"Run!" I yelled, my feet leaving the ground quickly as I pulled both of their arms so they would start running too.

I hurried, and they were now with me running just as fast. There was a man behind us, chasing us non-stop. I couldn't help but feel like I had to protect the girls but at the same time, I carried the burden of protecting myself too.

"Keira, Samara, hurry!" My voice only got more stressed, and everything went in a blur.

The man took out his gun and BAM it hit us.

Wait a second.... I'm not dead. But that went right through my heart.

I was confused. Somehow, I managed not to die within seconds. What in the world....?

I felt myself, but at the same time, I couldn't feel myself. Before I knew it, bullets were firing into all three of us. Keira and Samara lay on the ground. As did I.

"Help!" I yelled.

I lurched forward, touching every part of me to make sure I was alive. There was no man. No injured friends. I had woken up in a cold sweat. Thank goodness, that was only a nightmare.

I got out of my bed and walked out of the room and down the stairs. My legs didn't want to take me but I was stuck with it. Soon, a glass of water was in my hand and I was sitting in the chair near the window. I started out and saw a figure out there, in almost all black and a dark blue backpack underneath the long, dark hair.

I opened my door just as she was going in front of my house. I stood on the porch and called out to her.

"Out pretty late huh?" My voice loud enough for her to hear, but not too loud that I'd disturb other people.

The sound of my voice startled her, but she didn't react too much. She stopped walking, not even looking at me, she replied.

"Yep, what are you doing up?" Her voice was rushed as if she needed to get somewhere.

"Nightmare," Pausing, I looked at her, she looked like she was running away, "Come,"

She stepped up the steps and walked towards me. "What do you want Joshua," Her voice was steady and she had a look in her eyes that told me I'd better hurry if I wanted her to stay.

"What are you doing out so late?" Grabbing her arms so she wouldn't turn away.

"Just thought I'd go for a late night walk to clear my thoughts," Her eyes averted from mine for a moment as she stared into the window.

"Hey, focus here," Using my hand, I turned her head to face me, "If you're just clearing your thoughts, why do you have a backpack and why this late?"

"I just can't seem to sleep, and the bag is... in case I need protection..." her voice trailing off, hinting that she was lying. Big time.

"What if I call Samara right now," I said, letting one of her arms go to take out my phone.

"No use, she wouldn't pick up," A smirk formed on her face.

"Fine, then just explain yourself," Taking her hand again, I held a tighter grip. "truthfully,"

Ding, another text message from Samara. I picked up the phone and stared at the words that seemed to jumble up every time I tried to read it. I finally got around to reading the text message.

Hey, what's up? You don't seem to be yourself anymore, what's wrong?

I decided I might as well reply, I had been ignoring a lot of my text messages lately, not just hers, but I have. It's just that I was so stressed, I couldn't take it.

Well, the sky is up... and nothing's wrong.

That's all I could conjure out of me. I pressed send and dropped my phone on my bed.

Today, me and my brothers were at my mom's house. It was so calm, so quiet. I just knew it would everything but loud around here. That's what I and my brothers hated. I could get in trouble for merely just humming to myself in the hallways, then again, the hallways were super echoey.

I hated the silence, I could do nothing but sit there. I opened the window in my room. It was a beautiful bay window. It is where I would find myself sleeping when I had restless nights. It was a place of peace, a place where I could calm down or think.

I opened the window so that my feet could dangle out. I'd been thinking about jumping out so I could sneak out, maybe right now, right this night would be the time, but I knew I would break bones trying. Someday I'll find a way to escape this place. To escape my mother's grasp and my father's demands. So that I could be free.

She had recalled the situation so easily, I couldn't help but feel like she didn't even care anymore about who knew. I lay in bed, another restless night. All because I had to push for her to answer me. Why did I do that?

I looked over to my right. Watching as her chest rose and fall, I thought about what I had just done, and what would happen if other people found out. The one thing that worried me the most, how I was supposed to explain this to Samara.

Was I supposed to be like, Oh, by the way, Samara, Keira slept over at my house because she didn't want to go to you?

If I did that, she'd kill me, but at the same time, if I told her everything Keira told me, then Keira would be unhappy with me too. I'd have to figure out a way, or maybe Keira might too.

"Still awake huh?" Her voice was tired, coming from below me. "Surprising, I'm the one on the floor and yet you aren't sleeping."

I couldn't help but laugh as she said that, it was true. She fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow, but I was still awake. "Yeah, another restless night, no biggy." My body turned fully towards her.

"It's 2 AM, you should get your rest." She said, propping herself up on her elbows.

"I know, but this isn't my first time," swinging my legs over as I replied to her.

"Yeah... okay then," She paused and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "At least it isn't a school night,"

Keira got up and sat on my window sill. She stared out into the night sky, while I stared at her. She was wearing a black t-shirt black jeans, or maybe jeggings, as they call it. Her black hat lay beside the pillow along with her grey shoes. Keira shivered as a breeze came through right towards her.

"Here," I threw a gray sweater at her. "You'll need it for the night, don't want you to freeze to death,"

She eyed me as I walked back to my bed and sat there watching as she put it on. As I stared at the sweater, I recalled memories, many of them, but there was one that stuck out the most.

"Must have had a history with this sweater huh?" She asked me, "It's a little worn out,"

"Yeah, do you want a diff-" I was cut short.

"It's fine," She looked up from the sweater to me, "I think I know exactly what memory you're thinking of,"

"Oh?" A smile crept up on my face, "Guess,"

"The day we met," Her eyes lit up as she said that, she clearly remembered that too.

I snapped my fingers and pointed at her, "That's the one," My eyes went from looking into her eyes to looking at her lips, they formed a sweet smile, the innocent one I loved to look at every day. I went back to looking up into her eyes. Her eyes flickered in the moonlight, beautifully. I got up and sat opposite to her. "You really enjoy the night don't you,"

"Night owl, what can I say?" Turning her head ever so slightly to me. Even though she had a rebellious, strong, adventurous, and almost frightening demeanour, I saw the innocence she held within. She wasn't who I thought she was. "Next to that, it's very beautiful tonight," she finished.

"It is, isn't it," I paused and she waited for me to finish, "just like what I see in front of me,"

I looked away, how could I say that that was so stupid of me. She would hate me for that.

I heard a giggle, not the reaction I thought was going to happen. She was smiling. I looked at her. Her eyes said she was happy. Pink started to appear on her face, enough to make her look even more dazzling in the moonlight.

My hand rested on the window sill, I looked into Keira's eyes. She smiled, making her move.

Smiling, we both looked down at our hands, intertwined together.

The smile lasted, and finally, we decided we better go back to sleep. I lay in bed, head resting on my arm. My heart was still pounding, butterflies fluttering in my stomach and the smile still on my face.

But that soon faded. Now, only one thing would be on my mind. What if Samara found out?

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