"Ahh" Sylvie Brett woke up with a scream as she began to feel the tears began to pool in her eyes.
She tried to take calming breaths as she had just relived what her "father" did to her as a young girl. Sylvie shook her head trying to get the images out of her head and calm down before her roommates came to check on her.
"Sylvie?" Joe Cruz yelled through the door as he knocked. Sylvie sighed. She had woken them up.
"Y-yeah" Sylvie stuttered still nervous about everything.
"Are you okay" Cruz yelled back. "you don't sound okay. Do you need help?!"
"I'm fine Joe." Sylvie said quieter than she should have.
"You sure?" Cruz yelled again. "Do you need me to come in?".
"Just go back to bed Cruz!" Sylvie snapped she didn't need to be babied. She was fine it was in the past anyway.
She heard Cruz walk away as she threw the covers off of her and walked to her window. The cold Chicago night had frosted up her window a little bit and snow was beginning to fall. Sylvie could feel the tears beginning again but couldn't do anything to stop them this time. She walked over to her bed side table where her phone was. It was only 3:42 am. She still had about 2 hours until she had to be awake for work. She threw on her biggest hoodie and sat on the floor unable to bring herself to sit in her bed. Sylvie felt herself staring into space as unwanted images and memories played in her head.