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Third Person POV

John looked up at Angelica, panicked. "What's happening is she ok?" He pulls her closer to him and rubs her back.

"Wake her up" Angelica says immediately, getting slightly panicked. "If she keeps sleeping it'll get worse." Angelica let out a breath and talked quietly. "I can't let her go through that, not again"

Lafayette squeezed Angelica's hand subtly. "Again?"

"Long story" she whispered.

John shook Peggy, but she just continued sobbing in her sleep. Angelica stepped out of the way of the opening of the fort, letting Eliza in. She was one of the only people who knew how to calm Peggy down at almost all times.

Eliza shook Peggy then splashed some water on her face. Peggy jolted her eyes open and her breathing quickened. She started sobbing uncontrollably as she threw her arms around Eliza. Eliza calmly wrapped her arms around Peggy and pet her hair. "It's alright Pegs" She quietly reassured.

John and Alex made eye contact, while sharing the same worried look. Eliza gave them both a reassuring look. It helped Alex a lot more than it helped John. Peggy sniffled up a few tears as Eliza wiped them off her face. "Better?" Eliza asked her sister.

"Yeah.. Thanks 'Liza" Peggy muttered.

"Are you ok?" John asked hesitantly. He wasn't quite sure if that was the right question to ask or thing to say but he did want to know if she was.

"Yeah... um I should probably explain this to you guys" They all left the blanket fort and sat on John and Alexander's couch to talk. "Ever since my mom died, I've been having really bad nightmares, to the point that when I was 13 I couldn't decipher what was real and what was a dream. Most of the dreams I have have to deal with death. Or embarrassment. But the embarrassment is less common. I'm not really sure why this happens and stuff but uh... yeah. They usually result in me sobbing in my sleep and someone having to wake me up so I don't start to think it's real."

Peggy looked at the ground, scared of her friends reaction. I mean she's nineteen and she's having nightmares, who wouldn't think she's weird?

Angelica and Eliza smiled softly. They were both insanely proud of Peggy for telling someone about her nightmares, because she hadn't told anyone.

John grabbed Peggy's hand, taking her by surprise. She look up and their eyes met. "Thank you for telling us, Sunflower"

Peggy hugged him. She had desperately needed the hug and it made everything seem better. John wrapped his arms around Peggy and held her tight. He would give anything for all her pain and struggles to go away. However he couldn't just make all her problems disappear.

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John laid awake in his bed, listening to Alex type on his computer, although Alex didn't know John was up. John went to go get some water and he fell out of his bed, landing face first. "Ow" He muttered into the floor.

Alex turned around in his chair. "John? Are you ok?" He asked while laughing.

"Yeah" John replied standing up.

"What are you doing up? You always sleep like a dead lion" Alex was genuinely concerned. He once thought John was dead he was sleeping so heavily. For him to be up in the middle of the night was strange.

"I don't know" John sighed as he sat on the end of Alexander's bed. "...I just wish I could make everything better for her"

Alex frowned and turned his desk chair around. "I know, I wish I could help her too"

The boys sat in silence for a minute. The silence was interrupted by John's phone ringing. John picked up his phone and looked at the caller id. "It's Martha" He said to Alex. John answered the phone and put it up to his ear.

"John?" Came the girl's voice from the other end of the line.

"Hey Pasty, What's up?"

"Dad's pissed at you. Like way more then I've ever seen it"

John's face filled with fear. "How bad is it? Are you guys ok?"

"We're all ok. Dad came home drunk while everyone but me and James were asleep. He thinks James is asleep though."

"Is he mad about something in specific?" John asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

Martha rubbed the back of her neck. "He uh found out that you're not majoring in law"

The color drained from John's face. His body went limp and he sat down on his bed. Alex looked at him worried. "W-What? How?"

"I think he got some bill from the school and it said it on it. I tried to convince him that something got messed up but he wouldn't believe me." Martha sighed, wishing that she didn't have to tell her brother all of this. "John he said he would cut you off. He wants you to pay him back for every cent he paid on college that 'you shouldn't be going to'."

"How can he do this? I can't raise all that money!" John buried his head into his hands.

"I'm not sure if he was positive but I would highly suggest you get a job. Shit he's coming upstairs. I love you, bye" Martha hung up.

John dropped his phone and stared at the ground. He didn't know what to think. He was scared, worried, in disbelief, and who knows what else.

"John" Alex said with worry laced in his voice. John didn't respond. "John come on talk to me" Alex urged.

"He found out" John whispered.

"What?" Alex asked, not hearing what he said.

"He found out" John said louder, trying not to cry.

Alex immediately knew what he was talking about. His eyes widened as he stared at his best friend with no idea what to do.

"Lex he's gonna kill me! He's gonna cut me off, make me pay him back. He might hurt my siblings" He started crying. "What do I do?"

For once Alex was at a loss for words. He had never even thought of seeing John cry. He couldn't imagine how scared he must've been. Alex sat down next to John and wrapped his arm around him. "We'll figure it out, I promise"

GUYS I DID IT! I UPDATED! Seriously I'm so so so so so so so so so sorry for taking so long to update. I actually think I'm going go focus a LOT on John soon and kinda focus on everyone more. I love Peggy but geez I should branch out a bit with this book. Anyway thanks for reading and have a good day/night!