#Chapter 24 Just a Dream.

#Chapter 24: Just a Dream…

Nina

I didn’t want to believe Enzo.

I couldn’t believe Enzo! Werewolves? Talking skeletons? None of that was real. Surely this was all a daydream or a hallucination. I just needed to get home, sleep, and destress. A good night of sleep and a hot shower would make me feel better and I would realize that all of this was just in my head.

After nothing but nightmares all night, I resolved to march straight over to see Edward and see if he could help me. I was resistant to his therapy before, when I had the incident with the cadaver, but now I was completely open to it. There was no way any of this was real. I needed serious help.

I crawled out of bed and put on a university sweater, jeans, and my glasses; lately, my contacts were #Chapter 24 Just o Dream

burning my eyes from lack of sleep, so I had given up on them altogether. Besides, people looked at me less with my glasses on. They helped me blend into the nerd crowd, so the popular girls who wanted my head on a pike for being caught with Enzo would leave me alone.

Once I was dressed, I went into the

kitchen. Lori and Jessica were still asleep, so I slipped out without having to interact with anyone and made my way across the quad toward Edward’s office.

Edward let me into his office and had me lay down on the sofa.

explained to him what

encounter with the talking skeleton and Enzo and sat in his chair across

you to repeat after me. There is

thing

no such thing as

as talking skeletons,”

while he turned on a metronome. The slow ticking of the metronome lulled me into a somewhat dazed state. Next, he described images to me; peaceful scenery, like the ocean at sunset, or a field of flowers, to help me relax. I started to breathe deeply and felt my heart rate slow down, and

of the session, the hypnosis

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was all a dream. Edward seemed pleased with my progress and told me to come back if I needed more help. Feeling much better, I sat up, rubbing my eyes

was waiting for me outside her office

you alright?” Tiffany said, looking concerned. “You look like you haven’t slept in

shrugged, pushing my glasses up on my nose. “Just stressed,” I replied. ”

will do that to you,” Tiffany said. We walked together

are starting

soon so we’ll be doing lots of physical exams for the next few

to feel like autumn now.

the arena, Tiffany stopped me outside and smiled warmly at me. “I just want to say that I’m glad you’ve stuck around so far,”

bit my lip and looked at the ground. I had still been planning on talking to the dean for a reassignment, but now

this point the dean probably wouldn’t even let me pick a new internship since we were already a quarter of the way

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I really did

team was already practicing their drills when we entered. Justin was too focused on his

bench and started preparing

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