Damian “Are you happy?” I hear when a cozy warmth has me snuggling into it. The smell my nose detects has a smile coming to my lips. Bryan…hmm, it’s so calming and drugging…it almost feels real and I snuggle into my blanket some more, basking in it. “Did it make you happy, Damian?” “Hmm,” his voice sounds so real too. I burrow into the soft folds more, tears stinging inside my closed eyelids, “Don’t…?” Inside my dreams…Bryan is beckoning me to come to him. We’re in school and I’m standing in front of the class…Bryan is seated next to Melanie and he is calling me to take the seat next to him on the other side, but I don’t. Then Natalie is suddenly there behind Melanie and pointing to an empty chair next to her. I take a step forward, observe Natalie’s smile that spreads wider and wider

