Emma's POV

"Let go of me" I said, trying to push Jesse away, yet he didn't even flinch. 

Jesse moved closer, now sitting on top of me not letting go of my wrists. "Jesse what the f*ck, just go away" I said, trying to move and push him off but I couldn't. "Why? So you can go back to f*cking Brendon?" He yelled, as I shut my eyes. "I'm not even- what the hell, you actually thought, ugh whatever, leave me alone please, I didn't do sh*t with Brendon, I'm still a virgin for god's sake" I said, starting to get scared.

"That's interesting" He said, smirking. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I asked, trying to get him off me. That's when I started crying. I was scared, and I couldn't do anything- let alone move. 

Then I did something I didn't think I would do. I called for my dad. I yelled as loud as I can, but that didn't last long when Jesse slammed his hand over my mouth as I glared at him. But something was wrong, I yelled enough for my dad to be running into my room by now, but somehow, it was dead silent, as if no one else was in the house or my dad was still somehow asleep. 

The tears kept flowing down my cheeks. Then I realized nothing else was happening, and the weight of Jesse who was supposedly sitting on me was gone, so were the grips on my wrists and the hand that was covering my mouth. I squinted my eyes open and realized I wasn't even in my room anymore.

That's weird, that can't happen in real life. I was in my room a second ago. My eyes widened when I realized what might be happening. I quickly looked down at my fingers and counted them. 

I had 6 fingers on one hand. 

"Oh god, I'm dreaming. This isn't real" I said to myself. I knew you had extra fingers in dreams and that you couldn't really read anything in dreams either. I wasn't sure if I should be relieved or not, because I hate knowing I'm dreaming in dreams because things never go well when I do. "No, no, no, no, no" I yelled, running to the wall and banging my head, trying to wake myself up. 

I could feel the pain flash through my head, making me dizzy. It's funny because I'm dreaming yet this all terrified me, and I didn't understand how the pain and blood felt so real. I sunk down to the cold ground, looking around me. 

I was in an empty small room. The corners of the room were dark though, as it the light that came from who knows where, couldn't reach those parts. Suddenly, I heard something like a small, faint scream. 

"You're just dreaming Emma, this is all just a dream, it's not real" I mumbled to myself, as I thought I saw something move in the shadow. 

"This isn't a dream silly" A creepy voice came from the same place I thought I saw something move. Then suddenly, there were low, faint screams coming from all directions. The screams started to get louder and louder, and soon it felt like there were a million people around me screaming with the same sound.

 I covered my ears, desperate to at least make the screams sound a little less loud, but of course, that was pointless. I started mumbling to myself, that it's just a dream and that I would wake up any second now if I just stayed calm. But it didn't work, the screams were so loud, I couldn't hear myself. I couldn't even hear my own thoughts. 

That's when I started to panic.

 I started to yell as loud as I can, telling myself that this was all just a dream and that I have to wake up.

 Did that help? Nope. The screams just kept going and going.

By now, I was crying. I was curled up on the cold floor with my hands still covering my ears, I could feel the warm liquid on the palms of my hands, instantly I knew what it was. Blood from my ears. I tried to take in deep breaths but it felt as if my ribs were broken and each breath hurt like hell. 

Next thing I know,  it was dead silent, I slowly opened my eyes and sat up. I wasn't in the tiny room anymore, instead, I was in the school's hallway.

It was dark and the moon was bright up in the sky, the moonlight shining through the windows.

I thought I heard something coming from the lockers, so I turned to my left and looked at the locker nearest to me. A giant Mirkwood green colored creature burst out, glaring at me with its 4 blood red eyes. 

I screamed and backed away, as I took a look at the weird ass creature. His head was round and his mouth stretched out all the way to where his ears are supposed to be, but he didn't have any ears.  His sharp bloody layered teeth were sticking out in every way possible. His neck was super thin and gradually widened going down, then his 'legs' were basically octopus arms, except with a sh*t ton of blood on them, dripping down onto the floor.

"You don't deserve to live" the creepy thing said with a low, raspy voice that made my skin crawl with goosebumps. "Everyone" It said, crawling down the lockers, "Wants' it said, coming closer, as my breath hitched. "You" It raised his voice, as I quickly back away, trying to stand up. "Dead" it yelled.

I quickly stood up, and darted down the hallway and took a left turn, as I saw the exit up ahead. I kept running all the while hearing the creature chanting "If you won't kill yourself, I will". 

I rushed to the metal door and tried to pull it open but it didn't budge. "No, no, no, f*cks sake" I yelled, slamming the door with my hands. Without wasting another second, I started running again and after what seemed like forever, I finally got to another exit and pulled the metal door open, and right when I tried to step out, I realized there wasn't a ground.

It was like the building was floating in the sky, I almost fell out and held onto the side of the door and turned around. The creepy creature was still coming after me. "Screw it" I mumbled and jumped out of the building, and started falling.

I suddenly jerked up awake, shaking and sweating. "About time I woke up" I mumbled, laying back down, but pushing the blanket off me.  I got up and went to the bathroom, washing my face with some cold water. 

I dried my face and walked out of the bathroom without looking in the mirror, I didn't need to see how ugly I looked right now. I laid back down, and covered myself with the blanket and stared at the ceiling of my room. "I need to sleep ugh" I mumbled to myself and rolled on my side and shut my eyes, hoping I would fall asleep quickly.

I used to be scared of going back to sleep after nightmares, but I simply didn't care anymore, although the nightmares terrified me, I was tired. Very tired.

...

My alarm started buzzing as I grabbed the pillow next to me and threw it at the alarm clock. I hadn't slept for a split second after I laid back down. I groaned when I realized the alarm wouldn't shut up. 

I rolled out of bed and turned it off, then went back under my blanket and shut my eyes. A second later, my phone started ringing. "F*ck my life" I mumbled into the pillow and grabbed my phone off the bedside table and looked at who was calling me.

It was Becky.

I quickly sat up and answered the phone. "Hello" I said. "Hey uh can I come over?" She asked. "Yeah, uh yeah, of course, you can" I said a little too quickly. "Alright, see you soon I guess"She said, hanging up. 

I stared at the wall thinking. Was she going to start talking to me again?

I missed her so much, I wanted to tell her everything, I wanted to tell everyone everything- yet one little thing I forgot.

How was she going to take the fact that I burnt down Brendon's house? 

I groaned, I knew I couldn't tell her about Jesse, the truth about him, that I don't actually want to date him, and that I'm being forced to. Quickly getting out of bed, I took a short shower and got ready, changing into a new pair of sweats and a loose sweatshirt. I put on some concealor under my extreme dark eye bags, that literally looked slightly green and purple, mixed with grey.

I went down to the kitchen, looking at the sticky note on the kitchen island that my dad left behind, I read what it said then crumbled the paper, throwing it in the bin. 

Of course, how could I have forgotten? My dad wants Becky and I to go dress shopping for the wedding, because we were the bridesmaids.  I guess if things work out between us today, I'll tell her afterward. 

I grabbed the Nutella jar and milk. I was going to make Becky and I's favorite hot chocolate, the recipe that we 'came up' with. 

After I poured the hot chocolate into the 2 mugs, I grabbed the whipped cream can, mini chocolate chips and marshmallows. 

Just as I finished up with the drinks, the bell rang. I rushed to the door and stood in front of it. I was nervous, I missed her so much, I didn't want to say anything wrong. I finally pulled the door open and looked at Becky. I frowned when I noticed her puffy eye bags. 

She was crying.

She gave me a small smile.  "Can I come in?" She asked. I nodded, as I opened the door wider and moved to the side for her to walk inside. 

"I uh- oh, you made our hot chocolate," She said, staring at the two mugs on the kitchen island. "Um.. yeah I did," I said, fiddling with my fingers.

Just then, Becky did something I didn't expect.

She burst into tears and I knit my eyebrows. Did something happen that I didn't know about?

"I'm so sorry Emma, I'm sorry for being such a sh*tty best friend and leaving you like that just because you're dating someone, I should've been happy for you, instead I went out yelling at you and ignored you for 2 weeks," She said, crying into her hands. 

My lips wouldn't part, I wanted to say something but I couldn't. So instead, I wrapped my arms around her as she cried. "It's okay, its because you cared about me, you were mad because I was dating Jesse, my bu- old bully" I mumbled, rubbing her back as she sobbed.

"I'm sorry, ugh I missed you so much" She mumbled as my eyesight blurred from my own tears. "I'm sorry too, I missed you more than you think," I said. "Best friends again?" She asked after a little while. "We never even stopped in the first place" I said with a smile.

Becky smiled and took a mug, as I followed and did the same. We walked up to my room afterwards, as Becky asked about my 2 weeks and I just said a few boring things, then I listened to Becky talk about her 2 weeks.

"That's good that you've been doing well," I said, "I wasn't really doing okay, I missed you and like ugh I don't know what was wrong with me, I shouldn't have ignored you for 2 freaking weeks," She said, throwing her hands up in exasperation.

"It's okay I promise" I mumbled, pushing her mug a little further onto the desk so it wouldn't fall on the ground.  "Oh, by the way, how are you with Theo?" I asked, realizing she hasn't said a single word about him since she came here, which was pretty unusual for her. She used to always talk about how amazing Theo was.

"Oh right, I was just going to tell you uh- Theo and I broke up" She mumbled. "Wait what why?" I asked, my eyes widening. "Um well basically, yesterday he broke up with me over text, without an explanation or anything" She muttered, bursting into tears again.

 "So I went to his house, and when I did, he was in his room with this guy, uh I think his name was Jason or something, and they were playing on the PS4 and when Theo looked at me, he quickly turned away and told me to leave, and when Jason asked him who I was, Theo just shrugged then I rushed out" She continued. 

I couldn't believe my ears. First, why would Theo break up with Becky like that?- Let alone in the first place. Second, Jason was with Theo? I mean, it's not a big deal they were playing on the PS together yet why was I so confused? 

"I thought he loved me Emma" She sobbed, as I wrapped my arms around her again. "I'm so sorry Becky ugh he shouldn't have done that" I said, wanting to slap myself for not saying something better.

 Becky just cried on and on for a little while longer, as I rubbed her back, plotting what I was going to do to that idiot.

I could try talking to Jason and ask him about what happened first, but of course not right now.

"Hey you want to go shopping?" I asked Becky, hoping it would cheer her up as usual. "I can't believe I'm saying this but no, not really, I don't think that'll make me feel better" She said, rubbing her eyes. "You know what? Could we go shopping then go to a party tonight? I heard Ryan is hosting one, but we don't have to if you don't want" She asked. 

Ugh.. parties...

Someone please just kill me.

"Yeah, sure of course" I said with a big fake smile.

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Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this pretty lame chapter that didn't really include much but yeahh. Anyone surprised about what happened between Theo and Becky? I guess you're going to have to wait until the next chapter for the explanation muhaha- hopefully, that'll be soooon. 

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-Sarah