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�Road To Nowhere� Chapter 4: Cold Sweat �Courtney, please just listen to what I�m saying,� Mike said. �No, Mike. Get away from me!� Courtney screamed as she ran away. �Ahhh!� Courtney sat straight up in bed. She was breathing hard. She had been having the same dream every night and she hated waking up this way. Why was she dreaming about Mike anyway? That was so long ago. Courtney got out of bed and checked the clock. 4:55 A.M. She was going to have to get up in five minutes when her alarm clock went off anyway, so she decided just to take a shower now. She let the steam and hot water soak into her skin, washing the dream down the drain. When she got out she wrapped herself in a huge towel and walked into her closet. It was a game day so she had to wear her cheer outfit to school. She pulled out the skirt and shell and put them on. She did her makeup and hair and didn�t think once about the dream. Her mind was on Dan. Pulling a hoodie over her top, she went downstairs to get breakfast. �Morning Daddy,� she said sitting next to him. �Hi honey,� he replied not looking up from his paper. Courtney fixed herself a bowl of cereal and read the comics until it was time to head for school. She put the bowl in the sink and kissed her dad�s head. �Bye Daddy.� He didn�t say anything as she walked out the door. She turned the volume up on her stereo and drove to school. * * * * �Where is Courtney?� Chelsea asked the group. �She�s never late to school.� �She�s probably still pissed from last night and decided to stay home today,� Matt laughed. �What did you do to her?� Ashley asked. �Oh nothing,� Matt smiled to himself. �Here comes Dan! Hey Dan! Over here!� Dan walked over to the group. �Hey guys. What's going on?� �Chelsea is about to have a nervous breakdown because Courtney isn�t here yet,� Matt filled him in. �Oh,� Dan left it at that. Just then Courtney came walking up to the group. �Is it game day already?� Matt asked checking out her outfit. �I hope you�re joking because we need you to play tonight. Centennial is going to crush us,� Courtney replied. Matt wrapped his arm around her hips. �Of course I�m playing.� Courtney jerked away from his grasp. �Matt! Don�t!� Her hand went to her left hip rubbing it. �Oh, Court. Sorry. I forgot,� Matt said apologetically. Courtney looked away, she felt like crying. �It�s okay Matt.� �Aww, Court. Did you have the dream again?� Matt asked pulling her into his arms. �Yeah,� Courtney said muffled in his shirt. She broke the embrace not wanting to make a scene. �Come on Chels. Let�s go to bio early.� Chelsea followed Courtney toward the biology room. Dan stood there taking it all in. He had no idea what was wrong with Courtney, but he knew it wasn�t good. The bell rang and Matt started to walk off with Josh. Dan caught up with him. �Matt, what was wrong with Courtney this morning?� �Dan, I don�t know if it�s my place to tell you. You really have to ask her. See ya later,� Matt walked off leaving Dan standing there. How was he going to get Courtney to open up to him? * * * * �Cheer practice after school,� Courtney told her friend and fellow squad member, Kelly Atkins. �Okay Court, see you later,� Kelly waved as she walked to her locker. Courtney made her way down the hall and into the cafeteria. She sat down beside Dan and waited for Chelsea and Matt. Dan smiled at her. �Courtney, are you okay?� Dan asked her. �Yeah Dan, I�m fine. Why wouldn�t I be?� Courtney asked him suspicious of where this was going. �This morning you were totally freaked out about something. You wanna talk?� Dan asked gently. �If you wanna know about the dream, ask Matt. He�ll tell you everything,� Courtney got up and went to look for Chelsea herself. She had had enough of the personal questions. * * * *
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