Falling Asleep {EDDY}

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

She tried to surpress a sigh as he let her down. She pulled her key out of her hidden pocket. "Do y' wanna come in?"

She looked at him, her eyes still slightly lidded with sleep, questioning. As she tried to not put too much hope in what his answer would be.

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]"Sure, I'll come in for a bit..." Edward said, had to see that Ru actually made her way to her bed.

He stepped in and closed the door behind him. He had only been in her room very few times, so he was kind of confused on where to sit. "Where do you want me?"[/red]

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

Rukan was now happy, tired, but happy. He wasn't going to turn her down and leave her to cry in her room alone. He was coming in!! She stepped/stumbled into the room. Anyone who didn't know her would think that she was drunk.

She felt her cheeks go red slightly at his question when it finally registered in her head what he had said. She indicated the chair near her bed. "There's fine."

She was about to plop into her bed, when she realized that she was still in her dress. One that would kill her if she slept in it because a) her mother would kill her if she wrinkled it, and b) it could strangle her in her sleep, saving her mother the trouble.

However, she wasn't able to get the dress off alone very easily, especially when half asleep, but she was going to try. "'Scuse me f'r a sec, Ed." With those words she slowly made her way behind the changing walls, that were there in case someone walked into her room when she was dressing. Better safe than sorry.

There she tried to pull the dress of, nearly stumbling into the thin wooden walls that formed a square around her. "Dang 't!"

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]"Then there is where I shall be!" Edward said, moving and plopping down on the chair that she mentioned. He watched as she made for the bed, realized that she was still wearing her dress and that dcould get uncomfortable, and go to get the dress off. Even though she was behind a screen, he turned his head to the side for decency.

Then he heard her swear and saw the screen shake. He didn't care if she had half her clothing on or not, he was coming to help.

She still had her dress on, but was trying to pull it off desperatly. Edward stopped her, knowing the problem immediatly. Ignoring any protests she had, he loosened her laces at the back of the dress quite a bit, until he could see most of her shoulders and a bit of her back. He had done this many times with his sister and was used to it.

"Now pull it off," He said as he walked back to his seat, looking away as he had before.[/red]

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

She yelped as Edward came into her dressing area. "Ed??" She was extremely surprised when he turned her arounf, and then started to loosen her corset. She blushed, this was probably the most embarrassing this ever!!!!!

She mumbled quietly as Edward left the screen, "Thank you." She pulled the dress over the top of her head, and threw it over the top of the screen so that it was hanging. Then she looked around for her nightdress. She picked it up off of the floor from where it had been knocked to.

After putting it on with no mishaps she made her way back to her bed. Where she crawled under the covers. She smiled sleepily at Edward. "Thank y' Edward."

She reached her hand out towards him, "I miss'd y' lots." A tear fell down her cheek, which she rubbed angrily away with her other hand. Crying right before she fell asleep had become a habit, built after her first time in true battle, but she was quiet, and there never was anyone else in the room with her. But now here was Edward sitting beside her, she didn't want to seem weak.

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

"You're Welcome." Edward repeated twice.

He watched her crawl into bed, and watched a tear roll down her cheek before she wiped it away quickly.

"Aww, Ru." Edward got up and sat on the bad next to her, pulling her up and giving her a big hug.

"I missed you too."

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

The small brunette allowed herself to be pulled up to a sitting position and pulled into a hug. She buried her face into his shoulder. Feeling more tears begin to break free from her face she kept it submerged.

She closed her eyes and leaned in, relaxing, breathing in Edward's scent. "'m glad I'm not gonna be alone this time..." This time at the border.

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]"I suppose the borders really boring, or is it just... an ugly sight all the time?" Edward asked as he held Rukan, making sure she stayed propped up. She was obviously bothered about the border, and this was something Edward hadn't seen before. Usually she was just happy with war stories.[/red]

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

She shook her head slowly, "Lon'ly and ugly." She paused, trying to follow her train of thought, "Lots'a dying. Friends, comr'des, people y' didn' know b't died savin' y'...." She tried to hide herself deeper, the tears were coming faster, but now she didn't care, now she was getting it off of her chest. Sharing it with someone she cared about.

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]Edward looked down at little Ru under his arm, and noticed that she ws shaking pretty hard. She was crying. Rukan, the strongest girl Edward knew, was crying right beside him, and was scared to go back to war. Edward didn't like it, it made him feel like he had signed up for a long line of death.

"I guess war isn't what it's cracked up to be, eh?" He said, meaning to be funny, ut ending up being a little ominous instead. "We'll stay together Ru, I know we'll make it through this."[/red]

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

She shook her head, no laughing at his crack ((pardon the pun)), she tried to put on a good face for Ed, Loki and Jack, and it worked most of the time. And it was only a half fake face, she did see tons of neat things, but the terrors were there the entire time.

She nodded, "Prom'se??" She needed to know that they'd be together, so that if anything happened... she shook of that thought, no, it would be fine, just like Edward said.

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]"I promise, Ru." Edward said, letting her down to her lying-down position again. "Now, we have a big day in a little while, and I think mass rest is required on your part." He rubbed her shoulder in a comforting way ((SYMPATHY TAP)) and made to leave.[/red]

[Rukan of Pearlmouth]

[brown]She nodded, “’Kay.” She fell back into her bed again, completely worn out, her fingers letting go of Edward’s shirt as she went back. She blinked her eyes sleepily, almost as if she was trying to say ‘yes’ or nod with them in reply.

However, when Edward started to leave, she reached up and tried to pull on his sleep, though she wasn’t quite able and only brushed it. “S’rry y’ had t’ see me l’ke this.” She didn’t like the fact that he’d seen her at her weakest. [/brown]

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

[red]Edward felt a faint rubbing of his shirt, and then Rukan spoke. "That's OK Ru. Everybody needs to break down at times. My mom once said that 'People who cry about the things that matter, usually are stronger the next time they face it.' ((OK, MY mom used to say that to me, not sure about Alanna))" Before he left he gave her big hug, and then walked to the door.

"I will see you in the morning at breakfast." He gave a comical bow, and then opened the door. "Goodnight Ru. Sleep tight."[/red]

[Edward of Pirate's Swoop]

I'm pretty sure that I can announce this thread CLOSED![/size]