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Character pairing: Navy Apocalypse 321

Auradon had never seen such bad temperatures. For the past month, the weather had been absolutely terrible. The skies were constantly gray and cloudy, it was raining non-stop and lightning caused many forest fires. It was a real problem and something needed to be done. That was why Ben and Mal were away to talk about solutions with other Kings and Queens.

Lightning striked once more through the dark skies in the middle of the night. The sudden flash of bright light woke Evie up. Another flash of light and the loud rumble of thunder made the very room shake. Eyes wide open, she trembled under her flower printed covers.

Poor Evie was terrified of lightning. When she was younger, she almost got hit by a bolt of electricity. Luckily, her friends were there and they saved her. She wasn't injured that day but she could never forget the fear she felt rush across her body.

In these times, she would typically go to Mal or one of the boys for comfort but she couldn't today. Mal was away with Ben and the boys weren't in the same room. Thunder echoed again loudly and Evie pulled the cover higher over her head. She wanted Jay to come or Carlos, to comfort her. Unfortunately, they were away for a tourney tournament for the weekend.

This is going to be a long night... thought Evie, her breath quick and her entire body shaking.

Meanwhile, Doug woke up in his room. There had been an unusually loud thunder clap that made his bedside lamp fall. He got out of bed and put it back on his night stand. As he lied awake, trying to fall back asleep, he remembered a conversation with Evie a few days ago.

They were just talking, as friends. She confessed to him she was terrified of thunderstorms and lightning but she never told him why. Doug didn't push, knowing it must have been hard for Evie to say that. She told him Mal and the boys were always there for her when there were storms and that they were all very close. Doug started falling asleep when his eyes snapped open. He just remembered Mal and the boys were gone for the weekend.

Suddenly wide awake, the nerdy boy called Evie on her cell phone. While putting his shoes on quickly, he listened to the ringing on the other end. By the time she picked up on the third ring, he was already out the door.

"Evie? Evie it's me, Doug." He said quickly while running towards her room. Evie answered in a scared voice. "Doug? I'm scared Doug!" Evie whimpered. Doug ran faster. "It's gonna be okay Evie." He calmly assured her. Thunder clapped again followed by lightning and a small yelp escaped Evie's throat. Doug arrived to her room.

He rushed to her side and cradled her in his arms. "Shh. It's okay Evie." She held onto Doug tightly, afraid of letting go. Doug could see she was still terrified so he decided to help. He showed her how to count if the storm was getting further. He explained they had to listen to the first clap of thunder then count how many beats before the next one. If the time got loger, the storm was going away.

"Lets start." Suggested Doug. They counted out loud together. 4 beats. The next one was 5. Then 7. Then 10. They spent the next few hours counting the claps and evie, distracted didn't think about her fear anymore. The sky cleared up and the storm was past. She smiled at her boyfriend and said: "Thanks Doug."

Doug kissed her on the lips and answered: "My pleasure, beautiful."

Thanks for reading, hope you all enjoyed. Reviews are always helpful and appreciated.

No requests for now please.

Next chapter: Carlos x Jane

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