Gabby's POV

"Should I check on her?" I asked Matt who looked down the hallway where Naia's room was.

He nodded slowly. "I'll come with you," Matt said and we got up and headed down the hall. When we got to Naia's room, I was about to knock when I heard her crying.

"She's crying," I whispered to Matt.

"I don't think we should go in," Matt said, placing a hand over mine when I reached for the doorknob. "Maybe give her some time alone."

I thought over before agreeing with Matt and withdrawing my hand.

"Let's call it a night," I mumbled as a walked away. I washed up and changed into something more suitable for sleeping in before climbing into bed. I was starting to doze off when I felt the bed dip next to me and the comfort of Matt's arm draped around my side.

I shifted closer to Matt and sighed. "What happened?" I muttered. "Things were going so well."

"It'll be okay," Matt replied, "We'll get through this. "

I nodded but was too sleepy to say anything. Soon, I drifted off with Matt at my side, his arm still laid protectively over me.

I woke up to my phone ringing. I reached over to grab my phone and saw that it was Shay calling. Wondering why she would call, I picked up, slightly worried.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

Shay laughed, "Everything's fine Dawson." She then turned serious, "How's Naia?"

I sighed, thinking about the girl. "I don't know anymore," I said as Matt started to stir from next to me. "I should probably go check on her, thanks for calling Shay."

"Yeah, of course," Shay said, "Keep me updated."

"Will do," I said and we said good-bye before I hung up.

Matt looked up at me, confused. "Is everything okay?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm going to go check on Naia," I announced and got out of bed. I pulled a CFD sweater on since it was a little bit cold and went across the hall to Naia's room. I knocked on the door but when I got no response, I slowly opened it.

"Naia?" I asked, hesitantly. My heart lept into my throat when I saw that she wasn't in her room and I opened the door even wider.

I relaxed when I saw Naia sleeping on the floor by the window but my heart broke when I saw that she had fallen asleep on the floor and had used the jacket covered in Jane's blood as a blanket.

"Naia," I said quietly, "I think it's time to wake up."

Naia lifted her head tiredly and I saw from her face that she had not slept well. I sat down on the floor next to her and pulled her into my lap. I was shocked by how cold she was.

"You're freezing," I stated as I rubbed my hands up and down her bare arms.

Naia shrugged, "Yeah, I guess sleeping on the floor by a window in a t-shirt in February wasn't a good idea."

I smiled slightly, "How about some oatmeal to warm you up?"

"That sounds good," Naia said and she allowed me to help her up. Before we headed to the kitchen, she stopped by her closet and pulled out a Cubs hoodie and threw it on.

I smiled at her and took her hand into mine as we went to the kitchen. She took a seat at the table while I started boiling the milk. While I waited for the milk to boil, I took out two bowls and poured the dry oatmeal into them. I then washed some blueberries since blueberries in oatmeal were amazing.

"How did you sleep?" I asked even though I already knew the answer.

Naia shrugged. "Fine," She lied and looked over at me. I could tell she knew that I knew she was lying. I waited for her to say something but she didn't. When the milk was boiled, I poured it into the bowl with oatmeal and added some brown sugar and blueberries before sticking a spoon in each of them.

"Here you go," I said as I placed the bowl down in front of her. I took the seat across from Naia and started eating my bowl of oatmeal while watching Naia from the corner of my eye.

I'll admit, the silence between us did start to become awkward so I was relieved when Naia started speaking.

"When do I go back to school?" She asked, using her spoon to smake swirls in the oatmeal before scooping a blueberry up and popping it in her mouth. She chewed slowly, watching me for my answer.

"Whenever you feel ready," I said and Naia nodded before looking back down at her oatmeal.

She picked at her food some more before taking another bite. "Can I go back tomorrow?" Naia asked, her mouth full of oatmeal.

This surprised me. I thought she would want to take some more time off.

"You don't have to," I started slowly, "You can wait a little longer."

Naia nodded, "I know, but I don't want to."

"Alright then," I replied. Naia smiled softly at me before going back to playing with her oatmeal. I was a little bit confused about why she wanted to go back to school so soon. I mean, I knew Naia hated missing school but a few more days couldn't hurt.

When I had finished my oatmeal, I saw that Naia still hadn't really touched it.

"You know if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it," I said, thinking that maybe she didn't like oatmeal.

Naia looked up, surprised. "No, no," She said, a little bit flustered, "It's not that. I love oatmeal, and this is great." She grinned at me and I smiled back.

"You wanna talk about it," I asked and like that, Naia shut down again. She shook her head and pushed the bowl away.

"I'm just not hungry," Naia whispered and I nodded. Naia gave me an apologetic smile and mumbled sorry before leaving. Just as she was leaving, Matt came in and he paused, watching her walk away.

"Is everything okay?" Matt asked with an eyebrow raised.

I shrugged, "I don't know. She won't talk to me."

Matt took the seat that Naia was just in and took my hands into his. "I'm sure she'll open up soon," Matt reassured and I bit the inside of my cheek.

"That's what I keep telling myself."