"Was I even good enough for you?" //Dream + Dnf angst?//

Chapter 2 | The Sleeping Brunette

No one's POV

A sleeping brunette was lying down on a red bed in the middle of a forest. A big one to be in fact. One where you can easily get lost since the place moves around-like the trees, rocks, grass, flowers, all of that moves around making it impossible to find your way out.

(Anyways...) While the brunette was sleeping peacefully a small figure had emerged from the trees. It was a little girl. She was wearing a light blue uniform with a long white skirt hovering over her knees, Shoes black with a pair of long white socks. (She's about 7 years old right now)

She went up to the sleeping brunette and started shaking him hard. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" She kept on shaking him until she knocked him off the bed with a loud thud.
She went to the other side of the bed to see if the brunette had woken but found him still sound asleep.

The little girl could only let out a loud sigh in defeat.
"Sarah, where are you!" A female voice shouted out from a distance.
"I'm over here Grandma!" She shouted out in response and ran to the direction she heard the female's voice come from.

The woman finally appeared from the trees and found the little girl running towards her before giving her a small hug.
She looked to be around her 50's and had light brown hair with a few white streaks dangling from her long hair. She was wearing a simple light brown-ish dress with a sunflower hat.

"Sarah there you are! Don't you ever run off like that again you hear me! You could have gotten lost or even hurt" The woman scolded the little girl.

"But I didn't get lost! I was with papa"

"Oh-You found him?"

"Yup! Follow me!" She started pulling her grandmother's dress to drag her towards the direction where she came from.

They arrived quickly and the older woman saw the red bed. Just the red bed and no sleeping brunette on it.
"I thought you said you found George? I don't see him anywhere"

Sarah let out a small laugh at her grandmother's saying.

"Uhh well..."

The older woman stared at the little girl right In front of her with her eyebrow raised up. "I was trying to wake him up so I uhh..."

"What did you do?" Her voice started to fade into a serious tone.

"I-I It wasn't me it was the animals!" She shouted out and ran behind the closest tree she could find and duked down.

"What are you talking about?" She turned back to face the bed and walked up to it. Going to the other side she found the brunette sleeping in a weird position.

Sarah thought her grandmother would scream at her or just get upset but instead she heard her let out a laugh.
So she peaked through a small bush near her and found her holding her stomach and her face had a wide smile plastered right on.
"Okay now this is funny. How does he even sleep in such a position!"

She finished her little laughing section and bend down to shake the brunette up.
Sarah finally showed herself and ran up to the two who were on the other side. She went on the other side of the bed facing the brunette's legs and started poking his shoes.

George's POV

I felt someone or something shaking my body but I didn't want to wake up.
I am still tired
I still want to stay in bed and sleep another day.

"Papa wake up!" A familiar female voice shouted out.

Was that Sarah?

I fluttered my eyes open to reveal an elderly woman looking down at me. It was my mom. "Georgie get up from your position or you'll get sore on every part of your body" She spoke in a calming voice. "Yeah papa, listen to grandma!"
I see Sarah walking up to be and bent down.

"Hi!"

"Hello?" I realized I was on the floor and got up into a sitting position. Now facing the two. "How long was I asleep for?" I asked.

"8 days, 16 hours, with 47 minutes and 10 seconds!" Sarah shouted out in response and I was in complete shock. Not that I was asleep for a week but of how she was counting all this time. "H-how did-Wha??" I was too stunned to even speak and all she could do is let out a few giggles.

"She's been keeping count nonstop-now that's not what matters right now. What matters is that you need to take Sarah to school right now or she'll be late" Mom tossed me a backpack and a long sleeve sweater that belongs to Sarah.
"Oh-uhh okay? I'll see you more later then..."

"Look papa, you have mushrooms growing on your shoulder!" Sarah started pointing out at the small mushrooms. "When did these get here?"

"Maybe they planted themselves when you were sleeping"

"I think you're right" I smiled at her which made her happier. "Alright now let's get you to school" "Yay I get to see my friends!"

We were both walking down the path which led to the school.
I've been catching up with Sarah since I've last seen her. She was telling me how her days went with my family at the palace. Turns out she's not so much of a sweet girl when I'm not around.
Sne would prank the servants by scaring them or she would get in trouble and do dangerous things but other times she would behave. But that would rarely happen according to my mother.

"That's how my tooth fell out! See?" She opened her mouth wide and pointed to a big gap between two of her teeth which was where the tooth fell out of.

"Maybe next time try not jumping off the playground" I was quite concerned for her.
"But It was fun in the end and I was able to get money from the tooth fairy!"

"How is that even fun? Doesn't it hurt?"

"Nope! Besides, no one knows that I threw myself off because I always smile so it's hard to tell my emotions!"
I completely forgot she was right. Sarah couldn't really feel pain unless it was a serious injury and she was very good at hiding her emotions. Except it doesn't work on me I can easily see through that smile of hers.

"Alright...but please don't do that again you can give someone a heart attack"

"Don't worry about it they'll be fine, besides a heart attack is probably nothing"

"We're here"

"Finally I'm so tireddd" She extended the d a bit before finding herself a nearby bench and laying right on top of it.
"Get up, the walk wasn't even that long"

"It was almost a one hour walk! Besides I was running through the forest just to find you sleeping"

"Eh still" I shook it off and I sat right on the seat and watched as there were kids playing around.

"Why don't you play with the other?"

"I don't like playing with kids I don't know only the ones I'm close to. Like shroud or Michael"
"You really love hanging out with them don't you?"

"I sure do! They tell me stories about what they've seen in the past- Last time I saw Michael I think he told me about how he was kept hidden somewhere dark like a room with no lights!" She spoke very quickly with excitement that I couldn't really catch a few words.
"Okay-okay slow down"
"But I want to tell you everything that happened!"

"How about after school?"

"Okay! But I want to tell you everything! Like EVERYTHING!"

"I'll keep that noted. Now go inside and wander around the place because papa has to meet up with grandma and auntie" I give her a pat on the head before she finally got up and off the bench.
"Alright I'll you later bye papa!"

"Bye-oh! Make sure you don't cause too much chaos!"
"No promises!!" She was running off at full speed, all the way to the school and inside until I couldn't see her.
And here I thought she said she was tired. What a little liar.
________________
1398 words