**I'm having loads of fun writing this story, and I hope all of you are having just as much fun reading it!
As I was asleep the nightmare that I dreaded so much came back again. I was sneaking down the hall, sneaking into the kitchen. The fear, the hunger felt so real. When I turned around the black silhouette in the doorway was still leering there. As he walked toward me the lightning flashed in the window. This time the glint off of the knife matched the menace in Blade's eyes as he slowly walked towards me. This time, I screamed.
I woke up in the bed on my plane, drenched in a cold sweat as always. My throat hurt. I must have actually been screaming. I got up and walked over to the bathroom, still feeling a little shaky. I turned on the cold water and cupped my hands under the flow of water. They were still shaking. I splashed the water over my face and took deep breaths to calm myself down. I was never this shaken by that nightmare; I had had it too many times. However, even now I couldn't get that image of Blade with that knife out of my head. I could honestly say that I was scared of him now.
I crawled back into bed, but I was afraid to shut my eyes. I didn't want to take the chance of seeing his face, his eyes like that ever again. I laid in bed staring up at my ceiling until it was 6 in the morning. I then decided to get up and get some breakfast.
I grabbed my key and walked out of my room. I was in the lounge by the time I realized that I had no idea where the kitchen was. I sighed and sat down on one of the chairs. I leaned my head back and shut my eyes.
"Having trouble sleeping Night? Simply couldn't get me out of your head I suppose?" I sat up straight at the sound of his voice. I slowly turned dreading to see if it really was him. To my horror it was. He was sitting in a chair not all that far away from me, smirking at his snide comment. If only he knew how he was stuck in my mind right now.
I probably looked like I was seeing a ghost. This must have been the case because as soon as he saw my expression he simply looked confused. Our eyes met and a shiver ran down my spine. Then I shot up out of my chair and ran from the room. I was scared simply looking him in the eye because all I could think about was the image of Blade standing there with the knife.
As soon as I reached my room I shut and locked the door. Around nine there was a soft knock on my door. I didn't make a sound, dreading what would happen if it was Blade on the other side of that door.
About an hour later there was another knock at my door. "Shea? It's me Lexie? Are you ok? Blade said that there's something wrong with you this morning."
"Yeah well you can tell Blade that he's an ass and can go screw himself!" I yelled back through the door. There was a pause and then quietly Lexie said, "Shea, please let me in. I know something is wrong."
I walked over to the door and opened it just a crack and then went back to my bed. I flipped on the television and started flipping through the channels.
Lexie came in and shut the door behind her. She sat at the edge of my bed then quietly asked, "Shea, what's going on with you? You don't exactly seem like the type of person to hole up in your room."
"I just don't feel like doing anything today alright? Go find Blane and hang with him instead of bugging me."
"Does this have something to do with Blade?"
I instantly stiffened at the sound of his name. I couldn't stop the fear that rippled through my body as that image of him floated through my mind.
"Shea, are you scared of him? I know he can be intimidating, but I don't see any reason to be scared of him. You stood up to him yesterday really well."
I glared over at Lexie. She shrunk back a little as I spoke. "Let's get one thing straight here. I. Am. Not. Afraid. Of. Bat Boy. He is nothing compared to some of the things that I have seen."
"But... he said that when you looked at him this morning your face paled and you looked like you had just seen a ghost or something. Then you ran into your room and you haven't come out since."
I took a deep breath. There was no way I could let Blade think that I was scared of him. I looked over at Lexie and finally looked her in the eyes. "I'm fine. He just reminded me of someone I knew a long time ago. Can we go get some food? I haven't eaten breakfast yet."
Lexie studied me for a couple seconds and I put a smile on my face to help convince her that I was really ok. "Alright let's go to the lounge. They bring the food to you out there."
As we were walking down the hall I realized that I would have to face Blade again. I could handle it though. He had never actually done anything to me, and he wouldn't be able to. I had learned to bottle up my fear a long time ago, and there was no way Blade could bring that wall down.
I walked into the lounge and saw that all the guys were over by Blade. Lexie started to walk over to them, but then looked hesitantly back at me. I walked straight past her and sat down next to Ayden, without displaying any sign of the fear, the fear that was locked up tight inside of me.
"Well, look who it is," Blade said, drawing out the l's in well. "I'll try not to scare you too bad this time."
I rolled my eyes and looked over at him. I made sure I kept my fear in check as his gaze met mine. "The only thing that scares me is your face. How anyone can look at you without running and screaming for dear life is beyond me." Once again, I got everyone sitting around Blade laughing at him. There was no way he would ever get the best of me like he had earlier today every again.
I leaned against Ayden and tuned out any response that Blade may have mustered up. I got my breakfast and ate my pancakes with a smile on my face. They were simply delicious!
The flight attendant came up and told us we would be landing at the school in an hour, so we should go make sure we were all packed up.
I walked to my room and put my clothes and clean up stuff back into my suitcase. I zipped it up and then went back out to the lounge. I was beyond excited to land. I sat down in a chair, but I was practically bouncing up and down in it I was so giddy. Soon the entire group was gathered, but only Lexie and I were super excited. All the guys had been at the school for a year already. They had just gone back and visited their parents for a week.
The plane once again touched down without me being able to feel a single thing. The door opened and the flight attendant told us all to head on out. Everyone on the plane got out before my group. Lexie and I were the last ones to get off the plane.
I ran into Lexie when she stopped in the doorway. "Lexie, what are you..." My sentence cut off immediately as I looked out at the school. My jaw simply dropped.
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