The Way We Get By

TVD Night

Tanya Jones ↓↓↓

4 am and here I am, sitting on my black leather sofa with my favorite tub of ice cream, Been and Jerry's cookie dough! God I love this stuff, it always makes me feel better after the nightmare filled sleep I woke up from.

This happens a lot at least once a night. Sometimes I try to ignore that gut wrenching feeling I get when I wake in a pool of sweat and fear. I try to go back to sleep thinking of something other than that horrific night, the night that would cause these nightmares to come for years on end. But as soon as I fall back asleep, it's like a pause button has been hit when I'm awake and now I'm sleeping again something hit play and the dream continues almost exactly where I left off when I woke up. Unavoidable making me cry and scream for it to stop.

I knew I wasn't be able to fall back asleep after that same dream still a fresh in my mind. So Ice cream and Netflix it is. Altleast until Yashika gets here.

Yashika is my best friend. You might be wondering why is her name Asian, well I have the answer to your question, her Mom is from India while her dad is from London. We've been friends ever since I punched her older brother Nick for teasing her, that was when we were about 9 years old. We've been inseparable ever since. Even if that wouldn't have happened, me and Yashika  probably still would've become friends.

We always have at least one day in a week that we call TVD day, it's a day designate the whole day to watching Vampire diaries; or as Yashika calls it, Damon Salvatore admiration day. That girl can recite every episode of vampire diaries and no matter how many times she watches it, she always cries at the end of the series.

Yashika is the only girl that I ever speak to anymore, I never used to be the way I am now: shy, quiet and super awkward in almost every situation. I had a few friends, but they never really were my friends. After my dad died I became shy and awkward and most of my so called "friends" drifted away.

Honestly though it doesn't bother me, no one really knows what happened that night my dad died, the only person I ever told was Yashika.

Thinking of all the made a few unwanted tears come to my eyes, this always happened when I thought of dad. He was my best friend, the man I look up to and I still do. Even if he isn't here anymore.

I stood up taking my half Ben and Jerry's container back to the kitchen, deciding I've had enough for now. Even though I knew I'd probably go back for it in less than half and an hour to finish off the rest of the delicious content.

Looking up at the kitchen clock I realized I'd got lost in my thoughts for more than four hours. I hadn't even realized how long I'd been sat there deeply lost in my own mind. No wonder the one frozen desert had turned into a sloppy liquid at the bottom of the container.

"Shit! Yashika's gonna be here in an hour."

I hurried my way upstairs, my light grey blanket trailing after me. I nearly tripped on the way whilst turning to the corner to get to my bedroom, but somehow I managed to stay up on my two not so steady feet and enter my bathroom safely to have a quick shower before Yashika arrived.

After terribly demonstrating my poor excuse of a cover to new rule, I quickly exited my bathroom in just my towel and did a small jog to my closet.

I quickly decided that since me and Yashika are just going to be staying home watching TVD, like the antisocial teenagers we are, I decided that pair of Nike shorts and a cute Calvin Klein crop top would be suitable for this event happening in my living room in just under half and hour. I quickly added a pair of black and white knee high socks and a cute red flannel shirt that ended mid thigh and was loose on my arms and torso.

"There, finished."

I then proceeded to make my way downstairsto get Netflix ready on tv, when Yashika turned up.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Okay jeez Yaash, chill I'm coming."

I tossed the remote on the sofa, and made my way to the door. Preferably before my best friend just out right broke it down.

"Heyyy girlll, you ready to Netflix and chill!" Yashika said while raising her eyebrows at my shocked face.