That night, when we were sleeping, his nightmares began, he would start talking in his sleep and start kicking and moving around, waking me constantly. I suffered through it, sleeping later the next morning. The next night was similar. Finally, after the third night, I had enough of it.
"Vaisey, come to bed, please?" I asked him, as he continued to fret about the missing pact. I grabbed him, forcing him to go and lay on the bed. I began massaging his shoulders, "Do not worry, you will get the pact back," I whispered in his ear.
He turned and grabbed me, "How do you propose I do that?"
"I don't know, but I'm sure you will," I gave him a light kiss, trying to turn so I could fall asleep. I curled against him, and let surrendered into a dreamless sleep. That night, the nightmares were worse than ever. He began grabbing everywhere, and ended up pushing me off the bed.
The next morning I woke up, still on the floor and got up, looking at the bed, which was empty. I heard a knock at the door.
"One moment," I called, quickly changing and opened up the door. "May I help you?" I asked the man who stood in the doorway.
"The sheriff, where is he?" the man asked.
"Oh, um, I'm sure he is around here, somewhere, can I get you wine or anything while you wait?" I asked, he nodded and took a seat at the table.
"You are a rather beautiful creature aren't you? No wonder why the sheriff holds our meetings at sunrise before you are up," he approached me.
"I'll go get your wine," I said, giving an excuse to leave the room. "Marian!" I yelled, entering her room.
"What is it, Sable?" she asked, looking at me from her bed, seeing as I just woke her up.
"The sheriff, he wasn't in our room, and now there is a man in there, flirting with me!" I was ranting.
"Sable, calm down, I'm sure he's here somewhere," she said. I nodded.
"I told him I was getting wine, so I suppose I should be on my way now," I ran to the kitchens and grabbed a pitcher of wine. When I returned I saw that he took liberty to walk and observe our room, including looking into my chests. "Here you are," I set the pitcher and chalice down in front of him. Then, Guy decided to visit.
"The troops arrive at sundown," the man said.
"Sable come with me," Guy said. "Where is the sheriff?"
"I don't know, he left before I got up, thought he's been having nightmares about the pact." Guy nodded, "I'm going to go out and look for him, its better than being in that room with him."
"Sable, I don't think that's a good idea."
"What am I supposed to do then?" I asked.
"Wait here, in the castle, safely," he answered.
I waited a top of the castle, watching over the town until I heard Vaisey shout Gisborne's name, at sundown. I ran down from the tower and into the courtyard.
"Vaisey, you're safe," I smiled. "Let's get you inside, cleaned, and changed," I said looking at the clothes he was nodding. I linked arms with him as we walked inside the castle, "No more sleepwalking, right?" I asked him, as I took him to the baths, where the servants quickly filled a tub with water. "I'll be right back with some clothes," I left him, to get the dirt off him, and searched the room for more of his pyjamas. I was surprised when I saw them, especially by the amount that he had. I only had two or three nightgowns, but he had a six more sets. I grabbed one and returned to where he was bathing. "Here," I set them down by the towel.
"Wait," he said as I began to leave. "Were you really worried?" he asked me.
"Of course I was. The nightmares, the sleepwalking, not to mention you pushing me out of bed last night," I walked behind him, kneeling on the floor, and began rubbing his shoulders. "Would you mind telling me what happened?"
"I was at Robin's camp and just got the pact when I was hit on the head. Then I woke up here with a bag over my head." I nodded at his overly simplified explanation. I was surprised that he was in a pretty good mood. After getting all the dirt off of him, he got out of the bath. I gave him a towel to dry off, then handed him his pyjamas.
"Let's go to bed," I suggested as we walked to our room. When we got to the room, I felt Vaisey pull me towards the bed. "Vaisey, I have to change into my nightgown," I said, as my back met the bed.
"Believe me when I say you won't need it tonight," he took the bodice and dress of leaving me in my under-wrappings.
"Vaisey?" I asked as he took those too off of me. I reached up and kissed him, taking off his top.