The Girl

Chapter 1- Nightmares

"Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you."

-John Irving

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(Joanne's Pov)

"No...please Not again" I said shaking my head.
It's happening again, the nightmares.

I'm sitting on the corner of a dark room with my legs pressed against my chest and I'm holding a gun against my shaking hand.
Three dead bodies slumped against the wall, a man pointing a finger at me and repeating the same words that always appear in my dreams "You did this"
I stood up wanting to get a closer look of the dead bodies but regretted it when I saw my own parents and a boy around my age.

I gasped and jolted up from my bed the nightmare suddenly disappear just like the way it suddenly appears as soon as I fall asleep.

"Shit, this cannot be happening again" I hissed.
These medicines are not working, my nightmares is getting worse everyday.

I looked at the alarm clock on my bedside drawer and it reads 5.00am.
"Great" I huffed, stood up and went to the bathroom.

Decided to take a cold shower because it relaxes the tension in my body and helps to clear up my mind too.
After taking a long cold shower, I brushed my teeth, comb my hair and chose to wear sweatpants and a baggy hoodie.

I raced down the stairs grabbed my running shoes and decided to go outside for a run cause I woke up too early.

I make my way towards the park and begin to jog while listening to some music from my iPod.

Twenty minutes from my jog I felt like someone was watching me. I shivered, stopped jogging and look around to search if anyone was following me. Not spotting anyone I shrugged and speed walk back to the mansion.

The mansion which only I live in. I don't really spend much time in that place, it's always empty....like me, strong and confident in the outside but inside it's empty.

I don't have any other relatives, my parents are dead, I always spend holidays alone. Just thinking about this brought tears to my eyes.

"No" I growled.
"I will not cry I am strong " I whispered while furiously wiping the tears that managed to escape.
"Stay strong Joanne, and.....yeah Stay strong "I sniffed and nod my head.

I make my way towards my room, the only room in this mansion that has been occupied, the other rooms haven't been touched since my parents died.
I never bothered to clean the mansion or even clear up their room.
I fired all of the maids and butlers through anger and after a few days I regretted it.

I sat on my bed turned the T.V on and decided to watch a movie from Netflix.
Once the movie " To All The Boys I Loved" play my stomach grumbled.

"Agrrr...seriously" I huffed.
Grabbed my phone and ordered pizza.
While waiting for the pizza to arrive I continued the movie....20mins into the movie the doorbell rang.

I rushed down the stairs and opened the front door. There stood a boy around my age with a medium size pizza box on his hand and a smile on his face. He looked at the piece of paper on his other hand with a confused look.

"Umm....Joanne Anderson?" he asked.
I was suddenly suspicious and slowly studied the boy's features.
"No that's my big sister she's actually upstairs" I said folding my arms against my chest and raising an eyebrow.

"Oh...okay, well here, that will be twenty-five bucks" he said with a bored face literally shoving the pizza box on my face.
I glared at him and handed him a fifty dollars notes.
"Keep the change pizza boy" I said and closed the door on his face.
I heard him huff and I chuckled.

I heard his footsteps slowly fade and relaxed.
I headed back up to my bedroom to have my dinner and finish the movie.
Once I saw the girl enter the school looking for Noah Centineo I gasped.

" Oh shit, school starts in three days and I haven't bought my stationaries" I said banging my head against the wall.

"Ouch" I hissed and rubbed my now sore head.

I sighed turned the T.V off and slowly drifted off to sleep.

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