Chapter 4: Just A Dream
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Shaking was the only thing that Daniel felt when he was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, he honestly thought it was an earthquake at first, they had those in the 21st century right?, He was sure. He jumped out of bed quickly, his first instinct was to go to Daisy.
Barging into Daisy's room without even knocking his eyes widened when he saw that it was Daisy, she was the one that was causing the quaking, her body was shaking, tangled in between the blankets, she was whimpering almost as if she was in pain. His heart dropped at the sight of her, why didn't she tell him that she suffered from nightmares?. Should he call Jemma? He hesitated as he looked at the phone on her nightstand.
"No..No you can do this."Daniel said to himself, he was steady as he made his way over to Daisy. He wasn't sure what the best way was to wake her up, he noticed tears sliding down her cheeks and sweat beading on her forehead.
"Daisy.."He knelt down in front of her, trying to stay calm himself as he reached out and touched her arm. "Daisy..hey wake up."He shook her lightly.
"No.."Daisy let out a groan of pain, "Daisy!"He shouted causing her to open her eyes, sitting up instantly her chest rising and falling heavily, breathing hard, she looked at Daniel who was looking at her worried.
"Thank god."He murmured as he went to stand up. "Daniel?..What.."She looked so confused and exhausted. The dream must have taken so much from her.
"Hey..it's okay, it was just a dream, a nightmare."Daniel said as he tried to comfort her in some way. He went to sit down next to her legs. "It..It felt so real.."Daisy could feel tears forming in her eyes. She never wanted to experience that dream again.
The sight made Daniel frown, the woman that was sitting in front of him had been through so much pain, torture, losses, seeing her in this weak moment, it made him want to protect her from the rest of the cruel world that wanted to harm her.
"It wasn't real, Look at me Daisy."The girl looked up, eyes red from crying, Daniel reached out and took her hand in his, a small simple touch, something that Daisy craved every time she was with him. "It wasn't real, I'm real..squeeze my hand."Daniel watched as she laced her fingers with his giving it a light squeeze a small smile formed on his lips.
"That's it."He said softly, his thumb brushing against her knuckles, the two of them locked eyes, he could feel his heart skipping with the way she was looking at him. He pushed that down for now knowing that Daisy needed a friend not a man who had feelings for her.
"Thank you Daniel."Daisy whispered. Daniel nodded and moved to stand up again so he could go back to his room. "Wait."He turned to face her, a look of concern shown on his face. "Stay..please?."Daniel could feel his heart hammering away in his chest. Of course he wouldn't lay in the same bed as her, they weren't near ready for that plus it would be not very gentleman like.
"Daisy.."He hesitated but the look that Daisy was giving him, he didn't have the hear to say no to her. "Alright. I'll stay."He said softly pushed away all of the rules he had set for himself, set for her and their growing friendship, Daisy needed him and he wasn't about to say no. He moved to the empty side of the bed, his head resting on the pillow next to hers he could feel Daisy move closer to him, her head resting on his chest.
"Thank you."Daisy whispered to him, he could feel her relaxing, her breathing gone softer, he hesitated for a moment before wrapping his arm around her smaller frame. "I'm always here for you Daisy."He murmured not caring if she had heard him or not, he would drop anything to be there for her, he knew that was for certain.
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