Breathe Me ↦ JB; *hiatus*

XI

Song of the Chapter: "Nightmare" by Miley Cyrus.

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I was in bed, just waking up. I saw that it was pouring outside. It never said it was going to rain, weird. I grabbed my phone, but it wouldn't turn on. I tried restarting it and that started to work, and then it just turned off again. What. The. Fuck. I sighed, throwing my phone across my bed. I got out of bed, walking downstairs. All of downstairs was empty, even though the digital clock read 3:54pm. I went upstairs to check all of the rooms and they were all empty also. Okay, also weird, did they go somewhere without me?

I went over to the house phone and dialed my mom's number, and waited for her to pick up. It went to voicemail. I tried my dad's number and the same thing happened. I ran my fingers through my hair. I went upstairs to get dressed and grabbed an umbrella. It was raining hard, but not an extreme storm. I saw that Justin's house looked normal and his car was parked in the driveway, thank God something's normal around here. I walked up and knocked on the door. Justin opened the door, and looked at me with a confused face.

"Who are you?" he asked, almost as if he didn't remember me, or as if I never existed.

"Madison. Justin, do you not know who I am?"

"No..? Should I? And how do you know my name?" He kept asking questions, almost afraid. Like if I was trying to hurt him. But I wasn't, I mean, he is my best friend. Right?

"You're my best friend, how do you not know who I am?"

He furrowed his eyebrows. "I just moved here. I don't have any friends yet."

I felt as if I wanted to cry, and my heart dropped down to my stomach. I had this gut-wrenching feeling, but I had no idea what the hell was going on. My phone not working, my family gone, Justin not knowing me. I feel like nothing's right, right now.

I started sobbing. He continuously asked me if I was okay, and then started yelling my name right in front of me.

Then everything went black. But I still heard him saying my name.

"Madison. Madison? Madison, wake up!"

Wake up? What?

"Madisooooon." He said, once again, and then I opened my eyes to see Justin, who was just shaking me to wake up.

I sat up quickly, and hugged him so tightly. Thank God it was all a dream.

"Woah, someone missed me in the 9 hours I was gone." He joked, chuckling while hugging me back.

I pulled away, and his hands were placed by my side. He pulled them away and stuffed them in his pocket, looking at me with a worried face.

"Are you okay? You seem a bit startled."

I nodded, sighing, not saying a word.

"Okay," he said, not convinced. "Well, I wanted to check up on you, since you seemed upset when you went to sleep."

"I'm okay." I assured him, getting out of bed. I walked over to my bathroom, brushing my teeth. I assumed Justin went downstairs, so I took a shower and got changed. I walked downstairs to see Justin wasn't there, and walked into the kitchen. Pattie and Justin were sitting at the table with both of my parents, and they all looked at me once I walked in.

"Am I interrupting something?" I asked, about to step back out.

"No, sweetie, Pattie came over and Justin came along with her to see you. Your father's just taken the day off work, too."