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"Bad dream again?" Tom questioned from across the room, once Juliet had woken up breathing heavily. He had some type of book in his hands, it was dark and very quiet, the only things heard were crickets from outside and some wind blowing. Getting out from under the covers, she rubbed her eyes only for a moment and looked around for a quick second or two before his worlds actually reached her brain. "Uh yeah, it wasn't that bad though." She finally spoke, shifting around in her spot only to try to get comfortable again, but it didn't really work.
Without saying anything, Tom put his book down and got up from his seat in the corner of the room, making his way to Juliet. Instead of asking her if it was alright, he just laid next to her, pulling the overs over himself as well. The boy wrapped his arm around her, letting her head lay on his chest just like the last time, it seemed to sooth her. "Do you think they'll ever go away?" Juliet questioned, her voice no longer allowing the blank quietness to balance out. "Hmm?" He responded, wanting to elaborated more on what she was asking him. "The nightmares. Do you think they'll ever go away?"
"No." He said truthfully snuggling his head on top of hers, letting out a hopeless sigh. "I don't think they'll ever go away, some are worse then others, but you'll survive it." Was all he told her, and that seemed to be an okay answer. "Things help with the bad dreams like Daisy and Sumo...and you..." she spoke with hesitation, scared of how he would react for some reason. "You help too. Sometimes I think I'm somewhere else, but then I see you and I remember where I am. So you make it less sucky. One time, I woke up thinking I was lost in a cave full of lurkers, and I stayed thinking that for five minutes or so...that was before I found Sumo."
"I think I should go back to bed. Just don't leave while I'm awake, wait till I'm asleep." It was okay if he wanted to leave, but she felt better if he did so when she didn't know. But to Tom, that suggested sounded crazy. Giving her a kiss on the forehead, he spoke quietly "I'm not gonna leave."
Instantly Juliet eyes opened, her body jumping up only a little bit. Her neck was sore from sleep in chair for a couple of hours. "You were dreaming." Asia said quietly, sitting up in her bed and looking over some type of book that Juliet could not recognize in this moment. Before she could respond, Juliet rubbed the back of her neck while Asia hit her with another question. "What were you dreaming about? It looked nice. Not a lot of good dreams these days." These couple days of taking care of Asia, Juliet found that she was very nice and sweet, always thanking her in some way. It was safe to say Asia was the sweetest person she's ever met.
"How could you tell?" Juliet questioned with a tilt of her head. Letting out a small laugh, Asia answered "you were smiling." That was something new to her, she never knew someone could smile in their sleep, that's never happened before. All she did in her sleep was toss and turn, and sometimes cry. "Was it about a boy?" The girl asked teasingly, showing Juliet a drawing that she was looking at from a journal. The drawing was intact Juliet's from her journal, and was infact Tom. "Hey! Where'd you get that?" Juliet questioned, quickly getting up from the seat. "You left it on the nightstand. Do you not let anyone see them? I'm sorry." Asia quickly apologized, closing the book and giving it back to her.
