Lemonade Mouth
TLC
Chaptered
Written by Lavender
Not owning Lemonade Mouth. If I did, Rayella would be canon.
(^^)
Stella sighed as she made herself comfortable on the chaise that was placed into Ray's bedroom while he slept on his bed. It was just after dawn, and she couldn't sleep though that was hardly due to the chaise. Despite it being a just a chair, she was quite comfortable and it was that way for the past couple of hours.
Brushing the loose strands of dark hair out of her eyes, she sat up with a groan.
Ray was the one with the issue. He kept tossing and turning and it was driving her crazy. "Ray," she hissed, "are you awake?" There was a grumble from the bed. "Ray?" Stella hissed in his direction again. Ray did nothing but groan in his sleep again.
The half-Asian guitarist slid off the chaise and crept towards the side of his bed.
"Hey, Ray?" He tossed again in her direction, his fists clutched tightly beneath his chin like a child having a nightmare.
Seeing the rolls of sweat that ran a track down his face, Stella pressed her hand against his clammy face. The back of her hand brushed the cold sweat from his face and she murmured, "Ray, Ray; are you okay?"
He groaned again. "Bell…Bell, I-I'm sorry…" Ray tossed roughly causing the blankets to tangle around him. "Ray…Ray, wake up." He groaned louder, tossing harder and thrashing uncontrollably, smacking Stella in the face and making her fall over. "Urgh…Yamada, what are you doing? I'm trying to sleep." She glared up at him. "You can't be serious Beech! You're the one who woke me up!"
"No I didn't," he argued, propping himself on his elbow.
"Yeah you did; all your thrashing around and mumbling kept me up half the night," Stella informed him with a frown. "Oh yeah, and what did I say huh?" He challenged with a roll of his tired red eyes.
"Something about being sorry to Bell, whoever that is," she grumbled making him glare at her. "Goodnight."
"What?"
"Goodnight," Ray repeated icily and in her want of sleep, Stella rolled her eyes in response and grumbled back, "Whatever."
xXx
To Olivia
From Stella
I'll meet you guys at our usual practice spot tomorrow
xXx
Morning came as it usually did, making Stella groan and massage the kink in her neck as she walked to the kitchen downstairs to grab breakfast for both herself and for Ray.
"Hey Stella," Izzy greeted with a smile, looking up from her bowl of Lucky Charms to meet the haggard appearance of Stella Yamada, who smiled as best as she could in the morning and asked, "Hey Izzy, what's for breakfast?"
"Whatever's in the house," she replied with a wave of her hand. "Check the cupboards for something to eat. Aunt Claire left some herbs or something for Ray, but I don't think even you can make him eat it," Izzy continued with a shrug. "Oh and Ray likes hash browns for breakfast, and hot chocolate."
"Normally I'd ask what his least favourite breakfast is, but he was pissed yesterday so I don't think it's a good idea to press his buttons," she stated making Izzy raise a brow.
"What was wrong with him?"
"He refused to sleep silently. He just kept groaning and tossing and mumbling about some girl named Bell." Izzy's spoon clattered in her bowl of cereal making the milk in the bowl splat onto the island counter. "What?"
"Yeah, what was that all about?" Stella asked as she wandered around the kitchen, cooking Ray's hash-browns and heating the water for morning coffee.
"Bell…what did he say about her?" The teenager shrugged. "He was apologizing to her, which is weird because I didn't think that Ray was capable of apologizing…"
"I can't believe he's still having nightmares…it's been like a year and a half…"
"Wait…what? Who's Bell?" Stella asked in confusion, pausing in her movements. "Who's Bell?" Izzy puckered her lips in thought and then looked around as if to make sure no one else was listening which was unnecessary because the only people in the house was Stella, Izzy and Ray and the last of the three was upstairs still sleeping.
"Well, Bell's…Bell's our eldest sister."
Stella blinked. She was hardly aware that Ray had any siblings to begin with. "Her name was Annabelle, she died sometime last year," Izzy stated with a shrug, shoving another spoonful of Lucky Charms into her mouth.
"Wha…what happened?"
"Car accident; Ray was in the driver's seat."
xXx
To Olivia
From Stella
Amazing song! If we could've played that at Rising Star last year!
xXx
A sorrowful plucking of violin strings played in the background as Stella re-entered Ray's room with his breakfast the next day. After what Izzy told her the day before, Stella was careful to keep away from Ray when he was conscious. Izzy seemed to take the hint and assisted her big brother with the application of his medicine and the delivering of his meals.
"Hey, how're you feeling?" Stella asked as she placed the tray of food on Ray's bedside.
He raised a brow at her delicate way of acting around him since yesterday. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, nothing, want your hot chocolate?" Stella asked, eagerly handing him the cup of chocolate. Ray blinked and looked down at the liquid in the white black mug. "Did you poison this?"
She rolled her eyes. "Just drink it would you, and here's the rest of your breakfast," Stella handed him the plate of hash-browns, eggs and sausages. "Then I gotta reapply all that ointment," she stated, nodding at Izzy who was practicing her violin playing in Ray's room to keep them company.
Ray took a cautionary sip of his hot chocolate and ate the rest of his breakfast in silence.
Stella disappeared into his bathroom and returned with a bucket of warm water and a sponge. "Finished?" He nodded slowly. "Okay, what's going on?"
"Nothing," she repeated, taking his breakfast tray and placing it on the nightstand and sitting by his side. "Alright, off with the shirt." He rolled his eyes at her and proceeded to removing his shirt, eliciting a snicker from Izzy, "Wow, well I can see who wears the pants in this relationship."
"You've totally lost it, what's wrong with you?" Ray said, ignoring his younger sister.
"Says the sick kid," Stella retorted.
"Alright what's wrong with you?" He repeated. "You care what goes on with me because?"
In his sick state he replied, "Because you've been acting weird since Friday night."
"Whoa, what were you two doing Friday night?" Izzy asked in a grin. "Izzy, not now," Ray said in a glare. "What the hell was wrong with you Friday night?"
"Me? What are you talking about; you were the one having nightmares Friday night, and even last night too!"
"What?" Ray asked incredulously. "Bell?" Stella claimed with a growl. She was too curious to let this go, the fact that the Ray Beech had sisters. One that was a sweet eight year old who played the violin while the other had supposedly died…
"Who told you about that?"
"You did, you kept on muttering about helping her throughout the night! I couldn't get you to shut up unless I smouldered you with a pillow," Stella said crossing her arms.
Ray was frowning, his fists clutched tightly. "What did I say?" he demanded quietly. "You told her that you were sorry, that you were only trying to protect her and that you didn't mean to –"
"Enough."
"What?"
"Enough. I don't, wanna hear it."
"…"
"Get out."
"What?"
"You heard me," he stated with a frown. "Get out."
To be continued
Oh the drama…-sigh- That's chapter five. Sorry for the late-ish update, it was the weekend after all and even I have to have a break…
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