Meeting an Afton

The Road to Recover Part 1: the Brothers

The boys were all gathered in Goldie and Frederick's room preparing for a sleepover. They figured that one of the ways to help Elizabeth move on was to remind her what it is like to have siblings that cared about her. So, Frederick suggested that they have a sleepover. This was something everyone agreed on, even though Elizabeth needed a little encouragement from Christopher. As they all prepared their sleeping bags, the boys couldn't help but feel excited for this.

"This is so exciting!" Frederick exclaimed. "I can't remember the last time we had a sleepover together."

"I believe that it was last month that we had a sleepover last." Carter pointed out.

"True, but this is the first one with Elizabeth." Goldie reminds them. "Do you think she'll like the sleeping bag we got her?"

When they were first discussing the sleepover, Elizabeth revealed that she didn't have a sleeping bag. Feeling bad for her, the boys decided to go to the mall and buy her a nice pink sleeping bag as a present.

As they were setting up, Alex noticed that Christopher hadn't said anything. And this concerned him.

"Hey, Chris. You ok?" Alex asked concerned. "You've been quiet since dinner. Everything ok?"

"Yeah." Christopher sighed. "It's just, do you guys think that this sleepover will help ease Elizabeth's nightmares? I mean we all know how bad her nightmares get. And we all know how badly she freaks out when she has these nightmares. Maybe I'm just overthinking things."

"No Chris, you're not overthinking things." Goldie told him. "Your being Elizabeth's guardian. And as her guardian, this is how you should be thinking."

"Yeah Chris. Don't worry about it." Michael agreed.

"You guys are right." Christopher said with a smile. "I wonder what's taking Elizabeth so long."

"Yeah. She's taking forever." Charles complained.

"Maybe someone should go check on her." Liam suggested.

"I'll do it." Adrian volunteered. With that, he got up and made his way to Elizabeth's room. As he got closer, he heard a noise coming from the other side of the door. Curious, he opened the door, and saw Elizabeth and Coraline under Elizabeth's bed and it seemed that they were looking for something.

"Do you see it Coraline?" Elizabeth asked.

"Bark." Coraline answered.

"It has to be here somewhere." Elizabeth said with frustration.

"Bark bark." Coraline barked.

"No it's not in the closet. My room is a closet." Elizabeth reminded the dog. "Where can it be?"

"Elizabeth, what are you looking for?" Adrian asked.

"Hi Adrian." Elizabeth greeted. "I can't seem to find Baby. I don't want to sleep without her."

"Have you checked under the bed covers?" Adrian suggested.

Elizabeth and Coraline exchanged a quick glance and crawled out from under the bed. Elizabeth immediately stood up and pulled the covers back to reveal Baby.

"Huh, I guess I forgot to take her off the bed when I made it this morning." Elizabeth said embarrassed. "Thanks Adrian."

"You're welcome." Adrian told her. "C'mon. Everyone is waiting for you."

Elizabeth and Coraline followed Adrian to Goldie and Frederick's room and like Adrian said, everyone was patiently waiting for her. When she entered the room, the boys happily greeted her.