"You sleep at all last night?"

Kia looked up from her laptop resting on the arm of her large, comfortable, living room chair, to her ex, roommate, and friend, Duncan Evers, a six-foot-tall, muscular, male with wavy dark brown, almost black, hair, dark green eyes, and tan skin.

He had his shirt off, a towel around his neck, and was dripping sweat as he chugged down some of his blue Gatorade. He had a look of concern on his handsome face, as he stared down at her, waiting for an answer.

Stretching out of her curled up position on the large chair, Kia shook her head. "Got maybe three hours. More than usual," she mumbled, popping her back and neck with a satisfied sigh. "Why do you ask?" Duncan gave a sigh, as he wiped the sweat from his brow, and took a seat on her coffee table across from her.

"I went to the gym with Holly and Harlen today and found out something that's... That's just got me worried." Kia sat up more in her seat, her eyebrows furrowed in curiosity. Duncan continued. "Apparently, two weeks ago, while me and you were in Florida for Katie's wedding, a string of deaths started accumulating to some High School kids."

Kia's eyes widened, and she let out a surprised gasp. "Oh my God... That's horrible... But, wait? Why does that make you worry about me?" Duncan let out a sigh, and rubbed his neck. "Apparently all these kids had three things in common when they died," he stalled a bit, making sure she was listening, before he continued. "And that was, one, they were all sleep deprived, as in not having slept properly in three days straight. Two, they were all dreaming about the same thing; a man trying to kill them. And the third, they all went to that old Preschool that got closed down; Badham or whatever it was called."

Kia sat forward in her seat, her hands on her knees, as she repeated the schools name in her head. "Badham... Badham... Damn! Why does that place sound familiar?" Duncan let out a grunt, catching her attention. "That's the school where me, you, and some of us older Elm kids use to play with those little kids all the time. The one where we'd hang out outside at and ride our bikes around it and race each other back to the Elm Street sign."

Memories flashed in Kia's mind; memories of her ten-year-old self playing with five-year-old's and racing her bike around a school as the little kids were outside, and would laugh when she'd wave to them as she rode by. Old memories that she hadn't thought of in a long time. So long, she'd almost forgotten them. "Damn. That's.... That's horrible. But... That still doesn't answer why-"

Duncan cut her off. "I'm just worried, because you haven't been sleeping much and that's how those kids started before they died," Duncan let out a sigh, as he reached out and placed his left hand on her right knee. "I need to know. Have you been having any bad dreams lately?" The serious look in his eyes was something Kia had never seen from Duncan. He was truly worried about her.

But should she tell him? She'd only had two. And she was able to get more sleep each night without trouble. Should she really worry him over one dream and some horrible daydream? Sucking in a breath, Kia looked her friend in the eye. "No. I haven't had any bad dreams. Just restless nights and dreams so meaningless I cant remember them." Which was slightly true. She had always been one of those people that dreamed and knew that she dreamed, but could never remember them as she became more awake.

Duncan stared at her for a minute or two, before lowering his gaze and running his hands over his face and through his wavy hair. "Alright. Alright, that's good." With that, he pushed himself up from the coffee table and made his way to the stairs that led to his basement bedroom. "I'm gonna take a shower then head out to meet up with Holly." Kia quirked a brow his way, as she gathered her laptop onto her lap.

"Got a date tonight?" Duncan gave her his famous wolf grin, as he nodded. "Oh yeah. Two year anniversary, and I'm taking her out to Chez Springs!" Kia gave him an impressed nod and look, as she tapped at her space bar, pulling her computer out of dream mode. "Awesome! If you two get hammered, and decided to come here for the after midnight fun, like you did last year, please stay downstairs and not go fucking on the kitchen table! I'd really like to keep this one in one piece!"

Duncan gave a 'whoop' of laughter her way, as he waved bye to her before descending down to his room, shutting his door on the way with a loud click. Kia rolled her eyes in amusement, before going back to her chat-room conversation.

R & R Plz

(Note: Nancy x Freddy will not appear til way later chapters. Sorry for inconveniance this may cause you)