I Promise (Explicit Version)

~Chapter Seven~

I finished my dinner and carefully edited the short stories. "What makes more sense? Resilient until death or Resilient up until death?" I asked.

"Up until," Meredith answered absentmindedly.

"Thanks," I said, marking it.

"Well, I'm going to bed. Early flight tomorrow," Meredith said.

"Bye, MereBear," Lauren said, hugging Meredith tightly.

"Bye, Lo. I'll see you soon," Meredith said. Everyone said their goodbyes.

"Goodbye Mere," I said, hugging Meredith.

"Goodbye Luna. I'll see you soon. You're staying with us when you come," Meredith said. I hugged her one last time.

"Goodbye Brian," I said, hugging Brian.

"Bye, Luna. I'll see you soon," Brian said, hugging me before heading upstairs with Meredith.

"We should probably all get heading to bed. It's late," Julia said. I nodded in agreement and yawned.

"Night DareBear, Chuck," I yawned, hugging each of my brothers goodnight. A tender kiss was delivered on each forehead.

"Night, Luna," Chuck said. Darren nodded in agreement.

"Goodnight, Juls," I said to Julia, hugging her. "Night, Sophia."

"Night, Luna," Julia said before heading upstairs. I followed suit and called Robert.

"Hey! Good morning!" Robert said.

"Good night to you!" I exclaimed back at him.

"Well, I have work off. Any files you want me to deliver?" Robert asked.

"Um, no. But go pack up from the show," I urged him.

"I'm fine. We got it taken care of last night," he insisted.

"Alright. But can I call you back in five? I need to get ready for bed, but I wanna do calendars. For old time's sake," I said.

"Sure," Robert said as he hung up. I got ready for bed in five minutes and called him back.

"So, what auditions do you have?" I asked.

"None. I promise. Right now, what do you have for work and what are our days off?"

"Well, I don't really have days off. Flexible schedule, but I'm aiming for free Saturdays," I said.

"Okay. Well," Robert said. We talked for about half an hour before I had to sleep. I read for about fifteen minutes before going to sleep.

The next morning, I felt a raw throat. Shoot. Night Terrors. I sat up. "Good, you woke up," Julia said.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Don't talk. You were screaming about an hour ago," Julia said. I did some quick math.

"Hour ten," I whispered, "So I slept...eleven hours."

"Yep."

"Did I wake anyone up?" I asked.

"No. Everyone was awake," Julia explained. I nodded in understanding. At that time, my brothers poked their heads on either side of the doorframe.

"Can we come in?" Darren asked. I nodded. He and Chuck entered and sat down on either side of me. It was a pure family moment. I loved it.

"How's your throat from a scale of one to ten?" Chuck asked. I put up three fingers.

"Pain when talking or breathing or swallowing?" Darren asked. I nodded. Julia perked up.

"I'll be right back!" She exclaimed. In a minute, Julia was back. She handed me a mug. "Tea with honey. It'll help."

I took a few sips and smiled. "Thanks," I said. For some reason, I was still rattled by what had happened, despite the fact that I didn't remember what the dreams consisted of.

"Don't strain yourself," Chuck reminded me. I grinned.

"I'm fine. This is only the first time in six months, a new record," I said, "I just forgot my music."

The rest of the day was peaceful. I drank tea trying to regain my voice (which I did). That night, when I was ready for bed, Darren came in. "Don't forget music," he reminded me. I beamed and started to play it.

"Thanks for reminding me, "I croaked. Once Darren left, I shot a quick text to Robert. Sorry I couldn't call... eleven hours.

His reply was instant. Oh no!

I forgot music.

Okay. Go sleep. Text me when you wake up. At nine and a half hours without a text, I'll call. I promise.

Disclaimer: I only own Luna and the plot line.

Okay, fun fact: I was writing this chapter about two weeks before Thanksgiving of 2017 when I had to do a paper on Mary, Queen of Scots and I was writing my thesis statement and I asked my mom the same thing Luna asked Meredith. Monday I showed a figure skating progress video for the talent show. I didn't get the reaction I expected, seeing as I heard some unfavorable people behind me complaining. Looking back, I shouldn't have started with my falls, because I heard people laugh. Towards the end, when I started showing the jumps, it seemed better. From Tuesday, people have been telling me like 'hey your video was really cool.'  And that made me happy because don't laugh if you couldn't even try half of this stuff. ON KNIFE SHOES. Also, I got a comment over Instagram by someone who knows me irl and asked about this and that made my week. Thank you! Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll try to get a regular update schedule going!!! Have a great week!

--Luna :D