Chapter 7

After Sara settled Sakura into Lindseys room, Catherine showed her to the guest room. A few hours later Sara was woken up by a horrific screaming coming from Lindseys room. She quickly rushed in with Catherine following closely behind, to find Sakura thrashing around in her sleep.

"Sakura?" Sara shook her gently.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" Sara's concern was turning into full-blown alarm.

Sakura clutched Sara's shirt and pulled her closer. Scared, Sara shook the kid a little harder. Sakura started to fight but then her eyes opened.

Sakura couldn't understand what had happened. One moment, she was being beaten by her father and the next she was staring into Sara's face. Aching and frightened, Sakura immediately hugged whoever was leaning by her.

"Don't let him hit me." She sobbed into Sara's shoulder.

"Shhh… nobody's going to hurt you." Sara brushed away the wet strands of hair on Sakura's head.

Catherine stood mesmerized in the doorway. She had never witnessed nightmares like this, she had to admit that she was scared. Sakura finally went limp in Saras hands having cried herself to sleep. Sakuras grip was so tight that all Sara could do was settle them both down to sleep. Catherine, seeing that she was not needed, turned to leave but was stopped by Sara's pleading voice.

"Cath don't go…I cant do this by myself" she looked at her with big eyes.

Catherine couldn't resist those eyes so she carefully moved in beside Sara but kept her distance and turned her back to Sara trying to keep her raging hormones in check. She wanted so badly to turn over and kiss Sara senseless but how the hell would she explain that 'oh sorry Sara I just got this crazy urge to kiss you senseless' yeah that's a good way to save a friendship. Catherine eventually fell asleep still arguing with herself.

Two things struck Sara immediately when she woke up. One was the unusually bright sunlight filtering through the blinds and second was the even more unusual weight across her chest. She tried to turn her head but found another head buried in the crook of her neck. From the corner of her eye, she saw a mane of glorious reddish- blonde hair. She stayed where she was for a while, as she tried to swim past the murky waters of sleep back to reality.

What the hell am I doing in Catherine's bed? No wait… this is not Catherine's bedroom. This is the Lindsey's room Okay… remember…

Did something happen to Catherine's room? No.

Did you drink last night? No.

Are you naked? I don't think… what? No! There's no way… - But Sara was already running her fingers over herself – Okay, I'm fully clothed. So it means we didn't have sex. So what are we doing beside each other?

Wait now I remember…Sakura had a nightmare, you asked Catherine to stay with you? - Sara's head was throbbing.

Sara turned again. Her chin hit the top of the woman's head.

"Mmph…hmm." Catherine mumbled into the pillow.

Sara slowly inched away. She ignored all the different hormone signals which were telling her that she was enjoying the feel of Catherine.

"Sara?" Catherine opened her eyes.

"C-Catherine…H-hi." Sara gave the best smile possible.

"What time is it?" Catherine rubbed her eyes.

"Umm… err… not sure." This is not happening! I'm either dreaming or I've turned crazy.

Sakura suddenly stirred and sat up gazing at Sara and Catherine.

"How are you feeling?" Sara looked worried.

"Fine… why?"

"Sakura, do you remember having nightmares?" Sara propped herself on her elbow.

"Nightmares?"

"Yes, we woke up earlier and you were panicked, thrashing around in bed…"

"Did I say something?" Sakura asked.

"We couldn't hear much but you were begging someone to not hit you."

Uh oh!- Sakura swallowed- Now, I get which nightmares.

"Tell us what happened, Sakura." Catherine probed gently.

"I don't know" Sakura looked unsure.

"Its okay theres nothing to be afraid of" Sara assured her.

"Okay,I guess I could tell you" Sakura looked down at her hands for a moment and then began her story.

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