Why Was It Wrong?

Chapter 1

They didn't always get like this. Only in situations where things didn't go as planned. Mom and dad just wanted everything to be simple and normal. 

I remember one of the first times they got mad, like really mad. 

I was having a sleepover with Tommy at my house. 

Tommy was my best friend in fifth grade, so we always hung out and slept over at each other's houses. This made our parents become quite close as friends. 

Tommy slept in the bed and I, on an air mattress my parents put on the floor, which was quite wobbly but mom and dad said we should treat our guests very well so I just dealt with it.

I awoke in a cold sweat.

another nightmare. 

I had woken up in the middle of the night; I was scared. The room was pitch black with only the smallest fraction of the curtain giving a shred of light to see. Even with the tiniest speck of light, you could get a view of the room but the corners were masked by the darkness, making me feel uneasy and scared. 

I wanted to go to my parent's bed where I usually would sleep for the rest of the night, as having someone next to me in bed made me feel safe, but that would be rude to leave Tommy all alone.

 I also didn't want to leave the room. I didn't want the monsters to get me. 

From the little light I was given I saw Tommy across the room lying sound asleep in my bed.

I sat up straight, trying to balance myself on the wonky mattress and thought, 

Maybe I could... No! I shouldn't... But, I don't want to be alone. 

After spending a while debating back and forth with myself, I decided to just go for it. 

I soundly but quietly slipped off the mattress that was placed in the middle of the room and tiptoed through the darkness to where Tommy laid with his back facing towards me in my bed which sat in the corner of my room, to which you could imagine made me feel very uneasy. 

Once reaching my bed, I bent one leg and rested it on the bed as a support for my drowsy body. I leaned over the bed making it creak slightly and poked his arm slightly.

"Tommy?" I whispered. No reply. "Tommy," I poked a little harder.

Finally, Tommy stirred and turned his body towards mine. His eyes were still closed with some of his hair covering his eyes as he turned towards me. 

"Hmm, What do you want? I want to sleep."Moaning while pulling his sheets up closer to his face wanting to submerge back into comfort, making me feel more uneasy.

"I-I-I," Oh no! Don't stutter! You're not nervous! 

I then spluttered out in one big breath, 

"Can I sleep with you tonight because I had a nightmare and I don't want to sleep alone!".

If my eyes could, they would be bulging out of my head from my anxiousness in that moment. 

For a few moments, everything was so silent you could hear the slight breeze outside the window, ruffling the growing leaves. 

Slowly Tommy pulled his sheets down far enough so you could see his face. 

If the look on his face wasn't showing complete disorientation, he words sure did. He pushed himself to sit up straight using his arms to support himself and responded to my question with,

"What?"

Oh no, What have I done?! He probably thinks I'm a scaredy cat now! Well, it's too late now, I have to do it. No turning back now. 

Attentively, I begin to repeat what I had just spoken moment before, faintly inhaling before speaking at a much slower pace that one could actually follow. 

"Can I sleep with you tonight because I'm scared to sleep alone." 

Tommy looked me directly in the eye, which gave me a slight tingle throughout my body but it's probably just my nerves.

"Sure, hop in." 

He spoke in a relaxed tone as though it wasn't weird or anything, which calmed my anxiousness a lot and I get anxious about a lot of things. 

I think I wasn't moving or anything because the next thing I heard was Tommy sighing and before I knew it Tommy grabbed my wrist pulling me into the bed. 

I gasped as I gracelessly toppled onto the bed and onto Tommy. I heard a breathed "ouch," from Tommy, but he made no effort to move.

I lifted my head and saw me and Tommy were pretty close to each other. 

Closer than I've been with other people. 

As I looked up, Tommy looked down, as if to hide something. 

Why is he embarrassed? I'm so confused. 

We spent a few moments just staring at each-other in silence. 

Just our breathes could be heard, I didn't feel uncomfortable though.

Eventually we snapped out of our trances and I pushed my body off of Tommy's and laid next to him. 

Both Tommy and I laid on our backs but did not move nor say a word. I felt too uncomfortable now to do so. 

I think Tommy felt the same since he wasn't moving either. 

Thankfully it was too dark to see each other so we didn't have to see each other in our awkwardness but the atmosphere around us was a pretty awkward one now, which usually doesn't happen with Tommy and I. 

We laid on our backs, uncomfortable for what seemed ages but was only a few minutes.

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