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That night I was tossing and turning, crying in my sleep. Having a nightmare about Aaron beating up Tyler and then beating me up. My dream shifted to Johnathan yelling at me and I was crying in the corner, begging him not to hit me.

“Johnathan, please. No!’’ I held my hand out to protect myself.

‘’Please, no!’’ I yelled. I guess my screaming scared me out of my sleep.

When I woke up, my heart was pounding, and I had a headache. I noticed that all my bedding was on the floor, and I could hear knocking on my door.

I sat up in bed and held my head in my hands for a moment; the knock came again, and I got up with a groan.

When I opened the door, I saw Aaron with a concerned look on his face.

‘’Are you ok? I heard... I think you were having a bad dream’’

‘’Yes, I’m fine, it's just a bad dream like you said.’’

He looked around my room before his eyes landed on me.

‘’Are you sure? Because the way you were screaming seems as if someone broke in.’’

‘’I’m fine, Aaron.’’

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