• I gasp, running through the dark woods. It's no use, I can feel them, watching, waiting for me to fall. And I do. Right into their grasp. They hold me close and whisper in my ear. I take no comfort in the fake sweetness of their voice. I struggle to break free, I can't. They run their hands over my face, waiting for me to cave in and let them become one with my body. Suddenly, it's different. I don't feel scared anymore. I close my eyes and sink into the darkness. I want to know what changed, I just don't have the strength to open my eyes again. That's when I hear it. The crying, the screams, it's like an inferno of hate is searing into my skull. It burns, I scream. No one is there to listen.
    I wake up to the sound of nothingness. I'm soaked in sweat and gasping for air. I look around and I'm greeted with darkness. The clock reads 3:22 am. I can't go back to bed now.
    "You are just so damn cute when you're scared."
    I whip my head around, trying to figure out where that voice is coming from. No one else is home.
    "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Said the voice again.
    Now I know where it was coming from. I stretch forward unable to see without my glasses, my head looking for the old rocking chair in the corner. At first there's nothing, then I started seeing a shape appear before me. My eyes travel up the torn low-tops, then up to the dark ripped jeans, and further up to the t-shirt and leather jacket, finally reaching his face. Tan, muscular, with deep brown eyes and sexy hair that flipped into his eyes...that were staring right at me. Nice,I think to myself.
    "So, do you wanna talk or are you going to stare at me all day?" He gave me a cocky smile that made my heart flip.
    "Oh my god, you are smokin' hot." I clamp a hand over my mouth, regretting that slip from my mouth.
    His eyes skim my tan stomach and they run up my tank-top, see through with sweat from my nightmare. He eyes reach my face and he stares intently into my eyes, looking for something. I nervously flip my bangs to the side so he can see me better. That is...if he wanted to get a better look.
    "Thanks. You're not that bad yourself." His eyes shimmering.