The End.

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I quickly sit up, nearly crashing my head into the bed. There were two feet hanging down from the top bunk.

Ali?

The toenails were painted bright purple, her signature. It has to be her!

I stand up and call out to her, only no words leave my mouth.

In fact, I can't even move my mouth. I try to wave her attention, because she's looking right through me, but I still can't move. I begin to panic, which only makes things worse. Sweat beads up on my forehead and the back of my neck and my hair is stuck to my back. At this point I'm unable to even blink.

Ali! I scream inside my head. ALI!

She still doesn't move. There's a horrible feeling in my chest that I can't understand. The walls are closing in on me and I can't move at all. I begin hyperventilating which makes things so much worse. The panicky feeling that I used to always get is back, and it's enclosing my entire body with horrible shakes that I can't control. Alison looks straight at me and blinks. Then she opens her mouth as if to say something but falls backwards into oblivion. "Ali! Ali!" I try to scream. Nothing will come out of my mouth.

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I immediately feel sweat dripping down my forehead and my hair is sticky. It was only a nightmare.

Just to reassure myself, I stand up and walk around, not seeing anything different than usual. Ali isn't sitting in the bed, and I can move.

"You're okay." I tell myself. I still can't shake the feeling that something is horribly wrong.

"I'm okay. Just a dream-" I mutter to myself, still checking to make sure I can talk.

I sit back in my bed, wishing that I could sit in a freezer from being so hot right now.

Then, I decide I should go get a bottle of water or I won't be able to sleep for the rest of the night.

I open the silent door to my room and tip-toe out. I didn't know what time it was, so I don't want to wake anyone up.

I continued to walk as silently as possible until I reached the cafeteria. Then. I pulled open the large refrigerator door and pulled out a bottle of water from the bottom drawer.

Then, I twisted the annoying cap off and chugged it down.

"Carter?"

I turn around to where the voice came from, scanning for someone in the dark.

"Calum?" I whispered back.

"What are you doing awake?" He walks out of the shadows and into the dim lights of the kitchen where I'm standing.

"Bad dream." I responded, suddenly feeling insecure about my hair being stuck up and my pajama bottoms with cupcakes printed all over them.

He was wearing pajamas too. Not like he could have been sneaking out or something, but his weren't embarrassing like mine.

"About your sister?" He questioned. I sucked in a breath not wanting to remember.

"Y-yeah." I finally managed to stutter out.

"I'm sorry." He said. I've always wondered why everyone apologizes when something bad happens. It's not their fault. Calum couldn't help that my sister ran off and went missing. She's probably dead by now, and he couldn't change that if he wanted to. It just makes no sense to me.

I nodded my head in response, not being able to think of anything good to say.

"Come on. I'll walk you back to your room." He grabbed my arm and began walking back to my compartment. I walked with him step by step until we reached my room.

"Thanks Calum. See you tomorrow." I said, pulling him in for a hug and nuzzling my face into his chest.

He gently smiled and led me further into the hallway, then turned around and walked away. He turned back to check if I was walking and I wasn't, but then I started again.

I crawled into my bed, feeling the effects of walking around while I should be sleeping. My head felt heavy on the pillow and my eyes fluttered closed.

Then a figure walked through my door and crawled up the ladder to Alison's top bunk.

He was wearing plaid sweatpants and a white t-shirt, so it couldn't be Calum.

It had to be Kyle.

"Carter?" He whispered quietly. If I hadn't been listening for him I would have missed it.

"Goodnight Kyle."

"Goodnight." He responded. I closed my eyes, finishing the conversation and preparing for sleep.

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I actually have had time to write, so double update this week! Vote maybe??

teaser: Kyle and Carter finally have the heart-to-heart that's been anticipating between them. We finally find out what Kyle's been feeling these past weeks.