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Tell Me It's A Nightmare

"Tell me it's a nightmare
And you ain't going nowhere"

Stephanie Grecchi:
Jazz Dancer

I wake up in my own room and struggle to get up. My legs hurt so much. I take the blanket off and I see blood everywhere. What the fuck?

There's blood all over my stomach and there's a sharp pain from my stomach. I hear someone's deep voice and it sounds familiar. My...dad?

"If you wanted more cuts you should've just said so?" He says and picks up something sharp. I scream as he lowers it to my stomach and...

I wake up in a cold sweat in Emily's bed. I breathe heavily as my heart beat races fast. I'm all sweaty and hot. Emily wakes up and asks what's wrong and strokes my arm. I tell her about my dream and she sits up with me.

"Steph, you're wearing a long sleeve. Take your shirt off." She advises. I take my shirt off and feel a lot cooler. I lay back down with her and hold her hand in bed. I'm still scared because of that dream. A flashback of the blood comes to my mind for a split second and I flinch. Emily looks at me.

"Hey, it's okay, I'm here." She says and cups my cheek. She shuffles closer and kisses me. I turn on my side and she wraps her arms around my waist. I feel a lot better with Emily.

I wake up again but at my normal time ready to go to dance. I do my usual routine and go downstairs with Em. I sit down at the table and eat breakfast.

"How was your sleep last night, Em?" Elaina asks her. Emily looks at me and goes red. I know what she's thinking of. She's thinking of when we made out.

"I, um, slept just fine," She says nodding. She gets up and gets her bag. "I need to meet up with Michelle, bye," She quickly leaves. Elaina turns to me confused.

"Who's Michelle?" She asks.

"Her gir- friend. Just her friend," I answer giving a smile.

I see Emily sit down to drink water so I go up to her just to talk about the other night. I wanna know what we are.

"Hey Em," I say and sit down next her. She kind of shuffles away.

"Hey," She mumbles.

"Last night was um,"

"A mistake." She snaps and gets up. I look down.

"Why would you kiss me first then? Why didn't you pull away?" I say and then shrug my shoulders. "God, that's your whole problem Emily! You do something then you act like you're the victim and you never did it first. No wonder this team hates you!"

"Wha- Listen, when I kissed you, I didn't mean to. I regret it. I regret kissing a little self-centered bitch, who can't even handle a tiny bruise!" She shouts. A tear rolls down my face and I regret everything I ever felt for her.

"Fuck you Emily!" I snap and stick my middle finger up at her. She sarcastically smiles and walks away to go to her bitchy girlfriend. Miss Kate taps on her window and tells me to come into her office. She looks mad.

"Steph, what's going on? You two were best friends?" She asks. I look down and fiddle with my fingers. She sighs. I look back up at her. She has her hands on her hips.

"It's nothing," I say and sigh.

"Talk to me Stephanie, I'm here always if you need anything." She says and rubs my shoulder. I look up at her with teary eyes.

"We- we kissed and now she's saying that she, She didn't like it. Don't get her in trouble please,"

"Oh Stephanie, it's okay," She says as I start crying. She hugs me and I hug her back tightly. We pull away and she cups my cheek. She wipes my lonely tear that falls from my dull eye. I kiss her and she races her hand through my hair. David comes in and we spring away from each other quickly.

"Can I talk to Steph?" He asks. She nods and goes. He walks over to me.

"Hey," I say him and move my hair from my face.

"Listen, I just want things to go back to how it was. And I think, I think I've fallen for Daniel."

"That's great! And fine, we can be friends." I say and try to smile. It's not great. My eyes get teary again but no tears fall. He smiles. He hugs me and I hug him back.