Chapter 3
After my nightmares stopped, I had good dreams every night. Then one night they just stopped. I never had one since.
As we pull into the garage of the Griffin Rock firehouse, I finally start to get nervous, suspicious of everything, paranoid. It's just a sleepover, you'll be fine. NOTHING will happen. And nothing does. The car stops and I get out, seeing 3 other robots, much like the first. It looks as though the red one was saying something, but stopped and straightened up. Hmm. Well, that just happened. What are they really?
"If you'd like to you can take a shower. And if you need help just give a shout and my daughter, Dani, will come. You will be in the guest bedroom. It's next to Dani's, so if you need something… personal, ask her." The Chief says, helping me up the stairs, pointing to things as we pass them.
We finally arrive in the kitchen, the girl in the ambulance standing over a stove. She looks at me and smiles. "Finally awake. Dad said he didn't want you to wake up alone. He's been waiting since noon."
"What time is it now?" I ask, taking in my surroundings.
"Four o'clock. You slept long, but that's good. You needed sleep." The brown haired girl says.
"We'll need to ask you what happened, but you can get settled first." The older Burns states gently.
I look in the girl named Dani's eyes and mouth the words 'girl talk'. Seeming to understand, she says, "Come on, I want to show you your room." She then proceeds to take my hand and drag me into the room the chief had pointed out.
"What do want to talk about?" She inquires.
"So, I'm not yet comfortable talking about what happened yet, but… I need something…" I trail off, not being able to face the possibility.
"Whatever you need, just name it."
"A… uh… pregnancy test?" I practically whisper. Dani's face instantly softens to the most understanding person ever.
"Oh hon, I'm so sorry. Sure, of course I can." She turns to leave, but then looks at me and says, "If you need anything, anything, just ask okay?" When I nod she darts out of the room, returning a few seconds later with a large stack of clothing.
"You should probably take a shower, no offence but you smell." And with that, I burst out laughing. I laugh and laugh and laugh. My stomach cramping, I take a change of clothes into the bathroom and shut and lock the door. Still smiling from the incident, I strip myself of the doctor's coat, turn on the water, and step in.
The moment the warmth of the water touches my skin, I let out a moan of pleasure. So this is what heaven feels like. Once I finish bathing and getting dressed, I emerge from the bathroom. Dani, who had apparently been sitting on the bed, waiting for me, smiles and says, "Doesn't that feel so much better?" Looking like saying more, the Chief's voice says, over the intercom, "Fire at the bakery, we need the entire team." His words shake me, realizing, Kyle's there.
"Oh no."