Tori panted hard as she ran toward the sound of Jade's screams for help, her legs burning with every step. She was stuck in a seemingly endless hallway with doors on both sides of her, frantically searching for Jade. She was being hurt, Tori knew that for certain, and she had to find her quickly.
Tori kicked open another door, nothing. Another empty room. She paused for a moment, hunched over and holding onto her knees to catch her breath. And then in an instant, all was silent. A chill crept up Tori's spine, and her palms broke out in a sweat. She listened closely for any sound, but there was nothing, just her own pulse pounding in her ears. Slowly, she reached out to open the next door, and her mouth fell open in horror.
There was Jade, lying on the floor in a pool of her own blood, a sleek silver knife jutting from her chest. Tori couldn't make a sound as she approached her, touching Jade's arm gently, hoping maybe it was a trick of her imagination.
The moment Tori made contact with Jade's cold and sickly pale flesh, she felt a hand clasp over her mouth, and she screamed, her eyes snapping open.
Tori sat up in bed like a flash, out of breath and covered in sweat. A sharp stinging in the back of her throat told her that she had screamed herself awake. But why? And then the events of her dream (nightmare, really) came flooding back to her, her breath hitching in her throat.
Moments later, Trina padded quietly into Tori's room, her brow furrowed with worry.
"Tori? Are you alright?"
Tori turned to look at her sister, nodding fast and swallowing hard.
"I'm uh, I'm fine... I just had a bad dream."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Trina asked, concerned. Tori's face was almost completely drained of color, and she appeared to be trembling.
"No, thanks. I just want to go back to sleep." She smiled faintly.
"Alright... Night, love you," Trina said, leaving the room and closing the door quietly behind her.
It was 3:30 in the morning, much too early to make a phone call, but Tori reached for her phone as soon as Trina was gone, needing to reassure herself that Jade was safe. She knew that it had only been a dream, but it had felt so real. She was terrified.
"Come on, come on," Tori muttered to herself as she waited for Jade to pick up.
"Hello?" Jade answered sleepily on the sixth ring, trying hard not to get annoyed. She had seen Tori's name flashing on the screen which had worried her; she knew Tori would only call in the middle of the night if it were an emergency.
"Oh thank God," Tori breathed, relief flooding through her.
Jade was instantly wide awake, sitting up and brushing her hair off of her face.
"Tori? What's going on?" She tried not to let it show in her voice how worried she was.
"I just... I had a bad dream..." Tori trailed off, wondering if it would be a bad idea to tell Jade that she had seen her dead. She decided it would be, so she stayed quiet.
"And? What does it have to do with me?"
"What? It doesn't..." Tori stammered, but Jade knew she was lying.
"If it didn't, you wouldn't have called me at," she checked the time on the clock beside her bed, "three in the morning. Out with it."
Tori sighed in defeat.
"You were hurt, alright? Don't make me say anything else, please... I needed to make sure you were okay."
Jade smiled slightly to herself, touched that Tori had been so worried.
"Well, I'm fine, okay? Don't worry about it. It was only a dream," Jade reassured Tori.
"I know," Tori said, tapping her fingers against the mattress in anxiety. "But I'm afraid to go back to sleep..."
Jade thought for a moment, wracking her brain for a way she could help.
"Do you want me to stay on the phone with you?" Jade asked awkwardly, even blushing slightly, though she didn't know why. Things had been so comfortable between her and Tori as of late, and as much as that made her happy, it also scared her. But she pushed the fear away, keeping herself in the moment.
"Yes, please," Tori pleaded timidly, settling back under the covers.
It wasn't too long before the soft sound of Jade's breathing lulled Tori to sleep.
So this one is short and kind of a stretch for the word silver, but the idea wouldn't leave me alone. Let me know if you think I should change the rating? There was only mention of stabbing... and blood, but I don't know what my demographic is here.