Chapter 21 - Aurora

I wake up screaming from a nightmare that is almost certainly related to the horror film earlier. Shane jumps up out of bed and stands in the centre of the room, looking around for the reason for my scream. He looks so funny crouched there in just his boxer shorts, that I burst out laughing.

"Sorry." I whisper, reveling in seeing him almost nude again. "Bad dream."

"You know, my mum always said if you tell someone about it, then it won't happen again." He sits at the end of my bed, shivering but concerned. 

My heart's still beating fast from the nightmare and having him so close somehow makes me feel it pulse all over my body. He shivers again and I flip the quilt back, patting the mattress beside me, he slides in quickly, staring at me the whole time as if I'll change my mind or he's got it all wrong.