***Hello, everybody! Exams are finally over, my last one was yesterday, and I consider it a personal victory that it's over. While I'm in my pajamas with a fever, I bring you another chapter. Alphys and Undyne belong to Toby Fox, while Jackie and Arrow belong to yours truly. Without further stalling, let's get into it!
Chapter Seven: Afraid?
Although she was eight, Jackie was still afraid of storms. She had never known why; she had just always been afraid of them, and that was all. That was also why she was still awake at 3:37 in the morning, sitting upright in her bed in her darkened room, shaking more and more with every crack of thunder and whip of lightening that sounded outside alongside the pouring rain.
At last, she couldn't take being so close to the window as her bed was next to it. She got up and started to go down the hallway to get some water downstairs. But, she was met by someone else before she could get to the stairs.
"What're you doing up?" Arrow asked as he stepped out of the bathroom. "I was gonna go get some water," Jackie said, not wanting to tell the whole truth just yet. But it came out shortly after when lightening and thunder sounded and knocked out the power. Jackie yelped loudly and clung tightly to the first available thing, which was Arrow.
He unpried her arms from around his neck. "Calm down. I know that Momma will be awake, at least. Mom can sleep through pretty much anything. Let's go to 'em," he said.
He lead Jackie down the hallway to Alphys and Undyne's room. Undyne, sure enough, was sleeping face-down like a log Alphys was a different story. She had gotten out of bed and was walking towards the door. "K-kids! Wh-what're you doing a-awake?" she asked when they met up.
"I was in the bathroom," Arrow said "And I was going to get water to keep my mind off of the storm. I'm...afraid of storms. We just met each other in the hallway," Jackie finished. "I w-was going to l-light some c-candles so we weren't in pitch b-blackness," Alphys explained. "So, why're you afraid of storms?" Arrow asked bluntly
"I always had a fear when I was younger. Then, when I was out of the streets, I would always get sick and soaked in the rain and the noise hurt my ears. So, I've just always been afraid," Jackie explained. She looked down, rubbing her arms. "It's a really stupid fear, I know," she sighed.
"I'm afraid of heights."
Alphys, Arrow, and Jackie all turned around in unison to see that Undyne was awake. "When d-did you g-get up?" Alphys asked.
"Something felt off, like something was missing. So I woke up to look for you because you weren't next to me. And I wound up listening to you guys. And I'm okay with saying that I'm afraid of heights. That's it. Granted, I broke the arm of the first person to tease e about it, and no one has criticized me for it again," Undyne explained.
"I'm s-scared of p-public speaking," Alphys confessed. "And I may or may not hate snakes," Arrow finished.
Jackie looked around at her family. "At least I'm not the only one who's got a fear," she said. "E-everyone's afraid of s-something," Alphys said. "I don't mean to be trouble, but..." Jackie began, looking up at the others, "...can we all stay up in here? Until the storm stops or until the power comes back on? Preferably both?" She smiled uneasily.
"S-sure," Alphys allowed. "Fine by me," Undyne agreed.
Arrow looked excited to get to stay up. And Jackie was relieved that she had people to support her whenever she was afraid.
***I apologize if this chapter is bad. So if you guys have any ideas, please leave them in a review of PM them to me. That aside, I do hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you later!
