Chapter 5: Going Under Kari woke up. She sat up and rubbed her head. Normally, it would be 5:30 when she looked at the clock. Except this time, Kari noticed that it was only 1:24. She began to wonder what this ment. That dream, no mightmare, was the last thing she could have every night. It would wake her up. This had her confused. So, she fell back on the bed. She closed her eyes and drifted back into sleep. ...Now I will tell you what I've done for you, 50 thousand tears I've cried. Screaming, deceiving, and bleeding for you and you still won't hear me... She was in water. Kari could feel the cold rushing waves around her. She tried to stay above the surface. She struggled. She cried out, but there was nothing. ...Don't want you hand this time. I'll save myself. Maybe I'll wake up for once. Not tormented daily defeated by you just when I thought I'd reach the bottom. I'm dying again... She could see him reaching out for her. She could hear him yelling for her to take his hand. She didn't want it. She never did want it. She could save herself. ...I'm going under, drowning in you. I'm falling forever. I've got to break through. I'm going under... Kari began to go under. The water was pulling her down. She struggled to keep her head above the water. It wouldn't give up. She was falling into the depths. ...Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies. So, I don't know what's real and what's not. Always confusing the thoughts in my head. So, I can't trust myself anymore. I'm dying again... Cold. clean water was forcing its way down her throat. It burned her lungs, causing her to choke. She couldn't scream. The water was forcing all of her air from her. She was drowning. ...I'm going under, drowning in you. I'm falling forever. I've got to break through. I'm going under... She could see his hand. She reached for it. She didn't want to drown. He was reaching for her, calling her name. Kari wanted him to save her. She needed him to save her. He was the only one. ...So go on and scream, scream at me. I'm so far away. I won't be broken again. I've got to breathe. I can't keep going under... Kari noticed his hand disappear. She looked around for it, gagging on the water in her throat. She watched in horror as her last air bubbles escaped her mouth. ...I'm going under, drowning in you. I'm falling forever. I've got to break through. I'm going under... Kari sat up in her bed. Her alarm clock was going off. She put her hands to her head. This was the worst nightmares she has ever had. She couldn't stop thinking of it as she got ready for school. She couldn't stop thinking of it as she got to school. That nightmare was haunting her and it always would.