Collide || H.S

Chapter-10

I stand in middle of the ballroom right below the chandelier with the light of the chandelier being the only thing lighting up the room. I look down and see I'm wearing a red gown but it's not a usual red color. This was a shade of red that brought a scent of fear through my spines. I hear voices of people greeting each other and talking to each other. I hear the clinging sound of spoons and plates. But unfortunately I can't see anything. I look around but the light is only on me and I'm the only person in the room. Suddenly a light flashes revealing stairs covered with delicate red colored carpet. This shade of red somehow encouraged me. Something told me to go up the stairs, so I did. After going up the stairs I see a wooden door . I don't know why but I felt like I've seen that door before. The door slowly came closer to me even though I didn't take a single step. I turn the knob of the door to walk into a dark room. Nothing was seen. It was just dark.

Then suddenly I feel a hand grip my wrist and shove me against the wall. As I look at the person I see him. "Se-Sean" I stutter.

"Hey babe, long time no see." He says with an evil smirk on his face as he starts hungrily kissing my neck.

"Let me go!" I shout and scream for help but no one listens. No one comes to help. I keep shouting and shouting when suddenly I hear the sound of a firing gun.

I jolt up drenched in my own sweat. God. It was just a dream. Thank god. It was just a dream. Natalie, you're safe here. I try to confront myself. My eyes are flooded with tears. I let them freely fall. There is no one to see me.

I look at the clock and with a blurry vision I see it's three in the morning. I've heard if you dream around this time you're dreams come true. Well that piece of superstition wasn't helping me at all right now. I bury my face in my pillow as I cannot stop crying. All those memories rushes back to me. I've been thinking too much about my past this days. Nightmares aren't a new thing. I usually cry my fears out. There were days where I spent all the hours crying.

The worst part was not having anyone there waking up from my nightmares. Just me. You never had anyone and you never will my subconscious told me. And somehow maybe I learnt how to live with it.

It's time for me to go to work. I couldn't sleep after that nightmare. My eyes are bloodshot red and my cheeks and eyes are all swollen up. Shit. Not another day at work like this. I wash my face and put on make up to hide the fact that I was crying last night. I put on whatever I got in front of me and that was jeans and a black shirt. I don't really care about how I look right now. That's the least of my worries.

I drive to Amethyst and as I reach there I take a deep breathe and try to release the tension a little bit. I get my things and enter my supreme workplace. I settle on my desk not greeting anyone. Then that one person with tall lean body and piercing emerald eyes walks into the room.

"Hey Natalie." He says as he settles down.

"Hi." I manage to say but then I realise that my voice just cracked.

"Are you okay?" He asks curiously.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I say not making any eye contact this whole time.

He doesn't any question. Maybe I just got away with it. I don't need any more drama right now. I'm really sick and tired of all these nightmares.

Lunch time starts and everyone goes to the break room. Steve asked me to go but I said that I wasn't hungry so I'm just gonna stay here. Everyone was gone except one person. Harry.

"Natalie, what's wrong?" He asked turning his chair and sitting facing me.

"Nothing."

"Don't lie. That day when I called you 'Christy' you just rushed off to somewhere without saying anything. And it's been two days you came to work with swollen eyes. What the hell is going on?"

"Nothing Harry. It's nothing."

"Bullshit." I could see the anger in his eyes. He was angry because he knew I was lying.

"I'm driving you home today and you're gonna tell me what the fuck is going on." He says. It was more of a command than a request.

"What? No. You're not driving me home and I'm not telling you anything. " I say.

He's eyes suddenly changed to a different shade of green. It had more of an soft and sympathetic shine.

"Natalie, please. I can't see you crying everyday." His words took me by surprise. Why did he care?

"Why do you even care?"

"I don't know. I just do."

Even though his answer made no sense it gave me a feeling of safety that I haven't felt in a really long time.

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- Dana