(Yeeeep)
Jay woke with a start, his heart pounding. He'd been having nightmares for a while now, but didn't bother to tell Bridgett about them. She wouldn't care, obviously. She would just tell him to relax because they're 'just dreams'. Unfortunately, that wasn't exactly the case. They were memories. Jay rubbed at his eyes and drew his knees up to his chest, knowing he wouldn't be getting any more sleep for a while. He sighed, hiding his face in his arms, which were crossed over top of his knees.
(WHY WOULD THE BOY THINK BRIDGETT WOULDN'T CARE?! After all they've been through… Also, Why, my poor bb boi? I also love that they're both doing sorta similar things in different rooms with their knees to their chests and e'erybodies stressed out)
Bridgett sighed heavily. She should probably head to bed, but how could she? She was exhausted to the bone, but there wasn't a teaspoon of her being that felt like sleeping.
(BECAUSE THE BOY ISN'T USED TO EXPECTING PEOPLE TO CARE)
This is hopeless… there's no way I can sleep now. Maybe Bridgett can…? Well, I suppose it's worth a shot. Jay cautiously stood up and folded the blanket, laying it on the bed before quietly walking down the stairs. He couldn't see Bridgett, so assumed she was asleep or something. He looked around the library a moment before he spotted what he was looking for. He picked up the book and ran a finger along the letters of the title. I've got to learn sometime… "Pe… P-Peter Pan…" He whispered to himself, sitting down at one of the tables as he flipped open the book. "There's no way… I can't distinguish any of these scribbles." The only thing he could decipher were the words of the title; Peter Pan.
(I KNOW BUT IT STILL HURTS MY HEART THING)
Bridgett had looked up at the sound of light footsteps. Jay had gotten the book she had started reading to him down. She stood up slowly as he started to sound out the words.
"…can't distinguish any of these scribbles." She heard him mumble.
"Hey, Jay," She said quiet and gently, "do you want me to help you with that?"
Jay jumped and fell off the chair at Bridgett's voice suddenly coming out of nowhere. He was still clutching the book to his chest and took a moment to compose himself. "B-Bridgett? Where'd… where'd you come from?"
"Shh, shh, it's okay," She hurried to calm him, "I was awake, I just came from over there." Bridgett pointed to the area she had come from. "Are you okay?"
He nodded, shakily getting back onto the chair. "I… uh… I-I couldn't sleep?" It wasn't really a lie, he told himself. He just had left out why exactly he couldn't sleep. However, if Bridgett asked exactly why, there was no way she wouldn't see through any lies he tried to tell, and he didn't like lying anyways. His parents lied so much, and he didn't want to be anything like them.
Bridgett nodded a little in response. "Bad dreams?" She asked softly.
She herself had had nightmares while she slept in the hospital and wondered if it was the same for Jay.
Jay hesitated for a moment before nodding, a pink tint rising to his pallid cheeks. He looked away and held tighter to the book.
(aaah my leg was numb and I tried to go down the stairs and i almost died)
Bridgett pulled the chair next to him closer to his and sat down. She wrapped her arms around Jay, a bit awkwardly at first, but settling into a comfortable position easily, and pulled him into a hug. "It's alright, you're okay now."
She wished she could do more to ease his mind, but what else could she do? So, she just hugged Jay and stroked his hair while he clung to the book.
Jay hiccuped, brushing the tears from his eyes as soon as they fell. Stop crying… you know what happens when you cry. He lay his head against Bridgett's shoulder and closed his eyes, just trying to forget everything temporarily to the best of his ability.
(Bridgett: I'll just speak quietly so I don't scare him Hi Jay
Jay: aaaAAA falls off of chair
Bridgett: Shi-)
(Lol true)
Bridgett held him. His breathing was a little ragged while he cried slightly. Bridgett continued to run her fingers through his hair and hummed a little to calm him. "It's okay to cry, so go ahead and cry. Just know that I'm here and I love you and everything's going to be okay."
But I don't want to lose control again… Nonetheless, tears rolled down Jay's cheeks and he stopped trying to brush them away. The nightmares were still fresh in his mind; the same as memories but worse. Shards of glass tearing through his shoulder, blow after blow crushing his ribs. But they're in jail now, right…? What if they break out? They'll come looking for me. They'll… kill me.
(Why are you so evil)
(also, there's not much else for Bridgett to do rn so she'll just keep hugging him, playin with his hair, and humming some song stuffs for now)
(Noice and yes, I am very much a sadist lol. I mean, I torture all of my characters. One of my pure angel (a literal angel) beans, Nathaniel, his older brother died and then soon after that, he went out flying to clear his mind and got shot down by a duck hunter. His wings were crushed upon impact and yeah now he can't fly. The hunter left him there to die. And my boi Robin woke up to find his house on fire, jumped out the window, and then woke up on an island with tall cliffs on all sides (he's deathly afraid of heights). He was stuck there for a year or so before managing to escape with two other kids. Back at home, he almost died to a poisoned bear trap, got his leg badly broken in a car crash, tried to kill himself because his older brother lashed out in anger, and all sorts of stuff :D)
(Also what do you want to do in terms of the rp?)
(Wow. You are a sadist. And I thought I was bad. I murdered my Stefan's parents in front of him by burning them at the stake when he was 9, I made one of my characters, Lucina, get attacked when she was young by other kids who threw sharp rocks at her, etc. You are much worse. Well done.
And with the rp, i got no clue, i think we need the others to make it actually run like a story, y'know? Bc idk what everyone else is doing, Drew is lying half dead in a street a block or 2 away, and then our beans are just here. We could work on having Bridgett teaching Jay to read or have them fall asleep and wait for the others? What do you think?)
(Hmm… well, he wants to learn to read, falling asleep is pretty likely, and we also need other people to make it interesting… idk, maybe we should wait?)
(Yeah, probably. We'll wait then :) you busy today?)
(Nopeee. Unless you count trying to animate like, four or five different map parts)
(Great! And that sounds quite difficult but cool. I can't animate anything to save my life lol the same goes for drawing anything)
(Ehhhhhhhhh my animations are all on scratch if you wanna check them out https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Blizzard7209/ )
(Dude!! They're awesome!)
