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Betrothed is a bad word

I awoke sleepily to find my Mum tapping me on the shoulder.

"Shh, You're back home now, I already took Lash home, I just wanted to make sure you were ok," she whispered.

"I'm good," I spluttered and desperately grabbed a tissue to blow my nose. She put a hand on my head.

"No school tomorrow, you're sick." She wrapped a blanket around me and left silently.

I put a hand to my head and moaned. I felt like death warmed up. I shivered involuntarily and slowly slipped into a disturbed dream state.

DREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAMDREAM

I was walking. I didn't know where, but the quiet was nice. I was wallowing in the silence when the floating pathway started drifting away behind me. It began catching up to me, so I started jogging, then sprinting. I was out of breath within seconds and I was suddenly very afraid. The empty space underneath the pathway seemed endless. I didn't want to fall down there! Unfortunately, the world was not listening to my thoughts and I screamed loudly as the floor slipped away. I was falling, the wind rushing past my head and I couldn't think at all. I shut my eyes and wished to wake up. I felt like I had stopped falling and I opened my eyes and met Lash's.

"Bargh!" I yelled and realised that we were stood on the floor and I was in Lash's arms. Had he caught me?

"Shh," he whispered and kissed me with so much passion that I suddenly wished the dream would never end. We broke apart and I looked deep into his eyes.

"I love you," I told him and silently wished I hadn't. How could I love someone already? He smiled at me and said those four words that filled me with warmth.

"I love you too." He snapped his head up and dropped me as he crumpled to the floor. I crawled over to his twisted form and saw in horror that he was sitting in a pool of blood. He was dead. My eyes welled up and tears were streaming down my face. What had happened? I looked up and saw someone walking towards us. I couldn't tell exactly who it was because they were walking in a shadowed part of the area. I stood up shakily and demanded to know who they were. They chuckled cruelly and whipped their hand to my neck in a matter of seconds.

"Shouldn't have betrayed us should he? I mean I know he's betrothed and all, but bringing all our plans to a halt because he got a crush? That's lame. So, I got sent to just, deliver a message to the rest of the gang. Don't mess with Her plans," he span around so fast I guessed he must be Speed and he flung me right into the distance.

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I jolted awake and dismissed my disgust at the fact I was sweating, long enough to remember my dream and realisation dawned on me. Betrayal? I didn't understand it. All I knew was that if I didn't go to school, I was going to regret it. I hurriedly got dressed and snuck down the stairs. Mum and Dad appeared to be out on a call so I was in the clear. I grabbed a biscuit and bolted out the door.

The bus arrived just as I did and I hopped on, while trying to catch my breath. People were staring but who gives a damn? I sat in the first seat I saw which happened to be next to Zach. He opened his mouth to speak but I stuffed the rest of my biscuit in it. I hoped I would find Lash in time… I had to!

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