~Seven~

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Will's laying next to me, I can hear his breath.
That's a nice way to wake up, next to him.
I could get used to it.

I slightly blush when I remember yesterday.
But it was amazing.

I wait until Will wakes up too, then we start talking.

'Do you know what time it is?'
I ask, not because I need to know, just because I'm interested

'No, how should I?'
Will is laughing.
'But I can show you something. Remember how I told you about seeing the sky on the water of the tank? I never asked you if you want to see it too. Of course I don't know if you even can at the moment, but we can try, if you want.'

'Sure.'

We stand up and walk to the water tank that's the main reason for us to still be alive.
Will is holding my hand.

I haven't seen the tank yet, how I just realize.
It's something like a big grey canister in a dark, cold room.

Will opens the door of the tank, so I can see the slightly shining, dark water about 4 feet under us.

'How do you get the water up?'

Will doesn't say a word, he just points at a bucket with a rope on it next to the tank.

Now he looks into the tank, half of his body is inside of it.

'Hey, I can see the sky! You have to look too!'
Will looks at me happily.
'But you have to lain forwards, it's hard to get a glimpse'

He steps back from the tank, so I can look into it.

I do how he told me, but I can't see anything except the dark water under me.
I lain more forwards.
A little bit more.

I feel how I get pushed.
I fall.
I break through the cold water.

I rise to the water surface, where I swim now.
When I look up I can see Will in the open door of the tank.

'Will?'

He just laughs and closes the door.

'Will! Will!!!'

Why? Oh, please no, why?

Why not?

I try to get to the door of the tank, but the bare wands have nothing to hold on, nothing that helps me to climb out.

He has to come back. He needs water.

But he'll still survive longer than me, even without water.
I already feel how I move slower.

The water is cold and my wet clothes drag me down, I can barely stay up.

I'm going to drown.
I'm going to die.

Just when I thought everything would get okay, just when I was happy.

I trusted Will.
I loved him.

I still do.
Even he kills me.

And that's when they start to rise up from the deep water of the tank.

Dead girls, scary corpses that soon surround me.

I think they are going to talk again, but instead they start to touch me.
At first their touches are soft like feathers, but soon they start to grab my wrist, my legs.

They drag me down into the darkness.

I try to fight, but for what?
I'm going to die anyway.

My mouth, my lungs, my whole body gets filled with water, I'm surrounded by water, everything is water, and what's not water is death.

'Nico! Nico! NICO!'

Strong hands are shaking me awake.

Will sits over me, panic in his eyes.
When I open my eyes he looks calmer for a moment, but just for a second, because I start to scream.

'Nico, it's okay. It was just a dream. It's okay.'

He's right.
Everything is okay.

He pulls me in a hug.

'You...the tank...the corpses...you'

I cry into his chest.

'It was just a dream. I would never hurt you. I love you'

He loves me.
Will loves me.
It was just a dream, a nightmare.

I wipe away the tears and brush my hair out of my face.
It's wet.

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