Adopted by "Lizzie" Olsen

12: Unspoken Memories

1200 Words 

Lizzie's POV:

After I brought Y/n to her room I decided I would clean up the mess I made on the couch, and get ready for bed. It must have taken me a while because by the time I got to her room she was cuddled up to Olaf, out cold. I brought the blankets up to her chin before giving her a kiss on the head. 

Making my way to bed with a smile on my face as I fell asleep.

[Time Skip  3:30 am]

I woke up to screaming sounding all around the apartment. My first thought was someone was breaking in.

Then I recognized Y/n's screaming, "PLEASE NO, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING PLEASE!" 

I ran through the apartment to Y/n thrashing around in her sleep, anything I did to pull her from her sleep didn't help, so I had to wait it out. She awoke in a start sitting up and looking around before her eyes set on me. 

She stopped and thought before throwing her arms around my neck hugging me close. 

Crying is all she did and she couldn't stop. I pulled her closed and sat on the bed with her in my lap, her head stuffed into my neck. 

"Shh, you're okay I promise nothing is going to happen to you your safe you are home." 

She continued to hold on to me, the cries stopped but the tears didn't. I held her while she let out her emotions. Trying my best to calm her down so we could talk about it.  

It took her 30 minutes for the cry, tears, and hiccups to disappear before she let go and looked up at me. "I'm sorry I woke you, I didn't mean to, I will go back to sleep now." she got off my lap and laid down on the bed pulling the covers over herself and pulling Olaf close to her. 

"It's ok honey, you don't have to apologize to me that's what I'm here for. Do you want to want to talk about your dream maybe I can help you?" 

"It's not a dream it's a memory," she stated blankly not speaking anymore.

"Is this something that happened while you were in the foster homes?" I knew she had a hard past being passed around different foster homes, and I know not all of them would be good for her, but I'm hoping I could make her life better. 

She nodded but didn't give a verbal answer.  Instead of trying to get her to talk I just laid beside her in hopes my presence would keep her calm enough to fall asleep. I was wrong she never fell asleep, but I did. 

[Time Skip 7 am]

When I woke Y/n was no longer in bed it was just me. I did someone cooking which made no sense because no one else is here except Y/n. I walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen to find Y/n sitting on the counter, flipping pancakes in her own little world. 

"You usually in the morning when I'm leaving I stop at a cafe and get take out and eat on the way, I was thinking we would stop and see Tammy before we left," I said as I carefully approached behind her. 

"I didn't know your plans so I made breakfast, and since I couldn't sleep it was a good way to spend some time. I didn't know what time we were leaving either so... I made breakfast." She turned around to face me giving me a sheepish smile. 

"That's okay, we didn't talk about what I had planned. Would you like to hear it?" She nodded turning back to the stove. "So I planned with Tammy to stop by and say bye, before heading to the airport where we will have a 4-hour flight to LA, where I will show you to the house out there. Then depending on how we are feeling we will unpack and get takeout or we can cook, but that means we would have to go to the store." It was a lot but I think she understood what I was saying.

She turned off the stove before turning back to me and holding out her hands to me. "Can you help me down?" I grabbed under her arms and put her down on the floor before examing the food set on the counter, eggs, bacon, pancakes, and blueberry muffins. 

"Can you please grab some plates?" She asked as she grabbed the different foods off the counter and walked to the table. To be honest I was a bit shocked because I didn't know that she could cook. 

I do have to say, you surprise me every day with the more things I learn about her. She can cook, and she has good manners. I would like to see this more often, "Maybe you and I can cook when we get to LA, how does that sound?" 

"I would be happy to I've enjoyed cooking at least when there is enough food in the hou-" I think she realized what she said and cut herself off. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that."

"No, it's ok I promise. I also promise that there will be enough food in the house so you can cook." 

"Ok," I think she didn't believe me, but yet again something my sister likes to say actions speak louder than words. 

When we officially sat down for breakfast everything smelt amazing, and they tasted just as amazing. "Can I ask where you learned to cook like this?" 

"Over the years I've learned little things in different houses, but when James introduced me to his mom, that's when I started to learn to cook more. She taught me how to cook and bake. I don't if you tried any of the food at the cafe, but a good chunk of it was made by Tammy or me." 

"It seems like you trust Tammy a lot is there a reason?" 

"Tammy was there for a hard point in my life, and always has been since. After about a year she knew everything about me. James and I bonded because we are outsiders. He's mentally challenged and tends to have seizures. I've been at his side for a few, and he's been by my side when I have a rough day." 

I didn't know how to respond, she has a real relationship with Tammy and James and I'm having her leave them behind. 

"I'm happy someone has been there with you before I got into your life. Even if it wasn't the best I'm hoping to make it better." 

I left it at that and so did she the breakfast was great. the new both started the last minute packing which meant everything. I am usually a planner, but I didn't want to leave Y/n in the dark for too long and I waited too. Long the car would be here at 8 am then we would leave.

{Not proofread or spellchecked.}

[I wrote this chapter I believe a week ago, and I just have to say carma is a pain because I myself had what seemed to look like a seizure myself yesterday. I was out and about with friends and ended up in the ER most of yesterday to find out I have an abnormal heartbeat. I have to get double-checked and possibly triple-checked before I can return to my normal life with school and work. How is everyone out there today? As always have a good night or day whenever you are reading this.]

{Originally published September 12, 2022}