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Chapter 3
Kevin awoke with a start; Ben was thrashing around in bed and screaming bloody murder,
"NO!... NO!... NO!... IT HURTS!... STOP, PLEASE!..."
Kevin grabbed a hold of Ben and shook him roughly, trying to wake him up from his terrifying nightmare.
"Ben wake up, you're alright, wake up, BEN"
Ben stared at Kevin with terror filled eyes for a brief second before bursting into tears. He curled himself into a ball, crying and shaking violently. Kevin just watched for a moment, before he reached down and placed his hand on Ben's back, gently rubbing, trying to comfort the poor boy. After a few minutes Ben had calmed down a bit so Kevin shifted to lay back down next to him. Ben snuggled up to Kevin, placing his head on Kevin's chest so hec could listen to his heartbeat. Ben was feeling guilty, guilty for not being able to control his fears and guilty for putting all of this onto Kevin.
"I'm sorry for all this Kevin" Ben whispered. Kevin was a little surprised by Ben's apology, why was Ben apologizing, it's not like he asked for any of this to happen.
"Don't be" Kevin replied while wrapping his arm around Ben.
Ben and Kevin fell back asleep after a few minutes both still exhausted, they slept for awhile, before Ben woke them up screaming for the second time and once again Kevin held and comforted him. By this time it was around 11:00 am, after Ben had settled down Kevin decided it was time to press Ben for answers. Kevin got up and took a step away from the bed, he turned to face Ben leaning against the dresser.
"Ben, I think it's about time you told me what's going on"
"I... I don't want to talk about it Kevin"
"Ben... I need to know what happened"
"Please Kevin... I can't" tears started to fill Ben eye's once again.
"Ben I can't help or protect you if I don't know from who or what"
Ben thought for a minute, he knew Kevin was right and he would have to tell him what had happened, but the thought made him sick. Ben would have to relive everything that had been done to him, that thought terrified him. Ben started feeling ill. As if the pain he was already feeling throughout his body wasn't enough he was getting dizzy and nauseas. Ben raised a hand to his head. Kevin was getting even more worried as he watched the teen. Kevin took a step back over to the bed and sat down on the edge.
"Ben, you okay?"
Ben looked up at Kevin, trying to focus on him, but his vision was getting blurry.
"I..." Ben whimpered in pain.
"Kevin... I... can't... so... dizzy..." and with that everything went black and Ben passed out, falling limply onto the bed.
