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UNTIL DAWN CHAPTER 1
Sam was running through the snow. It was almost pitch black save for a small sliver of moonlight shining down through the towering trees of the woods.
A quick flash of white as something jumped from one tree to another to her right caused Sam to whip her head round. Nothing .
But it was following her, gaining on her. She couldn't see it but she knew it was there
The freezing air was like little needles stabbing against her skin as she raced forward. A loud screeching noise pierced through the silent night air behind her. Her heart felt like it was in her throat as she turned her head and frantically peeked over her shoulder, her eyes once again met with nothing. It was only when she turned her head back around that she froze in her tracks. Blue eyes met with milky white.
She had no time to react before it lunged forward. The loud screech shattered through her ear drums but something pulled her back and it wasn't sharp talons clawing into her stomach and ripping her apart, it was hands. Human hands. The world felt like it was spinning and everything was going black.
But she heard a voice right in her ear, not a screech, a voice . A voice that she knew so well.
"Sam?"
BEEP . BEEP. BEEP .
The loud noise shot Sam awake.
"Josh?!"
She sat bolt upright, limbs tangled in her sheets, blue eyes frantically darting over the room looking for the sound of screeching. She was panting and her vision was blurred. After a few seconds her eyes connected with the glare of the neon numbers of her alarm clock on her bedside table.
A dream. It was just a dream. Rubbing tired and blurry eyes sam moved her hands and squinted as she peered down at the red digits.
10:31
Shit .
She had missed her 6:30 jog. How had she slept through her first alarm?
Reaching across her bed Sam pressed the small button on top of the clock and turned the alarm off. With a yawn, she began to untangle her legs from her sheets and climb out of bed. Wanting to shake off the small jittery feeling she still felt from her nightmare Sam moved into her bathroom and stepped in to the shower.
Once she was clean and dressed the blonde began to make her way downstairs and into the kitchen where she was greeted by the sight of her mother placing a green smoothie down next to a bowl of mixed fruit and granola. Sam raised her eyebrow.
She had known Sam would be down at this time.
"Oh, good morning, Sweetie." Her mother smiled warmly.
"Did you turn off my alarm?" Sam quizzed.
Now her mother looked a tad guilty but the smile still remained on her face. "I thought you could use a little extra sleep." Came the reply.
"I'm fine." Sam mumbled and moved over to the dining table. She inwardly winced at her own bluntness. She didn't mean to be rude to her mom, she was only trying to do what she thought was good for her daughter. But as Sam had told everyone again and again. She was fine.
The older blonde sighed softly as she took in her daughters appearance. The dark circles under her eyes were getting more prominent.
"You know what i'm going to call work an--"
"Mom, really. I'm fine. I was just got in late last night I was out with Ashley." Sam interrupted with a forced smile.
That was a lie.
Her mother eyed her for a few seconds and Sam tried to meet her eye. She looked tired too, I mean you would do if you were working two jobs whilst also trying to be there for your nervous wreck daughter.
Deana finally nodded. "Okay, fine. But don't you stay cooped up in here all day, it's supposed to be nice outside today." The woman turned to pick up her purse and car keys before turning back to Sam and giving her a sad smile.
"I'll be home late again tonight, there is some food in the fridge or i've left some money on the fireplace for you to order something."
Sam took a sip of her smoothie before setting the cup down and nodding. "Thanks mom." She smiled tightly. Deana bent down and placed a small kiss on Sam's head before looking as though she were debating staying with her daughter again. Before she could say anything however Sam was shaking her head and leaning back. "Mom really--"
"Okay okay i'm going!" Her mother tutted and hastily made her way out of the kitchen. As soon as she heard the front door click shut Sam sighed. Turning back to her plate she picked at a few pieces of her breakfast before her phone buzzed and a text message lit up her screen.
Sliding her thumb across the screen Sam's eyes scanned the screen.
Ash: Hey Sam, me and Chris are at hanging over at his place later wanna come? :) xo
Sam smirked softly, an opportunity for the both of them to hang out just themselves and they had to invite someone else, she could imagine Josh rolling his eyes and throwing his hands up in exasperation right now.
Sam's smirk slowly slid off her face as her mind drifted back to her dream. His voice had sounded so real, she had practically felt his breath on her neck. A cold shiver ran down her spine and she shook the thoughts away from her head.
Glancing back down to her phone, Sam pondered the decision. Maybe her mom was right, she should get out today and take her mind off things and so she found her thumbs dancing across the screen, typing out a reply to her friend.
Sam: Sounds good. What time?x
Ash: 3! See you then!xo
Sam checked the time on the upper right hand corner of her screen.
11:18
Shrugging on her hoodie and slipping in to her running shoes, Sam plugged her earphones in to her phone. She had plenty of time to kill and an afternoon jog was going to have to make up for missing her morning one.