Chapter 2: An expected visitor

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Chapter two: An Expected Visitor

Two Months later-

Rose awakes with a gasp, sweat pouring from her temples. Flashes from her nightmare pouring through her head like a waterfall of horrors. She shivers and pulls her blanket up around her pajamas, hiding under them as if they could protect her from every nightmare she had last night. She finds she is too frightened to fall back asleep. She resigns to lying under the blankets protective shell until light stabs through the fabric and onto her face.

She pulls down her blanket to see the alarm blare with red letters, 7:13 A.M.

Rose pads out of her room down the small apartment hall. Her mother had invited her to stay with her, but Rose wanted her own space for a while.

She enters her small kitchen and starts brewing herself a hot coco. She sits on the couch, wraps her self in a fuzzy blanket of her moms and clutched the mug, warming her hands. Suddenly she jumps as a small tap on the door sounds. She knows who it is.

Rose rolls her eyes tiredly, sets down the mug, and walks over to the door. Through the peephole she can she a fish-eyed view of the whitewashed hall and a man in a tight blue suit, bouncing anxiously on his converse clad feet. 

She resigns to opening the door, suddenly wishing she had taken the time to put something on other then her robe.

He looks at her tight lipped and nervous. 

Her expression blank, she says. "What do you want?"

Used to the rejection, he swallows and says. "I'm sorry, did I wake you up? I just popped 'round, thought I'd see how you're doing." 

Rose takes a minute to think, then makes a decision she had swore she never would make.

She steps to the side. "Come in."

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