Nightmares’ Fairytale

Dark knight rise

The whole week pass in a blur. I can't comprehend anything and the nightmares are now visiting me everyday. Shouting, gasping for air, and trembling. That's my everyday scenario every time I woke up in the morning. Everyday it is getting worse. Each day the nightmare became more remorseful than it was before. The devastating scene playing over and over again in my dreams, the dead taunting me each seconds. Its internally killing me.

Uncle and Ethan and even Donny is persuading me to see Mrs. Beth, but I no longer want to do it. I am already tired of having someone to help me, of being in a doctor, of being helpless. Today is the day I will meet him, my future husband. I don't know how he is or what will happen. I always said I am fine, but I am afraid. What if the past will repeat itself? I don't know If I can handle the pain or if I can handle making other person like me because of this marriage.

Dressed in a sleeveless blue fitted dress that stops inches above my knee with my hair tied in a messy ponytail. Never in my life would I think that walking towards our backyard would be this hard. I took my time ans slowly walk my way to where my Uncle Evan, Ethan and Donny is seated together with my future husband and in-laws. And yes, Donny is here as he is considered a family.

Walking out from the house I am welcomed by all of them which makes me gasp from surprise to see who I am arranged with. "Svan" it comes out as a whisper which he returned with a glared.

He is wearing black pants and v-neck shirt partnered with opened checkered long sleeved polo. What happened to him, just last week he is flirting and making fun of me. And then, realization hit me. Oh, right he hates me and this arrangement. I don't know why but a sudden sadness crash to me. He love someone and because of my choice I ruined both of them. I am the one who have a choice and I chose to continue this arrangement despite the rationality that says I should not. And he hates me now but his hate would be incomparable to what I feel about this situation. I think this might be worse that I imagined.

"So since both of you are here we want to announce that since my son is already 18 and you, my dear, is 17 which will be 18 soon. We planned to make your marriage after your graduation. What do you say?" Said the sturdy and toned looking man whom I presumed to be Uncle Arthur said.

"Right. as if I have a say in this so what do you say? since you know your the only one who had a choice?" Steve said.I have decided that I should start getting used to call him "Steve" now since he doesn't like me and continuing to call him by the nickname I gave him would strengthen the slightest feeling I have for him and that would caused greater problem for us and greater heartache for me.

"Steve! Have some manners would you?" his mother, auntie Lauren, scolded him.Auntie Lauren is stunningly beautiful, you have a curvy body, wavy mousy brown hair and hazel eyes plus her aura omits kindness that makes you at ease with her.

"Why should I? I don't even see why I am here seeing as I don't have any say and you all make the decisions." He shouted looking at each one of us before standing up and walking away towards the pond at our backyard, which in the mini-forest. My uncle provided that man-made mini-forest for me since nature gives me peace.

"Um...I think I should follow him." I stated to everyone.

"Please do so honey, I am sorry." Auntie Lauren replayed which made me more anxious and it's taking every ounce of my self-control not to have a panic attack.

Those words..."honey"...been a long time since someone called me that. After my father's death my uncle made sure no one to call me that because it triggers my attacks. I ignore my uncle and the boys' worry glance and walk toward the mini-forest.

There, I saw him sitting on the pond and looks very stress-out with his back facing me. I walk carefully closer to where he is and apologized. "Hey look I am sorry I know it is my mistakes why you are miserable right now but...I...I just love them so much and they need my help you...you can hate me as much as you want if it will make you feel better you could even curse at me." I finished looking down ashamed. I dare not to look straight into his burning eyes in fear to see how much hatred he has kept inside him.

I know what I said is true I am the one with the choice but I choose to continue this but my uncle love his restaurant so much. It is his gift to my auntie who already pass away and I can't let him loss that.

"Huh?! sorry? for all I know you might plan this the moment you saw me. Thought you were innocent you even have those awful nickname and basketball fight its your plan isn't it?!" he stood up looking at me as though he was ready to eat me. I hate it...I never lied to him an it hurts cause even if I denied it I like him and it hurts it to be accused by him. I felt both annoyed and irritated with the accusation by I did not expressed any of it for I have no right to do so.

"I...I wasn't...I...I..didn't...I" I am hyper-ventilating now. All the anxious and stress I feel since I heard this news as came rushing to me at once. My breathing became shallow and fast as I palpitate and hyper-ventilate in front of him. I am about to fall when he stride towards me hold me by my waist.

"Hey Jhozy! Jhozy! breath are you alright?" he said panicking. well who wouldn't with my situation.

"I am so sorry really" I speak weakly to him while he is holding me before I feel being dizzy and I know I am near in passing out. I hear him shout for help and its like everything is in slow motion around me. Ethan and Donny running towards me with uncle and Steve's parents behind them.

Ethan took me from Steve's arms and lift me up in his arms, saying soothing word and making his way into my room.

*STEVE'S POV

When I heard that I am to get married to some girl, I become really mad to my parents. I have a lovely family but they just love to dictate my choice in life. I want to be an artist who create paiting that would inspire people, but they didn't asked me what I want to be instead they go they said that I will be the CEO of our company.

I understand them for that because I am an only child and they need a heir, but dictating whom I shall marry is too much especially they know that I have a girlfriend whom I love. I don't really understand why they don't like my girlfriend, Veronica, I mean she's a lovely girl, so innocent and sweet. Veronica is a daughter of my father's business partner and we met at one of their company's gala. She captivated me with her hazel eyes like my mother's and sweet voice. She is light skinned, petite and curvy brown hair.

So when we came to them and saw my fiancee, I was beyond surprise when I saw who she is. Its Jhozy. At first I was irritated at her because she is just a newbie in school and yet she can do what she wants cause she's close with Ethan and Brandon who acts like her bodyguard or something but when I talk to her and when she beats me on basketball I saw that I was wrong about her.

I mean when I saw her hiding in the aisle of bookshelves I know that she is not some attention seeker maybe it is really a coincidence that she is close with that two boys. I know she is not that bad, but when I saw her I just blew up and get mad in her. Simply because she have a choice and she let this arrangement happens and when she apologizes to me? It really surprise me but I am too mad and still mad because I love someone and I am being force to another.

One moment I was shouting and the next thing I knew, I was taking long strides towards her and found her in my arms shaking and having trouble in breathing. Too confused and afraid of what is happening I called for help knowing that everyone on the lunch earlier can hear me. And I am right, not even a minute Brandon and Ethan came rushing to her side by side with my parents and her uncle following them.

Ethan is now with her in her room while everyone else in the living room. I am about to go and open her room when Brandon stop me. "Look mate, I know you hate this arrangement but trust me her hate about this is much more compare to what you feel. I don't care what you think or feel about this but a little favor about what happened earlier you are not to speak about it again...to anyone." He said very seriously and his look very intimidating right now which doesn't affect me...so much. This personality I am seeing on him right now surprises me. He is Brandon, you hardly see him serious and when you do he go all fun. He is almost like a child who knows only about fun.

"What happened earlier? and why I should not talk about it not that I am some gossip addict that would tell it to everyone." I answered I am really confused why did she act like that? Is it something I did or is she sick?.

"It is not for you to know and if you don't want that to happen again don't talk about it to her. Act as if that never happened." he said.

"Dude you might forgetting something she is my fiancee!" I exclaimed to him.

"It is an arrange and both of you doesn't want it remember? If you really want to know them you find it yourself which i am pretty sure won't know unless it came from her cause we won't betray her by telling you anything." He said and walk away from me towards the staircase to go down. But not before looking back at me an and saying "You might be my friend but we won't think twice to beat you up if you hurt her in any kind of way. Do anything but you are still engage so don't cheat on her in any kind of circumstances." he said and walk completely walk down.

I came to realize something, you should really not confront a serious Brandon he looks like someone not to be mess with. With all this happening a question keep on running to my mind.

"Who are the real you Jhozy?"