Exhausted Day 18
The next night, Damian was putting Amethyst to bed again. She had been sleeping well the past week, but tonight, she especially didn't want to go to bed. Damian had been reading to her for about an hour, and she was still being stubborn. Christina was out patrolling with the rest of the team. Amethyst got another book down, and he started reading it to her. Her eyelids were drooping, but she refused to sleep. After another hour of her fighting sleep he decided to sing to her again. When he was done with the first song, she had fallen into a light sleep. . He knew better than to leave just yet, because if he got up, she would wake up again. After another hour, he left. . Christina had gotten back, and was already asleep by the time he got to her. It was four in the morning when she started shaking, nearly punching Damian in the face in her sleep. Damian shook her gently and woke her up.
"Ari, wake up, it's just a dream." He said softly. Christina woke and sat straight up.
"Damian?" She asked barely above a whisper.
"I'm right here, Ari." Damian responded. By the time he had calmed her down enough to go back to sleep, it was five in the morning, and they had to get up in an hour anyways, so they just decided to stay awake. They got Amethyst and Leia to school, while Peter decided to drive himself. Amethyst was sitting in on their classes that day. They went to Mr. Harrington's first. Flash had finally left, and decided to finish at a different school. Thankfully, Flash's parents also pulled his sister from school, so Leia was bully free. Damian was helping Amethyst with her math. She had mastered PEMDAS already, and now was working on coordinates and graphing. Damian was trying to keep her from falling asleep. Christina was fighting a losing battle with exhaustion. Damian was also trying desperately to not give in and fall asleep. Peter was just watching them thinking he missed something. MJ was watching all of them, and sketching Damian in her crisis notebook.
"Damian, what is the slope of this line?" Mr. Harrington asked.
"It's y=5x 6 Mr. Harrington. " Damian answered, somehow still being able to calculate math while half asleep.
"Very good, Damian. Eyes up here, please."
After Math class, they had a free study period. They went to the library, got books, and took a small nap. The nap was enough to hopefully keep them from falling asleep during class.
They made their way to English. The teacher was a bit annoying sometimes. They had to learn about some really messed up stuff that year, and Damian wasn't even going to explain some of it to Amethyst. Damian was teaching Amethyst about some Christian authors and the Mandie series. She really liked the series. They were going over the first book. Damian had her write him a report on it. He looked it over, and graded it with a rubric. He was blown away at how good it was for a child her age. He was still exhausted, but he had a smile on his face. Christina was watching both of them and took a picture, and sent it to her mom. Christina was almost asleep when her teacher called on her.
"Christina, what story have we been reading, and what is its setting?"
"How Green Was My Valley. The setting was a coal mining town in the nineteen hundreds." She replied.
"Yes, that is correct, pay attention please." The English teacher replied. The day dragged onto lunchtime. They went to their lockers, then met Peter and MJ in the cafeteria.
"Rough night?" Peter asked once they sat down.
"Yeah. Speaking English is mentally taxing right now." Damian replied.
"Gotcha." Peter replied, and they ate in silence. Gym was exhausting to the two already-exhausted teens and the little child. Thankfully, they got through it without collapsing. Reading was good if not calm. Science was already easy, but focusing was hard. When they got home, Damian, Christin, and Amethyst went to sleep and didn't wake up until seven p.m..