My princess to the Black Widow Mafia

Chapter 102. Cold, Crisp, Air

Aria POV
I woke up from a nightmare I slowly sat up on the bed trying to stop my tears so I wouldn't wake Caleb up. I got out of the bed tip toeing my way out of the room.

I needed some fresh air so I could calm down. I hated sleeping with a passion. It was so scary and dark for me to handle without refusing to go back to sleep.

It was too much for me at times I just wanted to sleep like a normal person not force myself to stay awake until I physically and mentally couldn't handle being awake anymore.

I grabbed Caleb's hoodie and my warm fluffy slippers so I wouldn't freeze outside from the cold winter snow and breeze. I opened the sliding glass doors to go in the back yard.

I stepped out closing the sliding glass door again so the warm air wouldn't come out the house. It was so cold outside I could see my breath in the cold, crisp, air.

The sun was peeking through in the sky a little barely shining in the sky. It was 5 in the morning so the sun wouldn't fully rise until six or something.

I took a much needed deep breath my tears still streaming down my now cold and rosy pink cheeks. I sat down on one of the chairs we had outside in the backyard next to the sliding glass doors.

My tears just wouldn't stop no matter how hard I tried to stop them my mind kept replaying the dream I had of all the horrible and painful things I had to endure and live through because of Andrew and Elizabeth.

I was so lost in my thoughts zoning out of reality for awhile that I didn't notice Caleb towering over me as I sat on the chair staring into nothing without blinking.

He touched my cheek with his thumb wiping the tears that streamed down my cold, rosy, pink cheeks.

Every time I tried to just let him sleep after I woke up from a nightmare so he wouldn't have to stay up with me or lose sleep for taking care of me.

He always found a way to take care of me and find me when I left the bedroom on my own in the middle of the night like this to comfort me.

"I know you need some fresh air but I don't need my little princess getting sick." He kissed my cold cheeks kissing my tears away. "J-just a few m-more m-minutes p-please d-daddy." I begged him through a whimper from crying.

"Okay whatever you need princess." He kissed my lips gently sitting next to me in another chair. He stayed silent knowing I needed a few minutes to myself to just zone out from the world to calm down.

I brought my legs up on the chair my knees against my chest I pulled Caleb's hoodie that I was wearing over my knees covering my legs to keep them warm.

No matter how hard I tried to keep my mind off of what I dreamed about my mind seemed to replay it over and over again making me relive that same fear over and over again.

I took a deep breath to prevent myself from having a panic attack. I felt Caleb grab my hand squeezing it reassuringly staying silent. My chest felt like it was tightening up the more I cried.

I felt like I had a huge lump in my throat preventing me from breathing properly. Caleb picked me up from my seat laying my head down on his shoulder.

"Big deep breaths for me princess." I needed something to distract me from thinking about the nightmare I had. "D-daddy p-please." I sobbed to him. He carried me inside of the house taking me upstairs to our bedroom again.

I took deep breaths to stop my panic attack from happening but it was slowly already taking over making it harder for me to calm down. He sat down on the bed with me on his lap facing him.