That Cripples Every Step We Take

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A/N: soft chapter and the plot actually progresses!!

YOUR POV:

A month had passed by in the blink of an eye and everyone has gotten closer. I couldn't help but be happy that the friends I made at Goldy Pond were making friends with my family, not only that, but they were welcoming them with open arms.

Every morning when I wake up I'm constantly reminded of dream Ray, the fabricated version of him that my mind made up. In almost every dream there would be some sort of memory, it would play out with me watching and then dream Ray would look at me and we would talk.

Sometimes I would be in past Y/N's place and Ray would talk to me directly, though that was pretty rare.

The conversation was always played out the same, starting light hearted before quickly turning into Ray wanting me to confess to him.

Last nights dream was no different.

Myself from a month ago was lying in the medic bed, hooked up to an IV while Ray stood in the distance. The conversation started off like how it did in real life, talking about how Ray missed me and such. But then I spoke up, telling him I needed to talk to him. In real life, that was when Emma came in to give us our supper, but she never showed up, and I was able to tell Ray how I felt.

I sadly woke up before I could hear a reply.

I had been avoiding Ray all day in fear that I would slip up and say something I would regret. It was increasingly becoming harder to keep my cool in front of Ray because every time I looked at him I would think about my first real encounter with dream Ray.

"You okay Y/N?" I looked up to see Gillian staring at me with a small head tilt. She was covered in stickers, quite literally, head to toe.

I nod and smile, "yeah I'm okay."

She shakes her head, "no you're not." She pulls out the chair beside me at the table and sits down, "go ahead tell mama Gillian allll about your issues."

I laughed, "mama Gillian?"

She nods, "I mean, I am older than you. Come on, lay it on me!"

I sigh and look around making sure that we were alone before I speak up, "can you keep a secret?"

She nods, "sure can! Well, I'm pretty sure I can." I cross my arms and give her an unamused look as she giggles, "joking! I-I can keep a secret, what's wrong?"

"Gillian I've been having...dreams at night recently. A-And it started when I almost died," I admit. "Every night I recall a memory and it ends with Ray talking to me."

"About what?" She asks, "what do you guys talk about?"

I feel my cheeks heat up, "he's always telling me to tell...him how I feel. I-I know it's just my consciousness telling me to do it, but I'm scared. Not only that, it's becoming increasingly more difficult to talk to him. I-I haven't spoken to him all day!"

Gillian smirks and leans forward, "oh are we talking about your crush~?"

I nod.

"Aw! You two would be so cute together!" Gillian exclaims, "the sunshine and grumpy duo!"

I shake my head, "but it's not just—," I sigh, "what if he hates me?"

"Y/N, I've only known you and Ray for a month, but I can tell you two have so much chemistry together. For those few weeks you were knocked out, he didn't leave your side and refused to sleep or anything." Gillian explains, "he cares about you."

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