The Past (on hold)

Chapter 10

*A/N*

Hello everyone!

Okay, so, I wanna treat you with an early update. I decided to update Chapter 10 already and not on Sunday. But this obviously means that there's not gonna be an update on Sunday.

Hope you guys like this chapter!

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*ALEKSANDRA'S P.O.V.*

*At night, around 3 am.*

I slept on the sofa. I had fell asleep pretty quickly. But then, I woke up in the middle of the night to hear muffled sobs coming from Amalia's bedroom. I got up and walked to her room to see what was wrong.

"Amalia? Amalia, what's wrong?" I whispered, sitting next to her on the bed.

"I-I j-just saw the worst n-nightmare ever" she said crying.

"Was it about that?" I asked, kinldy, wrapping my arm around her shoulders, squeezing a bit.

"Y-yeah" she said. I hugged her when she continued crying. I knew exactly how it felt to see nightmares about the raping and it was horrible.

"Shhh, everything will be okay. Shhh.. I'm right here. No one is gonna hurt you again" I said trying to calm Amalia down a bit. I was still hugging her. We sat there on her bed for like half an hour before Amalia started to calm down.

I then pulled back a bit, drying Amalia's tears.

"Everything will be fine" I said reassuring her.

"Yeah, I really hope so" she said.

"I know it will. Look, I'm here too. Yes I still see nightmares, but only rarely. And I'm happy now. Everything will be fine, Amalia. I know it will" I said, staring into her eyes.

"Yeah, I know" Amalia said.

"I just- I just want to forget it, that's all. I don't want to live it all again every single night" she continued.

"I understand you perfectly. But believe me, it will get better. It takes a little time, but it will get better" I said, my voice calm and soft.

"How long?" Amalia asked.

"How long what?" I asked a bit confused.

"How long does it takes for the nightmares to end? How long does it takes to be in as good condition as you are?" she asked, soundong desperate.

"Honestly, I don't know. It will take time. And still, even after two years, I see nightmares about that night sometimes. And I wasn't able to have.. you-know-what, with my ex. That was kind of the reason why he broke up with me. But I've tried to continue my life as normally as possible. But yeah.. It will take time. It took about a year of therapy sessions for me to be in this condition. They gave you that appointment to the councelor, I recon not to skip it. I'm serious, I wouldn't be in this condition if I hadn't gone there" I said.

"Okay. I'll go there. And thank you a lot, Aleksandra. For everything you've done" she said. Hugging me once again.

"Everything for my best friend" I said, tears in my eyes.

"I think I should try to get some sleep" Amalia said.

"Yeah. Do you want anything now? Something to drink or eat or something?" I asked.

"A glass of water wouldn't be a bad thing."

"Okay, I'll bring it to you, wait here." I said, walking to the kitchen and getting a glass of water for Amalia. After I gave it to her, I went back to living room and went to sleep.