Nightmares, surprisingly not mine for once

There was no sign of Smiley or any of his Rose Brides yesterday. It was a relief. Because the first thing I noticed when I awoke that morning was that, as Tori predicted, I was sore, like extremely sore. I dragged myself out of bed even though my body protested. I went to the kitchen and whipped up some waffles.

Tori stumbled into the kitchen tiredly. She sat down grabbing a plateful of waffles and proceeded to drown them in syrup. She suggested that we spar to which I reluctantly accepted. After the spar was over I spent the rest of the day studying my book. So pretty much an uneventful day.

I glanced at the clock and noticed it was late so I shut my book and laid down. Before long I had fallen asleep. I was awoken by Tori screaming. I looked over at the clock and groaned. 2 a.m. "Just one night, please" I mumbled to myself. I got out of bed and made my way to her room. When I opened the door I saw Tori sitting up in her bed breathing heavily. Her hands gripped her bed-sheets so tight her knuckles were white. The moonlight streaming in from the window made her look paler that usual.

I walked forward slowly, wondering what was wrong. "Hey I heard you scream, are you alright?"

She glanced over at me. "I-I'm fine...it was.... it was just a nightmare.." She sighed and used the back of her hand to wipe her face. She had been crying.

"Can I... help?" I asked unsure. She held out her arms, I noticed just how tired she looked, how scared, and if I were honest maybe just a bit adorable. I felt my blush at that thought.

I looked around the room until I spotted the panda plushy. I grabbed it and held it out to her. "Panda?" I asked weakly.

She put her arms down. "Damn it Skye I want a hug not a panda!"

"Obviously you're fine if you can make Star Trek references!"

She held her arms out again a childish pout on her face. "Hug," she demanded. I sighed at this. A blush still on my face I walked over to her. I sat down next to her and wrapped my arms around her and she laid back down, bringing me with her. "H-hey I th-thought you just wanted a h-hug not-"

"Shut up Skye," she mumbled into my shoulder. I couldn't see her face to tell, but she sounded almost embarrassed. "Just trust me on this..."

"U-um...."

"Look I don't wanna wake you up again okay?" she mumbled and shifted slightly so she was more comfortable.

"O-okay."

It wasn't long before her breathing slowed. I looked down at her, she was asleep. "Uh....T-Tori?" This only caused her to snuggle even closer. My face felt like it was on fire at this point and I began to feel dizzy.

Don't pass out, don't you dare pass out! Don't p- and everything went black. The first thing I noticed when I woke up is that there was a weight on top of me.

I froze up when I saw that Tori had somehow ended up on top of me, her head on my chest and her hands on both of my shoulders. My arms were still wrapped around her. I noticed that she wasn't actually heavy at all and that the only reason she could pin me was because she knew how to pin someone bigger than her. As I idly rubbed small circles into her back and traced over her scars I wondered who exactly taught her to fight. There was still so much that I didn't know about her. She chose this time to wake up. I began to stutter out nonsense. She lifted her head to look at me.

With that unreadable look on her face she said, "You're really comfortable to sleep on." I was silenced by her words. Her mouth pulled up into a smirk before she laid her head back on my chest and fell asleep again. I just stared at the top of her head for a few minutes before shutting my eyes, a blush still on my face. It wasn't long before I too fell asleep.