Alice II

Part III

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I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. I had another memory of my dad and some horrible thing he did to me. What  he did to me…

I keep forgetting it’s a memory and that it’s not happening now. I feel like I have to remind myself that.

I turned towards the window and watch the snow fall. Drake still hasn’t returned yet. He’s been gone all morning, and afternoon. Yet, by night, he always comes back. He just always here to comfort me after a nightmare… He’s just always here when I truly need him.

I sat up, gripping the sheets on my bed. I was trying not to cry. I stared down at my sheet, letting the bangs of my hair cover my sight.

It doesn’t look like he’ll be spending Christmas Eve day with me.I keep feeling that this all has to do with the distance bewteen us. I don’t like the distance between us. It hurts me deep inside. Really burns my heart.

I was going to getting up to get a glass of water since it always calms me down, when a sudden pain stabbed through my chest. It feel like a knife.  I immediately fell and hit the floor. My heart was hurting from pumping so hard and it was suddenly to difficult to breathe. Where did this pain come from? I’m not doing anything. I don't think I'm doing anything.

My left arm started to hurt too. It felt like I was getting all cut up. What’s going on?

Next thing I knew, the other arm was hurting too. I didn’t understand why this was happening. Tears streamed down my face like a river. I could no longer control it.

“Make… Make it stop,” I whispered, quietly to myself. I knew where the pain was coming from now. It was Drake. He’s in danger. He was getting hurt. Someone was hurting Drake. What can I do about it though?

There was hard hit in the stomach and next thing I knew, I was out like a light.

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Everything ache on my body when I woke up. I felt most of the pressure on my chest though. It was a heavy pressure but it was a pressure. Why is that?

Everything was aching, yes, but I feel better now than during the attack.

I decided to open my eyes. Thinking of Drake…  where is he and what the heck was he doing?

I turned my head a bit and I saw Drake. He was underneath me. What is going on?

“You’re finally awake,” Drake said, opening his eyes. His bloody red eyes look like it was even more bloodier… if that’s even possible.

“Drake,” I croaked in a raspy voice, while a tear formed in my eyes. He looked like he was pain. It remind me of the night with his brother.

“Shh- Don’t talk,” he whispered to me, wheezing. I felt a pain in my lungs and then I started to cough. Blood came out. Drake put his arms around me and gave me a light squeeze.

“I’m so sorry Alice. You know I would never hurt you,” he said into my hair. I wiped the blood off of my lower lip and listened to his heartbeat.

Am I hurting him? I am laying down on his chest.

“You’re not hurting me. Everything is hurting a little bit but it’s okay,” Drake explained. “It feels like a slight pressure”

I coughed up some blood again. My lungs are killing me.

“Go back to sleep. In the morning, you’ll feel a lot better,” he said. I watch him close his eyes and then I did the same.