Roommates

Chapter 5: Nightmares

I woke up the next morning with a pounding head and a glass of tomatoe juice on my nightstand. I took the glass and held it up to my nose, it smelled tangy amd had other smells other than tomatoe.

I took a sip. Hmm, its good.
I gulped it down and felt the liquid go down my throat.

"Thats the hangover fixer, my friend." Alec says suddenly, knocking me out of my half dream-like state.

"How did I get in here?" I asked, ignoring what he said.

"I carried you."

I choked on my next gulp of the hangover fixer.
"You what?"

"I carried you. After you passed out everyone kinda just drifted away, so I took you here. You needed to be in bed." He says smiling to himself, looking at the ground.

I felt for the corner of the sheets to pull them away from me, so I could get out of bed. As I pulled them away I felt a sudden draft on my legs. I looked down to see that they were bare.

"Did you take my pants off?!"

"I had to. You kept complaining about them, and the only way to make you stop was to take them off." He smirked and pointed to the dirty pale blue jeans on the floor.

My cheeks turned red at the prospect of him seeing my underwear.

"Navy blue with purple polka dots suit you nicely." He said smirking devilishly.

"ALEC!!" I picked up my pillow and threw it at him.

"Alright alright, im sorry."

For a moment there I actually thought he was being nice, but I guess he just didnt want me to embarrass him infront of his buddies. 'Whos that drunk girl? Isnt that your roomate?'

I stood up from my bed and wondered to my closet and grabbed a shirt and a random pair of ripped skinny jeans.

"Get out. I gotta get dressed." I ordered without looking at him.

"Fine." He stepped out and closed the door.

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This past week my sleeping habits have been screwed over.
Usually at my old house, I could just sneek into Tyras room and sleep with her if I had a nightmare.

I know what youre thinking, 'this girls 16 and when she has nightmares she goes and sleeps with the 7 year-old?'

Yeah I do, I have terrible dreams. But they were never as bad as the ones I have when I moved here.
~~

I ran from the crazied man with the mask. He kept getting closer with every step I took, but I had to keep running. I rounded around a tree and my feet slipped, but I regained my balance quickly and kept running. He was just a couple steps from me now. I pushed myself as hard as I could as I could see the clearing up ahead. As the trees disappeared so did the ground. There was a drop off nearly twenty feet ahead of me, and the scary man was inches from me. I slowed  as I neared the cliff. My breathing was heavy and my feet ached from running and pounding them against the ground. Suddenly hands gripped my arms and I screamed as me and the crazy man wrapped around me fell over the edge.

I screamed as I jolted awake. My forehead was covered in sweat. Suddenly my door swung open, I yelped as I recalled my dream, but Alec bursted in instead of the masked man.

"A-are you ok? You were screaming, why were you screaming? Are you," he came towards me with concerned eyes, "Are you alright?"

I gulped and nodded, "Oh yeah... it was nothing." I tried to play it off.

"It was not 'nothing'. You scared me half to death with your screaming. What happened? Did you have a bad dream?"

I nodded solemnly.
Now he knows, now he knows I have nightmares.

"Are you gonna tell me about it, or are you not ready for that?" He asked setting a hand on my foot.

I wiped my hand across my wet forehead.

"Um, yeah, sure. It always is the same, like a reoccurring dream. This scary man in a mask chases after me, I run into the woods, the trees end and so does the ground and he catches me and we fall off the cliff... I dont know why it scares me so much, but every time I have this dream it gets worse and worse every time."

His eyes dart all over my face for several seconds before he finally speaks.

"Are you alright now?"

His hand pets my foot comfortingly.

I run my hands into my hair, which probably looks like a crazy bird nest.

"Yeah, im fine. Ill probably just stay up until I eventually just pass out."
I meant it as a joke, but his face grew grim and he put his hands on my shoulders.

"No, Angela, you shouldnt do that. We have class tomorrow.  If you do that youll be tired and cranky."

"B-but... usually when I have nightmares I just sleep with Tyra. Im not allowed in the elementary dorms at night." It hurt to admit that I slept with a seven year old when I was scared, but he had to know. I cant sleep by myself.

He seemed lost in thought for a moment.

The moonlight defined his shaped face and his shirtless torso. His abs showed clear and defined, and his crazy curls pointed in every direction, most likely because I woke him up during his slumber, but yet he still looked amazingly attractive.

Stop it, Angela, hes a cocky boy, that hates you. Dont get attached.
A voice in my head warns.

"Well, since your sisters not here, I guess ill have to serve in her place." He says, smiling lightly.

"You want to sleep with me? Are you crazy? Heck to the no." I say disbelievingly.

He stands up, "Fine, Ill go to bed while you try to stay awake in fear that youll have another bad dream."

I reached out to him, "Ok. Fine. Just this once. No making moves, and this doesnt mean anything between you and me, understand?"

"Completely." He smirks and jumps onto my bed.

"Come and snuggle with me, Angela. Itll help you sleep." He winks.

"I dont wanna snuggle with you." I say.

Although, your chest does look very inviting.
 
I shook my head. He pouted.

"It could help, y'know." He says opening his arms, inviting me to lay against him.

"No."

"Just this once."

"... no..." I lay down on my side with my back facing him.

I hear the covers ruffle and then I felt two hands around my waist.

"Alec! I said no!"

"But, I dont listen so... yeah. Goodnight, Angela."

I laid there quietly for a moment about to say something back, when I noticed his breathing had evened and he had quietened.

I rolled over to look at him.

His curls, some lie flat against his face while other pointed out in crazy directions. His eyes were closed and his mouth was open slightly.

I felt my eyes begin to grow heavy, and I tried to wake myslef up, by thrying to count the faint, little freckles across Alecs nose.

But in no time, I had zonked out too.

Yeah, crazy right? Lol. Sorry, it may have sucked, and it was short. But keep reading. And remeber: dont be a silent reader. ;)