Don't Leave Me!
I shot up, breaths coming in desperate gasps as I fought to calm my racing heart. I looked around wildly as my heartbeat started to slow back down to a semi-normal pace. I had never dreamed much as a child and those few I did have I didn't really remember all too well. Still, whatever that was hadn't really felt like a dream.
"Abbie are you ok, what happened?" I turned to look at my mom, who had come running to my room after hearing my scream and was currently standing in the doorway.
"I-I'm ok now Mom," I said with a small smile on my face in an attempt to reassure her, "I just had a nightmare, I'm fine." She didn't seem real convinced but left anyway, a fact I was grateful for. I didn't remember most of my nightmare anyway, just the uncontested terror of being left. I wasn't too sure why something like that would bother me, I mean I've never had a problem with being alone before, so what was the big deal? Oh well, the glaring numbers on my alarm clock inform me that it's only 3 am so I'll just wait and figure it all out tomorrow. I guess whatever it was it tired my out because the next thing I know its 12:45 and the sunlight is hitting me in the face.
"Urrrrrgggggg" I sighed, I really didn't want to get up, but I was hungry so I suppose it was worth it to get some food. As I made my way into the kitchen to snag some lunch, my thought returned to last night's episode. Hmm, I wonder what that was all about anyway. Oh well, I guess it's not important. After all, it was just a nightmare.
Oh, if only I had known then just how wrong that statement was because I think that even then, deep down, I knew the truth.
That this was only the beginning.