Daytime Dreamer

🖤 Safe In Her Arms

Hey everyone! I am really sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. My life went a bit topsy turvy. For starters, my dad got Covid, then I was sick for a little bit, then I lost my taste and sense of smell all at once (but I'm able to taste stuff again). I'm feeling much better, so I was able to write this. I had this story in my drafts as me and Billie for the longest time, but I like this story more with Sally. Hope you all like it! ❤🖤

I can't sleep for the life of me. No matter how I lay, on my stomach, my side, my back, I can't sleep. I look at my clock and see it says 2:13 am. Go to sleep, you idiot... I groan to myself and rub my hands over my face. I sit up and contemplate whether I should tell one of the girls I can't sleep or not. You're just gonna annoy them, Rhiannon. You're almost twenty years old, quit acting like a baby who needs it's mommy... I lay back down and sigh to myself, trying to go to sleep, when I hear a soft voice in the doorway. "Rhi?" I lift my head up and see Sally standing in the doorway, dressed in an oversized tshirt, rubbing her eye. "Sally?" "What are you doing up, babe? It's after two am..." she walks in and sits down on the bed next to me. "I can't sleep, and I don't know why..."

I rub my eyes and push the covers off, scooting closer to Sally, laying my head on her shoulder. "No matter how I lay, I can't sleep at all..." she wraps her arm around my waist, turning me so my back is against her chest and she rests her chin on my shoulder. "I'm sorry, sweetheart. Is there anything I can do to help you sleep?" I turn my head and look at her, intertwining my fingers with the hand she has around my waist. "Could you lay with me? Just till I fall asleep?" She grins and nods her head, softly kissing the back of my neck. "Of course I will, baby..." we both lay down and she wraps her arm around my waist, holding me tight, as I lay my head on her chest, listening to her heart beating in my ear. "Sweetheart?" "Yeah, Sal?"

I feel her run her fingers through my hair as she asks, "Do you want to put something on the TV? It might help you sleep..." I sit up and let out a small yawn, nodding my head. "Sure. Do you care what I put on?" "It can be anything you want, babe. I don't care what you pick..." I nod and get out of bed, walking over to the shelf I have full of movies. I skim my finger over the spines of the cases when I find one that catches my eye. I pull it out and walk back over to Sally, sitting down in front of her. "Do you mind watching Lady Death?" She grins and says, "Of course not, babe. I love this movie." I grin and put the movie on then lay back down, resting my head on Sally's chest. As we're watching the movie, I feel her softly kiss the top of my head, making me grin to myself as I feel my whole body instantly relax.

"Your hair smells really good, baby..." she whispers as she runs her fingers through my hair. I chuckle softly and look up at her and say, "Well, it should, it's your shampoo." She chuckles and kisses my forehead. "I wondered why my shampoo was running out so quickly..." we both laugh and I lay my head back on her chest, focusing on the movie. I hear her heartbeat against my ear, making me grin and close my eyes. "Your heartbeat sounds really pretty..." she looks down at me with her eyes slightly wide and lifts my chin up to look at her. "You think my heartbeat sounds pretty?" I sit up and nod my head. "Yeah. Hearing your heartbeat always calms me down and relaxes me." She grins and sits up, leaning in to softly kiss my forehead. "Thank you, baby. I could say the same thing about yours..."

I grin and chuckle, a light shade of pink covering my cheeks. "I love you, Sally..." I wrap my arms around her neck, burying my face in the crook of it, getting a whiff of her signature scent, making my heart flutter. "I love you too, babygirl. So much..." she kisses the side of my head and down my neck to my shoulder, rubbing her hands up and down my back. She gently lays back down, pulling me closer as I'm laying on top of her, my head buried deep in the crook of her neck, and my arms wrapped around her waist. "Goodnight, baby. I love you so much..." she kisses my head one last time before she drifts off to sleep, with me safe in her arms.