Dream
Holly rolled onto her side and laid her arm over Gail's chest, then fell back into a deep sleep.
She doesn't know how long it was before something woke her up, but she noticed that she hadn't moved at all.
As consciousness filled her she could hear uneven breathing and noticed Gail twitching a little. This caught her attention, her arm was rising and falling rapidly on Gail's chest and Gail's hand moved as if to get Holly's arm off her.
"Nah…..hhnnn" Gail twitched again and seemed to try to move away
Holly moved her arm off Gail and sat up, she was starting to worry as Gail was getting more and more distressed in her sleep "Gail…" Holly said softly rubbing Gail's arm
Gail woke with a slight start
"Hey, you okay?"
Gail panted for a minute "I'm fine" she dismissed, got out of bed and left the room
Hope
Holly knocked on the bathroom door "Gail? You've been in there a while, I hope….. are you okay?"
When there was no answer Holly opened the door slowly. Gail was sitting on the edge of the bath looking at the floor still catching her breath, she didn't look up.
"Honey…?" Holly said worrying,
"I said I'm fine" Gail said harshly still not looking at Holly
Holly knelt in front of Gail and placed her hand on her cheek "You're lying" she said softly
Gail closed her eyes and relished the feel of Holly's hand "Go back to bed… I'll be there soon" she lied
Holly didn't move straight away, but she knew Gail wasn't going to talk to her so she slowly stood and went back to bed.
She laid in bed waiting for Gail to return, she's not sure how long she waited but she eventually fell asleep.
Hungry
When Holly woke Gail still wasn't in bed, she got up and looked for her, eventually finding her in the kitchen
Gail looked up from what she was doing "Are you hungry? I'm doing toast"
Holly nodded and leaned against the counter opposite Gail and watched her make breakfast. She silently handed Holly her plate then casually sat at the table as if nothing had happened last night.
Holly sat opposite Gail "Did you come back to bed last night?"
Gail said nothing as she took a bite of toast
This was strange even for Gail "Will you tell me what's going on?"
"It's nothing…" Gail dismissed "I just had a nightmare, that's all"
"That was more than just a nightmare… Please Gail I'm worried about you" Holly reached across the table
Gail stood "There's nothing to worry about, it happened before we met…" She hadn't meant to say that
Shocked
"What happened before we met? …. Gail for God's sake, please…"
Gail sighed, she didn't like discussing this at all, but she couldn't get away with not telling Holly now
"About a year before we met…. I was doing some undercover work and…. I was attacked and abducted...by a crazy serial killer…."
"WHAT?" Holly startled Gail "Why wouldn't… Why didn't you tell me about this?"
"It's not something you can casually bring up, Holly, and I really don't like talking about it"
There was silence for a while as Holly took in the information
"And that's what your nightmare was about?"
Gail nodded "He tied me down to a table, blindfolded me, injected me with ….. something…..that's the part that I always dream about …."
"Do you get these nightmares often?"
"Not as much recently … not since…." Gail pointed at Holly who smiled "You make it better"