KotLc Royal AU

Chapter 20

(wait crap my children im so sorry its been like so many days im not dead im promise i promise pleaslpelaplpalpslpels im here im here now and now i will never leave also this is ending like real soon. also i misspelled a whole lot in this chapter that even autocorrect gave up on me)

Sophie realized she wasn't good at not falling asleep.

Espiacially since she passed out.

Twice.

And both times she had a dream.

Concerning.

It was almost Christmas, Sophie found shocking. How could it be Chrismas in a few days when it felt like December had started two days ago. She wanted to do something, something festive. She had a good idea. She asked Jolie and she agreed. Well, it went more like this:

Sophie stuck her head into Jolie's room. "Movie night?"

"Yeah."

Sibling communication 101.

"What movie should we watch?" Hazel asked. They were getting situated in the tiny theater room. Percy gasped. "We should watched Finding Nemo!" he yelled. Annabeth looked at him as if he had fucking lost it. "That movie is for kids. Also, you cry every time we watch it." she said. "WELL, I don't know! It's a sad movie, what do you want from me?!?" he shouted. "Hey, we should watch something, like, Christmasy. Because, well, I'm not sure if you're aware but it is approximeatly a couple days until Christmas," Jolie said. Hazel sighed dramaticlly. "Already?" she said. Nico elbowed her. "It's not like we're gonna get anything," he said. Will wrapped his armed around Nico's shoulder and held him closer. Sophie noticed Bianca was sitting next to them, and she looked like she was trying not to look at Nico. Sophie took the seat next to her. "Hi," she said. Bianca looked at her. "Is it because of what he said?" Sophie asked, nodding toward Nico. Bianca shook her head. "Do you want to talk about it?" Sophie said. "Not now," Bianca whispered softly back. This suprised Sophie, as whenever she tried to talk to children, they ran away from her. "Okay. Only if you're comfortable. Just let me know," Sophie said. They were silent for a moment. Eventually, when the others were still trying to figure out the movie, Bianca stood up, grabbed Sophie's wrist, and silently pulled her into the next room. "Are you okay?" Sophie asked. Bianca stood looking at the ground. She wiped her eyes, and burst into tears. "Okay.. wait one second," Sophie said. She ran into the theater, grabbed the pillow she brought with her, and ran back to Bianca. "I don't know if you want me to hug you, do you?" Sophie asked. "No. I'm sorry," Bianca said while crying. "Don't be, it's alright. Here, you can take this," Sophie said and she handed the pillow to Bianca. She clutched it tightly. It was only then that Sophie noticed Bianca was having a panic attack.

"It's okay. It's gonna be okay. Try to breathe. Steadily, not too fast. I'm going to get you some water," Sophie said. She got up and ran into the theater.

"DOES ANYONE HAVE A BOTTLE OF WATER!?" Sophie screamed. "Why?" Nico asked. Sophie became more dissapointed then she thought she had ever been in her life. "To pour onto Jolie's bed. WHAT DO YOU THINK!??!1?" Sophie yelled. "What?" Jolie said. "This," Keefe said and handed her a bottle. Sophie ran back to the room. Bianca was in the corner, hanging onto the pillow for dear life, breathing hard. "Hey, hey, it's alright. It's going to be okay. You're going to get through this. I'll be right here. I'm not leaving okay?" Sophie said. Five minutes passed, and Bianca's breathing finally slowed. Sophie breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you," Bianca said slowly, still tears falling from her eyes. "Do you need some tissues? There's some here," Sophie said, reaching to a nearby shelf and grabbing the box. "Thank you," Bianca said, more definitvely. Sophie put the box near here. "Do you want to talk about it?" Sophie asked. Bianca was silent for a moment. "It's.. overwhelming. And weird. This place isn't.. familier. And.. well, no one really used to liked me.. at all," she explained. "Oh. I'm sorry that happened to you. We'll treat you better," Sophie said. "I'm sorry I didn't hug you," Bianca said. "No, don't be. Everyone has boundaries," Sophie replied. Bianca smiled, mostly at herself. She stood up and walked to the theater.

"Percy, for the love of gods, we're not watching Finding Nemo," Annabeth said as they entered. Bianca sat down in the seat next to Will, and Sophie sat next to her. Will reached, probably to hug Bianca, and she shrank back against the side of the chair closest to Sophie. Will looked confused. Nico grabbed Will's arm and put it around himself. 

They ended up watching Finding Nemo, and lo and behold, Percy was bawling by the end of it. "I told you we should have watched a Christmas movie!" Jolie said. "Well, I don't know! He's like a child!" Annabeth repled. Sophie smiled at them. She moved to get up, but realized something was on her. She turned her head. Bianca had fallen asleep on Sophie's shoulder during the movie. Sophie covered her mouth and made an infinitly weird noise. It was all she could do to stop herself from crying.