F O R T Y - F O U R

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"Shh, calm down babygirl, it was just a dream" Ethan kisses my forehead as the tears run down my face.

"I-It was so r-real Ethan! They had s-shot you and y-you died in my arms!" I bury my head into his bare chest and he sighs.

From the incident that happened at my house, I was sleeping over at Ethan's place and my dad was with my mom, as weird as it is.

I've been having non-stop nightmares and I honestly feel so bad for waking Ethan up the past few nights. "Nothing happened to me, I'm right here, I'm okay" he coos. "Now go to sleep, I'll be right here if you have another nightmare" I nod as my body trembles against Ethan's and I close my eyes.

Ethan's POV

I slowly get out of the bed, making sure I don't wake her up. I leave the room and walk downstairs as I go to the kitchen.

I open the fridge as I look for food to eat. "Is she okay?" I jump and I hit my head on the fridge.

"Fucking Grayson" I turn around and massage my head. Grayson laughs and I just settle for a cup of orange juice.

"I heard her crying last night" he says as I drink from the cup. "I don't know what to do Gray, seeing her like this kills me"

"I don't know Ethan. This time I really don't know" he leans against the counter and I speak up. "Unless, we go with her everywhere"

"That's the worst idea I've ever heard"

"Just admit you don't want to follow her everywhere. I'm not making you do it" I put cup in the sink and when I turn around, I see Malia and I jump. "Holy shit Malia"

Malia's POV

"Malia hold on!" Ethan and Grayson are barely grabbing their skateboards when I take off.

The morning breeze is cold, but I don't care. "Malia!" I hear Ethan and I keep going. I keep swinging my foot for speed. I look up to see a bar in the middle of sidewalk and I grab onto the skateboard as I jump over it.

I land back on the ground and I stop after finally seeing that I left Ethan and Grayson way behind. I pull out my phone and dial Ethan, but he doesn't respond.

I hear the engine of a truck and I turn around to see a truck parked on the other side of the street with tinted windows, but the driver seat window was open. Yet, I still couldn't see the driver.

I dial Grayson this time and I still get no response. The truck is loud and I turn around startled.

What the fuck?

When I see Ethan and Grayson, they are out of breath and they stop in front of me. "Malia, what the hell?" Grayson bends over as he tries to regain his breath. The truck keeps hitting the gas and I turn around to look at Ethan.

"That truck has been there ever since I've stopped here and it won't stop doing that shit" He looks at the truck and the roar of the engine gets louder and louder. "Gray, look" Grayson looks up and the driver begins to head towards us.

"Run!" Ethan grabs my hand and as we run away from the truck. Ethan and Grayson are in front of me as we try to run away from the truck.

"What the hell is happening?" Grayson yells as we continue running. "That's what we're trying to figure out!" Ethan yells back.

I turn around and see the truck close behind and I nearly shit myself. "We're not gonna fucking make it!" Ethan is gripping my hand and it's starting to hurt. "We are gonna make it!" I finally see their car in view and we all jump inside the car and Ethan gets in the driver seat as the car struggles to turn on.

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