I managed to sneak out of there and reached my room somehow. I didn't know what was happening out there in the competition. Perhaps, Daniel went to the competition after our conversation. I couldn't think of anything except negativity. Only negative thoughts were roaming inside my head. What if Maxon gets suspicious and finds out about me? What if he knows about my betrayal? What if he disqualifies me? What if he starts hating me and all the things that we have done would be gone in that single moment? What if he knows that there isn't just one person dwelling in my heart? What if he knows about me kissing Daniel? No…none of this is going to happen. What if Daniel tells Maxon about all of this? What if Daniel blackmails me? OH MY GOD…!

I wish I wasn't involved in any of this. How could I crush my love? I have betrayed Maxon. Should I tell him? Should I go and apologize about everything that has happened? But this could have negative consequences also.

Okay…I have decided. I need some time to rest and then I will go and tell Maxon about everything that has ever happened.

I turned off the lights because I needed a sound sleep. Probably, my maids were downstairs watching the competition. I took my blanket and went to sleep. It was cold so, I didn't really know when I fell asleep.

I woke up after sometime and my eyes were surprisingly WIDE by what I saw….

Where was my nightgown?

I knew I had put it on before I slept. It can't be happening. Lights were still off.

I stepped on something while coming out of the bed. I picked it up and saw that it was my night gown. I looked at myself and I had nothing on my body except just the innerwear. What if someone will see me in this awful condition? I quickly wore the gown and that was when I heard….

Somebody speaking….

"No hurries…America." I turned and saw Daniel lying on my bed.

HOLY CRAP!

Was he in here the whole time I was sleeping? Did he saw me without my gown (in just my innerwear)? Damn it. Or did he take my gown off my body? I couldn't believe he was in my room while the door was locked from inside.

"How did you get in?" I asked.

I looked at my gown checking if my bare body was visible from any part. I tucked on either side really well ensuring no part was visible out of it.

He grinned at me and sat on the bed.

"I asked how did you get in?" I spoke a bit loud this time.

He stood up and started coming towards me.

I felt so scared from within that I didn't even possess the courage to run. I felt the ground slipping beneath my feet. I didn't have a choice except for standing there. The door was behind Daniel and I didn't want to run into Danger voluntarily.

He was slowly but constantly stepping towards me. I stepped backwards as he was heading forward. Soon my back was touching the wall and there was nowhere to go. He was just a few blocks apart… a few steps apart… a few inches apart.

He caged me inside by putting his hands on either side of my waist, so I may not run. I tried to be valiant even in that situation.

"I asked how you came here without my permission." This time I shouted on him.

"Through your window." He pointed towards the window

He kept a finger gently on my lips and grinned at me. His evil grin was making me starting to hate him and forget everything that was happened between us in the garden. I tried to shove him away but it seemed like my force was worthless against his strength. He lowered his neck in order to kiss me but I lifted my hand to stop him but he took my hands and kept them straightened downwards. He caged me completely. I turned my head towards the right and he shot his kiss at my neck like he was a vampire, feeding over me. I couldn't stop my tears coming out. I shouted but nobody came. He then backed away and touched my whole body. He gently slipped his fingers round my gown and found the slit. I cried in desperation. Soon, I felt like someone did hear my voice and the lights turned on.

I saw Daniel sitting on my bed in front of me smiling plainly. I saw that there was no gown…but my dress which I wore in the competition and I slept with that dress on.

I looked at the blanket that was covering me. My goodness…this was a dream.

I looked at the door and it was locked from inside. Did he come from the window?

"How did you come in?" I asked.

"From the door." He spoke.

"But the door is locked." I said pointing towards the door.

"Yeah...it is locked. But when I came in, it wasn't." he spoke.

"So, that means, there is somebody else in here except both of us." I squinted as a sign of being suspicious.

"Why would you think so?" he spoke.

"Didn't you see that the door was open when you came in and now it is closed. I am pretty sure someone is sneaking inside the room." I stood up in order to check the room.

I looked at the mirror as in my dream and remembered the awful thing that happened with me in the dream. It was no real…no truth…just a pathetic shit. I looked that my dress was well and fine and not as in the dream. It took me a while to figure out that I never did wear the gown. Do the dreams show the opposite of our real life? Perhaps, they do because in the case of Daniel, that was really contradicting. He couldn't be like that evil Daniel of the dream. I checked my dress backwards upwards and forwards.

"Hey…is there something wrong?" Daniel asked bringing me out of my creepy dream.

"No…it's just…um…nothing. We should both check up." I spoke rapidly.

I ran towards the window and peeked out. There was nothing visible except the grass and empty fields.

"Check what?" he asked.

"We need to find out if there is anything or anyone present in the room." there was sweat all over my face and my hair were damp too. Daniel came towards me and I felt like the dream. I backed away and he held my hands in his facing me.

"Hey…there is no one except us. I locked the door after I came in." He whispered to me.

That sent a rushing chill of fire inside my body.