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Your Nose!

I'm sitting on a crowded bus. It's very large, and each side has two rows of seats. Just about every seat is filled with students leaving our summer camp, me included. I'm sitting next to one of my new friends. Her name is Abby. She's very tired, I suppose, cause as soon as we got on the bus she pulled out a pillow and fell asleep against the window. About an hour into the trip I notice her stirring. Her face contorts into that of fear. Her arms make small defensive motions in front of her. I think she's having a bad dream. She starts talking quietly in her sleep. I'm pretty sure only I can hear her. "No.. please. Leave me alone! Don't hurt me... please. No! Get away from me!" She pleads. I see tears leaking from her closed eyes. I reach over and put my hand on her shoulder. She gasps. I start lightly shaking her. "Abby. Abby!" I say, quietly so only she can hear. "Wake up, Abby, it's just a dream." Suddenly her eyes fly open and she screams slightly. Her fist flies out and connects with my nose. I recoil and groan. "Oh my god! Are you ok? I'm so sorry!" She panics. I shake it off, quickly looking back at her. "I'm fine. Are you ok? You were having a nightmare." I explain. She looks at me with relief in her eyes. "I'm fine. Thank you. For- your nose!" She says. "What?" I ask. "It's bleeding!" She explains. She quickly pulls out some napkins from her bag. "Here." She presses the napkin under my nose. I take it and clean myself up. "Thanks," I say. "Really."