The Queen has Fallen- [Sweet Pea] // Riverdale

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*Natalie's POV

It was dark and so cold.

"Natalie."

"Natalie."

"Natalie."

I stood there motionless. How did I get here?

"Natalieee..." the voice called out.

My palms were sweating. They found me. Why am I here again?

"J-jace... Jason Blossom.."

"That's right," my eyes went directly to the bullet hole that was right between his eyes.

"You did this to us," his voice was haunting.

"You killed us."

"Why Natalie? Why did you do it?"

"Joa- Joaquin..." my voice trembled.

This isn't real.

This can't be real.

"But it is, Natalie. You killed me."

"No, no, no, no." I began to shake my head. "This isn't real. This isn't real." I began to panic and walk backwards.

"Come here, Nat. Why don't you come here to uncle Tall Boy?" Tall Boy soon joined the two younger males.

"No! No! No!" I bumped into the wall and sunk to the ground covering my face.

"Nat!"

"FP!" I could hear his voice.

"Nat! Wake up!"

"FP!"

I was being stared at by a groggy and panic looking FP.

I must have woke him up.

"I'm sorry," I put my head down in shame.

"Come here," he pulled me into his side. "How long?" He whispered as he still held me.

"It's been a while now," I confessed.

"Ever since Jason," I felt FP tense up as he asked me. I remember the time Jughead threw it in his dad's face when the two were arguing. But it wasn't just Jason now it was more. It was people that I knew personally. People that I grew up around. I didn't know Jason, so it didn't really have that much affect on me than the others. But I had other nightmares that were much worse. Much worse than the one I just had.

"It's not just Jason." I slowly pulled away from FP. "It's Joaquin, Tall Boy, and..." I sighed not finishing the rest. "They've just gotten worse," I confessed. "I'm sorry that I woke you up."

"Natalie it's fine," he gave me a slight smile. "Here," FP tossed the covers back for me to lay back down. "I'll stay with you until you fall back asleep," he rubbed his eye.

"You don't have to do this FP," I felt so ashamed. "You can go ba-"

"I'm staying, Nat. Just until you fall asleep, okay?" I let out a yawn and nodded my head.

First Sweet Pea, then Jughead, and now FP. They had all witnessed me having my nightmares. I needed to get this under control... and fast.

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I had managed to slip out the house before anyone woke up to avoid any questioning. I drove out to Sweetwater River and just sat there watching the sunrise until it was time for school.