Alex sat bolt upright in the bed. She was breathing hard and her hair was matted all over her face. She pushed it out of the way and looked around the room, “It was just a nightmare.” She panted, “Just a nightmare.” She looked around the room and knew she would never go back to sleep. She slipped out of bed and crept to Nick’s room. She looked at the clock on his nightstand, it said 2:56. She softly walked over to the bed and peaked over at Nick, he was fast asleep. Alex climbed into the bed and snuggled close to him. Nick groaned and rolled over and put his arms around her, “Nick?” she said softly. No answer, he was still asleep. Alex yawned and closed her eyes.
Nick scrunched his nose. Something was on his face, he pulled his hand up and wiped it out of the way then he opened his eyes. Alex was next to him and her hair was everywhere. Nick was confused and tried to remember when she had come in. He distinctively remembered Alex refusing to sleep in his room and now he woke up and she was there. He was confused. Alex started to wiggle and opened her eyes as she stretched. She stopped and looked at Nick, “what are you doing here?”
“Excuse me? This is my room, what are YOU doing here?”
Alex looked around and then remembered the nightmare, “Oh, I had a bad dream and couldn’t sleep.”
Nick smiled, “Well, I’m not complaining.”
“What time is it?”
Nick looked at the clock over her head, “Um 6:30.”
“Oh crap, I’m going to be late!” Alex said getting up and running to her room. She quickly got dressed. She grabbed her backpack and went back into Nick’s room. “Come on.”
“Okay, okay.” He said pulling a T-shirt over his head.
They walked thru the kitchen and out the back door. Nick stopped short when he saw his Darango and Alex gasped. Written along the side of it in white shoe polish was, “YOU CAN’T HAVE HER!”
