Nightmares

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Connor laid in the dark for hours; he turned over to look at the clock.

"1:30 a.m" he said to himself, "ugh, i need to sleep."

After about 10 minutes he started to fall asleep slowly, only to suffer from a bad dream.

Connor woke up about two hours into his sleep, crying.

"I can't believe this all happened. I can't do it. All of Matt and David's words, even their sisters, Cleo and Nataly. Why did this have to be me?" Connor asked himself.

"Ew no one likes you, Connor!" 

"Yeah, you're completely worthless, kid."

Those words by Nataly and Cleo replayed in his head over and over again, along with visions of Matthew and David punching him and kicking him over and over while he was down.

Connor lifted up his shirt, looking down at his ribs, stomach and sides. 

He sighed a little moments before letting out a quiet grunt as he tried to roll over.

"I cannot do this," he said again, moments before sitting up. 

As he reached for something over on his dresser he whispered to himself, "this will help the pain for a little bit." 

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