"Night Destery!" Aliza called out before heading to her room.
"Night Aliza!" I yelled heading to the kitchen. When I got there Jase was eating a sandwich.
"Not sleeping again tonight, Destery?" He asked when he saw me. I shook my head.
"Nope. You?" I sat down across from him.
"You really should try to get some sleep. I mean, your body doesnt function properly without sleep." His brows were knit with worry and he put his sandwich down.
"Ugh. Yes mother. And for your information I do get sleep. Just not alot of it."
"What are they about?" He talked with his mouth full of ham.
"Most of the time they are about my mom. How she hated me and made me do stuff that nobody should ever have to do. Other times they are about me being locked into some small room where I cant breathe and its closing in on me. I never told Aliza about the dreams and about her mom. She doesnt know anything, so please just let this be our secret?" I explained. Aliza was three when our mom started drinking and beating me. She never got the chance to beat her because I always hid her from her. But I am seventeen and Aliza is fifteen so it doesnt matter. Jase has been my friend for so long and then he found out about my mom and so here we are. In Jases house. Without parents.
"I dont need to." Jase said nodding behind me.
"What about my mom, Destery?" She walked in. Her stare was stone cold.
"Nothing, Aliza. She wasnt in shape to raise us. She was way too sick to do anything. So we left, remember?"
"Bullshit! I heard you! She beat you, Destery? Why didnt you tell me? What about the nightmares, Destery? Is that why you dont sleep? What about my dad? Hunh? What lie did you tell me about him? Hunh?"
"He left. I never lied to you-"
"The fuck you didnt! You told me he was at business until I was thirteen! Then you said he died! What the hell? I would rather he have left then him be dead! What the fuck is wrong with you? I thought we were close Des? I guess not." There were tears in her eyes by now and she ran off to her room.
I ran after her, calling her name. She slammed her bedroom door in my face.
"Aliza! Aliza May! Come on Ali! Please, I did it for you! I was going to tell you! SHIT!!" I punched the wall and fell to the floor. I put my head in my hands and started to scream. No, seriously. I screamed for five minutes straight. I dont cry. I scream. I fell asleep soon after.
Dream.
I was in a room. My mother was there too. She had a knife. The walls were coming closer to me, dragging her with them. But there was something new. Aliza was on the other wall to my left. She had a gun to her head. But it was her hand that held it there. On the wall to my right was my dad. He held a belt. But it had four inch spikes all over it. On the wall behind me was Jase. He held up his wrists. Blood was seeping out of the slits. Suddenly all the blood drained from his face and body and he dropped. The walls kept inching in closer. Dragging everyone closer to me including Jase's lifeless body. I heard a gun shot and looked to my left. Aliza fell to the ground, dropping the gun. I ran to grab it. I aimed at my mom but when I pulled the trigger my mother was no longer there. Instead, there was a scared looking Aliza. When the bullet reached her she dropped dead, once again. Now the point of veiw changed. I was staring at myself and my dad creeping up behind me. I tried to scream and tell him but my mouth was stitched closed. I watched, helplessly as my dad beat him with that belt until he was in peices.
End Of Dream.
