single mother

6. Nightmare

   Arizona Pov
   I got held up at work and ended up staying at work til 12 am instead of 7pm! I was really annoyed about that because I wanted to go home and hang out with my daughter and Amelia. Luckily I have the day off tomorrow, and it's a weekend so there's no school. Also tomorrow is Amelia's last day! I'm really gonna miss her. We barley git to spend time with her.
   When I get home I find my daughter and Amelia asleep on the couch. I also see McDonalds bags all over the coffee table. I just remembered I forgot to ask Amelia to feed my daughter! I didn't even give her money too! She just bought McDonalds. That's honestly adorable. But it makes me feel bad.
   When I walk into the kitchen I see french fries, chicken nuggets, and a diet coke with a note next to it. "We thought you might be hungry so bought you some food ~Ames" the letter reads. I smile and eat my food. The time is now 12:30 and I decide to wake up Amelia and Sofia because their beds are way comfier than the couch. I go up to Amelia and shake her. "Hi!" I whisper. "I thought you might be comfier in a bed so I decided to wake you up." Amelia's rubs her eyes. "What time is it?" She asked. "12:30" I whisper back to her. "Oh ok. Thank you" She says and gets up. "Sofia honey" I whisper to sofia. Sofia opens her eyes slowly. "Mom? is something wrong?" Sofia asks. "No, no everything's ok. I just wanted to wake up up since you're asleep on the couch and I thought you would prefer sleeping in your bed." "ok thank you" she says and goes up to her bed.

I get ready for bed but then I hear screams coming from Amelia room. I walk in to make sure everything is ok. "WHAT DO WE WANT? DRUGS! WHEN DO WE WANT THEM? NOW! WHAT DO WE WANT? DRUGS! WHEN DO WE WANT THEM? NOW!" She's screaming and crying in her sleep. I immediately run up to her because i'm aware of her past. "Amelia!" I shout and she continues chanting and sobbing in her sleep. "AMELIA!!" I say louder waking her up. She wakes up and sobs. I wrap my arms around her. "It's ok! It was just a dream." I reassure her. She sobs into my arms. "Do you want to talk about it?" I ask her and she shakes her head no. "Ok" I say.
   Amelia finished crying after an hour. "I'm ok Az you can leave." She says to me. "No" I say. "huh?" she asks. "I'm sleeping in here tonight. You're obviously not ok right now and I wanna make sure you get a good night sleep without anymore nightmares." I tell her and she smiles. "Thank you" Is all she says. I wrap my arms around her and we both lay down. I don't sleep until I'm positive she is asleep. Her nightmare really worried me. I'm not sure if it was ptsd, a memory, a fear, or she's craving drugs right now, but whatever it is I wanna be there for her.

   Amelia Pov
   This morning I woke up in Arizona's arms. It was the best sleep of my life. I felt so safe. I've always had nightmares about my addiction but none as bad as last night. It was really nice of her to check in on me. I can't believe I leave New York tonight. I can't believe I leave Arizona and Sofia tonight. I loved spending time with them.
   I stay lying in bed until Arizona wakes up. She looks so peaceful in her sleep. It calms me down. I see Arizona's eyes flutter open. "What are you looking at?" She asks with a smirk on her face. "Nothing" I tell her. "Really? Nothing? So you weren't just watching me sleep?" She asks and I giggle. "Definitely not" I say sarcastically and she smiles.
Arizona gets out of bed and i look at her. "Ugh you're getting out of bed already!?" I complain. "You were literally awake before me!" She says to me. "Yeah! Well that doesn't mean I wanted to get out of bed!" I say and she laughs. "You're so cute" She says to me and I smile.

Arizona Pov
I walk downstairs and see Sofia on the couch. "Slept in Amelia's room tonight I see" She says teasing me. "no! well yes. but not like that!" I say to her and she just laughs at me. "Mom! Come on you like Amelia just date her!" She says to me. "I can't do that! She lives in Seattle!" I say to her. "ok and?" she asks with an attitude. "That's so far away!" I tell her. "Ok. We can just move back to Seattle" she says to me. "Why would we do that?" I ask her. "Well you like it better there, your job is better there, all your friends are there, you get payed more there, I like it better there, school is more fun there, and all my friends are there." she says to me. "Those are actually all very valid reasons. Wait- you don't like it here?" I ask her. "Well yes it's ok but I much rather Seattle" she tells me. "Can we at least bust Seattle soon? You promised me we could visit there but we never did! And I haven't been there since we moved!" She adds and is begging. "Ok maybe we can visit soon. I'll see what I can do" I tell her. I can't believe she wants to go back.