Hey! For anyone who's curious, I placed first at my horse show. But more importantly, Young Justice comes back tomorrow! So excited! Read on, this has to be my favorite chapter to date.

Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or any of its characters, just Kate and kind of Tori.

Kate's POV

I shift my weight uncomfortably, trying not to meet Black Canary's gaze. It's been a little under a week since the simulation, and we've been having these therapy sessions every day. She waits patiently until I finally look up.

"Are you sure you don't have any problems from the simulation?" she asks.

"Yes," I reply, looking away again. Sighing, I rub my eyes.

"There are circles under your eyes," Black Canary comments gently. "Have you been sleeping well?"

"Yes I'm fine. Just a lot of tests to study for lately. Can I please go now?" I beg. She hesitates, and then nods. I quickly walk out of the room, feeling her eyes on my back. As soon as I'm away from her I sigh in relief. The truth is that I've been having bad nightmares, and I've hardly had any sleep. I've actually been sleeping with Megan the past few nights. I still have nightmares, but at least I don't wake up anymore. I walk past the kitchen and glance at the clock over the stove. It says it's five-thirty. Strange, normally Megan would have started dinner by now. Oh wait. Now I remember. She's going to a sleepover held by her friend Karen from the Bumblebees.

I start getting out pots and ingredients, deciding on introducing the team to some Southern cuisine. While I'm cooking, Superboy wanders by.

"Hey Conner!" I call out. His reply is a grunt. "Do you know how many people are going to be here for dinner?"

"You, me, and Kaldur," he rattles off before sitting down and turning on the static. I nod my thanks before turning back to the food. About an hour later everything's ready.

"Come and get it!" I shout. Conner gets up and walks into the kitchen as Kaldur comes out of the hallway. I hand the two of them bowls, then get one of my own. "Get rice, and then pour the roux over it," I instruct. They both give me blank looks. "The liquid with meat chunks," I amend, demonstrating how. The boys follow my lead, and we all sit down at the table. I watch their faces expectantly as they take their first bites. Both of them open their eyes wide in shock.

"It is very…hot, Kate," Kaldur comments. I grin, and stand up. I grab an oven mitt and pull a tray of biscuits.

"Here, bread cuts the heat," I say, proffering the tray. They quickly grab a biscuit each. I sit back down, taking a bite of my own food. "Oh wait!" I jump back up and rummage through the cabinets. At the very back of the last cabinet I find what I'm looking for. Sitting back down, I shake the red liquid all over my gumbo.

"What's that?" Conner asks, curious.

"Hot sauce," I reply as I eat a spoonful. "Mm, perfect!" They both eye me like I'm crazy. I laugh. After that we make small talk about missions and training. When we're done (Conner and Kaldur ate all the biscuits) we clean up. I wash, Kaldur dries, and Conner puts everything away. I head to my room and read for a while, then shower and change into my pajamas. Getting in bed, I glance at the clock. Nine o'clock. I sigh and try to go to sleep.

After an hour of tossing and turning, I give up and turn on the light. I know there's only one way I'm ever going to fall asleep, and that's if I'm in a room with someone else. Let's see. Kaldur or Conner. Well that's an easy choice. I grab a blanket from the foot of my bed and walk down the hall. I stop at a door and knock. A few moments later Kaldur appears at the door, wearing a white t-shirt and blue pajama pants. I look down, blushing.

"Um, can I stay in your room tonight?" I stammer. "On the floor of course. I just, I um, I can't fall asleep." I look up through my eyelashes in time to see Kaldur nod. I go into his room. Looking around, I see that it's very simple and organized, and it smells faintly like the ocean. I set my blanket up on the floor, creating a makeshift sleeping bag.

"Kate, are you sure you wouldn't like to take the bed?" Kaldur questions.

"Yes, I'm fine," I say. "Good night."

"Good night," he replies. I close my eyes and almost instantly fall asleep.

I'm running through a flaming house, beams crashing down around me. I scream and jump back as one lands right in front of me. Just then I hear someone else scream. I run towards the sound, my feet moving on their own. I stop in horror as I see my family burning alive, their screams echoing as they thrash around. I try to move towards them, but something holds me in place. Suddenly, everything disappears, and I'm in the control room, watching as my friends die on screen. As quickly as the last change, I'm in Sparrow's shadow cylinder, watching as her form changes from that of a human to one of an alien as she slowly dies. Then I'm falling, falling through blackness as my friends scream.

I sit up, choking on a silent scream. I sob, shaken by my dream. I hear Kaldur sitting up and try to silence myself.

"Kate are you alright?" he asks.

"Yes," I squeeze out. He gets out of bed and sits down next to me. I avoid his gaze. Slowly, Kaldur wraps his arms around me. I curl up and start to cry like a baby. Kaldur just sits there, holding me. Eventually, I run out of tears. I pull back, embarrassed. "Sorry. I um, I had a nightmare."

"I thought you told Black Canary you were fine," he says evenly.

"I lied," I sigh. "I just…I don't want anyone to worry about me. I don't want to make a big deal out of things," I confess. "And normally I'm fine, I don't wake up, but I've been sleeping with Megan and I don't know, somehow my brain knew that and so my nightmare was worse than before and…" I ramble, but stop when I notice the look in Kaldur's eyes. "…What? What is it?" As an answer, he slings me over his shoulder in a fireman's carry, and dumps me in his bed. "What are you doing?" I ask, turning red. He gets into bed beside me.

"Solving your nightmare problem," he replies.

"What? No, I'm fine on the floor!" Kaldur gives me a look. "Fine," I grumble, turning on my side away from Kaldur. "Good night," I mumble.

"Good night."

oooooooooo

I take a deep breath, inhaling the scent of saltwater. Saltwater…the ocean? If Tori dragged me onto the beach while I was sleeping I'm going to kill her. I open my eyes. I'm definitely NOT on the beach. I'm in Kaldur's room, tucked up against his side, his arm wrapped loosely around my waist. I thought I was way on the other side of the bed when I went to sleep. Wait. I didn't have any nightmares!

"Yes!" I shriek. Kaldur's eyes popped open.

"What's wrong?" he demands.

"Nothing. I just didn't have any nightmares!" I smile triumphantly.

"That's great Kate," Kaldur smiles back. Just then he becomes aware of our current position. "My apologies," he says, quickly removing his arm.

"Oh, um, no problem," I reply, blushing and rolling out of bed. He also gets up. "Look…please don't tell anyone about my nightmares. Please?" I beg.

He hesitates. "Alright Kate," he sighs.

"Thanks!" I beam, picking my blanket up from the floor. I walk over to him, turning serious. "I really mean that. Thank you, for everything." Before I can lose my courage, I quickly kiss him on the cheek then run out of the room.

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