5SOS - Babysat By Idiots 2

Chapter 2

THAT NIGHT...

"You are an attention whore!"

"You have no life!"

"You suck, Nicole Hood!"

"Guys, stop. I didn't do anything to you," I said standing in a crowd of girls outside my house who claimed to be fans of 5sos. "You are an ungrateful loser! They don't even deserve you!" Yelled a girl. My heart was breaking. "They don't love you!" Someone yelled. My vision started getting blurry. I felt weaker. I looked at my arms to see blood. Lots of blood. I squinted my eyes to see where the blood was coming from. My arms had cuts on them, all up my forearm. And that's when I fell down to the ground. My head bounced and my vision was fully gone.

I woke up to loud banging and pitter-pattering outside. It was still dark. I instantly got up not feeling tired at all. I heard voices downstairs. I wasn't scared though because I knew it was Calum, Michael, Luke, and Ashton. I wonder what's going on. I got out of my bed and walked towards the lights. I clicked them on and off continuously but they wouldn't work. Power outage? I walked out my door and down the stairs. It was so dark, I could barely see anything. I looked into the living room to see 3 bodies; Michael, Luke, and Ashton. They all saw me and Ashton said, "Oh, Nicole. You're awake. I'm so sorry. There's been a power outage because of the terrible storm outside." Then Michael continued, "Did the storm wake you up?" I replied, "Yeah, it did." Luke called me over and he sat on the couch with me. Then Calum came out of the kitchen with 2 candles in his hands. He put one on the table. "Well the storm isn't going to stop anytime soon," said Calum, "so that means we're not gonna be sleeping anytime soon." I said, "It is really loud outside." Calum agreed and asked, "Anybody have their phones with them?" Michael pulled his phone out of his back pocket and said, "Here's mine. I can check any updates for the weather." He checked and several seconds later, he said, "Updates say that lights won't be back on 'till 4:00 in the morning." I asked him, "What time is it right now?" He looked at me and said, "12:41."

Nicole: So what are we supposed to do now?

Calum: Well I'm not sure. I guess all we can do at the moment is stay up and hang out.

Luke: I think we should definitely make the best use of our time and play some games.

Ashton: Okay, so what should we play?

Luke: That's where you come in. I thought of the idea of playing a game, now you have to think of the game.

They all laughed. I shivered. It was quite cold to be honest. "We need blankets," I said. Ashton said, "Okay, I can go get them. There's a whole bunch in my walk-in closet. But I'm gonna have to take a candle with me." Calum said, "Be my guest. We have loads. Take this one," and Calum handed it to Ashton. Then he went to the kitchen to grab some more. Now it was just me, Michael, and Luke in the room. Michael said, "Sorry the storm woke you up, Nicole. It woke us up too. You were probably having a good sleep, weren't you?" I looked down and said, "Umm... i-it was okay." Luke said, "Did you have another bad dream?" I replied, "Kind of. But it's okay."

Michael: Nicole, this is the 4th time this week you've had a bad dream and you haven't told us about it. Sometimes talking about your dreams helps you. It also helps make sure those dreams don't come back.

Nicole: Umm...

(Ashton comes down)

Ash: Okay, I got the blankets.

I decided not to tell my dream simply because I knew what it was from. And yeah, this isn't the first time I've had a dream like this. Ever since Ashton brought up the time I cut, I've had these dreams. Not exactly the same ones, but the same topics. This one was of fans insulting me through a crowd and then me looking at my bloody arms filled with cuts. My last one was of me being chased by a whole bunch of girls with pitchforks and posters of insults. And at the end, my vision got blurry, I looked at my arms, and saw blood and cuts. At the end of all my dreams, it ends with me looking down at my arms full of bloody cuts. I don't understand.

Ash: What are you guys talking about?

Luke: Nicole was just about to tell us about her bad --

Nicole: Where's Calum? Shouldn't he be back with more candles by now?

Ashton doesn't know about my bad dreams. Only Calum, Michael, and Luke do. I just don't want that topic to be brought up again. 😒