Fix This

Safe Here

Prompt #1: The Warblers help Jeff after he wakes up from a nightmare. - Guest

Prompt #2: Write one where Jeff is new and has a nightmare screaming and crying and The Warblers come to the rescue. - Guest

I got these prompts separately, but combined them because they're so similar

            Jeff laid in bed in the dark at his school, DaltonAcademy. It was one in the morning and he couldn't sleep. He could hear the deep breathing off his roommate, Nick Duval, where from the dark-haired boy slept peacefully on the other side of the room. Jeff had been at the school for little over a month now and yet Nick was still the only one he kind of knew. Sure, he knew a few people from his classes and he even knew some of the Warblers as they were Nick's best friends. But still, Jeff didn't usually speak much when they were around; he didn't even talk to Nick that often. He just couldn't risk getting close to anyone here... he didn't want to do to that and then find out they were exactly like the kids at his old school...

            Jeff rolled over and pressed his face into the pillow. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to block out the images in his head. He whimpered quietly and fell into a restless sleep.

FIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHISFIXTHIS

            Nick awoke with a start as a scream pierced the air. He shot up in bed and turned on the light, looking to the other side of the room. Jeff tossed and turned fitfully as he cried out. He released another scream and Nick was out of bed and across the room in a second.

            "Jeff! Jeff, it's okay!" He put his hand on his roommate's shoulder and the blonde boy sat up with a scream.

            "Jeff, it's okay!" Nick held up his hands and lowered his voice, "It's just me, Nick. Your roommate." Jeff stared at him with wide, confused eyes for a moment before he finally realized he wasn't in any real danger.

            "You're okay Jeff," Nick said gently, "You're okay." Jeff wrapped trembling arms around himself as he continued to sob in earnest.

            "Jeff, what happened?" Nick asked, but Jeff just shook his head violently.

            "Okay, okay," Nick said quickly, "You don't have to tell me. It's alright." He was trying to think of something to say that would help calm his roommate down when there was a banging on the door.

            "It's okay," Nick said again as Jeff whimpered and attempted to curl further in on himself. "I'll see who it is." He walked over and opened the door to find several of The Warblers standing on the other side.

            "Nick!" David said in relief and they all began talking at once.

            "What's going on?"

            "Are you guys okay?"

            "We heard screaming!"

            "What happened?"

            "Everything's fine," Nick assured them, "Jeff had a nightmare. He's awake now, but he's still pretty freaked out."

            "Is there anything we can do?" Wes asked.

            "I dunno," Nick said reluctantly, "He was pretty freaked out just by me."

            "How about this, we come in and check on him and if he's too freaked the we'll leave right away," Wes suggested, "That way he knows we're here for him, but we hopefully won't make things worse."

            "Okay," Nick sighed and stepped back to let them in. "Jeff, some of The Warblers are here. They just wanted to make sure you were okay."

            "Hey Jeff," Trent said gently, "You okay?" Jeff shook his head, not looking at any of them.

            "Do you want us to go?" David asked and, to their surprise, Jeff shook his head again. They all situated themselves around the room and waited for Jeff to make the first move.

            "I'm sorry," the blonde finally said.

            "Why are you sorry?" Trent asked.

            "I woke you guys up," Jeff mumbled.

            "Jeff, don't even worry about that," David said.

            "Yeah, we're glad we woke up cause now we're here to help," Wes added.

            "You're all being so nice to me," Jeff murmured.

            "Of course we are, you're our friend," Nick said and Jeff looked around at them all in what seemed to be surprise and confusion. His face was still wet with tears and he was trembling slightly, but he seemed to have calmed down significantly.

            "What was your dream about?" Trent asked.

            "My old school," Jeff whispered, "The kids there... they... they..."

            "They hurt you?" Wes finished for him and Jeff nodded jerkily.

            "You know you're safe here, right?" David said, but Jeff didn't respond.

            "Jeff, no one here will hurt you," Wes assured him, "You're safe at Dalton."

            "But what if I'm not?" Jeff asked, "What if something bad happens? What if someone here decides they don't want me here anymore like they did at my old school?"

            "That won't happen at Dalton," Wes said firmly.

            "But-"

            "Jeff, most of us came here because of something bad happening at out old schools," Trent told him gently.

            "Exactly," Thad said, speaking for the first time, "No one's going to mess with you here."

            "And if they do you let us know," Jon said, "And we'll take care of it."

            "Thanks guys," Jeff mumbled, "That... means a lot."

            "Don't mention it," Nick smiled at his roommate, happy that they seemed to have made a breakthrough. "You're safe here."