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HAPPINESS

I woke up drenched in sweat, with someone lying near me. I knew I had probably been dreaming all along, but who was the person near me? 

"Huan?" I whispered before I lifted the sheets. 

"Don't identify me Olivia?" A female voice declared. 

My heart almost did a double jump. "Oh my god!! Lilly!!! How? Why? How are you here?" I shouted, jumping on top of her. 

"Calm down girl, I was on vacation, but then I heard about your new mission, and then decided to follow. But about getting into the house, I just had to tell your housemate Huan or someone that I would buy him chocolate.. And he just let me in." She said, not even stopping for breath. But I got every single word of it, and didn't even care that she secretly stalked me all the way here.

All that mattered is that she was here with me now.. 

I stared into her eyes for a few seconds before leaning in. She was about to close the distance between our lips before.. "Oh hey guys..  woooooo eeps I'll come back I guess?" Said Huan, standing by the door.

"Why didn't you lock the door?" I asked, annoyed by the lip blocker. 

"Oh come on, I didn't know he'd actually burst in here like that!" 

"Its okay, come on, i have to get going anyways.. oh wait, you wanna come with me to stalk the dude?" 

"Oh yes count me in!!" She exclaimed,  her eyes brightening up like a sudden swarm of fireflies lighting up the night. 

I almost forgot how beautiful it was to get lost in her brown eyes..

"You're beautiful." I stated, tucking a strand of stray dyed red hair behind her ear. 

"You don't look bad yourself!!" 

"Hey!" 

"Oh come on Miss. Romantic, let's get going." She said, hopping off the bed. 

Huan had magically slithered away somewhere.. Thank goodness. Should I take him with me? Won't he mess things up? 

But he's the one who knows these neighborhoods.. I should probably take him. If he causes any problem, I should probably shoot him on the spot. But I do like him a bit. I think he'd make a good friend.. 

The memories that replayed in my nightmare kept replaying even with my eyes open.. why do these things always choose to haunt me? Why me?

Can't they all just leave me alone?

At times I just wish I could erase them all.. but then again…

"Hey.. what's going on in your mind?" Lilly asked, hugging me from behind. 

"Its okay Lilly.. just the nightmares."

"They're back again? You stopped your medication again didn't you?" She said, worry evident in her face. I just stared at her, not having a word to say in defense.