A New Beginning

Chapter 11

Kanan's P.O.V

I woke up and got out of bed. I remembered last night and turned around with a smile. Ezra rolled over and is laying his head in Hera's chest. Hera must have reacted in her sleep and wrapped her arms around the boy.

   I smirked and grabbed my phone taking a picture. I put it on my screen saver then put my phone away. I went downstairs and was going to surprise the two with a breakfast.

*an hour later*

Hera's P.O.V

I woke up to someone in my arms. I smiled when I saw Ezra smiling and sleeping peacefully without a care in the world. I kissed his forehead and I didn't want to wake him up so I just laid there in the hug.

   A smell of something burning filled the air and I thought the house was on fire. But when I looked over Ezra, there was no Kanan. 'He must be trying to make breakfast, again,' I thought rolling my eyes and laid back down.

A few minutes later, Ezra started to stir in my arms. I thought he was waking up but I was wrong when he started to whimper in stress. He's having another nightmare. I unwrapped my arms from around him and started to gently shake him awake. "Ezra, Ezra sweetie, wake up," I said but Ezra kept wriggling around and kicking the sheets.

"Ezra, please wake up," I called and worried for the boy. Then to make things worse, he started to cry and yell 'help'. I didn't know what to do until an idea came. 'He's not going to like this,' I thought and grabbed a cup then went to the bathroom filling it with cold water. I ran back into the room and dumped the water onto him.

Ezra shot up shaking and scared. He seemed out warmth by crossing his arms around himself. I immediately dropped the cup and ran over to him. "Ezra, are you ok?" I asked worried. He mumbled something but I couldn't hear what he said. "Can you say that one more time?" I asked. Boy, I wished I could take wanting to hear it back now when he tells me what he said.

"W-were y-ou try-ing to d-drown me in bath-tub?" He asked scared. I shook my head no, "I would never in my whole life do that to you". He stared at me then nodded asking, "Why am I wet?". "You were having a nightmare so I dumped some cold water onto you to wake you up," I said, "I'm sorry". I embraced him and he leaned into the warmth, "Let's get you a towel to dry you of". Ezra nodded and we went into the bathroom and I gave him a towel.

Ezra's P.O.V

   I wrapped the towel around myself and shivered a little. "Come on, let's go and see what Kanan burn't for breakfast," Hera said and I laughed. We went downstairs when the smell of something burning entered my nose. Both of us entered a not so clean kitchen with Kanan in the middle of all the mess.

   Kanan looked over at us and smiled sheepishly. "Hello darling and Ezra," Kanan said embarrassed and held up a plate, "burn't toast anyone?". Hera face palmed and laughed at Kanan. I laughed to and something popped out of a black box with a lever on the side. Hera walked over to it and examined the food. "Did you put pancakes in the toaster?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. I covered my mouth from laughing at Hera's face and Kanan's embarrassment.

   "Well......uh........yes.......no......maybe," he stuttered scratching the back of his neck. Hera put her head in her hands, "What am I going to do with you Kanan Jarrus?". "You could teach me where to put the pancakes first," he said. Hera rolled her eyes and opened and small door to a cabinet. She pulled out a box and opened it. "How about we have out of this world space eggo waffles?" She said pulling out the said waffles.

   "Sounds spacetaculer," Kanan said grabbing plates and cups while Hera pulled out the pancakes from the toaster. I stood awkwardly at the entrance of the kitchen not knowing what to do. Hera must have noticed, "Hey Ezra, can you go put that towel on the counter in me and Kanan's bathroom," she said and I went to do just that.

   I put the towel on the counter and walked back downstairs to see Kanan setting the table up. Hera was waiting for the waffles to pop up. Once Kanan was done he leaned up next to the counter, "So why did you have a towel on?" Kanan asked me. I looked at Hera as she began to explain the situation. "Really?" He said worried and looked at my. I nodded my head yes and sat at the table.

   "What was the nightmare about?" Kanan asked," unless you don't want to talk about it". My nightmare was about Kanan and Hera being executed for standing up for me back at the huge store place. Then it replayed the memory of the girl falling out of the tree then my parents. At the end, they were all screaming at me saying, 'Why didn't you save us you Emile?!'. Then they all ganged up on me and started to lower me into a bathtub full of water. Lastly, they were going to shove me in when I woke up.

   I shook my head no and looked down at the table. "Alright, that's ok," Kanan said smiling and sat down across from me. I lifted my head and smiled back at him. "Waffles are ready and are being served fresh and hot!" Hera exclaimed putting a plate of waffles on the table. Each of us got two and we ate. I took a couple of sips of water and was done. "So what should we do today?" Hera asked.

   "I don't know," Kanan said and looked at me, "do you know any good places to go?". I thought for a moment and of the other side of  'the edge' in the forest. That was probably the only nice place I've ever been to. Both sides of Capital City do not have any kind of parks or any kind of wild life at all except for the zoo. But that was basically it and I didn't want to get Kanan and Hera in trouble for my doing so I shook my head no.

   "Hold on," Hera said, "you were thinking of something, did you want to go there?". I would love to go there, I do it practically every day before Hera and Kanan. Still, I shook my head no again. "Fine, we won't go," Kanan said and picked up our plates and cups. He walked over to a container shaped thing in the counter and put the dishes in the thing. "We could walk around," Hera said and I agreed. "Ok," Kanan said.

   We all went upstairs to change into our normal clothes. Hera and Kanan bought me new clothes from somewhere else so now I was wearing an orange shirt and blue pants. I walked out of the room and went downstairs. I saw the two in the hall talking about something. I went up the stairs a little bit and listened to the two chat.

   "Kanan, I'm worried about Ezra. He's had two nightmares and I don't know how to help him with them," Hera said. "Relax, we will figure this out like we always do, alright?" He said calmly with his hands on her shoulders. "Yeah," she said nodding. Kanan smiled and and kissed the top of her head.

   Was I causing them this much trouble? Now I felt real bad and I wanted to fix it. But the real question is how? I came back down the stairs and they smiled at me. "Ready Ezzy," Kanan said ruffling my hair. I tried not to flinch at the nickname but luckily they didn't notice. I nodded yes and we headed out of the house.

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