I've Got You

Chapter 12

I haven't been able to fall asleep yet. God knows what time it is. All I can think about is my fight with Iris. She really hates me right now. I really don't know how I'm gonna fix this.

We've never really fought before. Not like this anyway.

After I'd come back from the bathroom, Iris was sitting next to Ettie — as far away from me as she could. I didn't end up laying back in Wanda's lap, I just sat next to her, not wanting to make Iris any more angry with me than she already was.

Wanda had given me a confused look and asked if I was okay, but I brushed her off. She didn't say anything more, I think so as not to push me to talk, but especially during the movie.

I stare at the wooden beams of the bunk above me as I have been for the last few hours. What really doesn't help either, is that Sammie snores like a jackhammer. I've really been contemplating getting up and rolling her on her side.

Just as I finally feel myself drifting off, I'm suddenly swept back into consciousness at an unexpected noise.

My eyes shoot open and I freeze for a couple of seconds. My heart is drumming in my ears.

Did I actually hear that or did I imagine it?

I don't hear the sound again so I calm myself and try to doze off once more.

Probably imaged it.

I roll over to the wall, and shut my eyes. That's when I hear it again. A sharp whimper. My heart starts pounding and I turn my body towards the noise. My eyes dart around the room looking for any type of movement, but all I can make out is the dark shadows belonging to the beds.

"Pietro! Sú preč! No... no!" Wanda softly cries in her sleep, rustling against the duvet.

I swiftly jump out of bed and rush to her side, trying not to wake the others.

"No!" She wails. "Pietro... p-please... where are they?"

My hands tremble over her, not knowing what to do.

She starts to cry and hyperventilate. Anxiety floods my stomach but I try to push it down. Wanda needs me right now.

"Wands, Wands. Wake up love. It's just a dream." I gently shake her shoulder.

"No! Don't!" She suddenly jolts awake and shoves me away, scrambling to the wall against her bunk. Her breathing is still rapid and uneven and her eyes dart around the darkness of the room. She tightly grabs the duvet with one hand and her pyjama top with the other.

"Shh. Wands, it's okay. You're safe. It was just a dream, love." I carefully place my hand on her left one that's gripped to the duvet to try to calm her down.

Her eyes finally meet mine and they are filled with such panic.

"Y/n," she gasps, "I c-can't..." She grips her shirt tighter, trying to pull it away from her chest.

"Hey, shhh. It's okay, love. Try to breathe with me okay?" I cautiously craw onto her bed, then grab her hands and place them in the middle of my chest, slowing my breathing so she can do the same.

Her eyebrows furrow in pain as she tries her best to breathe with me. "That's it, Wands. Good job. Just breathe, honey." I stroke her hands with the pads of my thumb. She bows her head and squeezes her eyes shut. I see a few tears fall straight onto the blanket.

My heart aches for her. Whatever she dreamt must have been awful.

After a last few shaky breaths, her breathing goes somewhat back to normal.

She sniffs a couple of times then lets out a sudden sob, her tears beginning to flow down her face. I bring my thumbs up to her cheeks and wipe them away, caressing her face for a little while.

"I'm so sorry, Y/n. I'm so sorry." She starts repeating.

"Shhhhh. It's okay, Wands. You're okay. Please don't be sorry."

When she doesn't calm down, I lay in her bed against the headboard and she gasps when I pull her by the waist to lie on top of me.

I'm engulfed with her sweet vanilla smell. Her hand immediately grips my top and she hides her face in the nape of my neck. 

It's as if she thinks I could vanish at any second.

I comb her soft hair gently, scratching at her scalp every now and then.

It's just me and her now. I let the rest of the world fade away. My only focus is her.

Her heaviness on top of me.

The lovely smell of her shampoo.

The hot dampness on my neck and shoulder as she sobs into me.

Somehow I can feel her pain. It aches through my chest and spreads down to my stomach.

I hold her tighter against me, swallowing the lump in my throat beginning to form.

By the time her cries die down to slow sniffles, my shoulder is drenched, but I don't care.

She suddenly grips me tighter and pulls herself closer to me for a few seconds. My stomach is flooded with butterflies.

I wrap one arm around the bottom of her back and place the other at the back of her head, holding her tighter in return.

"Do you need anything?" She shakes her head against my chest.

"I just need you."

I almost miss the words she whispers against me. I feel my cheeks burn bright red and it feels as though a million fireworks explode in my stomach.

She just needs me.

After a while, she turns her face on my chest to wipe away her last few tears with her hand.

"Are you okay?" She nods against me.

"Yeah- I'm really sorry I woke you, Y/n/n." She plays with a loose thread on my pyjama shirt that's close to my belly button.

I smile and tuck her hair behind her ear. "Don't be sorry, I'm just glad you're okay. Plus... I owe you one from the park." I chuckle. "Do you... do you want to talk about it?"

Then there's a moment of complete stillness until she finally shakes her head. "I'm sorry." It's barely a whisper.

I sit us up a bit to meet her eyes properly. "Wanda please don't apologise. Don't let anyone make you share things you don't wanna share."

She turns her face into my chest again and breathes in a deep, shaky breath, nodding slightly.

"Y/n?" I hum in response. "Please stay with me."

She wants me to lie with her!

"You make me feel safe."

I freeze and my heart does flips. I want to squeeze her tight and never let her go. This girl is pulling at my heart and I know it won't be long until it's hers.

"Of course I will."

I slide us back down the bed into a more comfortable sleeping position.

Her arm wraps around my stomach and grabs my hand to hold in hers.

I lean down and kiss her head, letting my lips linger there for a few seconds before pulling away.

"I'm right here, Wands. I've got you. You're safe. Try to get some sleep okay, love?" I hear a few more stray sniffles so I begin rubbing my hand up and down her arm in an attempt to comfort her.

"Y/n." She whispers. "I'm really glad I met you." I smile widely into her hair and kiss her there once more.

"I'm really glad I met you too, Wands." I close my eyes and finally allow myself to slowly drift back off.

That's when the door swings open and we're blinded by the sharp light of a torch.

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