Craig tossed and turned in his own bed over at Joey's house. This wasn't like a normal nightmare where you see images in your head and wake up and afraid to go back to sleep. But instead, he was there in that dream!

He realized that he was in Manny's bedroom, Manny was stretched out on her bed, drinking lemonade and doing her homework. He looked up and saw Ashley wearing a hooded sweater walk in with a large knife in her hands. He watched as Ashley attacked Manny, stabbing away at her, slashing, blood splattering on the walls around him. He looked down at his hands, arms, legs, t-shirt, and boxers, they were all covered in her blood. He watched as Manny fell to the floor and took her last breaths, he watched Ashley stab the knife into the stuffed horse and leave.

Craig sat up, screaming. A couple of seconds later Joey, Caitlin, and Angela all ran into his room. Joey turned the light on and his eyes widened, along with Caitlin's and she pushed Angela back out of the room and closed the door and locked it. "Craig," Joey said. "What happened?"

Craig looked at him, confused and then followed their eyes to his the blood stains on his t-shirt and boxers and the blood on the sheets from his arms and legs and hands.

Without any further questions, Craig spilled about the dream he had. How everything felt so real. "You think Ashley did it?" Joey asked.

"She did do it," Manny said. She had been watching from the corner of the room.

"I have a feeling that she did do it," Craig said.

Manny looked up at him. "Oh my God," she exclaimed. "He believes me! Someone believes me!"

Joey and Caitlin sat with him for a little while and then finally Craig told them about the day before…in Manny's bedroom.

"What?" Joey asked.

Craig nodded. "I didn't even know what I was doing," he said. "It was like…I was mesmerized or something."

Joey and Caitlin sat in silence for a little while and then Caitlin left the room and picked up the sleeping Angela out in the hall and carried her back to her room.

Joey sighed. "Craig, I don't want you to hate me or anything, but I think you should take a break from school for a while," he said.

"I think so, too," Craig said. "Just until I get over the shock of everything."

"Yeah," Joey replied. "Now go back to sleep."

Craig nodded. Joey left the room and he changed out of his bloody clothes and when he noticed that everyone was back asleep, he snuck outside and threw the clothes into the trash can and then he ran back up to his room and climbed into bed.

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To be continued…

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