I woke up with a loud gasp and a startled scream, and my heart skipped a beat before it started to pound hard and fast in my chest. I sat up in my bed with a loud scream of fear, and my whole body was tense and started to shake vigorously.

Oh, Goddess what the fuck was that about..?

My whole body was covered in a thin layer of sweat, soaking my shorts and boxers, and I blearily looked around my room before I slowly but surely started to relax when I saw that I was in my bed and safe and sound.

Oh, thank Goddess...

I was safe, alive, and in my room with nothing wrong with me.

I breathed a small sigh of relief while I laid back down in my bed and seemed to start to sink lower into my covers. I took a deep breath and released it with a small whoosh, trying but failing to calm my beating heart, and I couldn't help but wonder what had set me off so badly and what the nightmare was about.

What the fuck happened?

Someone knocked on my door, and I jumped up in fear with a loud gasp of shock before I turned to look that way, sitting up in my bed and twisting around to face it, and I opened my eyes while I turned that way with them growing wide.

I looked at the door, and my mouth grew dry with my mind growing blank. My whole body grew tense, and my heart skipped a beat before it started to pound hard and fast in my chest. I couldn't help but wonder who was at the door but didn't try to leave the safety of my bed, not knowing if I would be able to do anything to protect myself.

Again, there was a knock on my door, and I bit the inside of my lip while I looked at the door, and the hair on the back of my neck stood at attention. My whole body started to shake with fear and nervousness because I didn't feel strong enough to protect myself from whatever threat was at my door and wondering why the unknown threat didn't open my door at all.

Oh, Goddess, keep me safe...

"T?" someone asked by the door after they cracked the door open just a tad, and I bit back a small sigh of relief when I heard that it was my mother. She was hesitant, nervous, even, and I had no idea why she didn't open my door all the way or come inside the room. "T, it's me. Are you ok? Can I come in and make sure that you and everything else is fine and safe, please?"

I bit back another small sigh of relief and slowly nodded in confirmation, and my whole body slowly but surely started to relax. "Please," I said and laid back down in my bed, and I closed my eyes, biting back a small sigh of relief. I moved a hand across my face and through my hair, pursing my lips in annoyance. "You can come into my room, Mom. I am ok and alive."

I think...

My mother opened the door and walked into my room, and I opened my eyes to look at her. She looked around my room to make sure that everything was fine before she looked at me, closing the door behind her. Her brown eyes were filled with worry and fear, but a small trace of relief filled her eyes when she saw that I was in fact safe and alive.

I offered her a tight smile, and my mother smiled back while she stayed by the door. "You can come over, Mom," I said and held my hand out for her to come over to me, holding back an eye roll because I had no idea why she was standing there. "I don't know why you are standing right there and not moving over to me."

Mom bit back a tired sigh and moved a hand through her hair and across her face. She walked over to me and sat down on the edge of my bed, doing a quick glance over to make sure that I was safe and uninjured. "Are you ok?" she asked and placed her hand on my leg, and she squeezed my leg reassuringly.

I hesitated before I shook my head, not looking at her before I looked at her again. "I had a nightmare," I said and closed my eyes while I rubbed the bridge of my nose when a headache appeared out of nowhere. "I don't know why I had one, but I did."

"I know," she said and nodded, and I opened my eyes while I looked at her and raised an eyebrow in question because I had no idea how she knew that I had a nightmare.

My mother bit back a small smile while she tucked her head closer to her chest. "I sensed it," she said, and I raised the eyebrow higher in question while I studied her without saying a word. She cleared her throat and shrugged, growing serious. "Well, you called for me somehow, and I listened, feeling that you needed me."

I breathed a small sigh of relief and slowly nodded, grateful that she came to check on me, even though I had no idea how I called for her. "I don't know how I called for you," I said and shook my head. "All I know is that I was having a nightmare, I woke up, and then there you were at the door but on the other side of it."

My mother furrowed her brows and tucked her head closer to her chest, biting back a small frown. "I don't know how I knew that you had called for me either," she said and moved a hand through my hair, and I closed my eyes and bit back a tired sigh of relief. "Do you need another shower?" she asked and changed the subject, raising an eyebrow in question.

I wrinkled my nose and pursed my lips in annoyance before I slowly nodded. "Yes," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted in my bed. "I think I need to take another shower because I hate feeling like this."

"Do you need help?" she asked and raised an eyebrow in question while she studied me. "You have only been out for a couple of hours, so I do not know how you are feeling and if you are able to get up yourself."

I bit back a tired sigh and moved a hand through before I slowly nodded and pursed my lips in annoyance. "I think I am going to need help getting out of bed and into my bathroom," I said.

My mother nodded and pulled my blankets off of my body while she gestured for me to swing my legs off the bed so that she could help me stand after she stood herself. "I am going to change your sheets while you take a shower. Are you wanting different clothes after your shower or are you wearing those?"

"I want new clothes, please," I said and nodded while I did what she was told me to do. I bit back a small groan of annoyance and sat up before I grabbed her hand when she held it out for me. "I don't have anything in my drawers besides clothes."

"If you have a dildo or something in your dresser, then I do not care," she said and shrugged, looking very nonchalant, and my cheeks turned red when she said that. She flashed me a small smirk and a wink while she helped me stand and started to walk me over to the bathroom.

"Mom!" I exclaimed, and she cackled and patted my arm. I groaned, and my cheeks turned another shade of red while I blushed. "Please, I do not have anything like that. Why would I have a dildo anyway?"

My mother chuckled and shrugged. "I don't know," she said before she cleared her throat while she tapped my arm, growing serious. "I would hope not, but I do not know. If there is one in there, then it is fine."

"Do you have one?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question while I raised an eyebrow in question, and my mother bit back a small smirk while she tucked her head closer to her chest.

"That is something that you do not need to know," she said and flashed me a small smirk and a wink, and my cheeks turned red. "Unless you want to know."

I hesitated before I shook my head. "I do not think that would be a good idea if I know that or not," I said, and she bit back a small laugh and nodded. "It would also be disgusting for me to think that, and I don't want to."

My mother laughed and nodded, clearing her throat to hide another chuckle.

She paused in front of my bathroom and opened the door, guiding me out of the way before she helped me into the bathroom. "Now, do you need me to walk you over to the tub?" she asked and raised an eyebrow in question. "Or do you think that you can make it on your own?"

I bit back a tired sigh and moved a hand through my hair and across my face, shaking my head and growing serious. "If you help me by putting me near the sink, then I will be able to do the rest."

My mother chuckled and slowly nodded in confirmation before she did what I told her to do and helped me to the sink before she let go of me. "Does that mean you want to start the shower and everything by yourself?" she asked and raised an eyebrow in question, and I nodded.

She nodded, biting back another chuckle. "Then, I will make sure that your bed is made with clean clothes, and if you wait before you get undressed, then I will go ahead and get you another set of shorts and boxers."

"Ok," I said and nodded, biting back a small sigh of relief. "Thank you, Mom. I appreciate it."

"Of course," she said with a small smile on her face. "I will go ahead and get those clothes ready for you before you start to shower. If you need to sit down on the toilet while I do it, then go ahead and do it. Ok?"

I nodded and started to make my way to the toilet so that I could sit down, biting back an annoyed sigh because I hated how my body was not acting right, and my mother watched me with a small frown on her face.

Worry flashed through her eyes while she studied me. She didn't say a word and watched me sit down on the toilet with more sweat starting to stream down my face.

I took a deep breath and released it with a small whoosh when I was able to sit down, and my whole body started to relax. "Go ahead and get my boxers and pants, Mom," I said, biting back a small smile. "I am fine for now, and I will be fine while you do that. Ok?"

My mother smiled and nodded. She didn't say a word and started to leave my bathroom without another word, and I bit back a small sigh of relief and closed my eyes while I waited for her to get back with my boxers and pants so that I could get my shower and go back to bed.

Thank, Goddess...