Nightmares: Chloe Price x Rachel Amber

Still Having Nightmares

'No please!' Rachel shouted as she scrambled across the floor, kicking up dust as she desperately tried to get away from Damon. Her eyes widened as he got closer and closer to her, the metal blade of his knife shimmering in the light.  Eventually she couldn't get any further away as her back hit a wrecked car that had been discarded in the disused junkyard. Rachel's panicked gaze searched her surroundings before landing on the blue haired girl standing nearby.

'Chloe I need you!'

Chloe tried to move towards the terrified girl, but only take a single step foward as she suddenly felt as though a heavy weight was holding her back. No matter how hard Chloe tried, her feet remained rooted in a single patch of dirt that was so close to Rachel but felt miles away.

As Damon got closer to Rachel he turned and flashed an evil grin toward Chloe, his metallic teeth adding to his cruel demeanor. A screeching sound rang out as he dragged the blade across a car door as he continued walking towards Rachel, his pace unnervingly slow.

'Chloe! Help me!' Rachel cried out once more, but Chloe remained powerless to help her as the weight that tethered her down grew stronger and had even formed physical chains around her entire body to prevent her from moving.

'Chloe why won't you help me?!' Rachel sobbed as Damon now stood in front of her, hovering over her menacingly as he raised the blade. Chloe strained against the metal chains but they wouldn't budge.

The blade was brought down and an ear-piercing scream rang out.

'Rachel!' Chloe screamed before shooting up in her bed, drenched in a layer of sweat. Chloe breathed heavily as her eyes darted around the room as she began to recognised her surroundings and realised that she was in her room. She wiped the layer of sweat from her forehead before turning to the clock beside her, the red light read 03:45.

It had all been a dream. Well, more of a nightmare to be honest. Rachel had recently been discharged from hospital and Chloe had found herself being plagued by nightmares ever since. Damon had been arrested and was in prison so Rachel was safe, so why was Chloe still suffering from nightmares?Whatever the reason was, Chloe knew she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep and since it was too early for her mum or stepdouche to be awake, Chloe decided it was the best time to get up. So she swung her legs out of the covers and got out of bed, she quietly left her room and went to the bathroom. She was quickly met by her sweat-ridden reflection so she decided to take a shower.

Once she was freshly-showered, she returned to her room and threw on the clothes that were nearest to her: a pair of black jeans that were carelessly strewn across the floor, a crumpled-up Firewalk T-shirt and a pair of black converse that appeared to be falling apart. Chloe checked the time once more, it was only 04:05. It was easy to forget what happened in her nightmares as long as she was kept occupied, but as soon as the distractions went away the fears came flooding back. The feeling of hopelessness returned as she remembered how close she really was to losing Rachel.

Unable to shake away these feelings, Chloe decided she needed to clear her head. Instead of self-medicating like she usually did when she felt like this, she put her denim jacket on and grabbed her phone before climbing out of her bedroom window and shimming down the drainpipe outside. She hit the ground with a soft thud, the grass cushioning her footsteps as she walked through the dewy garden and onto the road at the front of the house.

She quickly hopped in her truck and rummaged for her keys before finding them in her jacket pocket. She started the engine and started driving, the tires screeching slightly as she accelerated too quickly.

The loud music blared throughout the car but instead of drowning out Chloe's thoughts it only seemed to amplify them, causing her head to pound. To remedy this she found herself lowering her music right down, a task she never seemed to do. The music now played gently in the background and no longer assaulted Chloe's mind, causing Chloe to let out a breath she didn't realise she was holding. She ended up driving around the town for a while before ending up in the place she always found herself lately.