𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃. ( discontinued )

CHAPTER 3

  The Following Night
I woke up in the middle of the night due to a nightmare. I'm sweating and shaking, trying to figure out what's real and what isn't. It felt like I was trapped in my dream, but I didn't realize that I was in my dream. Then I saw a figure in the door, and I tried to move, but I couldn't. At that point, I had a panic attack and started sobbing. My cries were silent because my mouth was glued to shut. I closed my eyes and started praying because I was terrified of reliving this sleep paralysis again. Eventually, I woke up from my dream instead of waking up inside it. I looked at the time on my phone and it said 2:30 AM. I go to the bathroom, and I look at myself in the mirror. I have dried tears on my face, and my eyes are puffy. I put on some brown noise on my TV, and I have a peaceful sleep.
                                     
                                     9:00 AM
I wake up again, with nothing to do. So I get out of the bed, and do my morning routine. After that, I get dressed in a hoodie, some sweatpants, and some slides. I told myself I wasn't going out today, and I meant that. I still have brown noise on my TV, and I'm going to keep it on. In the meantime, I'm going to smoke while I watch TikTok.  So I roll up the window and start rolling up my blunt, seal it up, and light it up. I Facetime Rae and Né while I'm smoking my joint. We're all laughing and giggling until Rae brings up the night that Enriqué had hit me. I didn't know what to say, I forgot all about it. It also made me remember what happened yesterday. I told her to be quiet, and I told them how I felt, and I also told them about yesterday.

                                      11:00 AM
I got off the phone with Rae and Né, and I went to the kitchen to get some food. I saw Enriqué and I said hey to him. I hugged him, and he looked down at me. I asked "What's wrong?" and he said "Nothing." "You know you can tell me anything, you know that right?" I asked. He said, "I don't know Si'Aire, can I?" I was confused about why he said that, so I said "Yes you can. You don't need permission from me to get your feelings out Enriqué." He then said, "Okay, but I'll tell you when I feel safe enough to tell you, okay ma?" "Okay, just know I'm always here," I told him. I got my food, gave him a kiss, and went back to my room. After I was done eating, I took a nap.

                                       3:00 PM
I woke up again due to my nap being interrupted by my sister Serenity calling my phone. "Hello?" I asked. "Si'Aire! I know you're probably sleeping, but can I come over to your house? Mom and Dad kicked me out today." Serenity said. "Serenity, how the fuck did you get kicked out? What did you do now?" I asked. "Uh, I'll tell you when I get there. But can I come over? Please? 3 days max." "Fine. But don't pull any bullshit or I'll have to kick you out my damn self. Got it?" I told her. "You got it! Bye!" "Bye," I said. I texted Enriqué saying my little sister is coming over for 3 days. He responded with a thumbs-up emoji and said "Okay, cool." I told him we had to clean up before she came over. "Alright," he said. "Alright, bye" I said.