Sanity - Kevin Day

Chapter Four

ERIS

The next day when Eris arrived at the court, she was greeted by everyone else, all sitting on the benches waiting for her.

Last night had been particularly long. A meeting that had gone into the late night and afterwards she hadn't gotten any sleep, by the time that she had gotten back home to be able to sleep, her mind was too loud. Every time she closed her eyes she saw it.

"Woah Eris you look like shit," Nicky gasped, he was the first to notice her presence and the other's heads snapped in her direction.

She flopped down on the home bench, resting her head on Nicky. Too tired to even argue, she just hummed in response. This was the second night in a row she had gone without sleep.

"How much did you sleep last night?" Kevin raised an eyebrow with a scolding look.

"None. I don't need sleep. Sleep is for the weak," She clucked her tongue, she didn't even feel like lifting her head from Nicky's shoulder, it felt too heavy and took too much effort.

"And the night before?" Nicky asked, sounding like a worried mother.

"Same answer. Why do you guys ask these questions if you already know what I'm going to say?" She asked irritably, shutting her eyes. She felt like she was about to doze off, but as soon as she did her eyes shot open again.

Her heart rate picked up and she jumped to her feet, reaching for inside her combat boot and grabbing onto the pistol inside.

She could see a dead body, standing before her when she shut her eyes, staring up at her in shock and fear, but it didn't matter; the life behind his eyes had already been drained. The deed had been done.

She blinked harshly, there was no man. He was dead, long gone by now. She was standing upright in a fighting position with her pistol in her hands, holding onto it with a death grip. Kevin, Nicky, Andrew, Aaron, and Neil were all watching her.

She let out a ragged breath that she hadn't known she'd been holding in. She dropped back down to her seat, putting her gun back in her combat boot and burying her face in her hands.

"Eris?" Nicky asked nervously, setting an all too cautious hand on her shoulder.

"Everyone but Eris go get changed. Now." Kevin demanded, everyone was out of their sight in a flash, besides Andrew.

"You're not practicing today. You're going to lay down and sleep, right here right now. You're in no state to play," Kevin ordered her, pushing her shoulder down roughly onto the bench so she was laying down.

In any normal instance she would flat out refuse, but right now Eris wasn't quite sure if she could even pick up a racquet without falling asleep on it.

She felt Kevin put something under her head, something soft. She didn't know what it was, nor did she care. She didn't have the time or energy to look because as soon as her head hit the surface she fell asleep.

Thankfully, with no dreams.

When she woke up, it must have been hours later. It no longer was noon, the sun looked like it had just set. It was probably nearing nine at night.

Nine hours had past, but she still felt like she could sleep another nine. In the distance she heard a ball bouncing off of a racquet, echoing off the court walls, Andrew was in goal guarding it heavily while Neil took shots at it. She yawned, stretched, sat up, and tried to rub the sleep away from her eyes.

When she looked through the glass wall at the court, she didn't see anyone in it, Nicky and Aaron must have already left. She knew Kevin had to be somewhere around, there was no way Andrew would have let Kevin be somewhere else if Eris or Kevin weren't with him.