Bloody nightmare

" Ahhh!! "

Another cry sounded in Zoey's ears. She jerked awake, panicked, breathing hard for a couple of seconds.

Her snapped eyes fell on the screaming maid, kneeling on the floor beside the bed she was lying on.

Zoey was frightened to the core when she saw the scene.

" Oh my gosh, did they take you with me? Are we going to die?! Where the h*ll are we?!!! "

The maid calmed down a little and stood up realizing something was weird.

" M-miss who... who's taking you? What happened? Who's dying? "

She asked with widened eyes.

" Huh...?? "

Zoey scanned the room suspiciously looking around for something she recognized.

Her whole body was tensed and she was in full flight mode.

It took her a moment to realize she had been in a dream.

She breathed in relief rubbing and scratching her eyes and her tired head that was aching like crazy.

As the realization that it was a nightmare crashed into her mind, she began to think she was a bit silly for getting herself so worked up for nothing.

' That hooligan again!!! Can't he leave my mind alone?! '

She pulled her hair frustratedly cursing that annoying face who kept plaguing her in the bloody nightmares.

She tried to go back to sleep but the nagging sensation in the back of her mind stopped her from drifting off.

Realizing someone else was in the room she furrowed her eyebrows and eyed her suspiciously and asked, " what are you doing here? "

Seeing her sceptical look, the little maid was stunned and began stuttering.

" M-miss, I... you're late, I came to wake you up for school... "

Zoey finally withdrew her piercing gaze from her and nodded understandingly.

She then eyed her after a couple of seconds frowning.

" You came to wake me up, then why were you screaming at my ears? I was just asleep you know, not dead. "

She rolled her eyes in displeasure.

The maid's eyes widened in fright. She felt wronged when her miss glared at her like that.

" No I didn't mean it. " She said hurriedly shaking her head while waving her hands at her. " I was just about to wake you up when you suddenly jerked awake, I...I got frightened. "

Zoey raised her brows amusedly and chuckled looking at the young girl who was slightly older than her but was acting like a scared cat.

Lia Johnson, her name, had been hired by her parents as her personal maid. She had dropped out of college in search of a well paying job that could fund her studies and also support her family.

She was well behaved and sweet but was overly timid. Zoey would be lying if she said that she didn't like her.

When her thoughts drifted towards her parents her eyes became clouded. She clenched her forehead trying to push the unwanted thoughts as far as possible.

" You can leave now. I'll head downstairs in a while. "

Lia nodded and politely excused herself, heading out of the room.

*

Zoey tiredly stumbled to the bathroom and looked in the mirror slowly as if not sure of what she'd see.

The sun shone bright through the window, washing away the vestiges of the horror she had experienced in the dream, leaving her relieved to return to her mundane existence.

She took her cute pink tooth brush and started brushing her teeth, gazing at the mirror deep in thoughts.