The Never Ending Nightmares

Chapter Four

I woke up to the nice warm sun hitting my face and skin. It's crazy to me how I can feel the heat of the sun, even though I'm stuck in a nightmare. I look over and see Aaron laying on a beach chair, just soaking in the nice warm sun. I wish we could just stay here and relax, but sadly we can't do that because we both know what's about to come in a few minutes.

"When does the boat start sinking Aaron?"

"That's the first thing you ask me? While we are on this nice cruise ship right now" Aaron says jokingly.

"Well, I'm just wondering, shouldn't we be getting prepared right now instead of just laying here in the nice warm sun."

"The cruise ship doesn't start sinking right away, we have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the nice summer breeze."

"How do you know its summer time in this dream?"

"Why else would we be on a cruise ship?"

What a fucking smart ass. I hate how honest he is, but at the same time in an odd way, I find comfort in how honest he is to me, even if it can come out a bit rude. Helps me know I can somehow trust Aaron. I want to trust Aaron because if I can't, maybe I will never find a way out of these nightmares.

"Can you at least tell me the plan right now so I'm not a lost puppy?"

"Once the cruise ship starts to sink. We have to run to the opposite side to get on these mini lifeboats. That's how we can make sure we are safe and don't risk anything happening to us. The ship starts to sink near sundown and it's not sundown just yet"

"That's all we have to do? That sounds pretty easy"

"I wish it sounds that easy but it's not, you have to run through all the people and get past security, the mini lifeboats are only in the VIP section of the cruise"

Why are all these nightmares so fucked up and confusing? Why are me and Aaron both experiencing these messed up nightmares? I must have done something really bad in reality to get this punishment.

Out of nowhere me and Aaron hear screaming.

"Fuck fuck fuck" Aaron says getting up quickly and dragging me out of the beach chair.

We start running past all the people, who are freaking out for their lives.

"What the hell is happening Aaron? Why is all of this happening early?"

"I don't know Sam, but just run right now please!"

Me and Aaron start running to the other side of the cruise ship. I have never run so fast in my life ever. I kept thinking what would happen if I got killed right now, on this cruise ship. Would I wake up from this horrible nightmare if I did? Or would I be stuck in complete darkness for the rest of my life? All I know is that I don't want to figure that out anytime soon. I want to survive. I want to escape with Aaron, that's all I fucking know right now...

So many people are shoving me which made me lose my grip on Aarons's hand...

"Aaron?! Aaron where are you?!"

Shit shit, I fucking lost him, I fucking lost Aaron.

I need to find a lifeboat now, I don't want to die, I don't want to be stuck here anymore. I miss my home. I miss my family, friends, job, and school. I want it all back right now. Please I just want to go home.

I start running to the area me and Aaron were heading to. I'm praying Aaron made it over there safely. I hope I make it over there. It breaks my heart to think of Aaron being all alone here again in this fucked up nightmare. No one deserves to go through that. I have to find safety for me and Aaron's sake as well.

"Sam, Sam where are you?!" I start running back trying to find Sam. I need Sam alive. I need her to be safe so we can both get out of this hell hole.

I start running around, losing my breath. I realized at this moment that I need to trust Sam that she listened to everything I said earlier and ran down to where the VIP section is at. I hope she made it over there. Im hoping Sam made it over there safely.

After a few moments of running, I finally made it onto the mini lifeboats with a few other people. I see Sam running.

 "SAM, over here, SAM IM HERE!"

Why do I hear someone yelling my name straight ahead? I realized it was Aaron in one of the boats.

"AARON wait please don't let the boat drop PLEASE"

Im running, Im running so fast to get to that damn boat... I realized that was the last lifeboat on the cruise also. So many people are in the way. I'm almost there to safety.

"Please sir, just wait a few moments to let the boat down, my friend is right there!" Aaron says pleadingly.

The man doesn't listen to me and he puts the boat down.

No...NO...

I start running full force, but the boat went down. What the hell am I supposed to do now...

Then the stupidest idea comes to my head. I have to jump off this cruise ship and swim to that dam lifeboat that Aaron is in...

I get a running head start. Moments later I'm in the air. And land in the cold ocean. I start swimming to the lifeboat.

"Aaron, IM RIGHT HERE HELP ME"

Aaron sees me and makes the people help me.

The boat starts coming towards me slowly. They all help me onto the boat. Aaron holds me tight to help me warm up.

"Sam, are you crazy? You could have died or gotten hurt"

He seems genuinely actually scared for me. Why does he care so much for me when he hardly even knows me at all? But I also feel the same towards him.

"It was the only way to get on this small ass boat".

Aaron and I start laughing.

We slowly start drifting away on the mini boat.

We are both holding each other to keep each other warm.

Slowly I and Aaron start drifting away into the fifth nightmare. Who knows what will happen next in this nightmare?