How nightmares bleed

"I love you." Brian didn't seem convinced. How cruel did I seem after they had news about my mom?

"I swear I do."

"Well, I do too. Now let's talk some more "teenage stuff", shall we?" "So a love announcement isn't teenage enough for you?"

"You sound too pragmatic to be in love, Cecilia."

"Those two words have never been opposites, correct me if I'm wrong. You're the most self confident guy I've ever seen, and yet I believed you when you said you had feelings."

"I guess I'll believe you too, then."

While he was 'grinning like a happy devil', some disturbing noise seemed to be coming from downstairs. I kept calling Aurora, but she didn't answer. Panic kept creeping in my visceral parts, bad butterflies doing their creepiest dance in the midst of my belly. Loose uncertainty coming through. The sound, heavier, kept cutting through my ears like a Buzzsaw. I called her time and again, and Brian eventually felt alarmed. He went downstairs to see while I was breathing heavily. My heart started pounding again against my ribcage and my eyes got watery. I wanted to scream because the vision I had this time was the least I would ever want to have. Brian was dying.