With the incident at homecoming still looming in the air,for everyone involved the second semester for our favorite Westlakers that are going into their sophomore and junior year. It could be the most different yet difficult school year to say the l...
" The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect."- Peter A. Levine
No one's POV- Thursday night
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" No!!."
Elijah shouts sitting up quickly looking around his room breathing heavily as his heart starts to race wiping sweat off of his forehead having yet another nightmare worse than the last previous ones. Of what happened to him that night he's been unable to sleep properly with all the nightmares keeping him up on most nights.
Checking his alarm clock he sees it's 3 in the morning once again he's only gotten barely an hour of sleep. He grabbed his phone sending Marley a quick text, not even seconds later his laptop started to ping, Elijah grabbed his laptop from off his desk and brings it over to his bed opening it seeing it's Marley wanting to video chat he lets out a yawn before answering her.
" Was it the same dream?" She asks adjusting her laptop on her bed as she grabbed her glasses from her nightstand.
Elijah sits up a bit trying to get comfortable. "Yeah every night it's the same most nights but it's always a different outcome the bullet hitting me you running to me. But every time you try to get to me you go farther and farther away from me or there was one where I was hit blood getting everywhere I sunk into this weird swirled blood bath of darkness."
Marley frowns wiping away the tears in the corner of her eyes " Did you talk to anyone about these dreams? Maybe therapy can help you deal with this PTSD you are having."
Elijah nods playing in his hair. " Yeah I've been going to therapy it's just been so hard talking about it it was already stressful talking to police officers every corner I turned."
Wanting to change the subject." How have you been? I know me waking you up most of the time when I have these nightmares is messing you your sleep schedule."
Marley checked the time on her phone. " I've been struggling seeing you hurt made me sad I guess? I haven't been able to get much sleep either, Seeing you like that after you got out of the hospital I couldn't leave your side you know? I have these feelings that when you need me I feel it."
There's a knock on Elijah's door Elijah puts his laptop screen down a bit. " Come in." The door is open wider Elijah sees Andrew with a big bag of food. " What are you doing up?." Andrew asks in a hushed voice.
Elijah putting his laptop screen back up." What are you doing up? I had a nightmare and thought you weren't up so I called Marley now you tell me why you're up?." Andrew walked into Elijah's room closing the door quietly going over to his bed handing Elijah a cheeseburger, fries, and some nuggets.
" I went to Mario's Palace I got hungry buying extra food and next time text me you know I'll always pick you up but I'll leave you guys to talk." Before leaving Andrew puts a soda and the bag with more food inside on Elijah's nightstand by his bed before leaving his room completely.
