He's Just A Bad Boy

Chapter 16 - Nightmares

Chapter 16 - Nightmares

*HALEY'S POV*

"No! no!" I jolt up in my sleep and sit up in my bed. I look over at my clock to see the time, 3:15am flash in red letters.

I sigh, looking out the window. It looks like a nice night. A starry night. Maybe I could slip out for a bit? clear my head.

Once again the dream was of my grandmother, I'm sure I'll feel better when I get to see her again.

I get out of bed and slip on a hoodie. I slip on my toms and grab my phone and keys, quietly walking downstairs so I don't wake Jake up. I close the front door behind me and sigh.

I begin walking down to the park. I know it's not a good idea to be walking around at this time of the night but my feet keep walking. They take me all the way to the park and I sit on a bench, staring out into the night sky. It's beautiful

I stay there for about half an hour to an hour. Time escapes me and I check my phone to see it's almost 4 in the morning. Getting up, I dust off my pants and begin walking home.

I pass the shops and few cars go by. I hear footsteps behind me and quicken my pace. The footsteps get clearer and closer and I start speed walking. I don't dare turn around now, I just start a jog but so does the person behind me. My heart is racing and it feels like it's about to beat right out of my chest.

I feel a large hand wrap around my arm and pull me back. I try to scream but they cover my mouth. I shut my eyes and don't dare open them.

"What the hell Haley! what are you doing out at this time! anything could've happened to you!" I open my eyes and much to my surprise and relief, a tired looking Dylan

"Jeezus fuck Dylan, you scared me half to death! don't do that!" I scold him

"What are you doing out at this time of the night? That's so dangerous! anything could've happened to you!" he repeats

"I dont know..I-I needed to clear my head" I mumble, staring down at my toms as I scuff my shoes on the ground

He sighs and runs hand through his hair. "If something happened to you.." He trails off

"You wouldn't care anyway.." I mumble, I don't think he heard me

"What did you say?"

"You don't care about me anyway"

"Are you serious? Of course I care about you!"

"Well then why did you avoid me for two whole weeks? you come around once! And that's to get the stupid assignment and you're all over that girl at lunch, who has a boyfriend by the way"

"Jesus, Haley, that girl, the one that I've been 'all over' is my cousin for gods sake!"

"Wait what?"

"She's my cousin"

"Oh"

"That still doesn't explain why you've been avoiding me for a whole two weeks"

"I don't want to be your friend anymore"

"Why?" I sound way to weak and hurt

"I just don't want to"

"That's bullshit" I say, standing up

I turn around and begin walking back home. I hear Dylan's footsteps and turn around quickly, sending him a glare

"What?" he asks

"Why are you following me?"

"I may not want to be your friend but I'm not gonna let you get raped or something" he shrugs and continues walking

"Really Dylan? you tell me you care about me one minute and then the next you don't want to be my friend and now you're following me home. If you don't want to be my friend can you just leave me alone?" I snap

"Fine" he growls, turning around and walking the other way

"Fine" I huff and continue walking down the familiar road.

I come up to my street and stop a figure in the distance, his silhouette pacing around. He turns to me and begins jogging towards me.

"Haley?"

"Jake?"

"What the fuck Haley! where'd you go? you can't just leave the house and go for a walk at 4 o'clock in the morning!" Jake scolds me

"I'm sorry"

"I heard the front door closing and got the stupid baseball bat out, only to find you were gone. Don't ever do that again!"

"I'm sorry"

"You scared the shit out of me"

"I'm sorry"

"And stop saying you're sorry"

"Sorry" I smile a little and he tries to hide his smile

Jake sighs and pulls me inside.

"Don't do it again" he gives me a stern look and I roll my eyes

"Haley" he warns

"Fine"

"Good" he closes the front door and we both walk upstairs

"Why'd you go anyway?"

"Just felt like a walk" I lie, i dont want Jake to be worrying about me when it's not a big deal, I'm fine really, sort of.

"Okay" he seems too tired to be suspicious

"Well, goodnight"

"It's 4:30 in the morning" Jake says, tiredly

"Good morning?" Jake groans

"Go to sleep!"He pushes me into my room and heads towards his own door.

I shut my room door and get under the comforter. Sighing, before closing my eyes and drifting off.

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A/N kind of a short chapter, I'm sorry, I've kinda got writers block.. Please keep commenting/voting and sharing! A special thank you to BoomBox11 for always commenting and voting! Ily <3

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