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"Ray? What's wrong?" Beck sat up from the mattress on her floor (courtesy of Marcus), rubbing his eyes and squinting in the dark of her room at her sitting by the door clutching something.
"I thought they stopped breathing." She whispered, sounding as if she'd just finished crying. "I thought- I thought they were gone."
"Who?"
"Everyone. I couldn't hear anything, I thought they'd left me for good." She held the baby monitor up, her hands shaking. "The batteries just died."
"Come back to bed, baby." He scoot his way over to her, Ray shaking her head and glancing to the cracked door.
"Jamie just went to the bathroom, I've gotta make sure he's okay. He still gets nightmares, and he sleepwalks sometimes." On cue, a knock was on her door.
"Ray Ray? Can I sleep with you? I had a nightmare."
"Yeah, come on, bubbie."
It was safe to say, Ray didn't sleep that night.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to charge the rest of them." Harmony apologized while she and Marcus hugged her, Ray blankly staring at the wall.
She was holding on to her two youngest sisters, the both of them sleeping soundly in her arms. They'd been there since four in the morning.
"Ray?" Tay mumbled, placing a hand on her head and pushing until she was looking at him. "Hey, munchkin. We've gotta get ready for school, momma and papa need the babies."
She nodded, hesitantly handing them over. It made her anxious since she couldn't feel their hearts anymore, and they didn't snore in their sleep.
"They're breathing, Ray." Tay reassured her, pulling her from her bed and over to her bathroom.
"....I'm gonna find that bitch and beat her ass again."
"I leave for coffee and you're prying Tori off of Russ." Ray blinked slowly, holding her bottle in her hands. "Tay, Dari brought yours too."
"I told you he likes me."
"He didn't put creamer and sugar in it." Tay made a face, Ray sitting in her seat and looking over everyone. "We're starting weirdly already."
"Wha- he was attacking Beck!"
"....and you thought you would stop him?" Tay asked, Jade rolling her eyes.
"Why do you care?"
"Cause I figured he suffered enough pain being friends with you."
"Love, come here." Tay waved Jade over, the girl glaring at Tori before sitting in her seat. "Here, drink some coffee."
"Don't give it to me cause you don't like it."
"I thought you liked it bl-"
"Taven." Ray interrupted, looking at him in bewilderment. "Shut the fuck up."
