WARNING: ABUSE/NIGHTMARE

Ben's POV       <----

I looked at Oliver. He had messy long brown hair. I noticed while cleaning his face, ya know before he feinted, he had forest green eyes that faded into a dark hazel. He was shorter than me by a couple inches and had to be close to my age.

When Oliver feinted, I was worried, was he just tired or was there an injury that was worse than it looked. I picked him up and gently laid him down on my bed.

I'm so stupid, I ranted to him about my life, when he was a dog!

How am I freaking out about how he knows about my life but not the fact that he had turned into a dog?

I felt so guilty I did nothing when he was in trouble, but he protected me from that guy. No one had stood up for me in a long time, what if he abandons me too. He was asleep for about thirty minutes. I was tempted to go get my Dad to see if something was wrong with him, but then again, I had a random boy in my room. I was hovering over Oliver, looking at his black eye, when his eyes shot open.

"You okay?" I asked.

Oliver nodded slowly sitting up, his eyes looked panicked for a moment as he patted around his neck until he pulled a necklace out from under his shirt. His necklace looked so cool,

"Wow! Where'd you get that, looks awesome." I said staring at the necklace.

"It's from a dream."

I must've looked really confused because Oliver started to explain how he had this dream where he had to fight people who were also shapeshifters to keep his powers. I nodded and listened as he explained the entire dream. Oliver shrugged at last,

"But enough about me, how are you doing?"

I shrugged and lied,

"I'm good."

Oliver looked at me suspiciously, so I quickly changed the subject,

"Are you going to spend the night?"

Oliver rubbed his neck and looked at me obviously embarrassed,

"Is that okay?"

I nodded and shifted so I was sitting crisscross across from Oliver. I yawned and noticed how Oliver got up and turned off the lights, but when he came back, he was a German Shepard again. Oliver hopped up on the bed and curled up next to the pillow. I laid down and pulled the covers over my shaking hands and tried to fall asleep. Oliver was already out as my eyes closed and I slipped into dreams, sadly.

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I was at my Mom’s house doing my homework. I heard her come stomping up the stairs. I quickly braced myself as the door slammed open and the screaming began,

"YOU WORTHLESS CHILD! YOU'RE WEAK AND SELFISH! HOW DARE YOU WANT BE WITH YOUR FATHER MORE THAN ME! YOU ARE THE REASON FOR THIS ENTIRE SITUATION!"

She lunged at me throwing me onto the floor. She grabbed my hair and pulled me up into my knees. I tried to get away from her,

"Stop! Let me go!"

She started to hit me as I cried asking what I did wrong. She kicked me with her sharp heels.

"Mom what did I do? Please stop."

I covered my head as her anger raged down on me. She flicked out her pocket knife and carved into my skin, I screamed trying to get away. After she had calmed down, she left me sobbing, laying on my floor.

"You tell anyone, and I'll make your punishment ten times worse, got it?" I just continued to sob trembling with fear. From far off, I thought I could hear someone urgently whispering my name.

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I jolted awake to Oliver in his human form shaking me softly.

"Ben! Hey you awake?"

I realized I had been crying in my sleep. My breathing was coming out in harsh gasps as I tried to calm down. I felt Oliver hug me and murmur things to try to calm me down,

"Hey, it's okay, you're awake now, it's okay.