The nightmare

"Hey, who do you think you are, huh?" A girl shouted as she pushed Grace towards the wall, making her bang against it. She was wearing ragged clothes and looked like a punk. She had two other girls beside her. Grace looked terrified and she had a few bruises on her body and her face because they had tripped her on the stairs and kicked her. Her clothes were a bit torn and had a little blood on them from the wounds that she got.

"You wear such poor clothes, who do you think you are to disobey me, bitch?" She shouted at her and rose her hand to slap her in the face for the second time. She was so angry because Grace had disagreed to do their project for she had to go to her job quickly.

Grace closed her eyes tightly for she was kinda afraid now. But nothing happened, she slowly opened her eyes a few seconds later and saw Ava standing in front of her. She had held that girl's hand back and thus prevented her from hitting Grace.  Ava was the one who usually bullied Grace but she couldn't understand why she stopped them, shouldn't she be happy to see her get hurt. Ava shook away that girl's hand and stared at her with anger in her eyes.

"Ava, we're on the same side, we both hate her so why cause this useless drama." That girl suggested with a friendly smile.

"Who said I hated her?" Ava asked as she tilted her head and that girl and Grace both got confused.

"You always bully her? It means you don't like her." She asked and lifted an eyebrow.

"I just like to tease her, I never said I hated her." Ava replied and tripped that girl. "But I do hate when people touch something that's mine." She said and her expressions became dark and she kicked that girl just like she did earlier with Grace.

Grace was shocked by Ava's words and flinched when she turned towards her. Ava banged her hand at the wall and stared into her eyes.

"Did you...?" Grace mumbled slowly.

"What?" Ava asked her loudly and she flinched.

"Did you mean what you just said?" Grace asked slowly and looked up at her.

Ava just stared at her and then busted into laughter. Grace was confused at her reaction.

"You believed me?" She asked as she controlled her laughter. Grace looked at her with confused eyes.

"I don't care whatever the hell happens to you, you die or you live. I just can't bear to lose my plaything to someone else. Who the hell would even take interest in you, nerd?" She said and looked emotionless.

Tears started rolling down Grace's eyes without her even realizing and she lowered her head, for she didn't want Ava to see her in that state. But her tears didn't seem to move Ava at all and she left with a smile on her face. The tears didn't seem to stop and her vision became blurry, she fell on her knees and suddenly she felt a strong pain in her chest. It had been two years since she like her secretly but she still didn't notice her. Her heartbeat raced and she couldn't understand what was happening to her. Her breathing became unstable and she felt like someone was strangling her, she struggled to breathe properly and took deep breaths.

She let out a scream and opened her eyes, the ceiling was the same as the one she saw every morning, she looked around and found herself in her room. Her breathing was unstable and her heartbeat was still fast. She was covered in sweat. She couldn't believe what a dream could do to her. But a part of her was relieved that it's as just a dream cause, in reality, Ava just walked away without saying a word to her. This reality was way better than her painful dream.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down and then looked at the clock. It was almost time to wake up, so she got out of bed and got ready for college. The house was empty as usual and this loneliness was calming to her for there was no one to stop her from dreaming, from thinking of the 'girl' that she liked.

She left for college later without having breakfast and on her way she saw Ava, wearing ragged jeans and a jacket over a black t-shirt. Her hair was short and she had put them up with a cap. She looked as pretty as she ever did. Her long lashes and brown eyes capturing every beautiful thing around her. Grace was mesmerized by her beauty for a second, it had been two years since she met her but it still felt like she was seeing her for the first time.

Ava glanced towards her and Grace quickly looked away. She didn't want to be found staring at her so she ran to her class quickly. Grace had long dark blonde hair and hazel colored eyes, which she covered with her glasses. Her hair was kept in a bun and she wore a hoodie with jeans. No one noticed how pretty she was. Well, she also liked to hide behind the shadows away from everyone's eyes.

The classes went on for a long while and as it ended she rushed out of the room and towards the exit, for she was almost ready for her part-time job. She didn't look at her way properly and bumped into someone and unfortunately, it was Ava. Unfortunately, because she would bully her again and she'll get late for her job, again. Grace bowed in apology without even looking who it was.

"Hey, nerd."A voice said and Grace flinched as she heard it for she realized it was Ava.

"Been a long since I saw you last." She added and her gang blocked her way completely.

"Must be busy studying." Emily, Ava's best friend added as she laughed at Grace along with the others.

"Why don't you do our work as well?" Harry, Emily's boyfriend said as he took away her books and the other members just laughed at her.

"Can you please let me go?" Grace mumbled slowly.

"What did you say?" Ava asked as she stepped closer to her. Her hears raced and she stepped back.

"Can you let me go? I...I'm late for work..." She said hesitantly.

"I will if you let me know where you work," Ava said and her demand confused Grace but she answered her anyways that she worked at a cafe.

"See you soon, nerd," Ava whispered in her ear as she left along with the others after giving back her stuff.

Her ears began to get red and she covered them as rushed to her work. What was Ava planning to do was all she thought about on her way.