Enjoy this VERY long chapter! Lots of back and forth between Point of Views going on but I promise it'll all make sense! The song is Bored To Death by Blink-182!

(Craigs POV)

     Delirious, Tyler, Evan, and I all high five each other after another successful setup is completed. All we have left is one more setup then after that is the heist finale. We all walk into the clubhouse with smiling faces. As I walk in I see Brian with both of his hands on Hope's shoulders shaking her as he shakes his head no.

    "DO YOU NOT SEE WHY IT'S A FUCKING STUPID IDEA?! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT IF YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED!" He yells at her. I push through the guys and push Brian away from her.

     "Don't fucking put your hands on her like that!" I yell at him. He looks at me with relief in his eyes.

     "TALK SOME SENSE INTO HER FOR ME THEN! SHE WANT'S TO BE GIVEN THAT SHOT AGAIN SO WE CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES  WITH WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH!" He yells at me. I turn to Hope as she pushes Brian away from her.

     "MY BODY MY CHOICE! I HANDLED IT THE OTHER TIMES I CAN HANDLE IT NOW!" She yells looking at me. Evan runs up to my side now, taking off his owl mask.

     "Hope, we're not going to put you through that again, I mean have you see your neck?! They stabbed you so hard with the needle there are bruises on your neck!" Evan says as he moves the hood of her hoodie away so we can see. She swats his hand away.

     "Don't fucking touch me unless I ask you to thank you." She says. She moves the hoodie back into its place, covering the bruises. "I'm volunteering myself because I know what to expect and you want to see what it does!" She says looking between Brian and Evan.

     "I agree with the two of them Hope. What if you aren't able to move around like last time?" I ask her. She turns to me.

     "It's not like anyone in here is WILLING to carry me around for a couple of hours." She rolls her eyes. Tyler lets out a snort behind me. Suddenly I want to slap him for that.

     "Hope, you seriously want to go through your fears again for us?" Marcel says, walking down from the loft and to us.

     "As much as I don't mind putting someone through hell for being a terrible terrible person, I want to show you what that person will be going through." She says as she pushes Marcel out of the way and up the stairs.

     "And where are you going exactly?" Evan says following her.

     "If one of you won't give me the syringe, I'll do it myself." I turn to Brian as he shakes his head, running fingers through his reddish brownish hair.

     "What the hell happened over two fucking days?! What did you do to her!" I start to raise my voice as he looks at me.

     "I did absolutely nothing if that's what you're wondering. She's been on this since fucking yesterday she threatened to come back here by herself with or without me, we've been fighting since then." Tyler comes to our side now.

     "Yeah but haven't you two ALWAYS been fighting with each other? Before you were dating, during when you two were dating, and after?" He says. From the corner of my eye, Hope leans over the railing.

     "WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ANY MORE SMART ASS! WE HAD NO HAPPY MEMORIES TOGETHER! AND EVEN IF WE DID, THE BAD ONES COVER ALL THE GOOD ONES." She takes off her hoodie and throws it down at Brian, revealing a black sports bra underneath.

     "That's not the only reason why they're not together anymore." Tyler leans in and says loud enough for Brian to hear but not Hope. Brian pushes Tyler away from us.

     "I DON'T WANT TO FUCKING HEAR IT TYLER! I HEARD IT ENOUGH AS IS WITH HER AND YOU GUYS!" He yells. David runs over to us and separates the two away from each other.

     "We aren't doing this here you two, enough is enough." He says. The office door slammed open as Hope and Evan were yelling back and forth.

     "YOU'RE JUST AS BAD AS BRIAN IF NOT WORSE! WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOU IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE GETTING INJECTED!" She yells at him. She stomps all the way until she gets the stairs. I watch as he turns her around.

     "BECAUSE WE RISKED OUR FUCKING LIFE TO GET YOU BACK AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN HERE WANTS YOU TO GO THROUGH WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH AGAIN!" He yells at her. I feel my blood start to boil. I hate it when he yells, he can yell at anyone else but her. She yanks something out of his hand and turns around going down the stairs and to me.

     "HERE!" She says angrily holding out a syringe. I stare at it for a second then back to her. She takes a deep breath and slowly exhales. "I trust you, remember? I trust you, and you trust me." She says a little more calmer as she puts the syringe in my hand. My anger turns to anxiety, I don't want to be the one to put her through her fears. She fixes her hair and puts it in a top bun instead of her usual ponytail.

    "Hope I... I just-" She starts shaking her head making me shut up.

     "I'll give it Tyler, but we all know he'll enjoy getting to stab me in the neck with something that puts me in pain." She says as she goes and sits down, her back against the wall. I shake my head as I walk over to her, kneeling down next to her. Everyone was now on the bottom floor, surrounding Hope and I. She looks at Brian then back down at the floor.

     "I don't talk in my sleep... do I?" She asks. Brian looks at her for a second before nodding his head.

     "It was just jibberish though, nothing I could ever understand." He says. She nods her head as I realize her breathing starts to pick up. She looks at me and tilts her head to expose the unbruised part of her neck.

     "Whatever I say... if anything... it's my dream. Please, don't wake me up unless I put myself in danger, okay." She tenses up and nods her head at me.

     "Please don't kill me after this is done. I really want to live." I say trying to make light of the situation. 

     She cracks a smile as she nods her head. I bring the syringe to her neck next to her butterfly tattoo and put the needle in, she doesn't even wince as I push the pin down. The liquid goes inside of her completely and I take the needle out of her neck.

     "You can sit or stand but the episode lasts for a little bit." She crosses her legs and folds her arms in as she looks up at the ceiling, she breathes in and out trying to calm herself down.

     "Lui go lock the door to the place," Evan says as he sits down a few feet in front of her. I sit on the ground next to her as she continues to look at the ceiling. Lui quickly gets up and runs to the door, locking it, and going back to where he was standing and sits down.

     I watch as her eyes get heavy, she fights it for a few seconds before closing them completely, her arms unfold as she slumps more to the floor.

     "I already don't like this," Moo says as he shakes his head, pacing back and forth where he's standing.

     "I don't think anyone does," I admit, not taking my eyes off of her.

(Hopes POV)

     My third time in this place, nothing is ever the same. I should expect the unexpected and actually try to defend myself if anything happens.

     I was sitting in an unfamiliar living room. I looked around the place and see that I'm somewhere in the Vinewood Hills area since the surrounding houses were very nice looking.

     "Hope come here! I wanna show you something!" Evan yells. 

     We're starting out with Evan, this is going to be fun. I get up from the couch and walk to where his voice came from. I open the door and he pulls me in, his arm around me as he holds his phone out in front of us. I look around and see we're in a small but still fairly large bathroom. I look at him and see his hair is a lot longer, almost touching his shoulders.

     "Look at the camera silly, not at me, even though I know you love looking at me." He teases as he plants a kiss on the side of my head. I start to smile as he stops and looks down at his phone.

     "Act like you love me for a few seconds, I wanna show the world, my wife." He says. He takes a quick picture before I look at him shocked. I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming.

     "We're... married?" I ask him. My stupid heart started picking up. He turns to me and smiles.

    "A year of marriage coming up next week, I'm so lucky that I get to spend the rest of my life with you." He says. Another kiss now on my cheek, I start to laugh and shake my head.

     "Of course you are, why wouldn't you be." He sets down his phone and pulls me into a hug. I smile as I hug him back. I close my eyes not wanting this part of the dream to end.

(Evans POV)

     "How long until she-" Del went silent as she got up from where she was sitting and started walking forward. 

     Her eyes were still closed but she looked around the place like she didn't know where she was at. Everyone moved out of her way as she kept walking and stopped suddenly, everyone was turned and watching her next move. She stands still for a few seconds looking up as if someone was right there.

     "We're... married?" She asks nervously. The guys start looking at one each other in disbelief. I shook my head, not believing it myself. She starts to laugh as she shakes her head.

     "Of course you are, why wouldn't you be." She wraps her arms around the invisible person, a smile still on her face.

     "She's faking it she's just pulling our leg," Tyler says getting up and walking over to her. I quickly get up and yank his arm, stopping him.

     "We are NOT waking her up until I say so!" I say loud enough so everyone else can hear. I look back at Hope, who is now laying on the ground.

(Hopes POV)

     I opened my eyes again and Evan was gone, the house was gone. I was surrounded by the darkness once again. I guess the show must go on. The darkness continued to surround me but was slowly getting lighter. I looked around me and saw I was back at the Vinewood sign, I guess it's Craig's turn. We were on top of one of the letters looking up at the stars, both of us laying down. My head was on his chest while he was running fingers through my hair. We stayed like that for what seemed like forever, until I finally said something.

     "Why do you love me?" I ask him. He stops petting my hair for a second before continuing. I really need to watch what I say just in case the guys can hear, but I feel like I can't control it.

     "Why wouldn't I love you? You're the other half of my piece that I've been looking for my whole life. I love you Hope because you're Hope, you're not someone else you're you." He tells me. He wraps an arm around my back, pulling me closer to him.

     "I just... don't get why you chose me is all." I sit up and look at him as he sits up as well. His expression quickly changes to annoyed as he stands up.

     "You know, I don't even know I'm with you if you can't even believe in yourself." I quickly stand up with him. Here we go, don't cry, not now.

     "Why am I listening to you, this is not real, I'm dreaming right now, you're not real," I say crossing my arms, my breathing getting heavy. He raises an eyebrow and gives me a smug expression.

     "Not real enough huh, okay yeah not real enough." 

    He pushes my shoulders and I felt myself falling backward and off of the small platform. I felt my anxiety quickly rise, it actually felt like I was falling in real life, no I can't be. Once again, he looked over into the now forming dark abyss as I just kept falling. I started to scream, as I shut my eyes, praying that this will end fast.

(Craigs POV)

     Five minutes have passed now and she was still laying there. I got up from my spot and looked at her.

     "Why do you love me?" She asks out of the blue, pulling everyone away from their thoughts. She sits up and looks over at us.

     "I just... don't get why you chose me is all." She said, doubting herself. She was quiet again before quickly standing up. I start to slowly walk over to her.

     "Why am I listening to you, this is not real, I'm dreaming right now, you're not real." She says crossing her arms. Good, she's still aware that she's in this.

     I watch as she reacted to someone pushing her, her feet reacted to as is she was falling. That's when I saw that she was falling. I don't think I ever ran so fast in my life. Her head was a foot or two from the ground as I reached her sticking out my hands like I was catching a baseball. She starts screaming like I never heard before.

     "WAKE HER UP NOW!" Evan yells at me as well as a couple of the other guys. I gently set her head down on the floor and start shaking her. She continues to scream.

    "Come on wake up, you're dreaming. HOPE WAKE UP." I continue to shake her but she doesn't react to anything I do, not even the yelling. Evan pushes me aside and starts shaking her as well.

     "Hope we believe you now. Wake up nothing in there is real." He says to her. Brian gets between Evan and I.

     "Hope, you're stronger than it is. WAKE UP." Brian yells. Her screaming stops but she's breathing really heavy.

     "Guys... why won't she wake up?! I've seen enough!" I yell. Evan shakes his head as he sits down next to her.

     "I think... I think we have to wait until she wakes up on her own." David says from behind us.

(Hopes POV)

     I snap open my eyes and see I'm back in the clubhouse. The guys still surrounding me. It's over, thank god it's over. Evan quickly gets up and helps me up.

     "I think that was more of a nightmare for me than it was for you." He says pulling me into a hug. I start to calm down, it's over, it's over. "You're not going through that again, I love you too much to suffer like that." The realization hit me like a truck. I pushed him away from me, I can't still be in here. I look behind him, the guys that were just there were now gone.

     "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME NOW!" I yell out. I was preparing myself, I knew what was going to happen. He scoffs before getting back up in my face now, he pushes me into the wall behind me, my head hitting it rather hard. He was inches from my face now.

     "One day you won't fight back. One day you'll love me like I love you. Even if I have to make you love me. I'm not losing you, you're mine you understand that?" He reaches up to grab onto me, but I was quick enough to smack his hand away from me. Fight back Hope, it's not real.

     He reaches his arm up again but I wasn't fast enough as his hand was now clenching around my throat. He pushed me back harder into the wall. I grabbed at his hand and tried to pull it away, but he was much stronger than me.

     "When will you learn? I'm getting tired of hurting you." As he's strangling me, he places a kiss on my forehead. He lets go of my throat and walks away from me. My hands and knees were on the floor as I was taking big breaths. Tears were already streaming down my face. How long is this going to last?

(Evans POV)

     It's been two hours now most of us fell asleep or are just playing on our phones. I stayed at Hopes side, scrolling through different cars that I thought Hope would like, she deserves something nice for going through this for us.

     Hope jerks her body for a second before she stood up again.

     "GUYS! ANOTHER ONE!" I yell out to them as they either wake up from their catnap or look up from their phones. 

     I move away from her and stand up. She moves her head to the side for a second before looking forward again.

     "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME NOW!" She yells out. Was this her next fear? I really hope it's not.

     She threw herself at the wall behind her and I already knew what this one was.

     "I know what this is, I can't sit through this and watch her beat herself up, it's too fucked up," Brock says as he shakes his head, now going up the stairs.

     She hits her hand through the air, like she was hitting someone away. I watched helplessly as she was grabbing at her throat as if someone was choking her. Brian was now standing up, forcing her hands away from her throat.

    "LISTEN TO ME HOPE, IT'S NOT REAL NO ONE IS HURTING YOU I PROMISE!" He yells at her. She moves her hands away and falls to her hands and knees, she gasps for air as she starts to cry. I tightly shut my eyes and turn my head away from her, not wanting to see any more of this either.

(Hopes POV)

     It wasn't darkness surrounding me anymore it was now water. I looked all around me as I was increased in basically a tube, filled with water. In front of me, I watched as Brian was holding some girl that I didn't even know. He looked over at me, smiled and waved as he went and kissed the girl like I wasn't even there. I tried punching at the glass, but the force of being underwater made my punches weak. I'm going to die in here with the man that I once loved just watching me. 

    No, I shook my head and closed my eyes. It's going to end soon, this will pass and I will wake up now.

     I opened up my eyes as I gasped for air. Sweat now dripping down my forehead like I ran a marathon. I started to cough and struggled to breathe, still trying to get air in my lungs.

     "HEY, SHE'S UP SHE'S UP!" Craig yelled out to the sleeping people on the floor. I quickly looked at him and shook my head, backing into the wall behind me. Brian ran over to me and knelt beside me, grabbing my hand.

     "Hope, hey calm down, remember how to breathe like I taught you. Inhale and exhale." He took a deep breath slowly and held it for a few seconds before slowly releasing it. I do what he does but yank my hand away so it's free, as tears start to come down my face. Evan comes into my view and kneels next to me as well.

     "I'm still dreaming, I'm still dreaming, you guys aren't real until I wake up." I shut my eyes tightly and try to control my breathing, even pinching myself. It started to hurt and I stopped. I wipe at my tears and sweat. I'm up, I'm finally up.

     "That was the worst 30 minutes of my life. I'm sorry... I had a dream where I thought I woke up but didn't..." I sit back against the wall and stare at the 3 as they look at me confused.

     "Hope.... that was six hours. You've been out for six hours now." Craig says. I close my eyes and sigh.

     "How... how was I... you all look so tired..." I wipe at my nose and breathe in through my runny nose.

     "We destroyed all the syringes after the second dream Hope. You did as James said, you walked around and reacted with whatever was happening in your dream. Are you okay? Holy shit I think we all experienced the nightmares with you." Evan asks me. I give a weak smile and nod my head.