That night the family went out for ice cream. Matt stayed behind to look
after Lucy since she was still sleeping. He explained to his parents that
he wasn't really in the mood for ice cream and that he would stay behind
and look after Lucy. The agreed with Matt and told him that they would
bring Lucy some ice cream back home. After they left Matt went into the
living room to watch some television. It had been 1 hour since Lucy fell
asleep again. Matt thought for sure she would sleep for the rest of the
night but, it was no longer than 15 minutes after everyone left that Lucy
began to scream out in terror. Matt ran up the stairs and around the corner
to Lucy's room. He ran straight to her bed and began to hold her. She was
still crying out like something terrible had just happened.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Matt asked her.
Lucy trying to calm her self down and wiping the tears away said "I just had a terrible dream. I . . . I woke up and no one was around so I roamed around the house to try to find someone. Then . . . then I got a phone call. It was Sgt. Michaels telling me that everyone was dead. That you all died. I don't want you all to die and leave me alone in this world!" Lucy cried. She buried her head into Matt's chest and cried. Matt held her tightly and rocked her back and forth.
"Shhh it's all right Lucy. Don't worry we aren't going any where."
"Where is everyone?" Lucy asked while still crying a little. Matt's heart skipped a beat. He knew that she would be worried about them since they all left. But he knew that he had to tell her.
"Everyone else went out for ice cream. They're bringing you back some when they come home." Lucy looked at him with concern. He knew she was thinking that what if they never come back. How couldn't she think that since she just had a nightmare about everyone dying. She was scared. She didn't want to be left alone and she didn't want her loved ones to die. She stayed silent. All she did was curl up into a ball and buried her face into Matt's chest. Matt held her tightly. He hated to see his little sister like this. He wish there something more he could do.
"You're all right Lucy. I'm right here. And soon Mom and Dad and everyone else will be here with you too." He said as he stroked her hair trying to comfort her.
"Don't let me go Matt. Stay here with me. I don't want to be alone right now." Lucy whimpered.
"Don't worry Luce, I won't let you go I promise." Matt held Lucy for the time being until everyone came home. She was asleep so he carefully and gently slipped away from her. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen where everyone was.
"Mom, Dad. There is something wrong with Lucy." Eric and Annie looked at each other in concern then looked back at Matt.
"What happened?" Annie asked anxiously.
"A few minutes after you guys left she woke up screaming. She had a nightmare that we all died and she was left alone. And when I told her that you guys went out for some ice cream she got really scared. She didn't want me to leave her alone so I didn't. She's asleep right now though. But who knows when she'll wake up again."
"Eric, we should go up and see if she is all right." Annie said looking very concerned.
"Yes, you're right." Eric and Annie walked upstairs with Matt following him. They walked into her bedroom to find her sleeping peacefully but, her face was tear stained. Annie and Eric walked over to her bed and they both kissed her on her forehead. They were glad to see that she was sleeping. Matt knew that when she woke up she would want someone with her so she volunteered to stay there until she woke up.
"Are you sure Matt?" Eric asked.
"Yeah. You and Mom have other things to do. And besides I would be glad to help her in anyway that I can."
"Thanks Matt." Annie whispered and gave her son a kiss. Eric and Annie left the room. They went downstairs into the kitchen where the kids were.
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"Is Luce, okay?" Asked Mary.
"Lucy is fine. She is sleeping right now. Matt thought it would be a good idea if someone was there with her when she wakes up so he stayed there with her. Ruthy it's time to get a bath I'll go help you. Simon make sure your homework is done and take out the garbage. Mary the same make sure homework is done and after that find something to do." The kids did as they were told. Eric went back to work on his sermon but, he couldn't concentrate for he was worried about Lucy. Annie was helping Ruthy get a bath she also was worrying about Lucy. Mary decided to visit Matt and Lucy but she knew she wouldn't stay long. She didn't want to disturb Lucy. She opened the door to her bedroom and sat beside Matt on her bed.
"What are you doing in here?" Whispered Matt to Mary.
"I wanted to see how you two were doing." She whispered back to him. "Don't worry I won't be getting in your hair. I'm not staying."
"It was nice of you to come see Luce. You're a good sister." Mary's heart sank when she heard him say that. She knew how good of a brother Matt has been lately. Especially to Lucy and her. He's always there when they get in trouble or have a problem.
"I'm going to go. I'll take over for you when I go to bed." She whispered to him smiling. Thankful that she told him what she thought.
"Thanks Mary." He whispered back to her. She nodded her head and left the room quietly.
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A couple hours later when Ruthy and Simon are asleep in there beds Mary comes to go to bed. She walks into her room to find Matt sleeping on her bed and Lucy still sleeping peacefully. She walked over to her bed to wake Matt up.
"Matt, wake up." She whispered to him. He awoke suddenly looking surprised. He was expecting Lucy to wake him up not Mary.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing. I want to go to bed."
"Oh right. I forgot. Hey thanks for taking over for me. If she wakes up don't leave her. Understand?"
"Completely."
"Good. Hey thanks again. Night Mary. Love ya." He whispered to her as he was leaving the room. Mary climbed into bed and got settled in.
"I love you too Matt. Goodnight." She whispered back to him. He closed the door silently. And went to bed himself. He was tired himself from all of the commotion that day. Annie and Eric went to bed around 11. They did a quick bed check and found that everyone was sleeping peacefully. So they thought but, Mary was wide awake she couldn't sleep she was thinking about what she would do if Lucy woke up.
Around 2 in the morning Annie and Eric finally fell asleep. They were waiting to rush to Lucy's side. They thought for sure she would awake. They weren't wrong. Around 3 in the morning Lucy screamed out in fear. Mary rushed to her side and did as Matt told her not to leave her no matter what. Lucy had, had the same nightmare she did before. She was crying hysterically. Annie and Eric soon arrived in their room and rushed to her side. They took Mary's place and was comforting her. Mary just sat back looking at her sister crying out in fear. She couldn't do anything for her. She felt so helpless. Matt soon rushed into their bedroom. He was glad that Eric and Annie were comforting her. He looked at Mary also seeing fear in her eyes. She was wondering if her sister was going to be all right. Matt took her in his arms.
"She'll be fine Mary. And right now there isn't anything you can do for her so don't feel so bad." He said trying to comfort her. She didn't say anything back so he looked down at her face to find silent tears were coming down. He guided her out the room and down the stairs to the living room. They both sat on the couch. Matt put his arm around Mary and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I feel so bad for her. And I feel bad because I can't help her in anyway. I wish I can do something for her." She sniffled.
"I know, I know. What you can do is be there for her when she needs you. I know it's hard to watch someone you love go through something painful." Mary started to cry harder. "Shhh. No reason to cry Mary. Everything is going to be all right."
"Do you think she is better right now?" Mary asked looking up at her brother.
"I'm not quite sure. I'm sure that Mom and Dad will tell us when she is calmed down. Unless they are talking to her." We will go up in a little while." He smiled down at her to reassure her that everything was fine. She slightly smiled back at him and rested her head on his shoulder again. A few minutes later Ruthy and Simon climbed on the couch next to them. Ruthy climbed on Matt's lap and Simon sat next to Mary. Mary put her arm around Simon and Matt held Ruthy.
"You couldn't sleep either?" Asked Matt to Simon and Ruthy.
"No, we couldn't stand listening to all the crying. It was making us sad. Mom and Dad are talking to her right now. She's not really crying anymore. But her voice is still a little shaky." Simon said.
"She must be really scared. You didn't happen to hear anything that Mom and Dad were talking to her about or what she said did you?"
"No, not really. I didn't want to rude and ease drop."
"I understand." Matt said. Ruthy yawned and curled up closer to Matt. "Ruthy you should really be in bed."
"I can't go back to sleep up there. It's too noisy. And I'm really not that tired." She said as she yawned again.
"Don't tell me you're not tired because I know you are. Come on Ruthy I'll go upstairs with you and I'll tuck into bed. What do you say?"
"Oh. I guess so." Matt picked Ruthy up and carried her back up the stairs. He tucked her into bed and kissed her on the forehead.
"You stay here and go to sleep so in the morning you won't be tired."
"Okay Matt." Ruthy said and settled into her bed and fell asleep almost instantly. On the way back to the living room Matt stopped at Lucy and Mary's room first. He listened at the door. He heard Lucy telling them about her dream. This time more was added.
She said that when she got off the phone with Sgt. Michaels someone came to pick her up to go identify the bodies. She went into the building and they showed her the bodies. She knew that they were her loved ones but she couldn't recognize them because their bodies were torn and mangled. They told her that they all died in a car crash. Then she woke up. Lucy started to cry a little harder. She was so scared. Matt couldn't bear to listen what his parents had to say so he walked down stairs.
Mary and Simon were still sitting on the couch. Mary almost sleeping. Simon staring into space. Matt sat down next to Mary. She jolted. He had startled her.
"You okay?" He asked her.
"Yeah, you just kind of scared me a little. How's Luce?" She said in a sleepy voice.
"Not so good. She's really scared. Her nightmare was just so gruesome I can't even explain it in the detail like she did. I think we'll be down here for the rest of night."
"And that means I still have to go to school tomorrow? I'm going to be really tired." Simon said.
"No you're not because you're going to bed like Ruthy. You aren't going to hear anything anymore. Now go upstairs and go to bed."
"Fine. Goodnight."
"Night Simon." Matt said.
"Sweet dreams." Mary said. Simon walked up the stairs and did as Matt told him to go to bed. "This is going to be a long night." She said to Matt. "And I'm so tired."
"I know. Why don't you sleep here on the couch and I'll go sleep on the chair."
"No, I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. I'm too worried."
"Mary, don't worry. Lucy is going to fine. You have to go to school tomorrow so you better get some sleep."
Mary yawned and rested her head on Matt's shoulder. "I know but, I . . . just . . . can't." She said slowly. She had fallen asleep. Matt wasn't surprised.
"She probably hasn't slept at all today." He thought to himself. He was tired too and couldn't keep his eyes open. He soon fell asleep. Around 5 o'clock Eric and Annie finally got Lucy calmed down and back asleep again. They figured that Mary and Matt were downstairs in the living room so they went down to see if they were still awake.
"Look, Eric they must have been exhausted. Should we wake them?" Annie whispered to Eric.
"No, let them sleep. They need it." Annie grabbed a quilt from the chair and covered Mary up with it. Both Eric and Annie kissed both of them on the forehead and went back upstairs to their bedroom.
**That's the end of chapter 3! I'm most likely updating this story real soon so give me some reviews and any suggestions that you might have! Thanks a bunch!**
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Matt asked her.
Lucy trying to calm her self down and wiping the tears away said "I just had a terrible dream. I . . . I woke up and no one was around so I roamed around the house to try to find someone. Then . . . then I got a phone call. It was Sgt. Michaels telling me that everyone was dead. That you all died. I don't want you all to die and leave me alone in this world!" Lucy cried. She buried her head into Matt's chest and cried. Matt held her tightly and rocked her back and forth.
"Shhh it's all right Lucy. Don't worry we aren't going any where."
"Where is everyone?" Lucy asked while still crying a little. Matt's heart skipped a beat. He knew that she would be worried about them since they all left. But he knew that he had to tell her.
"Everyone else went out for ice cream. They're bringing you back some when they come home." Lucy looked at him with concern. He knew she was thinking that what if they never come back. How couldn't she think that since she just had a nightmare about everyone dying. She was scared. She didn't want to be left alone and she didn't want her loved ones to die. She stayed silent. All she did was curl up into a ball and buried her face into Matt's chest. Matt held her tightly. He hated to see his little sister like this. He wish there something more he could do.
"You're all right Lucy. I'm right here. And soon Mom and Dad and everyone else will be here with you too." He said as he stroked her hair trying to comfort her.
"Don't let me go Matt. Stay here with me. I don't want to be alone right now." Lucy whimpered.
"Don't worry Luce, I won't let you go I promise." Matt held Lucy for the time being until everyone came home. She was asleep so he carefully and gently slipped away from her. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen where everyone was.
"Mom, Dad. There is something wrong with Lucy." Eric and Annie looked at each other in concern then looked back at Matt.
"What happened?" Annie asked anxiously.
"A few minutes after you guys left she woke up screaming. She had a nightmare that we all died and she was left alone. And when I told her that you guys went out for some ice cream she got really scared. She didn't want me to leave her alone so I didn't. She's asleep right now though. But who knows when she'll wake up again."
"Eric, we should go up and see if she is all right." Annie said looking very concerned.
"Yes, you're right." Eric and Annie walked upstairs with Matt following him. They walked into her bedroom to find her sleeping peacefully but, her face was tear stained. Annie and Eric walked over to her bed and they both kissed her on her forehead. They were glad to see that she was sleeping. Matt knew that when she woke up she would want someone with her so she volunteered to stay there until she woke up.
"Are you sure Matt?" Eric asked.
"Yeah. You and Mom have other things to do. And besides I would be glad to help her in anyway that I can."
"Thanks Matt." Annie whispered and gave her son a kiss. Eric and Annie left the room. They went downstairs into the kitchen where the kids were.
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"Is Luce, okay?" Asked Mary.
"Lucy is fine. She is sleeping right now. Matt thought it would be a good idea if someone was there with her when she wakes up so he stayed there with her. Ruthy it's time to get a bath I'll go help you. Simon make sure your homework is done and take out the garbage. Mary the same make sure homework is done and after that find something to do." The kids did as they were told. Eric went back to work on his sermon but, he couldn't concentrate for he was worried about Lucy. Annie was helping Ruthy get a bath she also was worrying about Lucy. Mary decided to visit Matt and Lucy but she knew she wouldn't stay long. She didn't want to disturb Lucy. She opened the door to her bedroom and sat beside Matt on her bed.
"What are you doing in here?" Whispered Matt to Mary.
"I wanted to see how you two were doing." She whispered back to him. "Don't worry I won't be getting in your hair. I'm not staying."
"It was nice of you to come see Luce. You're a good sister." Mary's heart sank when she heard him say that. She knew how good of a brother Matt has been lately. Especially to Lucy and her. He's always there when they get in trouble or have a problem.
"I'm going to go. I'll take over for you when I go to bed." She whispered to him smiling. Thankful that she told him what she thought.
"Thanks Mary." He whispered back to her. She nodded her head and left the room quietly.
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A couple hours later when Ruthy and Simon are asleep in there beds Mary comes to go to bed. She walks into her room to find Matt sleeping on her bed and Lucy still sleeping peacefully. She walked over to her bed to wake Matt up.
"Matt, wake up." She whispered to him. He awoke suddenly looking surprised. He was expecting Lucy to wake him up not Mary.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing. I want to go to bed."
"Oh right. I forgot. Hey thanks for taking over for me. If she wakes up don't leave her. Understand?"
"Completely."
"Good. Hey thanks again. Night Mary. Love ya." He whispered to her as he was leaving the room. Mary climbed into bed and got settled in.
"I love you too Matt. Goodnight." She whispered back to him. He closed the door silently. And went to bed himself. He was tired himself from all of the commotion that day. Annie and Eric went to bed around 11. They did a quick bed check and found that everyone was sleeping peacefully. So they thought but, Mary was wide awake she couldn't sleep she was thinking about what she would do if Lucy woke up.
Around 2 in the morning Annie and Eric finally fell asleep. They were waiting to rush to Lucy's side. They thought for sure she would awake. They weren't wrong. Around 3 in the morning Lucy screamed out in fear. Mary rushed to her side and did as Matt told her not to leave her no matter what. Lucy had, had the same nightmare she did before. She was crying hysterically. Annie and Eric soon arrived in their room and rushed to her side. They took Mary's place and was comforting her. Mary just sat back looking at her sister crying out in fear. She couldn't do anything for her. She felt so helpless. Matt soon rushed into their bedroom. He was glad that Eric and Annie were comforting her. He looked at Mary also seeing fear in her eyes. She was wondering if her sister was going to be all right. Matt took her in his arms.
"She'll be fine Mary. And right now there isn't anything you can do for her so don't feel so bad." He said trying to comfort her. She didn't say anything back so he looked down at her face to find silent tears were coming down. He guided her out the room and down the stairs to the living room. They both sat on the couch. Matt put his arm around Mary and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I feel so bad for her. And I feel bad because I can't help her in anyway. I wish I can do something for her." She sniffled.
"I know, I know. What you can do is be there for her when she needs you. I know it's hard to watch someone you love go through something painful." Mary started to cry harder. "Shhh. No reason to cry Mary. Everything is going to be all right."
"Do you think she is better right now?" Mary asked looking up at her brother.
"I'm not quite sure. I'm sure that Mom and Dad will tell us when she is calmed down. Unless they are talking to her." We will go up in a little while." He smiled down at her to reassure her that everything was fine. She slightly smiled back at him and rested her head on his shoulder again. A few minutes later Ruthy and Simon climbed on the couch next to them. Ruthy climbed on Matt's lap and Simon sat next to Mary. Mary put her arm around Simon and Matt held Ruthy.
"You couldn't sleep either?" Asked Matt to Simon and Ruthy.
"No, we couldn't stand listening to all the crying. It was making us sad. Mom and Dad are talking to her right now. She's not really crying anymore. But her voice is still a little shaky." Simon said.
"She must be really scared. You didn't happen to hear anything that Mom and Dad were talking to her about or what she said did you?"
"No, not really. I didn't want to rude and ease drop."
"I understand." Matt said. Ruthy yawned and curled up closer to Matt. "Ruthy you should really be in bed."
"I can't go back to sleep up there. It's too noisy. And I'm really not that tired." She said as she yawned again.
"Don't tell me you're not tired because I know you are. Come on Ruthy I'll go upstairs with you and I'll tuck into bed. What do you say?"
"Oh. I guess so." Matt picked Ruthy up and carried her back up the stairs. He tucked her into bed and kissed her on the forehead.
"You stay here and go to sleep so in the morning you won't be tired."
"Okay Matt." Ruthy said and settled into her bed and fell asleep almost instantly. On the way back to the living room Matt stopped at Lucy and Mary's room first. He listened at the door. He heard Lucy telling them about her dream. This time more was added.
She said that when she got off the phone with Sgt. Michaels someone came to pick her up to go identify the bodies. She went into the building and they showed her the bodies. She knew that they were her loved ones but she couldn't recognize them because their bodies were torn and mangled. They told her that they all died in a car crash. Then she woke up. Lucy started to cry a little harder. She was so scared. Matt couldn't bear to listen what his parents had to say so he walked down stairs.
Mary and Simon were still sitting on the couch. Mary almost sleeping. Simon staring into space. Matt sat down next to Mary. She jolted. He had startled her.
"You okay?" He asked her.
"Yeah, you just kind of scared me a little. How's Luce?" She said in a sleepy voice.
"Not so good. She's really scared. Her nightmare was just so gruesome I can't even explain it in the detail like she did. I think we'll be down here for the rest of night."
"And that means I still have to go to school tomorrow? I'm going to be really tired." Simon said.
"No you're not because you're going to bed like Ruthy. You aren't going to hear anything anymore. Now go upstairs and go to bed."
"Fine. Goodnight."
"Night Simon." Matt said.
"Sweet dreams." Mary said. Simon walked up the stairs and did as Matt told him to go to bed. "This is going to be a long night." She said to Matt. "And I'm so tired."
"I know. Why don't you sleep here on the couch and I'll go sleep on the chair."
"No, I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. I'm too worried."
"Mary, don't worry. Lucy is going to fine. You have to go to school tomorrow so you better get some sleep."
Mary yawned and rested her head on Matt's shoulder. "I know but, I . . . just . . . can't." She said slowly. She had fallen asleep. Matt wasn't surprised.
"She probably hasn't slept at all today." He thought to himself. He was tired too and couldn't keep his eyes open. He soon fell asleep. Around 5 o'clock Eric and Annie finally got Lucy calmed down and back asleep again. They figured that Mary and Matt were downstairs in the living room so they went down to see if they were still awake.
"Look, Eric they must have been exhausted. Should we wake them?" Annie whispered to Eric.
"No, let them sleep. They need it." Annie grabbed a quilt from the chair and covered Mary up with it. Both Eric and Annie kissed both of them on the forehead and went back upstairs to their bedroom.
**That's the end of chapter 3! I'm most likely updating this story real soon so give me some reviews and any suggestions that you might have! Thanks a bunch!**