Jaded affection / Eddie Munson

47. Monday Monday

TW: NIGHTMARE

Im standing by a red door and I reach out taking hold of the knob, twisting it and pushing the door open. Im blinded by a bright light and throw my arms up trying to shield my eyes from the light. Slowly my eyes start to adjust to the brightness and I hear beeping of machines and then my eyes focus on a hospital bed. I walk a bit closer to it and see my mom is laying there. I go to reach out to her but my wrist on my other hand is grabbed tight and im yanked back and thrown into a hard wall. My head spins a bit and I look in front of me and there I see Paul looking down at me.

"If you scream out, there is a big chance your mom will never wake up." He says
"What , why?"
Paul grabs my wrist again and squeezes it hard and using his other arm he pins me to the wall.
"I cant let you go." He says with an evil smile.
"Eddie will stop you, hes not afraid of you."
Pauls smile grows wider. He lets my wrist go and snaps his fingers.

Out of the corner of my eye I see movement so I turn my head and see Jason and Derrick holding a beaten and bloody Eddie in between them. Derrick grabs Eddie by his hair and pulls his head back so he's looking right at Paul and myself .
"Yeah he cant help you, but he can watch."

Eddie tries to pull away from the 2 boys but its no uses they keep him steady between them. Paul starts to laugh and it echos loud in my ears. I turn my head and look at him.

"So now that I have your attention, I suggest you don't make a sound."
I turn my head away from him I cant stand to look at him anymore and my eyes lock with Eddie's. His eyes are filling with tears as mine spill down my cheeks. I feel Paul press himself against me and my body starts to tremble in fear.
"Please Paul, don't do this." I beg him.
He moves my face to look at him and bring his face closer to mine I just cant help it I have to scream but just as I was going to do it Paul smashes his lips into mine.

I jolt up shaking and immediately burst into tears. I feel Eddie move next to me and warm hands are thrown around me. He pulls me down close to him and places my head onto his chest.
"Babe whats wrong." He says
"It...was...horrible." I shudder out between my sobs.
"Shhhhh, shhh its ok."
"Eddie I I know...its not real...bbut it felt like it was." I get out and try to get myself to stop crying. God I hate crying.
"Do you want to talk about it?"

I shake my head yes and try to calm down a bit. Eddie runs his hand down my arm trying to smooth me. I take a deep breath in and let it out.

"Paul had me and threatened my mom. Derrick and Jason held you down they had beaten you up worse then before and they were making you watch Paul touch me. I woke up when he kissed me...aaand...and... I just cant take it anymore." I say and start to cry again.
"Its ok sweetheart, its just a dream. That didnt happen." He whispers into my ears "I got you and im here to help you." He continues to run his hand up and down my arm.

His touch is starting to help ground me. He runs the fingers from his other hand through my hair and im finally able to stop my crying and the shaking slows down. As im resting against Eddie's bare chest I breath his sent in and close my eyes. He kisses the top of my head and I feel my body start to relax more against his. My mind starts to clear and I feel myself drift off to sleep.

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I hear my alarm going off and I groan turning around trying to reach the damn thing to turn it off. My hand finally lads on it and it turns off. Ugh its now time to get ready for school. I turn to look at Eddie and hes already awake and looking at me, so I smile at him.
"Hey princess, you doing any better."
"Yeah I'm better and happy you were able to calm me down so I could go back to sleep."
Eddie smiles at me and leans over to kiss me. "Im happy to help. Now go get in the shower so we can get ready for school."