So Quiet You Were

Yeah Boy and Doll Face

~Kayla's POV~

I woke up in the middle of the night to a thunderstorm. It was so loud I don't know how anyone could sleep through it. I looked over at Stephanie who was still sleeping. She had her headphones in so she didn't even know what was going on. Lucky. Just then, I heard a loud crash coming from the living room. Hercules. I thought. I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs into the living room to see a lamp knocked over onto the floor. Hercules was no where in sight. As I was looking for him, Dalton ran into the living room to see what was going on. 

"Are you okay!?" He asked frantically.

"Yeah I'm fine. It's just Hercules." I said laughing. Just then, Hercules ran past Dalton and almost knocked him over. 

"Whoa, Hercules!" 

"He has an irrational fear of thunderstorms." I told him calmly. 

"OH, poor guy." Dalton said with his lower lip extended making a sad face. Hercules wizzed by again but this time we jumped out of the way. 

"There is something that always helps him though. Hold on." I said running to my room to get my ipod. When I came back I scrolled through the library and found 'All My Heart' By Sleeping With Sirens. I pressed play and turned it up all the way and went to sit on the floor. Dalton followed and sat next to me. Soon Hercules calmed down and came and layed in front of me with his head in my lap. 

"Wow, that was cool" Dalton said impressed.

"Yeah, I found that out during the last storm. I just began singing random songs trying to calm him down and this one worked." 

I began to sing along to the song. Dalton joined in and soon Hercules was completely at ease. 

After a while, we decided to sit on the porch and watch the thunderstorm. 

"I love thunderstorms" Dalton said staring at the sky.

"I hate them." I whispered to myself.

"Why?" He turned and asked me. I didnt realize he could hear me.

"Oh, I just do." I said trying to brush it off. 

"Oh no, you're not getting off that easy missy!" He said clearly not planning on letting me off the hook. 

"Its just that something happened a while ago and the next day there was a thunderstorm. So I just associate thunderstorms with that night." I said hoping that would be the end of it. After I finished talking, a huge roar of thunder broke out and I winced  and walked back inside. Dalton followed me inside and stood next to me. 

"Are you okay?" He asked placing his hand on my shoulder turning me so that I would be facing him. Tears started filling my eyes again. I fought them back and nodded. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

"No." I said weakly. 

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked so sweetly. I did but I didn't want  to bother him with my problems. But it was time for me to talk about it. I haven't told anyone how I really felt about what happened. I haven't let anyone see me cry or even really let anyone know how sad I was. I was trying to be strong for the guys but it was so hard.

"No, I'm okay. I don't want to put my problems onto you Dalton."

"You wouldn't be doing that Kayla. I'm a friend wanting to listen." He said smiling at me. He was so sweet and caring. How could I say no to him?

"Alright, it is about time I told someone how I feel." 

We went to sit on the couch and I prepared myself to tell him what happened that night.