POV Hanna
When I got back home, Spencer, Toby and Emily had left for the day, but are planning on coming back in the morning. Mike is sleeping on the sofa, and Aria, Ezra and Caleb are waiting up for me. "How did dinner with your dad go?" Aria asked me when she saw me walk into the kitchen.
I shrugged and took a seat on Caleb's lap. "It went better then I thought it would. He's going through one of his caring father phases." I informed her leaning back against Caleb resting my head on his shoulder.
Caleb looked down at me, "Well, you've had a long day and you look like you're about to pass out so let's get you up to bed." he suggested trying to get me to stand up off of his lap.
I shifted my position to where I could put my arms around his neck, then did so. "Carry me, I don't feel like walking." I ordered him.
Aria laughed, "I'll be up there in a few minutes, I just have to check on Mike, make sure he's comfortable." she informed me as Caleb picked me up into his arms.
He carried me up the stairs and put me in my bed. "Thank you." I told him and gave him a kiss goodnight.
He smiled at me, "Any time Hanna. I love you." he said and walked out the door, closing it behind him and heading back down stairs.
After he left I took off my clothes once again and changed into my pajamas. I then made my way to the bathroom to remove my makeup. When I got back to the bedroom Aria is doing the same as me and getting ready for bed. "How's Mike holding up?" I asked her since I really haven't been home too much today.
She shrugged, "He's doing alright I guess, considering. He's just so… helpless. I don't know what I can do to help him since his wounds haven't healed enough to know whether or not he'll be able to see. I really think that it's the uncertainty that's getting him the most. He's just so confused…" she informed me.
I got into bed and put my comforter over me. "Did Toby have any suggestions? He did have to put up with Jenna the Blind for a while." I asked her knowing that Toby will know more about this than any of us.
"He said that we're doing all that we can do for the time being. We need to try and distract him, but we can only distract him with things that don't have anything to do with seeing. So I've been making him play lists of all different kinds of music." she told me getting into bed herself.
"Well I'm going to be home all day tomorrow so I'll be able to help out with everything." I informed her.
She smiled at me, "Thank you Hanna. I just don't know what I'm going to do come Monday and I've got to go to school. Who is going to watch Mike? It's not like he's two and I can just put him in day care." she fretted.
I yawned. I'm loosing the ability to keep my eyes open for more than five second at a time, so I turned off the lamp that is sitting in between us. Within minutes I fell into a deep, deep sleep.
*Dream*
Ohh, this feels heavenly, I could stay right here like this forever.. I love floating in this sun-heated pool on my pink raft, wearing my favorite pink bikini. In my left hand is a margarita which I occasionally take a sip of, not bothering to open my eyes which are shaded by my new designer sunglasses. My right hand is resting at my side soaking up the sun. There is a slight breeze which is moving me deeper into the water, but I really don't mind, the movement feels nice, relaxing.
The sun is shining right on me, helping give me a tan, something that I will never, ever, complain about. I took another sip of my margarita, but it didn't taste right, not right at all. It tasted very fowl. I, for the first time in about an hour of heavenly relaxation, open my eyes. My glass no longer has my alcoholic fruity goodness, but fresh blood. I spit the blood out of my mouth, screamed and threw the blood filled cup away from me. There is blood all over me now which is making my stomach do back flips I actually drank that blood! YUCK! I then looked at the pool. It is not filled with water like it was when I closed my eyes, it is filled with the same as my cup, fresh blood. I let out another scream.
I look at the pool more closely and I see Mike, Ezra and… Caleb's bodies face down dead in the pool full of blood. I heard a blood-curdling scream come from behind me, so I turn around… No! It's Aria. I look a little farther back and there is Mona coming at Aria with a bloody knife. "Aria!" I yelled, but it was too late. Mona stuck the knife through Aria's chest pulled the knife back out and pushed her into the pool where she fought for a moment and then she lied face down totally still.
This time it was me to scream. "No! No! NO! Aria, Caleb, Ezra, Mike… NO! Mona? No, don't come after me, please, no!" I screamed as Mona started pulling me to the side of the pool with a look of pure evil in her face. She pulled my off of my raft to the side of the pool.
She let out a horrifying laugh, "I'm finally getting my total revenge on you bitches. I hope that you have a horrible time in hell.." she said as she stabbed the knife through my chest and pushed me into the pool of blood just as she did Aria moments ago. This time she didn't bother to take the knife out of my chest, she left it in my chest, pushed me into the pool of blood and left me here to die. The water consumed me and I don't have the ability to move.
"Hanna? Hanna! Hanna! Wake up your covered in sweat and screaming." I started to hear Aria say… Am I dead? I couldn't be dead, dead people wouldn't feel so clammy, as least I would think I'd feel so clammy if I'm dead. I can feel the sweat making my hair cling to my neck.
I slowly opened my eyes to see Aria shaking me trying to get me to wake up with a very concerned look on her face. "What happened?" I asked her still trying to become aware of my surroundings. I don't think death would feel like this.
"Hanna, you started screaming and crying in your sleep. Did you have a bad dream? Are you alright?" she asked me taking a seat on my bed beside me.
I looked her up and down, that was definitely a dream, it had to have been. Aria is good and alive right now. "I had this most horrible, horrifying nightmare I think I have ever had, and trust me I've had plenty of those." I said with tears coming to my eyes.
"What was it about?" she asked me taking my sweaty hand into both of hers, and gave me a very sorry look.
"I was at a pool laying in a raft in the water. I had my eyes closed and I was enjoying the sun. I had a margarita in my hand, but when I started to drink it, it wasn't my margarita it was blood. I opened my eyes to find Mike, Ezra and Caleb dead in the water. Then Mona started chasing you and killed you. Then she came after me…" I informed her reliving the horror making me shake like a cold Chihuahua.
Just then Caleb and Ezra ran in to see what all the screaming is about. "Hanna? What happened are you alright? Aria?" Caleb asked look at the two of us, and my most likely horrifying appearance, and the scared look on my face.
Aria looked away from me to him, "She just had a bad dream that's all. You two can go back to bed, I have this handled." she told them, more as an order then anything else. I would have told them that I'm alright but I couldn't find my voice after telling Aria about my dream.
They reluctantly went back down stairs. Aria then got me up out of bed. I feel like I can't move. Aria took my hand and led me to the bathroom. She sat me down on the side of the tub she then got a towel got it wet with some cold water and washed the sweat off of me because I'm to out of it to wash off myself.
Finally, when I found my voice again, "What if that dream I had, had been real? What if Mona had really killed us? Or actually attempted to kill us? With a knife rather then just a car." I asked her. By then she had finished washing me off and was leading me back to the bedroom.
She sat me back down on my bed, and sat next to me. "Then they could incarcerate her for the murder of five people or possibly even more depending who got in her way. By then I think she would be considered a serial killer with life in solitary confinement in prison with a possible death penalty. But Hanna, the point is that it wasn't real. It was just a nightmare. Everything is going to be alright. Mona is in a mental hospital and isn't allowed to leave. She can't get to us from there." Aria told me.
I nodded me head. "I don't think I'm going to be able to go back to sleep." I told her shakily rubbing my knees.
She laughed, "I didn't think you would. How about we go and get some three in the morning ice cream?" She suggested grabbing her bag from her bedside table and putting on some flip flops.
I nodded my head, "That sounds like a good idea. I could definitely go for some ice-cream." I said following in her footsteps getting my bag and my flip flops.
We walked down stairs together to find Mike, Ezra and Caleb sitting in the living room whispering to each other. Caleb looked up at me in concern once he saw that we walked in. "Are you alright Hanna?" he asked me looking me up and down.
I nodded my head yes. "Yeah, just had a bad dream. We're going to go get some ice cream, do you want me to bring you some?" I asked him.
He gave a look that said he knew better then that, but "I'm fine, thanks." was all that he said. He looked me up and down, wondering what I could have possibly dreamed about to shake me up so much.
"Mike would you like some ice cream?" Aria asked him.
"Sure. Rocky road please." he told her.
She then looked to Ezra and silently asked him, and he nodded his head no. "Alright well we'll be back in a little while." Aria informed them and she lead me out the door and into the car.
The car ride to the store to get some ice cream was silent. When we got out of the car to walk in I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry I woke you up." I commented as we walked into the store together.
She put her arm around me giving me a hug as we walked to the freezer aisle. She laughed, "Don't be. You're my best friend. Because you are my best friend and roommate it is my job to comfort you when you start screaming in your sleep." she said with a small laugh at the end.
I laughed with her, "Yeah if you ever start screaming in your sleep I'll do the same. Although I do hope that that never happens." I informed her grabbing a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, while she got Rocky Road for Mike and some Cookies 'N Cream for herself.
"I hope that that never happens too, but you never know. When a bunch of teenage girls' lives are a living hell odd things do happen, that is for sure." she stated laughing a little bit more.
Walking to the front of the store so we can pay our, I made her take a detour to the liquor section and I got a six pack of some Bud Light, because we all know that I could use the alcohol right now after the day that I've had.
So after we paid for everything we headed back home. We walked in and Aria led everyone to the kitchen. "Here Mike. Can you eat on your own, or do you want me to feed you?" she asked him setting the pint of ice cream in front of him, looking his cast up and down.
With his good hand, he felt in front of him for the carton, so Aria put his bad hand on it and put a spoon in his good hand. "I think I can feed myself, but stay by please." he informed her opening the carton and starting to eat his ice cream.
Caleb looked at me, as I handed him, Ezra and Aria beers. I'm glad that Mike can't tell that we're drinking since he can't because of all of his various medications. I sat down with my ice cold beer and my ice cream. "Do you want to talk about it?" Caleb asked me, still concerned that I woke everyone up in the night because of my screaming in my sleep due to a nightmare.
I smiled at him taking a swig of my beer. "You're not going to stop looking at me like that until I tell you what I was dreaming about, are you?" I asked him, know that ever since he came running in my room he's been concerned about me.
He smiled, "No I'm probably not going to. It's not every night that you start screaming in your sleep." he said matter-of-factly.
I took a deep breath and told him all about my dream. Ezra quietly listened, but cringed when I get to the part about Mona killing Aria. He protectively put his arm around her. Aria too quietly listened, but kept her eye on Mike, just in case he needs help.
When I was finished telling about my dream my beer is empty and half of my ice cream is gone so I gave Caleb a kiss and went back up to bed, Aria following me just a few minutes later. We went back to sleep and we were both thankful that we didn't have to go to school tomorrow because tomorrow is Sunday!
A/N I know, I know, it's been forever since I've updated! I am SOOO sorry! I've had a lot of school stuff going on and I've been sick :P
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