While You Were Sleeping Novels & Stories

Since I was starving I started eating it while wondering about life. ' You're overreacting to it, Ira! This can't be possible! Just have some rest because they must be in their way. Huff! I can't even run from here when there is tight security ' I thought before closing my eyes. I didn't realize when I was lost in deep slumber. In my sleep, I felt flying in the air. Dream! . . . . . . . . .

I lay in my bed exhausted, I didn't get much sleep last night. I kept having the intense feeling of being watched all night. Every time I close my eyes the only thing I can see was that thing. What was that thing? "Honey! It's time for school!" My mom yells from downstairs "Hurry and get ready, come get breakfast!"

How she was taken away from me way too soon. I finally realized what people mean when they say they’re sleepwalking while in actual fact they were wide awake. I'd watch Television and think I was paying attention to whatever was happening, and then the episode ends and I realize I didn’t take in a word of what was playing. My mind was elsewhere. It was Nowhere.

8 - Grumpy Old Man Summer I woke up with an aching body. My bleary eyes blinked at the sleeping person beside me and unconsciously, a small smile tugged at my lips. Even asleep, he hadn’t removed his mask. I rolled over and tried to stretch without wincing. My entire body felt sore. After our late-night pizza, we fucked till morning until I passed out. I remember that at one point, we were on the floor. I don’t know how that happened.

"Where were you? When I woke up, you were not in the house and it sounded like you were coming in from outside." "Oh! I just took out the trash. I was so worried about you and I couldn't sleep so I had to keep myself busy. I was up all night watching TV." I replied, pretending to look really tired. She was about to say something but she stumbled backwards instead, she kept stumbling around for a few seconds until she slumped.

I woke up feeling so sleepy, I don’t think I slept last night. I stretched out in bed, not wanting to open my eyes, knowing once I did I would not be able to get back to sleep. I felt something touch my hip. And I froze. What the fuck was that?! My heart began to race. Whatever it was was still there… I balled my fist up and lashed out sleepily, whoever or whatever was in my fucking room would regret it!

I asked “Baby I was losing my mind with the fight we had going on. I knew you'd be asleep and I only wanted to see you before I noticed your towel had come undone and you were naked. I had to change you into something and believe me that calmed me down enough to fall asleep” I smiled. “Glad I could help”

And that night while I slept, I dreamt of hooligans and bridges over water. ~~~~ "rise and shine, sleeping beauty." I heard from somewhere within my subconscious, and wanted to weep when I began to feel someone shaking me by my shoulder, "don’t do this to me, Ashley." I moaned, because her voice finally registered, and her scent filled my nose and I was painfully being dragged out of sleep. "I told you I was okay." "you're okay, which explains why it's nearly noon and you're still sleeping. Of course, you're perfectly fine."

Anna's POV I was utterly drained, both physically and mentally. Since returning to Italy, sleep had become a rare luxury. My body ached for rest, and after a long, scalding shower, I finally let myself collapse onto the bed, hoping to escape into the peace of sleep for at least a few hours. The moment my head touched the pillow, darkness enveloped me, pulling me into a deep, dream-laden slumber. I dreamt of Harvey, my husband, with vivid memories of our passionate moments flashing through my mind, the kind of dreams that made me yearn for his touch.

I didn't have the answers, and it left me feeling curious and unsure. Returning back to our apartment, I felt so weak and decided to take a nap. As I lay in bed, exhaustion consumed me, and I drifted off to sleep, hoping to shake off the feverish feeling. But my slumber was short-lived, as a vivid dream jolted me awake. I checked the time, realizing I had slept for over an hour.