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The hands were grabbing at her, pulling her forward. She couldn't let this happen.

"No! No, please!" Her voice came out strangled, half caught in her throat. The sound of it seemed foreign to her, like it came from someone else.

"Gill! Gill. It's me. It's ok. It's me, John."

At the sound of his voice she opened her eyes, trying to find his face in the darkness.

"John? Oh my god, John." She collapsed in his arms. Painful sobs forced their way through her body. She clung to his shirt; taking in his familiar smell, the sound of his breathing, his heartbeat. She desperately wanted to wrap herself up in him and escape from the dark bedroom and the chaos of the party below.

"It's ok, Gill. It's ok. I'm here. No one's going to hurt you anymore."

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"Ma'am? Excuse me, ma'am. Your coffee order."

The sound of the barista's voice brought Gillian out of her reverie.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." She quickly apologized as she reached out to take the cup from the young man. She didn't recognize him and from the exasperated look on his face she decided it was probably his first day. The morning rush had to be brutal and her lack of response probably hadn't helped relieve his stress.

Now on her way to work, she was still a little out of it. Her nightmare had managed to keep her up for the rest of the night and the day seemed to be shaping up to be one of those days she wished she could skip over. She grabbed a few packs of sugar to put into her coffee. She knew she probably shouldn't use as many as she did, but she definitely needed the boost of caffeine AND sugar. Especially on a day like today. She smiled to herself, imagining the look on Cal's face if he saw how many sugars she was currently adding to her coffee. He'd probably make some silly comment. Something like…

"You aiming for a sugar coma there?"

The last packet of sugar didn't make it anywhere near her cup of coffee.

"Oh my god."

"Oh wow. You kinda missed the cup there. I didn't mean to startle you."

Gillian slowly turned towards the source of the voice.

"John?"

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