Chapter Six

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    I try to move, but I can't. I try to yell for Jensen, but I don't know how loud I was actually able to be. This time I yell, "Mom, Dad!" I curl up into my blankets. I hear my door open and somebody sits on the edge of my bed. I look up when I feel a hand rubbing my back. It's Jensen. He asks if I'm okay.
    "I don't know Jensen," I say while sitting up. I move next to him and he wraps his arm around my shoulders and kisses the side of my head. I look at the clock and see that it's 3 in the morning.
    "I'm sorry for waking you up Jensen," I tell him.
    "It's fine Penelope. You needed me and I came. Why did you yell for me?" he asks.
    "I had a nightmare. I know, I'm 15 years old. I shouldn't be having nightmares."
    He pulls me into a hug and asks if I want to talk about it. I nod and tell him about the nightmare.
    "I dreamed that you and Danneel left me. That you took me back to the orphanage and I was all alone again."
    I start to cry and Jensen pulls me into a tighter hug.
    "We will never take you back Penelope. We will never leave you. You will never be alone again. I promise," Jensen says, comforting me. He lays me down, tucks me in, and kisses my forehead, then starts to walk away.
    "Wait, Dad, please stay."
    "Of course," he says. He sits next to me on the bed and I lean my head against his shoulder. I soon find myself falling back asleep. I wake up to a soft whisper. I don't open my eyes, but I try to listen. I hear a voice singing softly and quietly. I open my eyes and see that it's Jensen. He sees that I'm awake and says, "good morning PJ."
    "Good morning," I say back to him. I close my eyes for a second and hear a click. I look up and see Danneel standing in the doorway with a camera in her hands.

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