Aurora awoke in a cold sweat, panting as she tried to keep the images from flashing in front of her again.
"Just calm down. You don't want to wake anyone." She muttered to herself as she slowly climbed out of bed and headed toward the kitchen; her mouth suddenly dry as she allowed an array of what ifs come to mind.
Shakily she made her way down the dark hallway, afraid that she would wake someone due the squeaking of the floorboards.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, flipping the light switch only to hear a disgruntled yelp that caused her to promptly trip over the rug and fall backward against the sink.
"Aurora? What are you doing up at this hour?" Diaval asked, rushing over to help her up.
"I got up to get a drink." Aurora replied as she let him help her up.
"Sorry I startled you but in my defense you blinded me." Diaval retorted, earning a slight smile and sheepish "I'm sorry." From the girl
"There you go apologizing over nothing again." He retorted lightly, gently squeezing her shoulder before adding "Help yourself to whatever you want. This is your home as well as it is mine."
The young teen couldn't help but smile at this as she watched him return to where he had been sitting at the table, a bowl of half eaten chocolate cereal in front of him.
Aurora grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge before taking a seat across the table.
"What's going on down here?" a sleep deprived voice asked, causing both to turn toward the stairs.
"Sorry I woke you godmother...I kind of fell." Aurora answered, hoping that the woman wouldn't be angry at her.
"Are you alright? All I knew was that I heard a crash." The woman replied as she walked into the room, casting a look at Diaval.
"Seriously? After all you ate at dinner?" she teased, earning a dirty look from him.
"She's fine Mer now shut up." He retorted, his tone revealing held back laughter at the look that came over her face.
Aurora was stunned however, silently praying that her new family wouldn't start arguing right then though much to her surprise Meredith's bewildered look turned to a small smirk.
"Unless you wish to wear whatever it is that you are eating then I suggest you take your own advice." She retorted, placing a hand on Aurora's shoulder before adding
"We don't need her to see how crazy you truly are."
Diaval turned to Aurora then and smiled, winking at her before retorting
"I'm the crazy one? What about you miss. Maleficent?"
Meredith let out a laugh then, rolling her eyes at him.
"I'm not bickering with you Diaval…it's late….I'm going back to bed. See you two goofs in the morning." She stated, squeezing her goddaughter's shoulder before heading back upstairs.
A/N: I'm kinda getting writers block on this story. If anyone wants to suggest an idea that I could use they can. I'll credit you in the disclaimer for the idea as well.
