I laid in bed, tossing and turning waiting for Nate to finish his shower, once I heard the water turn off, I quickly tucked myself in and closed me eyes. I heard shuffling through clothes, and grunts, "you can look now" Nate said.

I turned around and wrapped the blanket over me, I stared at him, "are you okay sleeping on the floor, I mean I can sleep on the couch, because this is your room" I said my eyes frowning, I felt bad for taking his bed.

Nate smirked and came closer, "unless, you want me to sleep with you" he whispered, I blushed and pushed his chest away, and turned around my back facing him, "in your dreams" I scoffed, Nate chuckled, and he placed a blanket next to the bed, he groaned as he found a comfortable position. I turned over so I was looking down at him from the bed.

"Thank you" I smiled down at him, Nate grabbed his phone, and looked up at me, "no worries" he said.

I laid there watching him on his phone, "we just met, and I'm already sleeping at your house, isn't this all too sudden, I mean I don't think we're comfortable with each other yet" I said, sounding a bit guilty. Nate frowned and set his phone down.

"I mean, I'm just trying to be friendly, but if you're uncomfortable I can always call your mother to pick you up" he said avoiding eye contact, I sighed, "I didn't mean it like that, I feel like we should take our friendship slowly" I smiled. Nate smiled back, "let's get some rest" he whispered and turned off the lamp.

I laid in his bed, I heard him shuffling around and finally settled down in a good position, I looked outside his window, the slightly purple night sky, the stars and moon slightly lit up the room, my eyes finally grew heavy and sleep consumed me.

I remember my father telling me before I went to sleep, that when my body is unconscious my soul astral projects and wanders off to places, if even possible different universes, or dimensions.

Suddenly I was back in my mothers clinic, she was talking to Alex Rodgers again, I knew this was impossible, because I couldn't time travel back into the past. I walked closer and Alex noticed me, he ran up to the window screen and started to bang on it. I jumped back. How was is possible that he saw me through a black screen?

I yelled for help but no one came, my mother sat their still talking as if Alex was listening, but he was screaming at me. My breathing got heavy, and I was now hyperventilating, I looked around for help but there was no one, except my mother and Alex.

I felt my forehead sweating, I knew at that very moment I was petrified.

"Dad, dad, please come home" I whispered, pulling at my hair, I closed my eyes shut, before hearing a deep voice call for me.

"Thea? Thea!" The deep voice continued to scream my name, I opened my eyes, and I was in Nate's bed, Nate was panting and holding my arms, I was breathing heavily.

"N-Nate..." I whispered, tears begging to be spilled all over my cheeks, I started to sob and Nate pulled me into his chest, "he was tying to attack me!" I pulled him closer, Nate shoved his face into my hair, and caressed my back, "ssh, it's all over" he whispered and cooed in my ear to calm me down.

I eventually fell asleep, without a nightmare, engulfed in Nate's warmth.

Nate

I was finally falling asleep when I heard whimpering, I sat up, and saw Althea clenching onto the bedsheets, she had sweat all over her, and she was looking like she was having a nightmare. I somewhat enjoyed her in this state, so I watched her.

As awful as it sounded, I loved her screams for help, but when she started to whisper for her dad, I was getting worried, and started to climb up the bed. I saw her scratching at my sheet, I grabbed her arms, and shook her, but she didn't wake up. For a minute I thought she stopped breathing, so I shook her vigorously, "Thea? Thea!" I screamed.

Her small figure stopping shaking, and she woke up, sweat all over her forehead, and tears in her eyes. I pulled her close to me, and her breathing soothed a little.

"N-Nate" she stuttered my name, caressing her back, I laid on the bed with her on me, she said some guy was going to attack her, I didn't let her continue, I told her that it was okay, and hugged her until she fell asleep. This was the only time I've been close to someone, so kind and gentle.

She was like a deer, majestic, almost fragile, but brave. She really was a piece of treasure.

"Son, when you find the perfect women, treat her like gold, take care of her, if you lose her, she's lost forever, someone might pick up that gold and never return it" my father told me. 

"Nate Cougar Jondus, I promise you'll find a gem that will take care of you, that gem will protect you, and you have to protect it as well, you're Nate Jondus, the most bravest boy I've known, my little baby, please promise me, you'll protect your gem" my mothers last words, before I got my knife...

It was true, I was only eighteen, and I killed my family, I was a pure psychopath, I killed my father first, then my mother, then my older brother, Nicolas, and then my little sister, Amelia, she was only ten.

I didn't care, I got away with the murder, I told people that my family went to move and live in Russia, and I stayed here to find a women to marry, but as that went on, I committed crimes, like theft, but Lenny and my boys would always bail me out. 

But now that I found my gem, I'll treat her like gold.

No one will touch her

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Sorry if most of the chapters keep switching point of views for the character I'll try to keep it on Althea.