Legend Series AU

Chapter 12-June

I can't sleep tonight. My mind won't stop cycling images and feelings through my head. I get flashbacks from my parents death, I get snippets of memories with Day and sometimes Eden, but the thing that keeps coming back no matter how many times I shove it out of my head, is the moment from earlier today.

The things that popped into my head while I was sitting on him...they weird me out. I had been thinking of all the great times we had but it was like I was seeing them through a lens. I was seeing Day with a whole new perspective, one that I'm not sure I like very much. 

After a few hours of this, rolling around and trying to calm the waves of memories in my head, I give up, getting up to go downstairs. I sneak down slowly, making sure to skip the creaky steps but when I'm halfway down the stairs I hear a clatter in the kitchen.

I freeze and then instinctively grab a broom, creeping the rest of the way down and tiptoeing into the kitchen. It's completely dark but I hear something coming from the other side of the kitchen island. I hold my broom up and flip on the light switch.

"Aaaaa! Jesus mother of all that is holy! What the hell are you doing June? You scared the shit out of me!" Day is standing in the middle of the kitchen, shoving an old muffin into his face.

I walk over and slap him, hard enough to hurt but not hard enough to do damage. "I thought you were an murderer or a kidnapper! Turn on a goddamn light or something!" I start to laugh then, setting down my broom and sitting on the floor.

He sits down next to me, giggling quietly. "Were you going to attack a murderer with that?" He laughs, gesturing to the broom on the floor.

"Hey! Don't judge." I fake scold him.

He puts his hands up, "No judgement here. If I was a kidnapper and saw you coming at me with a broom, I would get the hell outta there. You're terrifying." I scoff. "What we're you coming down here to do anyways?" he asks.

I look down at the floor, smiling slightly. "I was going to make a cake..."

"A cake? Why on earth were you going to make a cake?"

"I don't know." I say exasperatedly, "I couldn't sleep and baking felt like a good use of my time. I figured at least Eden would be excited. It just gives me something to do."

He shrugs, standing up. "Well, let's bake a cake then."

"Are you serious?" I ask

"What? Why not? Besides, it'll be more fun now that I'm here." He elbows me. "But we have to stay quiet because I think Eden is finally sleeping without any nightmares."

"Is that what that was?"

"What do you mean?" he asks, giving me a confused look.

"This morning, when I woke him up for breakfast he kind of freaked out, he wouldn't tell me what happened though."

He looks at me thoughtfully. "Hmm I was hoping he would talk to you about it. He won't tell me what he's dreaming about but the past few nights, in the hospital and here he's woken up sweating or screaming or crying. It usually takes him like 10 minutes to calm down.

"Something's obviously wrong but he won't tell me what it is. And on one hand I need to know so that I can help, but on the other I don't want to push him y'know?" He sighs, finishing.

"Wow. I didn't know it was that bad." I say, shaking my head. "I can't even begin to imagine how he feels. What he saw was horrible." I look over and am surprised to see that Day is about to cry. I grab his hand, "Well, let's get started on this cake."  He nods, swiping at his eyes with the back of his hand.