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"All I could think about was saving"....

       The room fell silent after she left and I fell on my bed. There was literally no noise at all and I started to feel uncomfortable. I walked back out into the living room and my mom wasn't sitting on the couch anymore. I walked down the hallway and entered her room and she was on her bed asleep. It was still silent and gave me an eerie feeling. I closed her door and went back down the hallway. As I was walking down the hall I heard another person's footsteps. Who else could be in here? I thought. My body turned the corner that enters the living room and a presence hit me hard. My head turned back and forth looking for something but nothing was there. I even turned around. Nothing. 

Then I woke up, gasping for air. I felt like I just got choked. My body sat upright as I held onto my neck loosely. My breathing wasn't as rushed anymore but I was still panting. I looked side to side and could hear the tv in the distance from my mother watching it, then a few seconds after, I heard her chuckle. A sigh of relief exited my mouth and I got up. Immediately blood started rushing to my head and my vision started getting faulty and blurry. My hand gripped the bed as I fell backwards and I immediately sat down when I caught myself and folded up into a ball. Salty tears started to stream down my face and I started to wonder why this was happening. I looked up but this time my eyes were only blurry because of tears filling up in my eyelids. 

Snot also began to run down my cupid's bow and I licked my lips. Everything was salty and I hated it. I assumed my mother heard what was happening because she ran into my room and sat beside me with open arms. I lied my head on her chest as she comforted me, I couldn't have felt more close to her and relieved that someone was there besides Kayla. . .

It was the next morning and of course my mom had to ask questions. "So,Olivia, what happened to you last night"? My eyes shifted up to her from my cereal and I looked back down."I just had a nightmare and then cried after I woke up. Nothing important". She fed herself another spoonful of cereal before speaking again,"Well it may not be important to you, but is sure as hell is to me. I care, Olivia. Why can't you see that"? I continued to eat my cereal and I could physically feel her frustration with me.

"Answer her, stupid", I heard from behind me. It sounded like Kayla and most likely was her. I sighed then put down my spoon and looked at my mom. "Thank you for caring about me mom. And thank you for comforting me last night". She smirked a little and I proceeded to eat the rest of my cereal as I heard her whisper,"You're welcome". 

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I entered Mr.Peterson's office as he welcomed me. He was quiet and looked at me as I sat down on the chair in front of him."How have you been", he asked. I shrugged my shoulders and sat back in the chair comfortably."Tell me what has happened in the past few days that we haven't been able to discuss". 

"The last time we met I had to walk home and I saw Kayla in the middle of the street so I tried to get her to the sidewalk safely." He looked at me in disappointment.'You know she is imaginary right? The car could have went right through her but not you","I didn't think of that then, Peterson. All I could think about was saving a friend. Anyway," I said with sass,"I almost got hit but a nice lady stopped and drove me home'. He gave me a scolding look again."Imagine if that lady wasn't going that way-', he tried to explain."YES yes, she already gave me that exact talk okay!?," I rose my voice,"Gosh, i don't need your little comments either. I already got it from her so could you let me finish"!? he sat back and gave me a hand gesture, telling me to proceed. I let myself calm down before I spoke,"She tried to pray for me again, I guess that was her apologizing. Then my hands started to hurt because I rejected her kind gesture,"I said with air quotes,"Then I finally let her pray and I went to bed when she left... I had a strange dream that night. I believe it was a nightmare because I woke up sweating and gasping for air... but the dream wasn't scary.. it was more like.. suspenseful.. I guess'. I looked up and saw him writing things down, probably thinking that I was crazy."Anything else?", he asked as gently as he could, still a little mad from me yelling at him. I nodded my head,"My mom comforted me when I woke up crying and I told her what had happened last night, this morning". I stopped being a chatterbox then watched as he wrote. It always made me nervous when I watched him write down my words.

I also wonder if he feels the same way when I enter the room. I mean, I wouldn't exactly be comfortable in a room with a child that has mental issues."thank you for listening". he looked up at me, surprised."You have never thanked me before", he smiled.'Kayla is trying to get me to say it more often I guess". He looked down at his paper then back up at me with a grin,"i guess kayla is good for something after all".

He eventually let me leave after an hour and my mom picked me up this time. As we were driving i saw something a few feet in front of us."MOM, WATCH OUT'! She turned sharply with force pulling me to the right side of the car. . . .

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