I woke up screaming,  dripping with cold sweat. I sat up in bed, panting heavily with my heart pounding in my chest. "it's just a dream Char, it's just a dream" I told myself trying to calm down.  I have been having these nightmares for a month now and they are beginning to drive me insane. Ever since I lost her. My rock. My lifeline. My best friend. Dillila. She's gone, taken in the harshest way. Stabbed. 32 times. The only person I had left was Thomas, my brother(as in Thomas Sanders).  Mum had moved away so he was the only thing left. A tear rolled down my cheek thinking about my best friend. I missed her like crazy and it was slowly killing me. Being 16 and 29 Thomas bought an apartment so we could have somewhere to live. We had help, we needed to be on the benefits list as I was still in college and Thomas was doing a 3 year media studies course and being 29 he needed to pay to do the course. I looked over at my desk clock. 2 o clock. Better get some more sleep before college. I laid down again, rolled over and closed my eyes. What felt like an eternity later I looked at my
clock again. HALF PAST TWO!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I tried again. I tossed and turned and tossed and turned. After half an hour I gave up. I climbed out of my bed and got dressed. Jeans and a comfy jumper. I strolled down the stairs and switched on the t.v. It was too quiet. The house was just empty without my mum and dad (they moved away) and Thomas would still be fast asleep.  I set my alarm on my phone just in case I fell asleep again. I grabbed the blanket that I leave on the arm (I seem to be coming down here a lot recently so I just left it here) and curled up underneath it. I flicked my blonde hair out of my face and settled down watching some random show that I wasn't really paying attention to. 

I must have drifted off because I jumped to the sound of my alarm going off. I reached over sleepily and shut it off. I stretched, a little squeak escaping as I did so, and gazed at the t.v. Still nothing interesting on. Oh well.  I shrugged my shoulders and wandered into the kitchen. "do I really want breakfast today?" I asked myself. As if right on cue my stomach growled and sounded like a beached whale. I chuckled to myself and rolled my eyes.
"I'll take that as a yes then shall I?" My stomach growled at me again. "Alright, alright I'm getting it! Jeez!" I scanned the cupboards and found some cornflakes. I flicked the kettle on and began to make my breakfast. After satisfying my tummy I ran upstairs to finish getting ready for the day. Once I was ready and my bag was sorted I looked at the kitchen clock. Eight o clock. Cool twenty minutes to kill. I played about on my phone for a while. Thomas stumbled into the kitchen about 5 minutes later fluffing his hair sleepily. "Hey sleepy head. Get a good night's rest?" He chuckled at me. "Not too bad Char. Not too bad..." He gazed past my head and in to the front room where my scruched up blacket was laying on the sofa in a heap. "You on the other hand clearly didn't. Rough night again huh?" I nodded at him turning my gaze to the floor. He sighed sadly and gave me a hug. "I don't understand why you don't come to me when you have these rough nights I could help you you know?" He said softly still holding me.
"I know I just don't want to disturb you and give you a rough night because of me." I wispered. "Oh hunny. Don't worry about disturbing me if you have a bad night. I'd rather be there for you and know you're getting a good
night's rest then you keeping it all it yourself and getting worked up and sleeping badly." I nodded into his chest. "Honey, promise me from now on if you have a bad night and wake up in the middle of it you'll come to me" he said. I nodded and meant it. I looked up and Thomas and smiled. He smiled back and lifted my chin up. "Thats my girl" He said softly and kissed my forehead. I looked at the clock. "Time to go!" I said and hopped off my stool and grabbed my bag. I slung it over my shoulder and darted to the front door where Thomas met me waiting. I hugged him around the waist and he hugged me back. I kissed his cheek and he kissed the top of my head. "Bye Thomas, love you!"
"I love you too kiddo. See you later and remember meet me outside my class I'm bringing you home" I nodded and smiled waving as I walked away from my house. Thomas waved back and slowly shut the door.