A/N: Yay! This is my 9th chapter! I know you guys are happy! 9 reviews, too. Hmmm…Very strange indeed… Well, here's chapter nine!
Curtis's POV
I started to feel sleepy. It was a twelve-hour drive to the Underlook from Northern Wyoming. Mandie was sipping a Mocha Latte from Starbucks that she had snuck with her. Everyone was asleep but us. And pretty soon, Mandie would be the only one awake. "Curt, are you asleep yet?" she asked. "No." I mumbled. "Did I wake you up?" "No." "Do you want a sip?" she asked me, holding the bottle up to my face. I grabbed it and took a quick sip. "Good?" "Yeah." I told her. She smiled at me before putting her headphones on and writing in her journal. The front was titled 'Mandie's Journal, bitch! You touch it, I break you in half.' I couldn't resist trying to lean over to see what she was writing. But the minuet I leaned over, she snapped it shut. "Mr. Torrance, how dare you!" she whispered, not wanting to wake anybody up. "Sorry. I was leaning over to go to sleep." I lied. She blushed a little. "On my shoulder?" "Why not?" I put my head on her shoulder before she could reject or push me away. I fell asleep almost immediately…
Mandie's POV
I felt butterflies in my stomach when Curt wanted to lie on my shoulder. I could feel him breathing on my neck. After a few minuets, I decided to write in my journal again. "December 5th. We're on the bus van thingy to the Underlook hotel. I'm so excited. We just got into Colorado. It's around two something. Curtis's is asleep on my shoulder. I wish I could move his bangs out of his eyes. His beautiful, two tone colored bangs. I wonder what made him want black and blonde hair. I liked it all black. But that's Curt for you. I can't wait to get him alone so I can tell him how I really feel about the hotel. He seemed to want me to go so bad. He scared me this morning, though, when he said we weren't all coming back. I wanted to ask him more about what he meant, but I think he was somewhere else. Somewhere…I don't even want to think about it, journal. It scares me sometimes to think about what happened in kindergarten could happen again…"
I tried to shake the thought off of what I just wrote. What if it could happen again? "Curt?" I whispered. Nothing. I knew he would sleep for a few hours. I decided the best thing for me to do would be to sleep, too.
Mandie's Dream
"Help meeeee Mandieeee. Heeeeeeelllpppp." I looked around the dark room. "Hello? Who are you?" I cried. "Mandieeeee. I need heeeeeelp. Hellllllpppp meeeee!" the voice whispered. I jumped up. I was covered in blood and…MAGGOTS! I screamed a blood-curdling scream. "Help me Mandieeee! I neeeeeeed you. Only youuuuuuuu!" I started running towards the voice. I reached a door. I could see light on the other side. My hand started reaching for the doorknob. "Mandieeeeeeee" the voice whispered when I grabbed the doorknob. I twisted it, and then slowly pushed it open. On the other sidewas…
"Mandie! Mandie!" Curt yelled, shaking me. "Stop screaming! Stop screaming!" he yelled. I tried, but the harder I tried, the more intense the screaming became. Then he did something I never thought Curt would do. He slapped me. "Mandie, shut the fuck up!" he yelled. I did. "Wh…What was that for?" I asked, on the verge of tears. "Mandie, I'm so sorry." He said, his voice starting to crack. "I…you were…" he stammered before hugging me. We cried together on each other's shoulder.
"Mandie, I am so, so sorry." He whispered in my ear. "You were screaming so loud and I couldn't get you to stop. I knew you were having a nightmare. I didn't want to see you so scared, sweetie." I hugged him again. "I forgive you." I told him. "What were you dreaming about?" he asked. "I…I'm not sure." I said. I could feel the tears coming back. "But it was bad." He stroked my hair. "Don't think about it if it still scares you." He whispered. I looked up at him. And then…
A/N: Oh, the suspense! I might try to update before the day's over.
