-Sodapop's POV-
I jumped hard, my chair tipping over in the process, Ponyboy was up, like really, he was sitting up, yet he didn't seem fully awake. He looked...scared. I stood up from the floor and stepped over to him Darry already there standing by Pony, trying to get his attention but all Pony was doing was staring at the wall ahead of him. It was a little creepy, his eyes looked so blank and unseeing. Tears began streaming down his face shaking his small frame, I gulped.
Freya began pushing Ponyboy down, she looked so calm , like this was normal and that she's seen it all the time, she most probably has , most probably been like this herself after her parents died. Like ours. Maybe that was what Ponyboy was dreaming about...
I looked at Darry as he stared back at me before Pony let out an ear piercing scream and began thrashing trying to get Freya off him, was he really having nightmares about our parents?
"What was that Sodapop?" Darry looked at me from trying to help Freya in keeping Pony still just as his eyes slid shut and his heart rate dulled down from furious to normal.
"Huh?" I tilted my head to the side slightly wondering if I spoke out loud, it wouldn't be a first.
"You said something about nightmares." So I did talk out loud, I gotta stop doing that.
"Just thinking out loud again, it doesn't matter." Darry nodded not looking that satisfied with my answer but turned away anyway.
"Hey Freya, what was that about?" Darry sat by Pony on the bed and began stroking Pony's hair while looking at Freya ready for an answer. I looked between both Darry and Freya and decided to sit on the other side of Ponyboy and wiped away that one stray tear from his pale cheek.
-Freya POV-
"Hey Freya, what was that about?" I looked up from Pony's chart and to Darry watching as he and Sodapop sat by Ponyboy. I sighed , Pony was so young, he's going through such bad nightmares, like I did, I don't even know how to help him, I grew up, he's too young to do that yet. All of the gang are, even Darry is.
I shook my head and looked at Darry , " Well, there seems to be nothing actually physically wrong with Pony,however, mentally, I'm not too sure."
Darry cocked his one eyebrow up as if he didn't understand so I nodded and continued. "The thing is, it's very common that if someone had or has a high enough fever like Pony did that their mind gets affected." I paused and looked between Soda and Darry to make sure they understood what I was saying, they nodded satisfied for me to continue. "When someones mind gets affected because of a high fever they can experience many things but it's highly unlikely for one to experience them all let alone two . Some common things are nausea, disorientation,short term memory loss and what I think Ponyboy is going through , delusional nightmares."
Darry stood up and looked at me,"What does that mean?" I winced at how harsh his words sounded.
"It's nothing serious Darry, it's just nightmares made from memories pushed down." I glanced at Sodapop who was now rubbing a thumb across Ponys forehead. I smiled a little admiring how close the three brothers actually were.
"I don't understand what memories could cause Pony to have nightmares. It can't be the fact he's been jumped before or anything unless..." Darry looked up to me a hint of recognition and worry on his face.
"Mum and Dad."
-Ponyboy's POV-
"Mum and Dad" I forced my eyes open and glanced at the 3 people in the room , I knew what they were talking about, I woke up to hear Freya talking about a high fever.
Everyone was looking at me now, Soda and Darry looked pretty shocked, Freya on the other hand looked, sad? Freya doesn't get sad though, not since her mother passed away and that was years ago.
I tried to sit myself up to get a better view of everyone but this stupid tube up my god dang nose was annoying me. I huffed in annoyance and looked up to Freya as she laughed a little before walking over to me and taking the tube from my nose and away from the machine.
"I'll leave you brothers to it then, Pony, if you get tired go to sleep okay? Just holler if you need anything." Freya did a small wave before smiling and walking out the room closing the door behind her not before we heard the sudden loudness of the gang outside.
I looked up to Darry and Soda who was now helping me sit up before sitting behind me like back in the house on the bed. Darry sat at the bottom on the bed crossing his legs and clearing his throat , oh god, lecture time.
"Pony..." Here we go then. "What did Freya mean by you having nightmares? And then you saying about Mum and Dad...What do you mean?" I sighed pinching the bridge of my nose, I was debating on if I should tell them about my nightmares or not, I could always lie to them and make up something silly like..like..dang I couldn't think of anything .
I looked up at Darry who had one eyebrow raised as I signed again. "I want the whole gang in to tell." It was time to tell the truth.
Hey there, I'm back , yep. I decided to put the note at the bottom so you readers could get straight into reading this . I'm VERY sorry that I haven't properly updated in ages but I tried to make it so this chapter was long enough for two of my normal ones, word count says 953 for this chapter (not including the note) . So, I think the next chapter can finish things off, I'm also now updating my Generator Rex fanfiction ( well, I'm typing the chapters). Hopefully I won't take too long to post the final chapter , I'll hopefully begin tomorrow after work. Oh, the whole high fever thing is practically true , I really want to be a Doctor so I do try my best to get the facts correct. ANYWYA, Pleaseeeeeeeeeee review, I'd appreciate it a lot. - Xion000