I wake up by Devi shaking me and my brain is pounding again.

"Are you okay Chris?", I squint up at him confused.

"What..", a worried look on his face turns into relief and confusion.

"You were screaming with tears running down your face as if you were hurt...", he says with a gulp.

You explain this happens almost every night but most of the time you wake yourself up. His confusion turns into worry as you explain what the dreams are about and he leans over to hug you.

Your heart flutters for the first time around Devi and you're confused as to what it's about. A tear falls down your face, confused you clear your throat and Devi pulls away looking at you.

"You sure you're okay? Do you need anything?" he says you shake your head looking down.

"Not yet...", he turns his head in confusion but you ignore it.

SMALL TIME SKIP: TO LUNCHTIME

Will, Devi, and I go to McDonald's for lunch, we all sit at the back booth of the store. As we sit in the McDonald's we hear tires screeching and I look up to see a car pulling in front of the store with a man hanging out the window.

"OH SHIT GET DOWN!", I scream at the top of my lungs as I dunk under the table. As soon as we're under I hear gunshots and screaming of other customers and staff.

"Chris breathe, breathe...", I look at Devi confused not realizing that I'm screaming in shock of what's going on. I can't stop myself so he grabs my hand rubbing it trying to soothe me. Will sits content next to us, unbothered by what's going on. I hear sirens a few seconds later as the cops and medics have arrived to help. A few minutes later a medic comes over and helps us out from under the table. Apparently, I'm still screaming because he acts as if he's trying to calm me down. I can't hear much if anything for about an hour because of the shock of what happened. I guess I stopped screaming because Devi asked if I'm feeling better and I nod. My throat slowly starts to kill me as the rest of the day goes on.

TIME SKIP TO DINNER:

My hand shakes as I slowly bring the spoon of soup to my face, Devi and Will made it for me. My throat throbs as I clear it after swallowing a bite, warm filling my belly and soothing my nerves.

"How is it?" they both accidentally ask in unison.

"It's good", I say in a very low scratchy voice, I can't force myself to speak loud as it could make it worse. They both nod and sit down to eat what they've made which was a pot pie.

We finish dinner and sit in the living room to recap the day all of us getting emotional at some point, Will the last to do so. As the night goes on we all end up falling asleep on the couch together, Devi and I laying together and he's holding me tight.

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