Cassandra And Miranda
@YoshiSkittlez
Cassandra ran up the stairs, Chewbacca running along beside her, as if she was going to give him more bacon. She chuckled lightly, and headed towards her room, ”Mi-i-iri” She shouted again, pushing her door open, ”Bacon!” She said, already moving to a draw, that held some of Miranda’s clothes, for whenever they had an impromptu sleepover, throwing whatever she got her hands on towards her friend. ”We’re going to the hospital with dad, so you better hurry up and eat before we leave!” she said cheerfully, turning to smile at Miranda, ”And before Chewy begs off all the bacon” She said, nudging the dog, who still seemed to think she was going to give him more bacon.
Miranda’s eyes had rapid movement within them, Something typically associated with intense dreaming… or in her case nightmares. Last night was certainly just that, a nightmare that felt so real but still, the screams, shouting, the blood and tearing of flesh was still so fresh in her mind and seemed to be the main theme of her current sleep, it seemed to be getting a more worse as it was going on except for this weird smell of bacon that kinda made her mind throw itself off and go into something much less nightmarish but just a whole lotta weird which partially woke her up, sweat glistening on her face a little. The smell of bacon coming up the stairs was strong however and that meant Cassie was making breakfast, Miranda remembered that she was insistent on staying with Cass to make sure she would be okay and not alone, she would always be there for her girl.
Miri stirred some more when the familiar voice and scent of Cassie came into the room and after a moment of epic stretching under the duvet, the blonde was fully awake and mustered a tired smile to her bestie. That was until some clothes landed on her face. Sitting up Miranda couldn’t help but let out a little chuckle, of course Chewy would want the bacon and normally Miri would race him down the stairs for it, if Cassie’s father was not down stairs. The mention of the hospital was enough to remind her that what happened last night was not just some nightmare but tried putting it aside to be their for her friends. “Hospital day then huh.” She smiled climbing out of the bed to start getting changed. “Be a great chance to spend sometime with Sebastian and Syleste and be there for them.” Miri paused for a moment with a little sigh. “I hope they are okay…” she trailed off.
Cassie nodded, “Yeah” She said softly, “Dad said they were okay, when he left the hospital. I spoke with him, when he got home. He said that Syleste was doing okay, Gage is with her, and I think both Syleste and Sebastian are in the same room. I’m sure he had the staff ready to notify him if something went wrong with them.” She said, trying not to think about little Syleste, on a hospital bed. She wished they could get her, and Sebastian out of there. It seemed like they had got the short end of the stick, not being able to heal...like they had. She looked down at her hand, that had been mangled mere hours ago.
“I want to check in on the others, as well, but...they could be anywhere. Aron might have stayed at the hospital as well, I suppose…” She trailed off, retrieving her phone, frowning slightly, hoping that there was a message from Alexis-the girl had seemed so worried about them, but there wasn’t yet.
“Well, let's head downstairs, get some food in you. There some pre-made lunch too-I cook it so Dad won’t just have twix’s all day”She said, “Maybe I’ll take some in for Syl and Seb too” Cassandra sad thoughtfully, looking back to Miri and smiling.
Miranda nodded while listening to Cassie and finishing up get dressed in fresh clothes, she couldn’t help but have her mind and heart go out to the two as unlike the rest of the group that seemed to heal up in no time, those two did not. “Well your dad does seem to be a miracle worker, If he say’s they are going to be okay, then I believe that they will get through this, but it still does not stop me worrying about them… and the others.” Checking and brushing her hair to make sure there was no blood in it, god she spent what felt like forever washing herself and her hair to get the blood stains out. “So how did you get round to setting them two up anyway?” Miri smiled referring to Gage and Syleste.
Miri turned to see her friend looking at her hand, probably where she got bitten before looking at her phone, Miri could not shake the feeling of failing to be their for her, save her, even if Miri had scare of her own to, she was always looking out for others before herself, hopefully that never changed with what she was apparently meant to be now. She walked over and gently took Cassie’s hand and gave a reassuring smile. “He still munches out on the twix’s huh? Thought you managed to get him out of that habit” She joked a little to help keep spirits up. “That is a wonderful idea, I am sure Seb and Syl will appreciate it over the hospital food.”
Miranda motioned to Cassie to lead, while still holding her hand. “Lead the way, let’s get some breakfast before either Xerxes or Chewbacca eat it all.”
Cassandra chuckled, and shrugged, ”Oh, I learned from the best” She said, ”I just...nudged them together”
Cassandra smiled, and headed downstairs, retrieving her plate, and giving one to Miranda, keeping them out of reach of Chewbacca, ”Nah-uh” She said to the dog, leaning back against the bench, she looked to Miranda, studying her friend, trying to see if she was truly okay.
”Are you alright, Miri?” She asked softly, as she started to finish off her breakfast, nudging Chewbacca down as the big down made a move towards her plate, ”After...everything?”
Miri smiled as they made it downstairs and was given the plate, she to had to make sure that Chewbacca did not ninja any bacon of her plate. She had to admire his determination and it was hard to resist him giving her that look for his quest for another piece of bacon, looking over at Xerxes she did offer a “Morning” to him. Miri was getting through a breakfast when Cassie saved her from giving in and providing a piece of bacon to Chewy when she softly asked how Miri really felt.
Was she okay? Her mind going over several things at once, processing everything that was done and said and spent most of her time worrying about the other to not really think of herself. To be honest she was not to sure, for sure she felt perfectly fine physically probably better than ever before but couldn’t shake of this feeling that something was still off with herself. She was silent for a moment thinking, looking down at her plate before looking back up at her friend and put on a smile. “Yeah I feel fine… I mean don’t think I’ve managed to process everything, But yeah I am alright.” Adjusting herself in the seat, Miri went back to finishing off her breakfast.
Cassandra stared at Miranda a moment, sure that that wasn’t all. When she’d walked into her room, Cassie was sure that Miranda hadn’t been okay, in retrospect. She shifted, setting her plate down on the bench, pushing it back so Chewbacca couldn’t get it, and going over to Miranda. “Are you sure?” Cassandra had talked somethings through with her father, so she was at an advantage, she thought, compared to the others. ”We didn’t get to talk much last night...I just want to make sure you are alright…” She didn’t want to push, yet she did want to ensure that Miranda wasn’t going to let herself fall apart.
Miranda watched as Cassie came over to her, it was hard to admit if there was something wrong, that she was not alright. But truthfully she didn’t know, didn’t understand just what is really going on with herself and the others, what made it harder was that it was Cassie, the pair of them had been there for each so much over the years, they practically talked about everything together. Honestly she wasn’t sure, and it probably showed on her features. “I know we didn’t get much chance to talk, but… So much happened so fast I… I just need some time to process it all.” Once again Miranda found herself resting her hand on Cassie’s for comfort. “I am okay at the moment, I just need a little time and if anything changes you’ll be the first to know.”
Cassandra studied Miranda a moment, before nodding, ”Okay then.” She said, giving Miranda’s hand a squeeze, before she smiled, and moved over to the freezer, taking out enough meals for herself, her father, Miranda, Syleste, Sebastian, and for good measure, Gage, packing them into a cooler bag, she turned to both Miranda and her father, ”Alright, let’s go!”
