Secrets I keep

was it a dream?

He smiled at me, a very sinister smile and then I could feel his fingernails as they dug into my arms. I was sure he drew blood, but all I could think of was the pain as he got closer to me. His face inches from my jaw, he drew a deep breath, and let out a soft laugh, his nose touching my jawbone and slowly gliding down my neck. It was as if he was smelling my fear, then he opened his mouth. I could feel his hot breath on me, his teeth grazing the base of my neck, Making me shiver.

I awoke with a start, had it all been a dream I thought. Looking around my sunlit room everything seemed undisturbed my books were all lining my desk some carefully stacked on top of others somehow defying the laws of gravity. My clothes pushed to the corner into two separate piles, clean and dirty. Everything was just as I had left it. Maybe it was all a dream, or a nightmare, a very painfilled nightmare. I pulled up my sleeves and saw a big faded bruise wrapped around my arm, then I got out of bed and walked to my mirror to look at my neck. I quickly turned my neck from side to side and winced in pain the right side of my neck was very tender and slightly red, two small bumps of raised skin were visible. I took my finger and gently touched the bumps causing a horrible gut churning feeling to overcome me making me dry heave, after composing myself, I ran to my computer and logged into my social media account pulling up my messages. I had one new message, his name appeared. My trembling hands hovered over the message to open it. " I had fun last night, how about you kiss me next time? ;)"

I quickly shut my laptop. I tried remembering how I had gotten to my room, but I couldn't think everytime I did my head would throb. I looked at my clock it was 7:45 and I had class in an hour. I got ready pulling on a thick knitted cream colored sweater over my dark skinny jeans I slipped on my boots and headed to the kitchen in search of breakfast. After brushing my hair and teeth, I dusted on some powder and brushed on some mascara before heading out into the crisp outside air. I had some time to kill before class and all I could think about was him...his eyes, so piercing, so full of hate. Had I done something to him to make him hate me? I was brought out of my deep thoughts by my friend Caleb. "Hey Emery don't think so hard the veins in your forehead will pop"! "Ha-ha your so funny Caleb" I said as I rolled my eyes at him. Caleb was my best friend I met him on the first day of University. He was a cocky goofball and after a failed attempt to hit on me, which resulted in me laughing so hard I fell out of my chair and him in turn laughing back at me. After that first day we became best friends. We sat together each class and studied at his apartment. He was telling me about the project he was presenting to the class today, it was about how we could use recycled materials to make furniture. He pulled a chair cushion from his bag. He had sewed it from a cloth made from plastic bottles. I was so jealous of his sewing skills it was one of two skills I didn't posses the other being singing. I was telling him about my project when the professor walked in cutting our discussion short. "Good luck" he whispered giving me a thumbs up. I just nodded back. After class, which had gone great everyone loved my project on recycled papermaking. It also might of been because I bribed each of them with a small recycled paper box filled with candy. Caleb and I walked to my next class, he always dropped me off. I told him I would see him after school for dinner at 8:00.

I threw down all of my things beside me and plopped down on the bench outside the back of the school staring at the fountain, it was copper but the water had turned parts of it blue, it was one of my favorite places on school to relax. The sun was setting making the fountain glitter, and the aquatic plants turned it into a magical little world . I reached over and took a book out of my bag it would be another hour and a half until caleb got out so I could catch up on my reading. I must of fallen asleep because I woke up to the feeling of being watched and a rustling noise coming from a bush on the other side of the fountain. "Oooo I'm soooo scared someone help me a scary caleb is trying to attack me" I giggled to myself. Another rustling noise coming from behind me made me turn, it was caleb running towards me. "Hey Em. sorry it took so long ready for some food"!?
"I heard a noise behind the bush I thought it was you". I said in a shaky voice. "It must of been a squirrel let's go"! He said pulling me up off the bench a little to roughly. "Geez caleb you're such a gentleman!" I said sarcastically as I pulled away from him in annoyance. "Sorry Em. I didn't mean to be so rough ", he said while rubbing his neck "do you want me to go check the bushes"?
"No, you were probably right about it being a squirrel. Let's just go I'm starving". I said. To show him I wasn't annoyed with him anymore I jokingly punched him in the arm. "First one there gets to pick where we eat"! I yelled behind me as I sprinted to the car. I could hear him whine about it not being fair since he had to carry both of our stuff.