Nightmare

"YOU DID WHAT NOW!?!", Rogue yells in pure anger.

"I didn't cheat on you with anyone. Your sister just hates me and wants us to break up.", Zoey says.

I glance over to Coreen to see her fangs out and her eyes throwing daggers at the girl. I don't think I've ever seen someone so pissed at a girlfriend before; I need to think of something before she snaps. So I smile and wave at her; she drops her glare. Ending up smiling and waving back.

"Zoey, look at me.", Rogue says.

Zoey looks at Rogue in his eyes and her eyes went from a golden brown to a dark down. The aura around Rogue becomes darker than before.

"Did you cheat on me?", he asks her.

"Yes."

"Why?", Rogue asks while balling his fists.

"Because you never give me the attention I need. It was always about your sister! Just for once could you care about me and not her!", she explains.

Zoey begins blinking as if she doesn't know what just happens to her. Prior- to that, we see that Rogue has Zoey's throat in his hand. We all probe his hand away, but he goes for it again so Rex pushes her out the way and Coreen hugs her brother while she talks to him hoping he would listen.

"Big brother, let her go. You won't feel better if you kill her."

"Come on, dude. Listen to your sister; she isn't worth your time.", Rex says.

"I agree with Rex and Coreen. Rogue, please stop.", I say while walking toward him.

He stops fighting against his little sister and just stares at me when I reach him. I give him a soft smile, and just like that, he's in my arms breathing in my scent. I can feel the blush coming on; so I quickly put my head on the side of his neck so Rex doesn't see it.

"Thank you.", Rogue says softly.

I just mmm him, then we move back to see Rex having a smirk on his face. What is he planning now? I narrow my eyes at him as if saying whatever you are planning ends. Of course, he doesn't listen; not a surprise though.

"Rogue, Tala can watch Coreen while you're at work.", Rex says.

"Is that okay?", Rogue asks.

"Yeah, my mom won't be home and Rex would be heading home so I don't mind.", I tell him.

He nods his head and opens his mouth but Rex interrupts him; "He gets off at midnight. I'll give him your number and your address just get home safe with Coreen."

Coreen and I, both nod our heads and wave bye to the boys. Hand in hand, we headed home which wasn't that far which I'm happy about. We don't say anything until we get on my street.

"Did you eat at your dad's place?", I asked her.

"Yeah.", she says not looking at me but at the bushes, we're passing.

We hear a sound coming from the bushes. I feel my hand shaking so I pick Coreen up and whisper, "It's okay. There's nothing in the dark that can hurt you."

She stops shaking for a few minutes until we hear the bushes again. I don't move and wait; a baby bear and its mother came out. A smile comes onto my face.

"See, nothing to worry about, they are just black bears. Black bears won't attack as long as you don't try and hurt them.", I say squatting down to pet the cub. Coreen gets out of my arms and begins petting the black bear.

I slowly take out my phone and take pictures of Coreen petting the cub. A while later and the mother bears grunting at her son/ daughter, that it's time to go. While they're leaving, we also begin walking again. We're about 3 houses before mine. It's silent again; Coreen breaks the solvents with her question.

"Tala, do you think my big brother is ever going to find someone that really loves him?"

I'm not sure how I would answer that but thinking if it was me asking the question I would at least want the truth and that's what I'm going to do.

"I think he will find someone. It may not be now or even in a few years from now but he will find someone. Plus whoever he finds will have to love you as well."

Coreen smiles then ask, "How come you said 'plus whoever he finds will have to love me as well?'"

Softly giggling, I answer, "The reason I said that is because you are his family and even though they might not do that, they're just going to have to deal with it."

After saying that, she doesn't say anything but she shakes her head instead. We continue to walk in silence until we get to my place; walking straight in since my mom doesn't lock the door knowing I'll be back. My house isn't that big but by the way, Coreen's face is right now. I would say my house is a lot bigger than where her brother and age are living. I can hear a small yawn behind me so I turn around to see a very sleepy Coreen; she starts to rub her eyes and tries to stay awake but her little body couldn't fight the urge to sleep anymore. Picking her up while saying, "Sleep little one." That's exactly what she did; she has about two hours left before her brother comes and gets her. Yawning and rubbing my eyes, I headed upstairs to the room; once we were in my room, I lay her down then I curled up around Coreen. She only stirs a little before she's back asleep again; let's hope I can actually sleep this time around.

Dream: my mother and father were arguing about money again. My father would always say he works more than my mother and that she needs to stop spending money on herself. Most of the time they can never finish their arguments because she's always being called into work; mother never liked it when I heard their arguments but I could never help it so I hide in the hallway a little way from the stairs. I quietly move to the kitchen to see my father talking on the phone, saying something but can't hear him since he's heading into the hallway. I quickly move to the side of the cabinet and move along with it until I get to the back door. Once outside, I jog to the front but stop once I hear voices.

"Is your wife home?", someone asks.

"Yeah, she's at work so we have until seven in the morning plus my daughter is sleeping. She won't wake up at all.", my father says.

"Good. Then we can get high and have sex.", the woman says.

I wait until they both go inside before running to the park that is close by. That's where I met a boy about my age or a little older. We don't talk for a while; we continue to swing on the swings.

"Why are you here?", I ask the boy.

"My father is drinking again and my mother isn't home. Why are you here?", the boy asks.

"My father is with someone else who's not my mommy.", I tell him.

After that, none of us said a word to each other until we heard the bushes moving.

Is it a bear?", the boy asks.

"Maybe. But mommy said they won't hurt us if we leave it alone.", I tell the boy.

I look over to the boy to see what it could be but he just shakes his head no. I'm shaking in fear of not knowing what is in the buses, I want to run but my body wouldn't move.

"WHY AREN'T YOU IN BED!", my father screams at me.

"Why do you care?! You're with someone who isn't mommy!", I yell at my father.

"How dare you raise your voice at me, young lady! Do you know what happens to little girls like you, who run away from home?", my father yells and asks.

I shake my head no and the next thing I know is I'm being picked up. Being taken home; I wanted to scream and move around but something told me not to. Once we got back, I didn't hear the other woman which is good; as he continues to walk, I realize we're heading to my room. He puts me down on the bed and I quickly go under the covers and apologize, "I'm sorry for not being in bed father."

My father doesn't say anything instead he rips my cover off and begins to undress me; I start screaming and kicking, trying to get him to stop but he acts like what I'm doing wasn't even fazing him. Soon he got tired of me screaming and kicking because he slaps me then he continues to undress me. I just want to wake up!