A Beautiful Misunderstanding

It was late at night, and the weather shifted around them. Dark clouds were gathering in the skies, and soon enough, thunder blasted across the city.

In her room, small night lights emitted a dim light. However, Essie couldn't help but shift and turn under the covers of her bed.

Ever since she was a kid, she had suffered from claustrophobia. Essie made sure to have night lights plugged around her room to help ease her anxiety.

Even then, she still couldn't fall asleep as her mind drifted towards Hanson.

Although he was going to get married, she still liked him. This love had lasted for more than five years, and she still couldn't find it in herself to get over him.

If the girl he intended to marry wasn't the one she hated, then maybe she would have already moved on and have given all her heartfelt wishes. Seeing as he had chosen Sunny, it pissed her off to no end.

Essie groaned, wanting nothing more but to claw her face.

A fierce wind came, rustling the leaves in the backyard. Lightning fell from the skies, crackling around them. The rain fell harder as thunders rumbled, as if ready to consume the world.

closed the windows, and drew up the curtain. As she walked back to the bed, thunder sounded before her and the

room was void of

around her turned deathly

tightened as she fumbled around her bed for her phone, but

She wanted to get out of here, but the door was blocked by all the furniture she dragged across the room. Her legs trembled as she tried to push the sofa away. Her breathing was already turning unstable as she slammed her fists against

before her eyes, and she found

shrieked out. "Help

the bed like a koi fish jumping out of

wrong?" he called

growing weaker. He could hear her banging against something, but before he could yell

rushed with different thoughts. 'Did she have a heart attack?' he

on," he

the door, he failed. Zac guessed that

Without another thought, he kicked the door open. Although it worked, he