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"Don't be scared...come.. It's just a matter of time."

"No."

"Don't be scared... Come... It's just a matter of time."

"LEAVE ME ALONE."

"Don't be scared...come... It's just a matter of time."

"I SAID NO, LEAVE ME ALONE"

I wake up gasping for air, sweating, scared of seeing the dark. I am soothed by the loud sounds of New York. They're right when they say this is the town that doesn't sleep, there's traffic even at... 4 am? Now the voice in my dream is covered by the town's own voices, noises and vibrations that would normally stress me out but which are now helping me calm down. The ticking in my head and my trembling stopped. A familiar touch caresses my arm.

"Are you ok..?"

"Just a nightmare, but nobody died, I guess."

"But they could have tortured you..." Isaac said, not really wide awake. He just kept rolling in the sheets.

"They didn't lay a finger on me."

"Than why was it a nightmare?"

"There was a voice who kept saying 'Come, don't worry, it's just a matter of time' in this very horror movie tone, very slowly and every time I screamed no or leave me alone or something it would just repeat, seemingly coming closer and closer to my ear."

"That's torture."

"Yeah. But it wasn't real so go back to bed, Martin." I say, immitating Jake's American accent. Isaac just giggled and asked what I am doing because I was just getting out of bed.

"I will just call my parents, Dylan, Haley, maybe even read... I will wake you up at 8, alright? Breakfast's at 9." I inform him, also checking out the red paper pinned to the board.

"Ok. Thanks."

"No problem, sleep well."

I have obviously talked in the living room with my parents for about an hour...

Oh, sweetie, hi! How are you two?

So I would say everything.

We've been wanting to ask you but kept forgetting all these months, how's Alex?

Well, we haven't talked in the last 6 months because he was in London, but now his band is performing at VidCon and they're also in our hotel so I'll probably see him around. Such a coincidence, wow, fuck my life, kill me already, I say to myself.

This is wonderful, darling! Why is the sun rising behind you? Oh, it must be about 5 in the morning around there... Go to sleep, Phoebe Jane Phillis! Don't call us late at night!

Bye, I love you.

We love you too.

Now... Let's see if Dylan or Haley are online...

Finally, Phoebe! I've been waiting for you to call all day long. Haley's bitchy tone snaps at me. Is everything alright?

Yes, yes, don't worry. Oh, hi, Dylan!

Hello, Phoebe!

Where's Isaac? Oh, silly me, he's not in the same room with you.

In fact, he is. But now he's sleeping.

Lazy guy, scolds Dylan.

We talk for a bit longer. I check the laptop's clock. 6:13. Well, let's browse the internet. What should I look for...? Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys, managers and so on, right? Right.

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