Fighting For Love

Daisy's heart beat sped up when she found Bret's key to her apartment lying on the center table. A small sharp ache pierced her chest. Her phone notification beeped and she picked up hurriedly.

"I won't be able to make it to work today," His message read. "Ben will be outside to take you to work."

Her stomach was cramped with dread. Since the night he had a nightmare, their relationship has been rocky. So much that Daisy had to suspend her meeting with her parents and offered to go to the house instead.

It had taken her a couple of days to get over the episode of that night and when she finally decided to let it go, it seemed like it was too late already. Yet, even as they were not seeing each other, Ben kept showing up each morning to take her to work and she always found herself sliding at the back seat of the car, an action she took just to let Brett know that she wasn't running, she just needed time.

The last couple of weeks had been tremendously difficult for both of them. Bre