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"Yacker?" Eddie asked. They were hanging out in the living room on one of the couches. "I know you guys said that last year doesn't have anything to do with what happened...but you obviously knew Rufus before the whole mask thing and I keep thinking of how freaked you were whenever someone mentions him. What happened?"

Eddie felt his girlfriend tense next to him on the couch. Her lips were pursed and her expression was slightly scared. "I've already told you he's a nut job and I don't want to talk about it." She said quietly not looking at him.

"But that's not what happened. Why can't you tell me? What happened to no secrets?" He said annoyedly.

Patricia put down her notebook and turned her body more to face him. Her eyes cut through him with a sharp glare. She hated when he threw that line back at her. "Fine." She snapped.

Then she looked down at her hands and her expression became much more vulnerable. She took a breath and started, "The beginning of last year I...help Rufus before I knew what he was really up too and...never mind the point is that last year he kidnapped me for a couple of days. Okay can we not talk about this anymore." Then she picked up her notebook and started writing again.

Eddie just sat there. He knew Rufus had messed with them last year and he knew Rufus had Jerome for a day or two. But this seemed crazy and scary. He wasn't sure what to do now. He felt angry and confused. Patricia was obviously upset and he had no idea what to do.

What he decided to do didn't help. "I didn't know that."

"Obviously," She snapped.

"So that's why you were so weird when "Uncle Renee" showed up?" He mumbled mostly to himself. "How long were you there?"

That whole experience had to be the scariest thing she had ever dealt with. She had nightmares for months after she escaped and they had come back after the recent incident. She looked at Eddie, his face was filled with concern. She felt like she wanted to tell him everything about it. How scared she was and all the nightmares that came back. But she didn't get more vulnerable than that. She wasn't sure if she could let herself be like that.

"I have to go upstairs," She mumbled. Patricia jump up and went upstairs as fast as she could. The memories overwhelming her.

Eddie watched her go, knowing he had asked too much and freaked her out. He decided to give her time and try later.

Patricia avoided her boyfriend that night at dinner and went straight to her room after.

The nightmares were definitely back. She awoke Mara and Joy again with yelling in her sleep.

The next morning the girls let the redhead sleep in.

It was almost time to leave for school and Eddie noticed she was gone.

"Mara, did Patricia leave already?" He asked her.

Mara pursed her lips and talked low, "She said she wasn't hungry and she would sleep through breakfast. She was up most of last night. Nightmares."

The American thought of all the things Patricia him told him yesterday. He decided to go upstairs and check on her.

He walked into her room and she was standing in front of her mirror putting the finishing touches on her makeup.

"Do you know how to knock?" She mumbled not meeting his gaze in the mirror.

"Sorry," Eddie started. "You okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Mara said you didn't sleep well and you avoided me all of yesterday after we talked about-,"

Patricia spun around with a sharp glare cutting him off before he said Rufus's name. "I'm fine."

Eddie took a breath, god she was stubborn. He was trying to be a sensitive guy and this is what happens. "One last question and then I won't talk about it anymore okay?"

"What?" She sighed.

"Were the nightmares are him. Rufus."

Patricia swallowed and went over the possibility of lying. She went months of just lying to him and feeling terrible about it. Now she could tell the truth and she still wanted to lie. But she wasn't going to do that anymore.

She looked her boyfriend square in the eye so he'd know she was telling the truth for once, "Yeah. Usually are."

Then she turned around to get her bag and Eddie grinned down at his hands. Not because he was happy his girlfriend was having nightmares. He knew she had told the truth.

"You ready to go?" Patricia said standing in the doorway.

"Yeah," He said. He put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her temple. Maybe they can have a sort of honest relatenship after all.

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