Sweet Pea and Asher felt as if they were lovers in a past life, feeling as if they knew each other the moment he looked into her golden amber eyes.
Asher had a lot of complications, bigger than the Southside vs Northsiders fight.
All she knew was h...
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I woke up gasping, Sweet Pea had a firm grip on my shoulder. I couldn't help but stare at him in confusion.
My bedroom was dark all besides a cast of moonlight from my windows, it left him in a blue glow.
"Nightmare?" He whispered to me, looking deeply concerned.
"Every night." I laid back against my bed as he propped himself on his arm to look down at me.
"Have you.. tried therapy?" I glanced to him in a moment, slowly shaking my head no.
"I didn't want to have to say it." He nods in understanding but hesitates again.
"I think it would help, clearly those memories and secrets are haunting you." I couldn't help but stare at him.
"They are." I admit quietly, "Sometimes though.. it's easier to breath- to function when I pretend it didn't ever happen."
"Sometimes I can make myself forget but I can't control my thoughts when I sleep." He looked so upset.
"Did I say something?" I quietly asked, sometimes I had. Archie had told me of a multitude of times.
Sometimes I screamed, cried and woke up thrashing in my bed as if I were trying to get out of their grip once again.
"You said it hurt." His eyes don't meet mine as he looked to the moonlight shining through my balcony doors.
"I'm sorry." I couldn't help but say to him.
Sweet Pea looked back down at me with a sour face. "You're sorry? You have nothing to be sorry for, Asher."
I stared at him for a long moment, "My real name is Violet."
He stared at me with the same face.
"What?" Clearly he was confused now.
"I started going by my middle name, Asher after it happened. He kept rubbing my face a-and saying my name. I never wanted to hear it again." I explained quickly in embarrassment.
"Reggie calls you Vi all the time." I think it may have had a jealous tinge to it.
"Reggie is my ex boyfriend. He was the first person I told. He knows it's a soft spot and uses it to hit a nerve." Sweet Pea laid back.
"I wanted you to know." I whispered staring straight at my ceiling.
It felt so tense, like something had changed drastically- more than just the nightmare.
"Why would you want me to know? So when we argue I can throw it in your face to upset you?" He was mad now, his tone held a sharp edge.
"No. Because I trust you. Why are you acting like this?" I tried to explain but more quickly than I could process he stood from my bed.
