It's the way everything goes

3

"Get in" Riley sighed, Grayson and I listened obediently, I don't know why but I just felt the need to.

We drove past so many buildings that looked ever so pretty despite me living here forever, I never really had the chance to look at the buildings and fully take them in and all their glory, it was 8 pm so the moon was out and all the lights were on. I people walking from or to their jobs, a group of teens doing some really weird shit. I saw a cat and dog playing together, and an ice cream store that I did not know existed so close to the house. I kept looking at the beautiful scenery. If I could draw all this I would. I felt a light tap on my shoulder bringing me back to reality. I looked at Grayson and he pointed to Riley who was now talking.

"What time did you sleep Grayson," Riley asked not as stern or mad as he was when he first asked earlier

"5 am" Grayson answered nonchalantly as if he turned off, he really did not drag me here just to turn off on me.

"And you Alex" he looked at me through the mirror thingie (I forgot what it was called)

"I didn't sleep," I said, when I was younger, my older sister used to tell me all the time that I should never cower I should intimidate, when someone asks me a question, I look them in the eye and talk with confidence because if I don't then I will be seen as weak and that should never be an image of a woman and ever since I've been doing that.

"What time did you sleep the night before?" He asked again with much less authority

"7 am" I answered still for some reason feeling the need to answer honestly 

"Average sleep time?"I opened my phone to check

"For this week it's 3 hours" Don't ask me how, it just is. 

"What time are you going to sleep today?" That's a new question, I don't know my gosh, I sleep when I want to

"Judging by my energy levels and how many negative emotions I've felt today I'm guessing around 6:30 I'll be asleep" I answered bullshitting my answer completely now, I feel like he wouldn't be happy with an 'I don't know' 

"What time do you want to sleep," he asked me that's also a new question that I still don't know the answer to

"At 1 am" I answered softly still shocked by the question. where tf 

"But you can't right," he said as if he were reading me word for word, I mean he kinda was 

"No" I contemplated bullshitting once again or just letting the truth flow out 

"Why" he pushed further

"Nightmares" I answered shortly not knowing what else to say. I glared at Grayson's bored face, he just had to involve me in this 

"I want a full explanation" Demanding more

"The earlier I sleep the more conscious my brain is and everyone knows that the less you sleep the more your brain shuts down, so I've gotten used to staying awake until my brain fully shuts down to avoid having nightmares" Trying to put it into words but struggling miserably

"But you do know the other effects of that and you do know that the cons weight out the pros" Riley looked at William when he asked me that

"Yes, I'm fully aware but that's mainly the reason I do stuff at night and not during the day"

"What stuff"

"Cleaning up, homework, reading, knitting, puzzles, and other stuff I enjoy"

"Do you catch up on sleep"

"Yeah, some days or nights I would be so tired and sleep for like 16 hours"

"Oh okay" he finished off