I Dare You

Nightmares

One Month 1 Day

Stiles P.O.V.

I woke to the sound of my phone ringing. I could already tell it was Lydia, so I picked up the phone right away. "Hey Lyds. What's up?" I said in a raspy voice.

"Stiles? Sorry did I wake up, I'll just go." She sounded as if she had been crying. "No Lyds, it's okay. I was already awake, I couldn't sleep. But what's wrong?" I was worried, it's been happening lately. She's been waking up late at night terrified. Sometimes it went to the point her Mom found her at the corner of her room as if she saw something. Lydia hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately, and it's been affecting her. "I had a dream again." I sighed, the nightmares were basically getting to her. I'm pretty sure she's afraid to sleep.

So without hesitation I got up, and put on some grey sweatpants and a black v neck while I still had Lydia on the phone. "Was it the same dream?" She seemed to take a long pause, and I could already feel more tears falling down.

I got my keys, and hurriedly got into my jeep, immediately heading to Lydia's house. "No, it wasn't the same dream. It was worse." By the time she manage to say that sentence I was already at her house. I knew Ms. Martin would be mad if I woke her up, so I climbed the side of the house, and on to the roof that extended from her window. "Lydia, open your window." I could hear her footsteps, and the window went up.

What I saw broke my heart more. Lydia's eyes were all red and puffy from the crying. Her hair was a mess, and untamed. Lydia's eyes widened at the sight of me, she quickly went into her bathroom. I entered her room, and closed the window. I went to the bathroom door and tried to open it but she locked it.

"Lydia, come on open up now." I said in a whisper, but loud enough for her to hear. I guess she didn't expect me to see her. But Lydia didn't reply, I walked back to her bed, and waited for her to open the door. It wasn't long, because 10 minutes later, Lydia came out the door. I walked towards her, and hugged her tight. "It's okay Lydia. I get them too." I led her to the bed, and tucked her in, I kissed her forehead and smiled. Even though she probably thought that she looked like a mess, I thought she still looked beautiful.

I was about to walk to the window to get out, when Lydia pulled my arm. She quietly whispered, "Stay." I knew I couldn't say no, even if I wanted to. "Okay, I'll stay. I'll just sleep on the floor."

But before I could, Lydia pulled me on to the bed. I looked at her confused. "Just sleep on the bed, I feel safer." I nodded and turned off the lights. Lydia was facing towards the wall, and I decided to make a bold move. I wrapped my arms around her, for a second I thought she was about to slap me. But instead she snuggled more into my embrace. "Goodnight Lydia." I closed my eyes, and fell asleep.