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Chapter 21

- Mark's POV -
I held her in my arms. She was still shaking slightly. I pulled the blanket that had fallen down to her arms up over her shoulders. That seemed to help a bit.
I leaned back on the couch slowly as she was falling asleep; I made sure not to move her. I laid my head on the arm rest and let her head lay on my chest. I hugged her back and closed my eyes. We slept there for a while, I woke before she did. I looked at her and smiled. It was as if God himself had sent me this angel. She was literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I fell in love with her all over again. She nuzzled her head on my chest and moved her hands up to under her head. I laid my head back and closed my eyes again; when suddenly I heard little noises. I opened my eyes to see her fidgeting in her sleep. She appeared to be having some sort of nightmare. "Jess...?" I asked gently; trying to slowly sit up. She didn't wake up; she just kept on squirming. "Jess? Baby?" I placed my hand on her head and she woke startled. "Hey, hey," I said. "It's just me...are you okay?" I asked her.
She looked disoriented and was still somewhat asleep. I asked again. "Hey, baby, you okay?". She nodded and I stroked her hair. I wasn't too sure she was okay.

- Jessica's POV -

I woke up in this dark room, there was no one around. I started walking into the darkness; I started to hear faint voices. I couldn't tell where they were coming from; so I kept walking. The voices started to get louder; I started to walk faster. "Pathetic..." I heard someone whisper. "Useless..." someone else whispered. "Who said that?" I stopped walking. I spun around, there was no one there. "Hello?" I asked cautiously. "Not loved..." someone whispered. I turned back around and started to walk, as soon as I did; the voices got louder and louder, ringing in my ears. "WHO IS THERE?!" I screamed. "COME OUT!" Nothing.
I kept running until it felt as though something grabbed my ankle. It felt cold and bony, it wrapped its fingers around my ankle and I shook to get it off. "LET GO!" I screamed. Something else grabbed my other ankle, I was unable to move. I whipped my body to see what was grabbing me, pitch black. I started screaming and shaking my body violently. "Worthless..." I heard a voice say. "Who the fuck is that?!" I shouted. "SHOW YOURSELF!" By this time my legs were being grabbed and they were now up to my waist. "Not important..." "No one cares..." "You're better off dead..." one after another, the voices were now nonstop. "Stop! Stop! STOP!" I screamed. My entire body was almost consumed. I physically could not move. "Ugly..." "Pathetic..." "Useless..." the voices kept overlapping themselves. I opened my mouth to scream again, but nothing came out. My entire body was consumed by the darkness. All of a sudden I felt a hand on my head. I woke up in a startle. "Hey, hey, its just me...are you okay?" I heard a voice say. I was still hearing the voices. "Hey, baby, you okay?" I heard the same voice say. I looked and saw Mark looking down at me concerned. I nodded with my head still on his chest. He started to stroke my hair, he was trying to calm me; my mind was still racing from the dream I just had. It felt so real, I felt like I had just been consumed by the darkness.