Hey. Here's the next one shot of 'Melissa and Ryder'
It was 1am. He tossed and turned. Sweat was pouring down his forehead and tears fell from his eyes. Eventually he succeeded.
"NOOO!" He woke up with a jerk, realising it was just a dream. He lay back down, hitting his head on the back of his bed as he lay down, cutting it slightly. He got up to go to the toilet to clean the cut. He couldn't stop thinking about his dream. It was horrifying. He was so deep in thought that he walked into Mel's door, hitting his nose. The bang and the moan from Ryder alerted Mel, who hadn't slept yet. She opened the door, revealing Ryder holding his nose. He looked terrible. He still had tears on his face, which was full of sweat. He had a cut on his forehead.
"Come here" Mel put an arm around him, lying him down in her bed. She got a tissue from her bathroom and got a few plasters from the cupboard. She kneeled beside him and held the tissue to his nose.
"Why are you up at this time?" She asked.
"I...I had a nightmare" he replied.
"That explains the tears and the sweat. You wanna talk about it?" He shook his head. Mel pinched the top of his nose to stop his nose from bleeding. She felt his forehead. It was slightly warm. "I think you've got a temperature." She got a thermometer and checked his temperature. "99.8 so it's not too bad. Try to sleep. I'll get you some water." She quickly went downstairs to get a glass and filled it up with cold water. She grabbed a small towel from the draw and soaked it in cold water.
"Drink this." Mel held his head to the glass. He took a few sips of it before Mel gently put his head back on to the pillow. She got into the other side of her bed and put her arm around him. She put the damp towel on his head to get his temperature down. "Go to sleep for me ok" he shut his eyes. Mel brushed his hair to ease him into sleep. He moaned. "What's wrong honey?"
"My head hurts. I think it's just a migraine." Ryder got migraines often, sometimes a couple of times a week. So he was used to the pain. Mel kissed the top of his head. "Here take some paracetamol." The paracetamol seemed to work because he was fast asleep within ten minutes. Mel put his head onto the pillow and covered him with the duvet. They were both asleep for an hour or so. Mel was woken up by a loud scream coming from Ryder.
"Ryder, what's wrong?" She asked, full of worry.
"Bad dream" he replied, still shaking of shock.
"You wanna talk about it?" He nodded.
"It was a similar dream to the one before. There was a massive storm coming to Toledo and everyone evacuated but everyone forgot about me. I was all alone at home." He explained, shaking and crying out of terror.
"You need to remember that we would never do a thing like that to you. We all love you to bits and care about you. The other thing is we don't get storms here so yeah." That made Ryder giggle a bit. Mel put her arms around him and cuddled him to comfort him. He closed his eyes and got back to sleep. It was then that Mel realised what a good kid he actually was in terms of innocence.
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