2-Nightmares

"I love you." Courtney whispered, pecking Duncan's moist lips.

"I love you, too." Duncan replied.

"And I'm going to bed before I puke!" Phoebe scolded, getting up from her seat. Courtney started giggling, watching Phoebe walk up the staircase to her bedroom. The brunette yawned herself, tired after her long day of wedding planning. It was all getting very hard for her.

"Ready to go to bed, too, Princess?" Duncan asked, pulling his fiancee closer to him on the sofa. Courtney sleepily nodded her head, trying her best to keep her eyes open.

She hadn't been sleeping very well in the past few weeks. She would always have terrible nightmares about...And she would never be able to drift off to sleep again. Duncan wouldn't sleep, either. He stayed up watching his beautiful girl toss and turn, trying to fight off the bad dreams.

"To sleep, Duncan." Courtney told him. "Nothing else." Duncan kissed her forehead, smiling at her own little joke.

"You're no fun, Princess." The delinquent whispered into Courtney's hair.

"Your two sisters and soon to be brother-in-law are upstairs." Courtney reminded him. Vampires had great hearing, meaning that the three would have been able to hear everything that went on if they did do what Duncan had in mind.

"We can keep quiet." Duncan tried to persuade, starting to kiss Courtney's neck. Courtney was starting to relax into the feeling, sighing heavily before realizing what Duncan was doing.

"You can't keep quiet..." Courtney told her fiancee, pushing him off her. Courtney got to her feet, starting to walk towards the staircase where Phoebe had been not long before. "You coming to bed, Duncan?" She asked, stopping half-way up and waiting for him.

"You're no fun..." Duncan muttered, but he got up from the sofa and raced himself up the stairs. Courtney was left in a daze as she clutched to the side railing of the staircase. She hated it when Duncan ran past her.

Duncan's bedroom was a mess. It always had been, always would be. He never cleaned up after himself, meaning that there was piles of dirty clothes scattered all over the place. His bed was unmade and the whole room smelled like blood, but he didn't seem to find a problem with any of it. Courtney had attempted to clean it once, never again was she going to try.

"Good night, Duncan." She whispered, stretching out in the bed. It was a double, which was a good thing, so the two weren't going to be squashed when they slept at night.

"Good night, Princess." Duncan whispered back, wrapping one arm around Courtney's waist as she turned her back on him.

The two were soon dozing off to sleep, but Courtney wasn't going to be asleep for very long...

The little girl was sat on the edge of the fountain, fresh tears running down her rosy red cheeks. Her black hair was in tangles and her clothes were ripped and dirty, but she looked as if she was used to it always being that way.

"Don't cry, Celia..." Duncan told her, sitting down beside the young girl. "You know your dad didn't mean it." Celia shook her head violently, disagreeing with Duncan.

"Yes he did!" She wailed, not able to control the unsteady amount of tears erupting from her eye lids. "He said I was a good for nothing and I am!" Duncan tried to hug Celia, but she wasn't having it. She believed that everyone was against her in life because of the lies her dad fed her up on.

"Celia...You know your father drinks a lot, you know he means nothing that he says." Duncan moved so that he was on the floor, staring up at Celia with as much sincerity as he could give her.

"Yes he did!" Celia cried out. "I AM A GOOD FOR NOTHING!" She yelled, only causing more tears to fall down her face. Duncan was starting to feel helpless around the little girl, she wasn't making it easier for herself or him. But he still had to try.

"Don't say that." Duncan told her.

He believed that she was worth something. Celia's father was just a drunk stoner. He would do his drugs and drink his alcohol all day, yelling and screaming at poor Celia for no reason. Duncan had known her father for years. When Celia had come along Duncan had known things were all going to go downhill from there, and they had.

Courtney shot up in bed, clutching her head with one hand and her stomach with the other. Her onyx eyes were once again clouded over with the painful memories that Celia had given to her.

"Babe...?" Duncan muttered into the darkness. "What's wrong?" The dead teenager was half-asleep as he mumbled to his fiancee.

"I d-dreamt about i-it again, D-Duncan." Courtney chocked out. Duncan was wide awake at that. He knew how bad it was for Courtney, so he was trying his best to comfort her whenever the bad dreams infected her mind. Duncan pulled her close and cradled Courtney in his arms. "It was horrible..." She silently cried into his bare chest.

"It's okay..." Duncan hushed. "No need to cry..." The delinquent pulled Courtney back, so she was lying down in bed again. He cuddled up into her side, stroking her hair with his free hand. "It was only a dream...Go back to sleep."

"But it really happened." Courtney whispered, wiping tears from her driping wet face. She knew that Celia had really gone through all the pain that Courtney felt when she thought about the memories.

Duncan proped himself up onto his elbow, staring down at the fragile girl in his bed. Courtney looked so defenseless, reminding him of how Celia had once been. It was worrying him to see someone else he cared deeply about go through the same thing he once seen another girl he cared about suffer through.

"Listen to me, Court...You can't keep on like this." Duncan could see how the sleepless nights were affecting her dyring the day. Bags were growing under her eyes and she was nodding off whilst she went over the wedding plans.

"I try to ignore it..." Courtney admitted. "But it won't go away." It was like one long nightmare, never ending until it was too late for her.

Duncan sighed, lying back down on the bed. He face planted the pillow and Courtney leaned over and stroked his hair from the back. She knew that she was affecting him, too. He was worrying too much over her, but that alos meant that she thought he was ready to be a dad at last. Courtney hadn't been too sure of him over the past few weeks, but now she knew for certain that Duncan was ready.

"I need to go for a hunt." Duncan told Courtney, turning his head to the side. He really did need a good hunt to distract him from everything that was going on. "You try and get some rest. Rebecca's downstairs if you need anything." The punk sat up in bed, but Courtney pulled herself close to him. She didn't want him to leave her alone. She always had the feelings that something, or someone was lurking in the darkness, waiting for the moment when she was alone, getting ready to pounce.

"Please don't leave me, Duncan..." Courtney cried, her voice fading. "Please don't go..."

Duncan was torn. He needed the hunt, but he didn't want to leave Courtney on her own. It was all so confusing and difficult for him to come to terms with. Nothing he wanted was going right. Nothing was going the way he wanted it to. Nothing was going the easy way in life, it was all going down the hard route first.

"I'm really thirsty, baby." Duncan told her, leaning down and kissing her forehead. A silent tear fell down her cheek. "I need to get a drink." They were all out of plastic bottles in the fridge, Duncan had, had the last one before the two had gone off to bed.

"Bite me for all I care!" Courtney blurted out. She didn't mean it, she just really didn't want Duncan to go. "Just don't go..." Duncan smiled, chuckling to himself at Courtney's offer.

"I would never bite you." Duncan told her, wiping a strand of hair out of Courtney's face. "I promise I'll be back soon." But Courtney was having none of it. She knew that there was still three other people in the house, but she felt a lot better with Duncan at her side.

"Let me come with you." Courtney blurted out, not thinking the idea through properly. Of course she didn't want to see her fiancee killing innocent animals, but she knew she had no choice if she wanted to stay with Duncan for the whole night.

"You want to come with me?" Duncan questioned her motive.

"Yeah." Courtney replied, nodding her head. "I want to come with you."

Duncan paused for a moment. He knew this was only so Courtney wasn't going to be alone in his bedroom, but he wasn't against the idea. She hadn't seen him out hunting before, it would be a good experience for her to learn about vampires and the life she was throwing herself into by marrying him.

"You want to watch me brutally kill an innocent animal?" Duncan asked. Courtney slapped his arm, knowing that he was trying to test her.

"Yes I do." The burnette replied. Duncan smirked, knowing she wasn't going to back down so easily.

"Okay then." Courtney hesitated. Had Duncan just agreed to let her go with him? She was in shock at first.

"R-Really?" She asked. Courtney had thought that Duncan was going to put up a fight to stop her from going with him, but he was all for it. This confused Courtney to a beyond point.

"Why not?" Duncan retorted. "It's not as if it'll give you worse nightmares, is it?" Courtney smiled, wrapping her arms around Duncan's neck. She was thankful that he was letting her go with him.

The two released and Duncan pulled on a shirt that was on the floor by the bed. Courtney shook her head in disappointment at his uncleanness. However, Duncan quickly pulled her onto his back, making her squeal in shock and Duncan laugh in happiness. He swiftly jump out the window, running off into the night.

A/N:...I liked this chapter :)

Boring? YES!

LOL! Next chapter won't be much better...

There will be quite a wait for drama in this story, I am sorry...But it'll be worth the wait ;) I promise! LOL!

I am so tired...My body clock is set to wake up at 7 every school morning...Now it's Easter break and I still wake up at 7 AM! GRRRR! I need my sleep...

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After watching Spider man last night I really wanna watch the second one...I think I've seen it, but now it may make more sense since I've now seen the first...LOL!

Ooo there ain't no other way, baby I was born this way...

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