Wrapped in the Coils of Love

Chapter 14- No Longer the Same

ROBERT'S P.O.V.

When I come to again, Ivy is laying at the foot of my bed, wrapped up in her coils, sleeping.

I back away from her a little, causing her to wake up.

She stares at me with both confusion, and concern.

My heart is beating rapidly, but it slowly starts to calm down as I find myself wondering if what happened earlier was just a really bad dream.

'Was it just a bad dream, or was it actually real?', I think.

I don't know which scenario to believe.

One is a better outcome than the other, but my gut is telling me that it was real.

And if that really IS the case, then that means Ivy raped me while I was sleeping.

Ivy is still staring at me, but now she's more concerned then confused.

"Did you... did you really do it?", I ask her, staring directly into her eyes.

She stares back into mine, and shakes her head no.

I stare at her a little bit longer, then nod.

"Okay then.", I say.

To be honest, there's no evidence of what happened to me to prove that Ivy's lying to me.

But my gut is still telling me that it was real.

Either way, there's no way in hell that I'm going back to sleep.

Ivy lays her head back down, but doesn't go back to sleep.

She instead just stares at me.

I look at the digital clock that's sitting on a dresser to my left.

The time shown is 5:01AM.

I sigh.

'This is gonna be a long day...', I think.