Enemies

Chapter 6: Nightmares

I was running. Down the street. I kept at it until I saw an alley. I darted into it, hoping he wouldn't find me. Foot steps made sound through the dark space, ricocheting off of every wall and corner making them sound like a giant. The feet belonging to the noise soon appeard in front of me, followed with the rest of him. I looked up to meet those ocean blue eyes before everything went dark. When there was light, I looked at my surroundings. I was tied to a chair, bright light shining in my face. The door opened to the room I was in and he walked in. Stepping closer to me, I whimpered and he smiled. He was inches away from me now.

J- *Whispers* Please. Dont hurt me.

D- Jesse. Wake up.

And then I was awake.

(DANIELS POV) 

Jesse woke me up. She was screaming. And then just mumbling. She said "Please don't hurt me." Thats when I started to wake her up.

D- Jesse. Wake up.

She gasped and then woke up looking around and then she looked at me. She backed away from me a little bit.

D- Jesse whats wrong? Are you okay?

J- W-What are you doing here? Where am I? Why are you being nice to me?

D- Jess what happened.

She just looked at me for a moment and then her face relaxed. she hugged me and I hugged back.

J- I'm sorry.

D- For what?

J- For a minute... I was scared of you. I forgot what happened yesterday. When I woke up I thought you were going to hurt me.

That hurt. She couldn't trust me. But I understand. I mean, I'd would think the same thing if I was her.

D- It's okay, princess. It's hard to forgive what I have done to you. I'm a horrible person.

J- No. You're not. You're just a good person who did horrible things. Not anymore though, right?

D- Right. Now what was your dream about?

J- Um. You wanted to hurt me. You chased me down, knocked me out, tied me to a chair, and locked me in a room. You were going to beat me before I woke up.

I was shocked. By then she had tears streaming down her face. I broke this girl. I'm the reason for her hurt. I'm the reason she suffers every day, and she did nothing to deserve that.

D- Jesse. I'm so, so sorry. I'm a dick. I hurt you. Every single day. Not realizing how that effected you. God. I hate myself. Why would you ever forgive me?

J- Because you want to change. So I should do the same. We'll get over this. We don't need to think about the old us, because the us right now is so much better.

She put her hand on my cheek and wiped a tear from the side of my face.

D- Jesse?

J- Yes?

D- I-I love you.

She looked at me for a moment, then smiled.

J- I love you, too.

And then we were both back asleep.