Locket's POV

I woke up to see Joker sleeping next to me. I blinked, trying to remember what had happened that I was here. Joker's arm was draped over my stomach and my head rested on his chest.

"Did you have a nightmare," Joker asked as he stood in the doorway without a shirt on and his hair a mess. It was the middle of the night and I had come here because of a nightmare. He only slept in his pants, so I wasn't frightened by this. "Alright, come on, we both need sleep." He picked me up and carried me over o the bed, unceremoniously dropping me on it. He tickled me and I laughed before tucking my in and laying on top of the blankets next to me. "You want me to tell you a nursery rhyme?" I nodded yes. "Alright," he told me the story of the three little pigs to get me to fall asleep.

I snuggled closer to Joker and closed my eyes again, desperate to go back to sleep. His skin was warm against mine, and I just smiled. His arm wrapped around me even tighter. I smiled and yawned before dozing off a little bit. I felt Joker pull me close and just stay there, before moving me and then wrapping the blankets around me even tighter to keep me warm. I dozed off again after I opened my eyes a little to see Joker's stomach at the edge of the bed before falling back alseep. I woke up again to find myself lying against Joker again, this time my back was against his chest and the two of us were sitting upright against the head board. I tried to move a little bit, but I felt his strong arms hold me just where I was. My eyes fluttered open and I looked up at Joker, very confused. My throat hurt, it felt dry and like it had been ripped to shreds. I tried to breathe, but I found that really difficult. I panicked when I realized that I was having another attack and just started to cough and try to breathe.

Joker quieted me quickly, "Don't worry just relax and breathe." I attempted to, but I just couldn't. "Breathe out, Locket, just breathe out." I did as he said and started to cough again. I coughed something up and Joker just started to calm me down again, and eventually I was able to do what he asked. It took a long time for it to work, but it did after a little while. Joker laid me down on the bed and got me a glass of water. He helped me sit up and drink it as I lay there just breathing in and out. I laid there holding his hand for a long while too, before there was a knock on the door. Joker patted my hand before attempting to let go. I attempted to keep his hand in mine before I couldn't hold onto him anymore and I watched him go to the door.

"Hello," He asked opening the door.

"Good Morning," a cheery voice replied, "My master wanted me to check on Miss Locket and yourself since neither of you were at breakfast. I went to Miss Locket's room but she wasn't there."

"Yeah, Locket's in here. She had a nightmare late last night and came here. You can come in and see her if you want, but she ain't pretty." There was a brief moment of silence before Joker spoke again, "She had a minor asthma attack this morning."

"Would you like me to take a look at her? My master has asthma and often times I have to take care of him."

I blinked and when I opened my eyes again Joker was sitting on the edge of the bed, running his hand through my hair. "Hey, Locket, you awake?" I nodded my head weakly. "Mr. Sebastian is going to take a look at ye alright? I'm going to be right here, so ye don't have ta worry, okay?" I didn't move but it was still taken as a yes. He seemed to just check me over before going and talking to Joker again. They talked briefly before the butler left the room and Joker lay down by my side. He just sort of played with my hair and smiled at me while we waited a few minutes until the butler came back with a pitcher and a few towels. Joker sat up and just watched him like me; the butler put the towel in the water and rung it out before placing it on my forehead. It was cold, and it felt really nice. I closed my eyes and I heard Mr. Sebastian and Joker talk for a little about something. After that he left and Joker came and lay by me again. He just lay by me and smiled for a while before he went and put a shirt on. He looked back at me with a smile as he got the rest of his clothes on. When he laid down again he didn't have his hair pinned up and back. I fell asleep after a little while, and when I woke up he wasn't laying there anymore. I sat up in a panic and looked around the room, desperately trying to find the orange hair.

"Oy," Dagger said unhappily. "Lay back down!"

Dagger was sitting at the small table playing with his knifes and was looking at me angrily. I slowly lay back down and waited for something to happen. I heard dagger's footsteps as he moved around the room. I watched him from where I was and he was wetting another towel with water from the pitcher. He came over and put it on my head, saying that if I wasn't careful I would get sick again. He told me that Joker was talking to the Earl, and everyone was taking shifts to watch me. He was the third shift; Peter and Wendy were the first and second shift. Apparently Wendy was basically a mother and Peter basically acted like a dad while they watched me, and Wendy had left very specific instructions for what Dagger should do. I smiled, fully realizing how much my family cared about me. They always did this when I was sick, but this time they seemed to go even farther than ever.