Living the dream

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I held Colby in my arms a little longer than I should. I feel his chest rise and fall. I could hear his heartbeat, beating slowly and calmly. I looked up and saw all this stitches. I felt so sad that Colby was hurt because of me. I ran my hands softly against the stitches. Colby gave me a small smile. "Baby girl, lets sleep. You need the rest. You take the bed and I'll sleep on the couch." He suggested. "Could we sleep together on the bed, please?" I asked, making sure I was not crossing any lines with him even though we have slept together before.

He smiled and took off his shirt and got comfortable on the bed. "Don't you want to change out from your jeans?" I asked. "Well yes, but after you go to sleep. Come on." Colby hugged me closer and stroke my back. I was so comfortable and safe in his arms and I fell asleep instantly.

From the darkness, I felt pressure around my neck, when I opened my eyes, I saw Johnny, strangling me. I tried to push him away but he was too heavy. I tried to look around but there was nothing around. Just darkness. I tried to call out for help but nothing came out. I start grabbing his fingers around my neck, trying my hardest my best to push him away. It was harder to breathe now, I'm going to die. I start losing consciousness, I closed my eyes.

I shot myself awake from my sleep. My breathing heavy and I felt sweaty. "Hey baby girl, you okay?" I hear Colby's voice nearby. I turned and saw him still lying down in his boxer just woken up from his interrupted sleep. I hugged him so tight, so happy to see him alive and so happy to be alive. It was just a dream. Omg, it felt so real. Colby hugged back and giggled. "I miss you too baby girl, how are you this morning beautiful?" He said as he push a strand of hair away from my face.

I blushed and assured him I was alright. I didn't want him to worry more than he needs to. After yesterday, I'm sure we'll see Johnny around again. How did he find me. I had the urge to call my dad to find out if he was the one who told my ex-boyfriend my location. Even though I didn't tell my Dad, I'm sure he knows where I am by now, with all the companies he stopped from hiring me.

I shook the thought from my head and refused to entertain anything that has to do with Johnny. I got up and told Colby I wanted to go home and take a shower. He insisted I take a shower here. "I need new clothes for today Colby, I can't just wear your hoodie." I laughed at him. He knew I was right, because his face look defeated. "Fine, but you have to wait for me to finish washing up. I will go over with you." I shrugged and watched him walk to his showers.

I sat on his bed, looking through my social media. My business account has over 20k followers now. Wow. I didn't even realise that happened. Thinking about work, I remember that we had to film today. Sam and Colby wanted to introduce me to the audience and share with them that I will be joining in on their trips so that they don't get a misunderstanding. My personal twitter got quite since the blow up a week ago so I started deleting the message requests that was unread. Then I saw a new message request. I almost dropped my phone when I saw who it was.

"Hey bestie, I hope you read this. I'm sorry for what I did. Please forgive me. Johnny left me and I have no one to turn to. Please call me, xo Sally." I stared at the message. I can't believe this is happening. My past is catching up to me. First Johnny, now her. I ignored the message and put my phone away. I heard the showers turn off and looked up. I saw Colby stepped out with just a towel with his body glistening. I saw a few bruises on his arm, probably from the fighting last night. I stood up and gave him a hug from the back.

I kissed his shoulders and he turned around to kiss me. "Morning baby girl. I'll be done and we'll go over to your place to get ready, alright?" He gave me a peck on the nose and walked to his closet. Colby walked out from his closet wearing a blue and white hoodie paired with ripped jeans and his chains. He went to his dresser and start wearing his rings and put on a few necklaces.

"Did I ever told you that I love your style babe?" I smiled looking at him through the mirror. He gave me the biggest grinned and lead me to my apartment. I quickly took a shower and got ready. I put on a light make up since I was going to be in front of the camera today. I finished up with a couple of bracelets and my choker. "I'm done!" I called out to Colby. I walked out to the living room seeing him on the phone.

"Hey, yeah, we're just getting ready brother. We'll be there soon." Colby ended the call and looked over to me. He gave me a small smiled. "Ready baby girl? Sam's asking when we'll be there for the video." I nodded and took my keys and walked out with Colby over to Sam's apartment. It's funny that we live so close together.