What Happens At Night

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She tossed her body restlessly in her sleep. Brow furrowed, lips pursed in a frown.

Clare suddenly threw open her eyes, shooting her body straight up into a sitting position. The tendrils of her shoulder length blocked her vision. She ran her fingers shakily through the tangled mass. Heart pounding, lungs heaving, and watery eyes, Clare was sight to behold. She drew her knees up to her chest. Her lips quivered as her cloudy vision released its salty wet prisoners. Her mind whirled with the violent images of her nightmare playing back for her. She could still feel the calloused fingers of the stranger of her dream caress her skin. His touch made her feel slimy and dirty.

Clare brushed the tears that were dripping off her chin away. The shadows in her darkened room seem to transform themselves into dark figures. Every where she looked the imposing stranger lurked. Fear clutched her racing heart. Clare saw figure reach for her, trying to grab her like in her dream. She scrambled backwards on her bed, her sheets tangled around her.

"It's just a dream. It's just a dream." She muttered to herself.

She glanced at her phone laying on the smooth surface of her desk. She was tempted to call Eli. Hearing his voice would soothe her and ease her mind. No girl of any age should be having the dreams she was having. Dreams about unwanted touches and the taking away of her purity. No, she would not call him. At least not tonight. Clare, as desperate as she was to hear his voice, would not awake him from the calm surrender of sleep because goodness knows he needed it.

She bit her lower lip. She wondered how much longer these images would persist especially since they weren't caused by any real event. It was these moments that she longed for Eli to be with her. Pulling her into his arms and wiping away her tears. His presence next to her would relax into a dreamless state. Clare gave a sorrowful sigh to the empty room. She curled up into a ball in the center of her bed, hoping it would keep her safe from any more dream intruders.

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I know it's short. Just a bit of a drabble really of a nightmare of I've had on occasion.

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