"Oh, oh, you're dead."

I raise an eyebrow at Jack and giggle. We're gaming again, and I'm obviously winning, but he doesn't want to give up. First, Dane was helping me, but I'm good enough and he lets me do my job.

I'm still sitting on his lap, because he thought he had to help more. Stupid. He's reading my book and every five pages, he tells me what happened and asks questions. I love his theories.

"NO! DID THEY REALLY KISS?" Dane yells, moving so fast I almost falls off his lap. He catches me and smirks, putting me back to my spot. "Yes, they did kiss. Now go on," I say and he reads the next page. 

I grin at Jack and he gulps. He knows I'll win. "Do you even want to try?" I giggle and he nods. "I can totally beat you. Dane was just helping you."

I scoff. Dane looks over the board of his book, not knowing why his name is mentioned. He frowns. "What? What did I do?" he asks, confused. Jack glares at him and he gulps. "Willow? Help me out?" he whispers and I giggle.

"He says you helped me win. That's not true, is it?" I ask and he shakes his head. He chuckles. "Sorry, man. Your sister is just way too good in this," he shrugs, then goes back to reading.

I giggle and stick out my tongue at Jack. He narrows his eyes at me and stands up. My eyes widen and I run away, upstairs. "Hey! What happened?" Dane yells and I hide under the blanket.

The door is locked, and Jack bangs on it. "Go away, loser!" I yell, laughing hard. "Hey! I didn't loose, you cheated!" he yells and I frown.

"I did not! I'm just way too good for you!" I shout back and I almost can hear him roll his eyes. He walks back downstairs, but then the door unlocks and I yelp. 

I exhale relieved when I see it's Dane. He looks confused. "What the hell?" He shakes his head and lays down on his bed, next to me. I'm laying on the edge, making distance. He switches off the light, and turns on a little lamp,, like last night.

He cocks an eyebrow. "We ain't playing this game again, Willow. C'mere." I giggle and shift closer to him, freeing my blanket and leaving it. He pulls me on his chest -his laying on his back again- and wraps his arms around me again.

Although his body is warm and his arms are wrapped around me, I'm cold. I start shivering, but try to hide it and close my eyes. The small lamp is still on, and I see he's still reading. I rest my chin on his chest so I'm looking at his face. "Read out loud for me, please."

He looks at me from behind his book and smiles. "Okay."

"Alex wants to grab Henry and shake him, wants to scream in his face, wants to smash every priceless antique..."

I fall asleep fast, with his deep voice reading my favorite book and caged in his arms. It feels perfectly made for me.

*************

I wake up from something on my face.

I frown and groan, clutching Dane's shirt in my hand. He's tracing my jawline with his finger. "What are you doing?" I whisper, still not opening my eyes. "I'm waking you up for school. You would kill me if we are late."

I giggle, he's right. I open my eyes and look at his face. His normal blue bags are less visible than normal and I smile. "You slept good, didn't you?" I ask and he nods. "Didn't wake up one time."

He smiles at me, and I realize he has dimples when he smiles. I love his dimples. I start tracing his jawline, up to his brows and back to the other side. His eyelids flutter closed and he seems to relax.

I get up, but he immediately tightens his grip and pulls me back. He smiles at me and I giggle, rolling my eyes. "I'm not letting you go," he says.

I shrug. "Then carry me around the house, I don't care, but we have to get up and go to school."

He frowns and shake his head. "No. Please?" he begs, but I shake my head. I've never missed a single day at school, and I want to keep it that way. Even Dane can't change that.

He sighs when I get up and walk to the bathroom. "Willow!" he shouts, but I shake my head and walk. Then, I hear him after me and start laughing and running to the bathroom. I close the door just before he catches me and lock it.

He bangs on the door. "You have to get out now. You don't have any clothes," he reasons. Shit. "Will you give me my clothes? Because you're oh so sweet, right Daneyboy?" I ask and hear him gulp. "Ehu."

I hear him walk away and returning. He knocks on the door and gives me my clothes. Well, it's a jeans of me and his shirt. I raise an eyebrow, but he pretends to not see it and walks away. I shrug. I'm gonna cover it under a sweater anyway, so.

Two hours later we're in bio, and the teacher tells us we have to cut in some pig eyes next week. I tense. I'll throw up. This is not something I signed up for. Dane notices and rubs my back. "It's okay, Willow. We can do it together, and if you want, I'll do the biggest part. Then you only have to take notes. Okay?"

I nod relieved and smile at him. "Thanks." He smiles and shrugs.

***********

-A week later

I'm back home, two days later than planned but I didn't mind it.

Dane and I slept together for the whole week in his bed, and I've never felt so rested. Dad hugs me and Mom gives me a kiss. "How did it go?" she asks and I shrug. 

It was fantastic, but I'm not telling them. They'll say I'm falling in love with Dane, which I'm not. He borrowed me his controller for the whole week and every night, he read out loud for me until I fell asleep. I loved it.

"I'm gonna unpack. It was fine," I shrug and they nod. I throw my bag on my bed and walk downstairs again. "How was your week?" I ask and they smile mischievous at each other. I shiver.

"It was great. We went on dates and walked for hours in this small, nice city. I loved it," Mom enthusiastically says and Dad just nods. He wraps his arms around Mom and sits down, pulling her on his lap. He looks at peace.

"Dad?" I ask and he looks up. "Hm? What?" He sounds confused, as if I just broke his trance. "What did you think of it?" I ask. His smile tells me a lot more than words could. He loved it.

I smile and walk upstairs. Changing in my pyjama, I notice Dane's sweatshirt in my bag. I smile and pick it up. I change into it and lay down in my bed. 

Remember how Dane's arms felt, I realize I won't fall asleep fast. I got my Dad's nightmares, and I didn't have them with Dane. He helps me.

I remember that eye-cutting-thing in bio is tomorrow and start panicking. I know Dane said he would do the biggest part, but I still don't feel good about it. But I do fall asleep.

"They're laughing at me. Thousands of them are laughing at me. I'm surrounded in thousands eyeballs. I see one smirking at me. How does he do that? He doesn't even has a mouth.

They jump at me and I scream. "Get them away! Someone!" I yell, but everyone is busy with their own cutting. "Hey, hey," one says, and jumps on my cheek. I scream again. "Willow! Fuck, wake up!""

"Hey, hey," I hear it clearer now. The voice is coming closer and the eyeball taps on my cheek. I scream and flinch. "No!"

I open my eyes, wide with fear. They go to shock when I see Dane standing next to my bed. He's frozen and watches me with wide eyes. "Dane? What are you..." I wonder, rubbing in my eyes. "Y-you flinched," he whispers, taking a step back.

My eyes widen and I reach for him, shaking my head. "I didn't flinch from you. It was from the eyeballs," I say and he frowns. He kicks off his shoes and lies down next to me, pulling me to his chest.

I immediately feel safe and protected, and snuggle in his chest. "Eyeballs, hm?" he whispers and I nod. "Nightmare of tomorrow," I explain and fel him nod. "You didn't have nightmares with me."

"I know, you have the same effect on me as I do with you," I smile and he smiles, too. "Goodnight, Willow."

"Goodnight, Dane."