In Your Dreams

Part 30

*Shennika's POV*

(Just before Shanell came home)

I breathed out resting my forehead against the door. "Bethany talk to me" I said quietly, "none of this makes sense" I particularly whispered looking down at the floor, my eyes followed the blood droplets that lead from her room.

I took light steps back and stayed stood in the hall listening to the sound of her sobbing from inside the bathroom. I clenched my fists breathing out unsteadily.

"She's hiding something and you know it" I jumped hearing a voice. I threw my eyes down the dark hall but couldn't see anyone.

I slowly took steps closer trying to see through the patch of blackness that took over the far hallway. "Hello?" I walked through the darkness and held my hands out so I didn't bump into anything. I felt the wall and followed it down as I continued to walk forward "Shanell if that's you-"

"It bothers you, why hide it? Ross could tell..." the mysterious voice said echoing around me. I looked everywhere in the darkness before bumping into the second bathroom door. I fiddled for the handle, "who is that!? Shanell?"

"Couldn't he? You know I'm right..." I shook my head at the harshness of the echoing voice and pushed hard and opened the door. In the process I accidentally grazed my hand on the handle edge, I quickly went over to the sink and cleaned the cut. "Blood that's all you'll be seeing!" Bethany's voice played as a reminder continuously in my mind, I covered my ears trying to block it out all together.

With my eyes squeezed shut and my ears covered it wouldn't stop the intense echoing from trying to reach me.

"No, no, stop" I said but it came out more like a whisper. "Why is this happening!?" I managed to hear my own thoughts over the chattering of the other body less voices that filled my head like water in a light-tight tank.

The voices grew louder, shouting and laughing, a voice yelled "NOOO!" and then there was the familiar sound of a steel drum that knocked it all out of my head across the room leaving me feeling dizzy before bouncing back hitting me hard making me fall to the floor. Finally there was Silence...

*Bethany's POV*

I slowly looked up from having my face down on my knees and held my breathe listening hard to see if anyone was outside the door. But it was strangely quiet. I stood up and walked over to the sink to wash the blood off my hands.

I sighed with closed eyes tilting my head up then leant forward to wash my face. I opened my eyes and looked at my reflection in the wall large mirror- my face looked pale and my once blue eyes looked unrecognisable.

I narrowed my eyes at my reflection whilst biting down hard on my lip, my fists clenched tighter until I felt a prick of pain in my palm. I hated this. I hated her-them. Hate what they were turning me into. I took a plaster out of the cabinet and put it over the cut on my palm.

I smirked with disgust looking up my arm at all the red grazes and cuts that were put there by a gang of 4 maybe 5, thinking back it was all kind of blur. Friends of Kelli? ha! well she denied it enough times. Whoever they were they talked a lot with their fists.

I spat in the sink trying to rid the horrible iron taste of blood. I stared down as I ran the taps louder.

I sat on the rim of the bathtub and sighed thinking back to that night. I was so sick of Kelli bitching all the time over twitter and having her 'people' talk bad about Shennika like they know her! They don't know her! And never will, like I do anyway...so they should just back off!

Yeah she's my best mate an' all but I know for sure she didn't do anything to Kelli that deserves to be treated like this. I couldn't understand why Kelli would start this whole drama over something that isn't even real, Billy and her aren't even together- he's even told her that.

Everyone on twitter had only heard her side of the story and even Ross is getting an ear full and even when he says the truth on the matter they just won't hear it- they only accept parts of the truth, what they want the truth to be.

I secretly met up with Ross at some gardens place near the house and he wanted me to pretend to go along with Kelli's plans until we could find a way to end this and put a stop to her ways before it gets out of hand. The hardest part was hiding it from Shennika- Ross cares about her as much as I do, as a guy he tends to conceal his true emotions but I could just tell how much he cared for her by his tone and in the way he held himself.

I didn't want to do it at first but I was already in too deep. I hid the things Kelli kept posting through the door in my top drawer for a while but got sick of her trying to reel me into her twisted plans. Ofcourse I confronted her but only ended up making things worst.

She told me to meet her somewhere where we could settle this 1-1 but little did I know she'd spoken to someone who knew a gang. I didn't tell Ross that I was going to meet Kelli alone because I felt I needed to do this myself and step up as a best friend.

But when I arrived Kelli looked startled seeing me with no accompanies. That night I got pinned up against a rough brick wall and they grazed my arms badly on it. They roughed me up a bit and Kelli a bit too since she was trying to help me- which I didn't understand since she was the reason they was there.

When I fought away from them they spat on the ground next to me and told me that was just a taster of what Shennika would be getting if she crossed Kelli again.

I hid my bruises well and bit my tongue to numb the pain even when Shennika hugged me. I can't let her get hurt like I did or worst, I hate Kelli so much for this- for making me have to lie to Shennika everyday.

This trip wasn't meant to be like this, when I said we'd make memories here I never meant this. I didn't want any of this. A tear slid down my face. I miss my mum so much, if she were here she'd know what to do.

I have to leave. Shennika will be alright with Ross looking out for her, I trust him. Shennika maybe headstrong and stubborn at times but if I told her the truth she'd only get herself in danger.

I need to call Ross and tell him. I walked up to the door and turned the handle, but it didn't move. No no it's jammed, I'm trapped in! "Shennika!? Shen are you out there? the door is stuck" I pounded my fists on the door and pushed down hard on the handle. Nothing. It didn't change the fact that...I was trapped.