Bully ~A Reed Deming FanFiction~

Chapter 23

Ch. 23 - More Sneaking Around

"Faith," I heard my mom say. I turned to look at her. "Are you okay?"

"Um, yeah" I lied, still trying to process what happened. "Just a dream." That turned into a freaking nightmare.

"It seemed like it was more than just a dream. I came in and heard you screaming. You haven't done that since you were really young."

"Really? I used to do that?"

"Yeah, when you were two or three. I'd come in here and you'd be standing on your bed pointing and things that weren't there. You looked like you were awake. Your eyes were open and everything. But you weren't."

"Oh. Wow."

"Yeah. It worried me, but a lot of kids have night terrors so..."

We sat in silence for a couple of seconds. I was still thinking about my amazing dream/worst nightmare. I finally spoke up and said, "I think I'm okay now. Thanks."

She hugged me and said, "Okay, if you need anything I'll be downstairs." Then she left.

I got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. I stared at myself in the mirror. I don't know what I'm more upset about. The fact that I thought everything with Reed and I was okay now, because it's probably not. Or the fact that I keep almost dying, even if this was only a dream.

Now I know I'm probably over exaggerating this whole situation, but I don't care. It's time to end this. It's only been a couple of days since Reed and I last spoke, but I need to talk to him. I thought everything was okay. I need to figure out what the heck is going on and there's only one way to do that.

Ask Reed. And part of me says to just text him, but that's the easy way. I need to talk to him face to face. But how? I'm on lockdown and I don't know if I can wait until I go back to school. I don't like this feeling of confusion and I need to get rid of it ASAP. I need to think of a way to get out of here without my mom noticing.

I go back and plop down onto my bed. "Ow! My neck I swear," I mutter.

Okay, so if I'm going to to this, I have to do it now. I reach over and turn on my radio. I make sure the volume is up pretty loud. Hopefully my mom will just think I'm listening to music and leave me alone.

I look over at my widow debating whether I should go out through there or not. Aww heck no. Are you crazy? I think to myself. I then get up and slowly open the door, trying to be as quiet as possible. I close it back when I get out and walk down the hallway. I peek downstairs to see that my mom is watching tv in the living room. I go downstairs and into the kitchen.

I look behind me to see that my mom still hasn't noticed. So far so good. There is still one thing I need to do before I can actually get out of here. Open the back door. This seems like a simple task, but it makes the loudest noise when anyone unlocks it.

Just as I'm about to reach for the lock, I hear a phone ring. It's my moms.

"Aw where is it?" She asks herself as she searches frantically in the living room. "Oh!" She says when she realizes where she left it. She runs down the hallway to her bedroom. I take this opportunity to grab the keys, unlock the door, and get out of there. Once I'm outside, I lock the door back and start heading to Reed's house.