To Be Or Not To Be

Ella's POV

I have never had nightmares in my life and the fact that I now suddenly have them doesn't sit well with me. Why would I be dreaming of something like that? I litterally paralyzed but that is not the part that scared me, it was the fact that despite not being able to see who pulled the trigger, I was somehow not afraid of this man, like he was not going to harm me. Alex heard me and he came to my rescue. A part of me was tempted to ask him to stay but I didn't want him to get worried.

I told him that I was fine and went back to sleep. The nightmare didn't come back but I was tired. I had spent the better half of my night lying awake in bed too afraid to face the monsters in my dreams. Even though that happened, it didn't take away the fact that we kissed. Alex kissed me and it felt good. When he left me there I didn't think that there was any hope of that ever happening again but after seeing how worried he was about me last night, I am starting to think that maybe a part o