I'd been given a room next to Sebastian, and across the hall from Erin and her girlfriend Stephanie. 

I had my own bathroom, something I wasn't used to in the many realities I'd been in the past few years. 

I decided to take advantage of the opportunity, the ivory claw foot tub looked like exactly what I needed. I filled it with hot water and got in. 

The steam began to sooth my muscles, releasing tensions throughout my body. 

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Pain spread through my lungs with the familiar agony that comes with jumping, immediately I force myself awake. 

Its impossible to not be aware of the jump, that is what I was taught, you don't accidentally end up somewhere. Its always a conscious effort, or it was for my dad. I thought I had to die. 

As I become more aware of my surroundings, I begin to recognize where I am. My breath catches in my lungs, and I begin to feel light headed. 

This was the worst place I had been on my own, I couldn't be back here. It would start again soon, not much longer. I've remembered every minute I was here. 

I feel a presence behind me, breathing in my ear. And then the whispers start. I can never make out what they say. And suddenly, the presence stops, the whispers halt. But the breathing continues. And I know what what's coming. They scream, at some point hands have grabbed me by my shoulders, legs, hands, and hair. Pulling me down. And everything goes dark. 

Pain spread through my lungs with the familiar agony that comes with jumping, immediately I force myself awake. 

Its impossible to not be aware of the jump, that is what I was taught, you don't accidentally end up somewhere. Its always a conscious effort, or it was for my dad. I thought I had to die. 

As I become more aware of my surroundings, I begin to recognize where I am. My breath catches in my lungs, and I begin to feel light headed. 

This was the worst place I had been on my own, I couldn't be back here. It would start again soon, not much longer. I've remembered every minute I was here. 

I feel a presence behind me, breathing in my ear. And then the whispers start. I can never make out what they say. And suddenly, the presence stops, the whispers halt. But the breathing continues. And I know what what's coming. They scream, at some point hands have grabbed me by my shoulders, legs, hands, and hair. Pulling me down. And everything goes dark.

Pain spread through my lungs with the familiar agony that comes with jumping. 

I become more aware of my surroundings, I begin to recognize where I am. My breath catches in my lungs, and I begin to feel light headed.

I couldn't be back here. It would start again soon, not much longer.

I feel a presence behind me, breathing in my ear. And then the whispers start, 

I make it out this time, 

"You won't survive." A raspy voice says. 

I shot up screaming, my arms flailing. Trying to get the feeling of the presence to disappear. I don't know how long I'm yelling but a calm voice yells my name, putting their hand on my face. 

Wrapping me in a towel and helping me out of the tub, I'm in a daze when I notice that Sebastian is here holding me, speaking to me. 

"You're real?" I ask, my voice wobbling. 

He smiles, his eyes filled with sympathy. "Yes Tober, I'm real." 

Erin and Stephanie are standing by the door to my room, worried expressions, but leave seeing I've been taken care of. 

Sebastian gives me privacy to put on my pajamas and sits with me in bed. I know he wants to know what it's about. But I don't want to scare him, or more accurately I don't want to talk about it so soon. 

"What can I do?" He asks. 

"Hold me?" I ask.