The Boy With The Rainbow Bracelets

Unexpected

I'm awakened by the light thrashing of Blake once again, but this time there's no screaming, thankfully.

I lean up on my elbow and face Blake, it's almost as if he's trying to fight someone off. I reach out to grab his arms just below his elbows when his hand shoots out and misses my face by mere milimetres. This time I put more force into my attempt and luckily don't get close to anymore attacks.

"Blake ! Blake c'mon, wake up ! It's just a dream Blake"

He seems to calm slightly at the sound of my voice and his arms stop thrashing about while his legs don't hold as much urgency as they kick out once again.

After a few more failed attempts to wake him up I do the next best thing that comes to mind, that's to lean down and just wrap one arm around his shoulders in a gentle embrace as my other arm goes down to hold his wrists together incase I startle him awake and he hits out again.

My head rests on his right shoulder and I turn my head to whisper into his hair.

"Shh, it's okay, you're going to be okay"

After a little while of just gently rocking back and forwards he starts to stir, so I let go of his wrists and lean backwards away from his face. Blakes eyes were open, but squinted with sleep and his face was crumpled up from whatever dream he'd been having. In a way it was sweet, but in another it made me feel sorry that I couldn't help him more.

"How are you feeling ?" I ask after he's sat back against the headboard just staring into the darkness behind me.

It took him a while to gather his bearings again but once he had his eyes bore into mine with such sadness it hurt.

"Same way I feel every time this happens, but I woke up from terror to see a beautiful face."

His remark startled me more than it flattered me, but it caused a smile to spread across my lips.

"Look, I don't want to re-live the terror, so please don't ask anymore questions. I would hate to be so rude to you Scarlet."

"Okay Blake, I understand. But I also understand that I do need to lay down and rest at least because sleep is obviously not an option for you."

Blake smiled almost knowingly at me. As if he understood that as much as I wanted to sleep I will not leave him to suffer for a second time tonight.

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We'd been laid down for about half an hour, just talking to each other about schoolwork and Blake's GCSE's when he went quiet, I didn't think anything of it so I just carried on explaining my English course. His silence unnerved me. I moved my head away from his chest and looked up at him.

"Hey, you alright ?"

"Hmm ? Oh, yeah i'm okay, just thinking."

"About what, may I ask ?"

"You may" He chuckled lightly. " Your beautiful kind face and nature is what i'm thinking about."

Blake stated it so cooly it was as it was normal, maybe it was to him.

As I was overthinking what Blake had said, he reached up and moved my hair out of my eyes and tucked it behind my ear.

"You know, you're adorable when you're concentrating"

I couldn't think of anything to say as he rested his hand on the back of my head and brought his face down to rest his forehead on mine. I will admit, Blake is attractive and his eyes make it easy to loose yourself in them. His personality was adorable as well,shyness mixed with a cocky side.

Blake lightly pushed the back of my head with his out stretched palm, causing my face to move forward, closer to his.

"I'm glad Izzie has a beautiful kind hearted friend."

Yeah, a friend tat you've only just met, I thought.

That was the last thing I heard before, being a massive law against myself and tilting my head slightly to the left to close the gap between us completely. Blake was taken aback by my move, he expected to have to push my head even more. But now he'd relaxed and tugged at my hair gently, causing a shiver to run through me. I felt Blake smile against my lips as I climbed onto his out stretched legs and wrapped my arms around his neck.