Crosshairs POV

Jayce was trying to get my arm off her, but she seemed to be still sleeping."Stop, you're ok," I say calmly, "Jamie is ok."I sat up and moved her onto my lap. I know my arms around her is scaring her, but she will likely fall off the bed if I don't keep a hold on her. The door opens, and Cade walks in.

"Shit," he says as he watched Jayce try to break free from my grip.

"Did you hear her scream?"

"No," he replied, alarmed. Jayce finally stopped trying to break free, but she wasn't waking up. With the crap we've been through, it's hard not to worry that something is wrong.

"Come on, wake up," I say under my breath, though it wouldn't matter if Cade heard me. He looked at Jayce, worried. Jayce moaned before opening her eyes thirty seconds later. She stared at me, not sure what to think.

"It's ok, just a nightmare," I assure her as Cade leaves the room.

"I saw her…she-," she quivered."

Jamie is ok." Jayce was trembling, and her heart was racing. I wanted to ask her about the details but no way she could tell me.

"It was so real." Jayce was now trembling.

"Shhh, it's ok," if she keeps talking about this, she will be in more distress. Jayce hugged me but was still trembling, "be quiet, and I'll show you Jamie is ok."

I stood up while still holding Jayce and walked out of the room towards Jamie's room. I opened the door enough so we could see Jamie and Drift in bed, sleeping, "See, she's ok." Jayce rested her head on my shoulder, tears rolling down her face. You're still scared your nightmare will happen, just like Drift. Something tells me we have an additional challenge; either Jayce will refuse to sleep, or this nightmare she had will happen every time she sleeps. I don't want to add that she will not eat, so I carried her downstairs. I think Jayce was frightened and didn't care that I was carrying her.

Cade was watching T.V. when I got downstairs, but no one else was around.

"Bee and Hound took J.R. out," Cade tells me while looking at Jayce, not liking how she's doing. I saw J.R. had finished her breakfast, but by now, Jayce's eggs were ice cold. I know the girls are used to cold food, but no, I'm not having her finish them. There were quick oats in the cabinet. I don't know if I'll get her to eat more than that. I put on her on the couch, so she was sitting. She was still shaken up from her nightmare, and she didn't want to let go.

"You didn't eat much breakfast; you must be hungry."

"You want me to make her something?" Cade asks."Yeah, I was just going try oatmeal," I tell him as he heads to the kitchen. "When did they leave?" I asked as I sat on the couch with Jayce."Fifteen minutes ago."Good, they'll be out for a while, and hopefully, Jayce will be back in her room. J.R.'s already anxious about Jayce. Jayce still wouldn't let go of me and still had a scared look. We didn't think her nightmare would be this intense.

Cade POV

Jayce didn't want to eat. It's hard not to think she's starting to refuse like Jamie even though she's still shaken up from her nightmare. I knew she wouldn't, so I didn't make a lot. Crosshairs got her to eat before taking her back to her room. I thought about telling the others we may need to consider drugs for Jayce, but now I think we have no choice, at least at night. I know everything we're doing is viewed as wrong, but no one knows how to help the girls better than us. No one knows what they've been through to cause this. I don't think any human has been anxious over someone they knew was going through dealing with death like Jayce has been nevermind two people. Jamie has been doing amazingly well, considering Buddy was her dog. Still, there's no way she will not get more depressed.

Drift POV

I knew Jamie would fall asleep. While she's sleeping, I checked on the other two. I didn't like what I saw when I walked into Jayce's room. Crosshairs says he'll tell me later what happened. He told me it was hard to get Jayce to eat, and she started crying when they came back to her room. Jayce had tears rolling down her face. Not knowing what to say to her, I left the room. No one else was around. This was odd, what happened? Things just got a lot worse and will continue to get worse. Cade tells me Bumblebee, Hound and J.R. went out. Bumblebee and Hound thought to take her out because she was too stressed about Jayce and wanted to try to get her to relax. It's good they didn't have to force her. Though I don't think they could, this was a good sign she's not as bad as Jayce. I texted Hound to see how she was doing. Hound says she's doing ok though he's not sure how long she'll last before they need to come enough, the three came back a half-hour later. J.R. was anxious about the other two. She wanted to see for herself that they're ok. J.R. isn't as easy to distract compared to Jamie and Jayce, but we lucked out this time. She was distracted, so Bee and Hound can see how Jayce is doing.

"I think she's too scared to fall asleep," Crosshairs says. He was sitting on the desk chair, looking at Jayce. She was looking right at him instead of lying on her side, so we'd be looking at her back

What is going through your mind? I wondered as I sat on the bed and rubbed her back. We focused on how Jayce is behaving after what happened a couple of hours ago that we forgot about J.R.

"Jayce?" We hear J.R. say. She was standing at the doorway. It's a good thing the door to Jamie's room is closed. Hound was closest to her and about ready to force her to leave the room.

"Come on," He says as J.R. tried to enter the room.

"No!" J.R. yelled, which is not helping Jayce."I'm fine, J.R.," Jayce says as she sits on the edge of the bed. Hound was ready to pick J.R. up and take her out of the room, but she grabbed his hand and threw him into the hallway before running off. We couldn't grab Jayce as she ran after her.

"She didn't want to leave the room but runs off?" Bumblebee asks before going in the hallway to help Hound up.

"You two, with me," Crosshairs says to them as he runs out of the room. I sighed and went back to Jamie's room. I sit at the edge of the bed, trying not to think about what just happened. I always end up thinking about how screwed the three girls would be without us, and how much more of a challenge they are going to be.

J.R. POV

I ran into a seldom-used room and tried to close the door, but Jayce caught up with me and stopped me from closing the door by jumping on me.

"Get off me!" I yelled and kicked her off me, but Jayce was fast and jumped on me again, holding my shoulders down.

"Why'd you run off?" She asks, "I'm fine."

"No, you're not. You think Jamie will kill herself and want to be dead first," I started tearing up. Jayce got off me and laid next to me. I heard footsteps, sounded like more than one person walking in. Must be Cade and most likely Crosshairs. It was Crosshairs, Bumblebee, and Hound. Crosshairs moved Jayce onto his lap. I sat up to get a better look at her. Why couldn't I be wrong? I know she was thinking about what I just said and how I know what she wants to do though I suspect she figured out I already knew. The room was silent.

Jayce POV

There she goes again, what if…shit.

"Crosshairs, I think J.R. is getting suicidal," I whisper, but the room was so quiet, Bumblebee and Hound heard me.

"I don't think so. She's been so concerned about you and Jamie," Hound says as Bumblebee runs out of the room.

"It's only a matter of time. I know she's been dealing with the same shit as me; None of this should be happening," I hugged Crosshairs while trying my best not to cry but failed.

"Shh, it's ok. You know what we've been telling you. We don't care that we have to help all three of you." I felt Hound put a hand on my shoulder."Go see if Bumblebee needs help," I hear Crosshairs say. Hound leaves the room as Crosshairs wipes the tears from my eyes, but I can't stop crying, thinking about this situation, I didn't know Cade came in.

"Here, I know you had nothing to drink today, and with all the crying you've been doing." He hands me a water bottle. He was right; my mouth was dry, "It'll be ok," he says while holding my hand, "I know it doesn't feel like it now, but we'll get through this."

"What are we going to do about Jamie? If she finds out what J.R. and I have been dealing with.."

"They way she's been the last couple of days; I don't think it will be an issue," Crosshairs tells me. I know they'd adjust their plan with how things have been going today, but still, what if Jamie finds out? Just another thing to think about, "come on, let's go back to your room before Jamie wakes up," Crosshairs suggested."I'll see what's going on with J.R," Cade says and leaves the room. I get off Crosshairs, and we go to my room and sit on the bed. I still hate how Crosshairs is focused on me, but I don't want him to go anywhere.

Drift POV

"Are you going to get out of bed today?" I ask, more joking. Jamie woke up ten minutes ago and laid on me. I think it's how she says she needs comforting though she isn't crying. How she's not at the point of grieving over Buddy's passing is impressive, but I have a feeling she will soon. Christmas will be rough. Jamie wouldn't even answer me, which may mean she knows she will end up crying. She'll be heading to the house in about three hours, so I will not make her get up if she doesn't want to. I can find out what happened with Jayce and J.R. later. She's quieter than usual, which I hate. I caught Cade peeking into the room. Guess Jayce wanted him to check on Jamie and J.R.