I sigh and look at the clock, 3:30. It has only been 15 minutes...Great. The fact that it is the middle of winter and the sun doesn't rise until about 10:00 is just the icing on top of the cake. Crap, now I am hungry. You'd think Tobias would be a good boyfriend and stay up into the wee hours of the night doing nothing but wonder how long you have until the demon ghost comes and kills you, but no, Tobias is not being a good boyfriend right now. Normally I would feel safe in Tobias' arms but he can't protect us from things he can't touch. Like monsters that come and rip your heart out or...

I have been lying like a statue in the same position. I have pressed my body against Tobias' so hard I think he might be having trouble breathing. Oh well, he'll live. Hopefully. It is still his fault I can't sleep. It wasn't my fault, he let me watch the movie instead of refusing to watch it so I didn't look like a pansycake.

I am started by a vile creature with monstrous eyes and jagged unnaturally discolored teeth. The inhumane look is directed towards me and flickers between myself and Tobias, I stiffen and try to guard Tobias' sleeping figure. He smiles and I want to burst into tears. The tightening of the sickly almost translucent skin-probably due to the disuse of the cheek muscles-make the surface crack and ooze a liquid that makes me want to throw up. The torn and distressed clothes hang loosely off of the creature. Horns and cuts cover the body.

I don't scream as I thought I should, I want to, but my brain stops working before it can tell me mouth to scream or my arm to shake Tobias awake.

We stare and each other and take in one another's appearance, I stop breathing when it slowly creeps towards me before stopping a few feet away from the bed. It just stands there, and smiles evilly.

It's not until I shut my eyes and try to tell myself it isn't real that I realize I am crying. As soon as the open them again, the thing pounces and heads straight towards me…

I wake up with a gasp and my heart racing. Tris, you need to calm down, you are getting yourself worked up, I tell myself.

It is then that I realize that i have to use the bathroom, you have got to be kidding me. What if something is going to get you while you try to get across the room. I sigh. Life sucks.

"Tobias," I say tapping his shoulder. He will hate me in the morning for waking him up again,but he can't stay mad forever. He loves me to much, who wouldn't? I giggle at my own narcissism.

"Tobias...Toby...wake up, wake up, wake up," I say shaking him.

"What?" he mumbles sleepily, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"I have to use the bathroom," I whisper sheepishly.

"Then go use the bathroom," he says like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"But...but...I'm scared" I whisper. This wakes him up.

"I thought you said you weren't scared," He smiles smugly.

"I lied, now please, just stand outside the door," I whine. He sighs.

"Fine," he sighs as he wills himself to get up. "I told you so,"

"Thank you," I say sweetly ignoring his last comment as I stand and wait for him by the door.

He rolls off the bed onto the floor and sloppily stands and slowly shuffles over to the door.

"Can you check it first?" I beg.

"Check what?"

"The bathroom, there could be something behind the shower curtain," I say worriedly.

He gives me a look before sighing and going into the bathroom.

"Oh my god, surprisingly, there is nothing in-wait what is this?" he says fear creeping into his voice.

"W-What?" I ask.

Suddenly there is something covering my head and a scream comes out of my mouth before I can process what is going on.

"Honey, relax it's just a towel," Tobias says pulling it off of my head and smoothing my hair back into place, before tossing it onto the other side of the room. I give him a look between pouty and angry before walking into the bathroom and slamming the door behind me. I hope he feels bad by the time I exit this bathroom.

Once I'm done I find him half asleep sitting against the wall, head rested on the door frame. I should leave him there, but I know how sore he would be in the morning if I did.

"I'm done asshole," I say nudging his ribs with my foot, harder than necessary, before stepping over his legs and getting back into the bed.

"I'm sorry, that wasn't very nice," he says with a lopsided smile.

"One: it was uncalled for. Two: As your punishment you must stay up with me for the rest of the night"

"What?! No way, we both need our sleep Tris," he says crawling back and we revert to our original position. I sigh, he's right.

I bite my lip nervously, now without the moonlight shining through our window, or the bathroom light on, the room is pitch black. Tobias must notice my discomfort.

"Don't worry, if the demons monster things try to come and get you I'll fight them off," he says reassuringly.

"With what?"

"My bare hands of course," he says, like it is the most obvious thing in the world." I kiss him once again before burying my face in the crook of his neck.

I appreciate the sentiment but I doubt he could stay awake long enough to fight the monsters. All I have to do now is make it through the rest of the night.

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