SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE I GOT A SUMMER JOB
LOL BUT I QUIT IT A WEEK LATER THEY TREATED ME LIKE UTTER SHIT
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Niall's P.O V -
A week has gone by and Cleo's sleeping pattern is way off. She can't sleep. Well, that's what she told me, do I've been staying awake with her to help her stay awake. The more she sleeps, the worse her dreams get and the worse her dreams, get she worse she gets.
"Why didn't you tell me to wake up?!" Cleo dozed off for three seconds and freaked out for no reason.
"I'm falling asleep myself. Cleo, I need to sleep. Just sleep on me or something because I'm going to sleep." I get up and go upstairs to our room and immediately fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.
An hour into my sleep I hear thunder which is soothing to me, but opposite for Cleo.
"Someone is out there by the window! I hear them! What if they break into the house? Niall, wake up!" I'm asleep on my stomach, but my body is being aggressively shook by small hands.
"Cleo, it's probably a tree branch or something. Go to sleep." I flip the opposite way from her in order for her to leave me alone, but it doesn't work.
"Why can't you just go check?" I'm not looking at her, but I know she just sat up.
"Because I know it isn't a person. Go to sl-" A knocking noise on the window is heard a few minutes after the electricity went out from the rain.
"Cleo, please don't cry. It's just a tree branch."
"N-no it isn't!" She replies sharply with a cracked voice. A clap of thunder makes the bed vibrate from Cleo shaking. She's on the other side if the bed which usually happens if she's mad at me.
"Fine. I'll go look." I groan and roll out of bed with a baseball bat just in case it is a person.
As soon as I leave the room, Cleo shouts my name giving me no choice except to turn around and see what she wants. I have the flashlight if, so she tried to find me she'd most likely trip over something.
"What?"
"The knocking noise got louder. I don't want to stay in here." I wait for her to put on house slippers and grab her glasses.
"Stay close behind me. In fact, keep one if your hands on my waist. I need to know where you are." I instruct.
I look out of the other window downstairs and see Harry and Piper. I go to unlock the front door and let them in.
"Dude, I was throwing pebbles at your window to try to wait you up! The garage won't let up because the power is out. We're soaked." Harry complains with a laugh.
"I thought it was a tree branch making that noise. Cleo thought it was a person knocking."
"Where is she?" Piper asks and I move to the side and shine the flashlight on her for a moment.
"Right here. We're going back to sleep. Call my phone next time." I laugh as we all go upstairs.
"Told you someone was out there." Cleo says in a calm voice.
"Now go to sleep." I drag her over to me against her will and hold her nonchalantly.
As tight as I'm holding her she stays asleep.
"Let go. Let me go! Move!" I'm being kicked and yelled at by Cleo.. in her sleep.
"Don't hold me that tight! I feel trapped or something." She woke up hitting me which made me end up getting irritated because of how hard she continuously hit me even after I let her go like she told me to.
"Stop hitting me!" I swatted her hands away and moved away from her.
I put my headphones in and turned the volume up to block out the sounds that Cleo is bound to make in her sleep.
Although, I can't hear her, I know she's having a bad dream and I quite frankly don't feel like helping her. As rude as she's been to me she can take her time having that nightmare because I'm not waking her up.
Cleo's P.O.V -
As much as I'm trying to scream nothing is coming out. I feel paralyzed and can't do anything about it. A stranger threatens to kill Niall at gunpoint, forcing me to watch. I can't move or speak. He's telling me to look away in order to not see him die, but I don't listen. I begin to cry because I can't move to save him. As soon as the trigger was pulled, I realize that Niall is permanently unconscious. Whenever I tried to scream, I was woken up.
Once I noticed a familiar scent, I noticed that my face was against Niall's collarbones. No words were spoken between us. It was just my muffled cries. After a while I felt drained and tired from crying.
We both laid back down and I laid on Niall. Literally. Our chests were pressing against each others and it made me feel better knowing he's right here.
"Goodnight." I made sure my face was in the crook of his neck to keep me calm in my sleep. His shower gel smells good and it just smells like him.
"Goodnight, Cleo."
"Love you." I mumble.
"I love you too, Cleo." His chest vibrates a little bit from chuckling.
"I'm gonna go to sleep." I mention again.
"Okay. Goodnight." He yawns and starts to fall asleep.
"Love you."
"I love you too again, now go to sleep." He giggles a bit, then falls asleep.
"Goodn-"
"Go to sleep." He's so snappy whenever it comes to getting sleep, but I won't complain about it.
"Love y-"
"Cleo."
"Sorry." I fall asleep because of Niall's warm hand running up and down my back slowly.
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