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#2015-03-26 22:10:26, as written by Diane_Young

Rest. She needed a lot of rest. And if she didn't go to sleep soon, she was going to be sick. She knew that for sure. Althea had fallen asleep fairly easily after Darrin had gotten her back into the bed and managed to climb in with her. She was thankful for that, even when she wasn't really able to voice much of it. As they laid there, Althea fell asleep rather quickly. However, it was nearly impossible for her to stay asleep. Tossing and turning, no matter how much she tried to get comfortable she couldn't. She'd either start dreaming about Peter, or Isaac, or Rona, and she would wake up. She would use her time with Darrin as a tool to try and fall back asleep but it only seemed to work half of the time.

It was early when she woke up for good, and Darrin was still asleep beside her. She had managed to get up at one point and find some water and ibuprofen in the bathroom. She had taken a couple and brought water back with her to the bed. However, while she was in the process of trying to numb the abnormally large earthquake in her head, she had stopped in front of the mirror. It was mostly habit after a long night of drinking to see the damages. It was then that she saw the little red mark on her neck.

She pulled some of her hair over her neck, knowing that her hair would only hide it for so long. She knew it wasn't from Darrin. She knew exactly who it was from. Althea had surprisingly remembered every bit of last night. As she replayed the night in her head, she remembered how Peter had gripped her jaw. Looking closer in the mirror, she saw a small bruise on the right side of her jaw line. It was maybe the size of a thumb print.

Raising her hand to touch her fingers lightly over the mark, she felt a little bit of soreness. Frowning, she looked down at her wrists. Both wrists had spots of light bruising. Had he actually grabbed her that hard? Part of her couldn't believe it. Especially because Peter wasn't that kind of person. Or at least that's what she thought. Inhaling a deep breath and letting it out just a moment after, Althea made eye contact with her reflection. She regretting not inviting Darrin last night, all of this would have been avoided. Except she didn't expect Peter to be there. She didn't expect Peter to act that way either. It was very unlike him.

When she had gone back into the bedroom with her water, she was quick about setting it down and changing out of her dress. She made sure to change into a long sleeve shirt, which was a little conspicuous given that it was summer. She pulled on shorts along with the shirt then climbed back into bed.

It must have been an hour at least when she heard Darrin stir. As he moved onto his back, she forced herself to roll onto her side towards him. However, this only covered the hickey on her neck, leaving the bruise vulnerable for him to notice. She hoped he wouldn't, she didn't want to talk about it. However, she would talk about it over what had happened between the two of them.

"Good morning." It was then that Darrin looked at her, and she tried as hard as she could to stay relaxed and calm. "How are you feeling?" He asked her and she smiled at him sweetly. "I was up a little while ago and took some ibuprofen. So I'm alright. Could be a little better though." She said as she propped her head up with her arm that rested on her pillow. "Thank you for picking me up last night, I really appreciate it." She said, still smiling. Her mind traveled back to how she needed to get her car at some point. And pick up her work stuff, which she had completely forgotten about. However, her thoughts didn't come through her expression as she remained calm.

Snippet #2596086

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