The Happytime Murders 5

Nightmares

"Hey look it's the checkerboard chick!" yelled  a teenage boy taunting a young 14 year old Bubbles who was on her way home from school.

"Yeah her and her huge ass balloon butt and hair!" Said his girlfriend with him as they and their friends all laughed as she passed by. Most of the time Bubbles could easily ignore their hurtful words but Bubbles couldn't take their taunting any longer it was the last straw hearing them make comments about her body.She was used to the racism she often got growing up but her body was her biggest insecurity.

"What the hell did I ever do to you Marcia huh?" Bubbles shouted upset.

"Oh let's see now you blocked us in the hallways with your huge hair and fat ass.No one can even get by" Marcia replied.
Her boyfriend Doug started making whale sounds and said "Guess you could say you're someone who's hard to not see. Normally We would stuff you in the lockers like the other lanky nerd friends of yours but I doubt you would even fit inside".

Bubbles clenched her fists in anger and in hurt as she felt herself for the first time react with tears to their awful remarks.

"Don't you all have anything better to do then to shit on my appearance?!" She cried

"Come to think of it you're right. I do have a better idea" Marcia smirked as she and two of her friends made their way closer to Bubbles shoving her to the ground beating her up while the four guys snatched her backpack and began to pour out her school supplies and wreck her stuff.

"Stop it!! Get off me! Leave me alone!! Help!!" Bubbles screamed as the gang of teens continued to beat her until she slipped out of consciousness.

Bubbles jerked awake in bed up in fear, looking around to see she was back home in bed next to Phil who woke up to her cries.

"Bubbles, are you okay? You were screaming and crying in your sleep.." Phil said turning to face her.

"Oh Phil, This is the third time this week I've been this terrible nightmare..well sort of but it actually happened as well. More like a vision or flashback.." Bubbles said sitting up gasping still shaken up sweat was running down her forehead.

"About what?" Phil asked as he sat up with her and took her hand rubbing her palm to soothe her and so she could touch him and realize she was just fine.

"Back in High school that time I was beaten up after standing up for
Myself after dealing with harassment from these kids for so long over my race and my appearance. I was bullied all the time when I was a young girl and it haunted me ever since to this day. They would always insult me because of my biracial family going as far as to make fun of my dad who was super dark and making comments about my ass and my weight.." Bubbles sobbed

Phil looked at Bubbles with worry knowing and remembering that awful chain of events she had told him before of her past and the ways people found things about her to pick on.

"Aw sweetheart, cmere now I got you..shhh" Phil said as he pulled her close to him trying to calm her down as she was practically hyperventilating. "I'm so sorry that you went through that when you were young. No one deserves that treatment"

"It was so hard to ignore those hurtful words, they were all just so mean and cruel. And they damn well knew how insecure,easy and vulnerable I was" Bubbles said with her head in his shoulder sniffling as Phil caressed and patted her short golden locks.

"From a Puppets point of view, I know how that feels, but that's all behind you and in the past you're completely safe and they will never hurt you again. You're beautiful and a kind hearted woman you can't let what people think affect how you feel about yourself. If all they wanna do is critique and call you super insensitive things then they aren't someone's opinion who should have value" Phil said wiping her tears cupping the side of her face with his hand. His soft warm felt easing Bubbles tenseness.

"You're so good to me, I'm just glad you were here to comfort me when i really needed that. Though I am sorry I woke you up" Bubbles said

"Sweetheart, don't be sorry. I want to know when you're upset and or scared.You shouldn't be dealing with this kind of thing alone Bubbles. It's not good to hold all that in. No matter what I'll Always be here for you. Anytime you have any sort of bad dream or nightmare you can always wake me even when I don't hear you. I don't like my baby suffering. I wanna be able to hold you close and tell you everything is fine and that none of it was real" Phil said as he rocked her back and forth to help her feel sleepy again.

"Okay honey I will. Your snuggles always make me feel better. It's like nightmare proof to me.Thank you" Bubbles said as they giggled.

"Oh it's no trouble dear no trouble at all" Phil whispered in her ear as he continued rock her in his arms and stroke her face and hair. He began to feel start to get heavier and limper.
"Aww you're seem to be a lot more relaxed and sleepy now and so am I. I dunno about you but I'm ready to go back to sleep." He added

"Yeah I think I'll be okay can you just keep your arms around me and continue stroking my face and hair? I feel so much better and safer" Bubbles said her eyes beginning to close and droop.

"Of course I will I'm not gonna let you go promise" Phil whispered as he laid back down as Bubbles did the same putting her head against his chest to listen to his heartbeat while she drifted into a peaceful slumber.
Phil shared a quick passionate kiss with her and then started to rub her hair and stroke her cheek with his thumb.

"Now try to get a good sleep, we got a lot to plan for the two weddings coming up." Phil said remembering Amber had asked them to help her and Jade out with their planning. While Connie and Roxy wanted Bubbles to plan out and be the one to bake their wedding cake.

Bubbles still had a little bit of a rough time going back to sleep, but having Phil just held her tight,she felt comforted and reassured as she slowly drifted right back to sleep.