Just Pretend, cb {completed}

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*nightmares*

L U K E

"Well, when i came down they seemed to be arguing." I finish sweeping the glass vase off the floor. Now he's not down here.

"You think they're fucking?" Jonah asks.

"Why is that the first thing your minds race too?" I walk back into the living room, sitting on the couch.

"Because that's most likely what they're doing..." Jonah frowns, "Okay, i lived with them for a year, they would argue then hookup." They're not the same.

"When they were together, which they're not anymore." Daniel says, drawing a picture of a butterfly.

"Why don't we check?" Jonah suggests. No, what. That's invasion of privacy.

"Let's not." I frown. Louie's left for college so it's just us home now, I feel like a dad sometimes.

Jonah and Daniel both look at each other and nod their heads. "No, you two don't even think about it." I point to the both of them. No one in this house ever listens to me, i feel like i'm a dad trying to control teenagers.

"Sorry Luke." Daniel sets his sketchbook and pencil down, walking up the stairs. Jonah after him which made me follow the both of them.

"You two are seriously invading their privacy right now." I grab the back of their necks. They both try moving away; i know Daniel hates it, i just didn't know Jonah did too.

"Agh, Luke let go." Daniel freezes, his hand on the door knob. "I will open it." He threatens.

I let go of Jonah first just for Daniel to push the door open, Sierra was laying in bed while Corbyn was just staring at her. It didn't even startled him when the door opened.

He's probably been up all night due to the modafinil he took. Keeps you up for hours, even days, straight.

"Bro?" Jonah raises his eyes brows, walking in. Sierra's room was a lot tidier then it was last night. I stand by the door and Corbyn looks up.

"What do you y'all want?" He asks, leaning back in the chair.

"Why are you watching Sierra sleep?" Daniel sits on the edge of Sierra's bed. She was sleeping on her stomach.

"It's not what it looks like." He pushes his hand in his pocket. He takes the pills out and throws them to me which i catch. "I lied, it was her taking them, not me. She's been taking them since we broke up."

Jonah peered over trying to figure out what it was. That makes a lot of sense in her behavioural changes. I should've noticed sooner. She was 'fine' way too soon.

"Did she tell you this?" I walk into the room, grabbing her remote off the table and changing it to a brighter pink color just so i had a better visual of everything happening.

"Yeah, I told her i wouldn't leave her so i took one. You got any clue where she got them from?" He asks. they're not prescribed i know that, so probably a dealer around somewhere.

"Got what?" Daniel asks, curious.

"Modafinil." We've all had our experience with them. I used to take them in college, Corbyn's probably taken them while touring and i know Louie took a couple once.

But i don't understand why Sierra would take them?

"Why?" Jonah frowns, noticing the weirdness of her feeling the need to take them.

"She has nightmares. I promised her i'd watch over her. Nothings happened yet." Corbyn gets up and opens her window to let some air in.

"Has she seized at all?"

"No, Her leg twitched two times at 4 but that's about it." He says. Another positive side effect of this drug is it helps stimulate the brain.

"Should i call Louie?" Daniel asks, looking over at Sierra, she was turning onto her back.

"Don't. And don't tell anyone either. Just, lets help her." Corbyn taps his fingers off his knees. There's many side affects to this drug which is why people stopped taking it.

"Corbyn if you start seizing you'll have to be sedated and hospitalised, you know that right?" I look at Corbyn, he can't sit still and that's what usually leads up to a seizure on this drug.

"Yeah, I know." He leans forward, it stopped his twitches.

"What else did she say? She's never had nightmares when she slept with me." Daniel says, or the one time she slept with me she wasn't showing signs. She slept like a baby.

"She said she didn't have nightmares when she slept with me either..." He runs his hand through his hair.

She moved and his attention shot towards her. They both need to get over this petty stage, they still care deeply about each other and they're both my friends. It hurts me seeing them argue constantly.

But first he needs to open up about what he did with Christina in Texas. She's waiting on him to use his own initiative to apologize and own up.

She starts muttering Louie's name while turning her head quickly and her breathing increasing.

"Don't wake her, She needs to figure out how to stop it herself." I stand at the edge of the bed, Jonah walking into her bathroom to get water and Corbyn kneeling down.

She starts muttering inaudible words and tears literally rolled from her eyes, sweat forming on her forehead. She's really not kidding about these nightmares, huh? She had them a couple times after her brother died, i remember her telling me.

"Dude, Are you sure we shouldn't wake her?" Daniel asks, getting up off the bed.

"Just don't wake her." I'm gonna need her to see a psychiatrist. They study the brain, i don't.

Her eyes shoot open and Corbyn immediately pulls her into a hug. She was panting heavily and just let him hug her.

"I'm right here." He whispers quietly, holding her. I like them two together. I don't like him treating her like shit but i know she loves him. He needs to mature if he wants her back.

He calmed her down, reassuring her that nothing bad is happening. Even held her hair out of her face so she could drink the water.

"I'm sorry." She says, looking at all of us then at Corbyn. Corbyn just smiles and keeps his hand placed on her cheek.

"How many would you take a night?" I ask her.

"One a day." She looks down, she's going to feel embarrassed. We all know she will. But she doesn't need to because we're all going to be here to help her.

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im like rly hungry but i cba to go downstairs and get food help.

Also the only thing running through my mind when checking this was Lil Skies song Nightmares (love him btw)

It goes NighTmArEs Of You AnD I StILl HaNut Me

and it just kinda fits in