I tossed and turned for hours after my run-in with Alec. I kept listening to the silence around me, waiting to hear anything. I got up a few times to look out the window, but he was never there. Eventually, I fell back to sleep. I woke back up, and I could see the sun peaking through the window. I continued laying in bed wrapped up in the warm comforter for a while. I thought about the events that happened overnight. The dream I had no longer weighed heavy on my mind. It was pushed into the deepest part of my mind and into a 'I'll deal with it later' area. I kept thinking about Alec and how incredibly stupid he must think I am. Then, I would get annoyed at myself for actually caring about what he thought. He approached me. He knows how intimidating they are. He shouldn't have gotten so cl

