Life is Strange: End of Nightmares

Chapter 4 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.

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Chapter 4

Heading for their next class after lunch, Rachel and Chloe kept their hands linked, both smiling as they prepared for the last classes of the day.

'Thank God we have these last classes together...gives me something to look forward to.' Chloe thought to herself.

She suppressed an eye roll as they passed a small group of girls, who shot her a dirty look. She shook her head and squeezed Rachel's hand, knowing Rachel was on the verge of reacting to them.

"Don't bother, it's not worth it."

Rachel looked at her, incredulous. "But Chloe..."

She shrugged. "They're just a bunch of losers who don't think I belong here, plus they're narrow minded bigots, since their real issue is this..."

She lifted their linked as to emphasize her point.

"What, that's…?" Rachel burst out.

But Chloe still shook her head. "Is their problem, they think I'm corrupting you, but fuck them. I don't care, we know the truth, that's what matters."

Rachel raised an eyebrow at that. "Okay, thinking rationally, actually taking the high ground, who are you and what have you done with Chloe Price?"

Chloe just laughed at that. "Okay, fair point there. All I'm trying to say is, the world is full of worthless idiots like that, keep worrying about them and you'll turn gray before you're thirty. Especially when their favourite methods to try and harm you...are worthless."

Rachel bit her lip at Chloe's self-deprecation there.

She knew what Chloe was referring to, those girls wouldn't get involved with anyone they targeted physically, being so concerned for their appearance, they couldn't risk being 'damaged'. So they'd try to seek to destroy their victims reputation instead.

Rachel suppressed a sigh. 'And as far as Chloe's concerned, with her reputation, what could they possibly do.'

It made her feel a little better; but she was still angry at those girls. She had expected the reactions, the shock and surprise, when Chloe not only came back to Blackwell, but was revealed to be Rachel Amber's girlfriend too. For all their self-proclaimed liberal attitudes however, certain students reacted furiously to them dating.

'As if it's any of their fucking business, as I told them.' Rachel recalled.

A mere three days after those revelations, that same group of girls from earlier had cornered Rachel in the bathroom and tried to 'talk sense' into her, to make her see Chloe was going to destroy her and her chances. Rachel had told them, in no uncertain terms, where to go and walked out. Like Chloe she was untouchable by those girls, but for the opposite reason. Being the sort of person she was had it's advantages. They didn't dare try to bring Rachel down, for fear of turning the whole school against them.

But Rachel's issues were blown out of her mind by something else. She noticed it now, far more clearly. Chloe was looking tired, very tired. She had been looking like this for several days, but since seeing her in the grips of that nightmare this morning, Rachel began to wonder.

'That wasn't the first nightmare, she's had several, probably every night...' Rachel realized.

Once in class and sitting down, they worked quietly, not saying much, but still enjoying each other's company. The teacher droned on with his lecture while they took notes. But something began to bother Rachel, the teacher was now moving around the class, still talking, Rachel knew this routine well, trying to spot trouble-makers or those not paying attention. She quickly glanced at Chloe and was startled to see she was dozing off in her seat. Grimaced Rachel quickly nudged her girlfriend, her eyes snapped open.

"Careful." Rachel hissed, gesturing with her head towards the teacher.

He was heading their way. Chloe subtly nodded and focused on her work, catching up quickly thanks to Rachel's notes.

'God, now she's even falling asleep during the day...this is worse than I thought.' Rachel realized. 'And, and...it's only gonna get worse at this rate...unless I do something.'

Neither of them said anything, they focused on their work as the teacher stopped next to them. He looked them over suspiciously, Chloe mainly, before walking on.

"Thanks." Chloe whispered as soon as he was out of earshot.

Rachel just nodded. "No trouble."

She didn't comment on the obvious, not wanting to start a debate, especially not during class. But now she knew she had to act. She had to do something before it was too late for Chloe.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.