A/N: A story I wrote for Extension English. Hope you enjoy!

Neurons were flying; muscles flinching. Fitful bouts of horror plagued the poor girl's unconscious. Tossing and turning, sweat was slicked across her skin.

The knot that was now forming on the bed was half human, half pink, cotton-polyester blend sheet. Muffled moans were now chorusing through the room as the pain and fear that she hides so well gradually found the spotlight.

With a final flip, the knot was secure, and in her struggle to fight away invisible evils that were reaching out for her, the woman fell. A terrified scream was torn from her throat as she landed with a thud.

For some time, the raven haired woman simply sat where she'd fallen, wide-eyed and shaking, surrounded by a tangled sheet. Several dark spots formed on the otherwise clean sheets, as blood leeched out of her arm. The remnants of a glass of water lay strewn across the floor.

As the sun poked its weary rays from under the surrounding city, she was drawn into the day. Realising the time she rose and made the short, unsteady journey to the adjoining bathroom. It took her all but five minutes to shower, dress and tend to her fresh wound. The stark white bandage joined an ever growing collection.

Slipping a black jacket over her blouse she expertly hid the reality of her nights.

A/N: Please, R&R!