out loud, i heard footsteps running towards me and heard my neighbors calling my name and desperately shoving me out of the room so I wouldn't see him. What have you done Henry?