Project 015

Nightmares

I went to sleep and saw the man again. I examined him and was happy to see that I got Enzo's look correct. He walked up to me and and whispered, "Wake up..."

I woke up and it was 12:00 am and I see Enzo awake and sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Hey, you ok?" I ask, scootching closer to him.

He shook his head and kept his head down. He seemed to be upset about something.

"Hey, tell me what's wrong." I say, trying to put my hand on his shoulder. He flinched immediately and looked at me with fear.

"What's going on? Are you alright?" I ask.

"I don't want to hurt you again..." he said, choking up on his words. He couldn't cry, but it sounded like he was about to.

"What do you mean? I'm fine." I say.

"No, earlier I hit you and you began to bleed. I don't know what came over me..." he says.

I was very confused until I realized what was going on.

"It was just a dream." I say.

"What's that?" he asks.

"A dream is a story or a movie in your mind that is played while you sleep. Sometimes it's about the last thing you watched or did, and sometimes it's about people you know, but they never actually happen." I explain.

Enzo immediately wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me. I could tell he was hurt, so I let him hold me like I was his teddy bear for a bit. He kept nuzzling into me as if I was going to disappear into thin air.

After an hour of him holding me, I said, "Enzo, I need to go to sleep. Let me go."

"Nooo~ I don't want you to leave me again." Enzo said, holding me closer. "You can just fall asleep in my arms." he says while stroking my hair.

I sigh and stop arguing with him. "Hey, how about I stay here? You seem really upset about that nightmare, so how about I make it up to you? "

Enzo smiled and squeezed me. "I would love that!" He gave me little kisses all over my head once he stopped squeezing me.

I smiled and messed up his hair. "Ok ok I get it, you're happy."

For the next hour, I read my books to him and lounged around watching Netflix and Disney Plus. Eventually, I was getting tired and I almost fell asleep, but I wanted to spend time with Enzo because I knew he was upset.

He was full of energy and he was very happy with me around, but I just wanted to sleep. I didn't want to be rude, so I stayed up until 8:00 am. He could tell something was wrong, and now he was looking concerned.

"What's wrong?" he asked, sounding concerned.

"It's nothing, I'm fine." I replied in a I'm definitely not tired voice, but he didn't buy it, he knew I was tired.

He didn't say anything for a minute, then he had me lay down and put a blanket over me with the softest pillows he could find for me to rest my head on. He layed down next to me and smiled.

"Get some rest, you look exhausted." he said.

I inched my way over to him and put my arms around him. "You're a lot more comfortable to sleep on." I say before I fall asleep in his arms.