Somniphobia

Chapter 3. Exhaustion

Aria POV
I whimpered softly as I looked up at what I bumped into. "Do you always walk with your head down?" He asked me as I looked up at him. "N-no." I stammered.

"Well you do it awfully a lot seems like you don't even notice it." He replied making me feel embarrassed. "You should be more cautious princess." He warned me.

"T-that's n-not m-my n-name." I argued pouting at him angrily as he began to laugh at me. "Shh." I hushed him reminding him that my parents were sleeping and his friend.

"I know that isn't your name princess." He laughed out smiling at me for the first time since he came here. "T-then w-why a-are y-you c-calling m-me t-that I-if y-you k-know I-it's n-not m-my n-name?" I asked him reasonably.

He looked at me staring into my eyes while his jaw clenched softly. "You remind me of a princess." He admitted to me. I blushed instantly staring down at the floor so he wouldn't notice.

"Why are you up so late little one?" He asked me. "I w-went t-to g-ge-get m-myself s-so-some w-water." I stammered nervously while staring down at the floor.

"You shouldn't be up so late." He told me making me feel like a child getting scolded by her parents about being up past my bed time. "I-I'm e-eighteen I d-don't h-have a b-bed t-time I c-can b-be u-up l-late y-you k-know." I stated.

He smirked stepping closer towards me causing me to back up against the wall nervously. He stood right in front of me resting his hand against the wall above my head while staring down at me with a playful smile on his face.

"Are you getting smart with me little one?" He asked me as I stared up at him nervously from how close he was to me. "N-no." I stammered softly. "Y-you s-should g-go t-to b-bed." I told him angrily.

"Yeah?" He asked smirking at me. "W-why a-are y-you u-up?" I asked him since he was questioning me. "Same reason you got up." He replied taking my water bottle out of my hand.

"H-hey t-that's m-mine." I complained reaching to grab it from him. He lifted the bottle of water up in the air so I couldn't reach it. "It's mine now princess." He told me not caring how upset I was about my water bottle.

"Y-your m-mean." I pouted grabbing onto his shoulders to pull his arm down so I could grab my water from him. He pushed me back against the wall roughly his facial expression changing into an angry expression quickly.

I whimpered in pain from how harshly he pushed me into the wall. "Don't fucking touch me." He said in a harsh tone as tears filled my eyes. I ran past him rushing into my bedroom.

I crawled into my bed covering myself in my blanket crying softly. I took a deep breath to calm myself down but my eyes began to burn causing more tears to come rushing down my cheeks.

I closed my eyes softly just to stop the burning sensation in them for a little because it was making me cry even more. I could feel my body slowly shutting down trying to force me into falling asleep.

I opened my eyes quickly sitting up on my bed refusing to allow myself to fall asleep. My eyes felt heavy closing on their own momentarily causing me to force them open again.

I laid back on my bed staring up at the ceiling to keep myself awake. My eyes slowly fluttered closed despite me trying to keep them open. I thought of those pretty forest green eyes staring back into my plain brown ones.

He was so mean and scary, he made me so nervous I hated it. I never felt attracted to someone in my life until I met him. His eyes were so pretty but he was so handsome and scary too.

He had huge biceps that looked like they could crush someone's skull easily. And his arms had bulging veins all over them, they looked like lightning strikes all over his skin on his arms.