I watched Royce talking to our new baby sister with the biggest smile on his face. It was like he blocked out the rest of the world and only focused on the baby in his arms.

It was crazy to think Royce was right next to my mom while she delivered the baby. Especially since there was so many things that could of triggered him to remember his nightmare.

Annette was also here and it felt kind of awkward since she didn't have her usual smile. Her face expressions were very serious and she always stared at Royce like she didn't know him.

Royce has noticed it as well and only brushed it off since his whole attention was on the baby.

"She's very beautiful. What are you planning to name her?" Pablo asked my mom.

My mom shrugged in return and lightly caressed the baby's cheek. "Not sure yet. Mark thought it would be nice to let Royce pick out a name." she replied.

Royce finally took his eyes off our baby sister and stared at my mom in shock. "What?..Really?" he questioned, not sure he heard right.

"I think it's a good idea as well. You took very good care of me when I was pregnant so I think it's only fair." my mom told Royce with a smile.

"I agree." I spoke up and soon everybody followed.

"Same here." Frankie said and patted Royce's back.

"I third that." Luis said while he raised his hand.

"So it's official, Royce get's to name her." Mark's voice was heard from the entrance door. He walked in with a bag of groceries and smiled at his son.

Royce didn't say anything and just stared down at the baby once more.

"Nasiha.." he softly whispered mostly to the sleeping baby.

I looked around and everybody seemed to like the name. It was different and it made it that much better.

"I absolutely love it." my mom complimented. Mark nodded in agreement and kissed my mom's cheek.

The rest of the day we helped my mom change the baby and with other things she couldn't do just yet.

It was a full house but it was nice to have family and friends close together. I also noticed that Luis stared at Frankie everytime he would walk by us with Danny.

I was folding some baby clothes with Luis and smirked when Frankie offered to help us.

"That would be great." I told him with a bright smile and glanced at Luis who was concentrated on folding a onesie.

Frankie put a sleeping Danny down on the couch and made sure he was holding his stuffed dinosaur.

"Are you folding all of them?" Frankie questioned and pointed to a pile of clean clothes.

"Yeah, but you can help Luis with that onesie he can't seem to fold." I replied.

Luis glared at me and was ready to punch me until Frankie grabbed the onesie from his hands. Frankie's fingers slightly touched Luis's, which caused a light blush to form on his face.

I knew it! Luis does have a crush on Frankie!

"Thanks.." Luis mumbled as Frankie handed him back the folded onesie.

"No problem, I always folded Danny's clothes when he was younger so I guess I'm a pro now." Frankie tried making conversation.

Luis glanced up at Frankie and smiled, "You're a great brother for taking care of him." he replied.

"I try my best." Frankie shrugged.

"Do you have a girlfriend Frankie?" I questioned, trying to get to the point.

Frankie stopped folding the clothes for a bit and gave Luis a quick stare before replying, "Uh no." he answered.

"Boyfriend?.." I continued to ask.

"No, why?" Frankie chuckled and continued to fold clothes.

I smiled and grabbed some small socks to take to my mom. "I think someone might be interested in changing that." I simply replied.

"Who?" Frankie said a bit confused.

"Ask Luis. He knows." I replied and nudged Luis before I left to my mom's room.

Hopefully Luis gets the courage to tell Frankie he likes him. I think they would make a nice couple.

I walked through the hallway of rooms and saw Royce at the far end talking with Annette. They were too deep in conversation to notice me.

"We need to tell your family what is happening to you. The more you hide it, the worse it will get." Annette spoke in a monotone voice at Royce.

"I know.." Royce replied with crossed arms.

I kept walking and got their attention when I went to open my mom's room. Royce had a blank stare while Annette gave me a small smile.

I entered my mom's room and saw her breast feeding Nasiha. She had a pink blanket covering herself as she lightly sang to her.

"Mom, I got the striped socks you wanted." I whispered so I wouldn't wake up the baby.

She reached out her hand and accepted them, "Thank you honey. These will match her cute outfit I changed her into." she gushed.

My mom's eyes were very tired and her hair was in a messy bun, but she loved every part of being a mother again.

"I'll go make you some tea." I said while I left her room.

I walked down the hallway and didn't see Annette or Royce anymore. I went back to see how things were going with Luis and Frankie and was surprised to see them kissing..

It was an innocent kiss with only lips involved, but I can tell they were both putting all their affection into it.

I slowly backed away and didn't want to ruin such a beautiful thing. I mentally cheered and pounded my fist in the air.

"I should be cupid." I talked to myself with a happy sigh.

"I think you already are since you stole my heart.." Royce suddenly hotly whispered in my ear as I felt his arms wrap around my waist from behind.

A huge grin plastered on my face and loved his body heat against me. He pressed kisses on the crook of my neck up to my cheek.

My hands were on top of his as he continued to sweet talk me.

"Boys follow me. We are having an important family meeting." Annette interrupted us.

We watched her walk to the livingroom with a determined face which made me wonder what this family meeting was about?

I stared up at Royce and his face was a sour one, like he knew exactly what was about to be said.

He grabbed my hand and guided us to the livingroom where Frankie and Luis were sitting close together.

Mark and Pablo were also talking as we sat down by Danny who was still peacefully sleeping.

Annette stood in the middle and waited for my mom to join us. She sat down between Mark and Pablo with a confused look.

"Now that I have you all here, I think it is finally time to tell you the situation Royce is facing." Annette started to speak.

We listened closely and the whole house fell silent when she continued to talk.

"His worst fears are slowly coming to life through his nightmares. In my life I have suffered the same thing and luckily I was able to find some type of cure. Royce needs to be able to control these nightmares or else..." Annette spoke but then stopped.

She was in deep thought then cleared her throat, "His nightmares will kill him if we do nothing." she finished saying.

My heart practically stopped in my chest at hearing Annette's serious worse. I didn't realize it was this serious.

"Every nightmare Royce has had was a deep fear. From not having any control of his body, to losing his sister and finally...being able to feel pain. His body tries to fight off these nightmares so he runs in his sleep without knowing it. Which is why you find him sleeping in different places." Annette clearly explained, finally answering a lot of questions.

Royce squeezed my hand so I caressed his thumb to ease him a bit.

"If this continues, Royce will be killed in his nightmare. I suggest he comes back home with me for two years and others like us will teach him how to control it. I have gathered a group and they have suffered similar things. We have personally seen one of our own die in a nightmare and we do not wish to see it happen again." Annette spoke with glossy eyes.

I stared at Royce and saw him swallow hard not knowing what to think.

Everybody had frowns and my mom seemed like she was ready to burst out crying.

"For two years?" Mark was the first to speak up.

Annette nodded causing Mark to look at Angela for some type of help.

The house fell silent again and a depressing atmosphere set. Nobody knew what to say.

We had no idea that Royce could die in a nightmare..

"If it'll save Royce's life..I think he should go." Pablo added and stared at Royce with a frown.

We all waited for Royce's reply and part of me knew it would hurt to not see Royce for two whole years. I wanted to cry but I bit my bottom lip to stop myself.

"I'll go.." Royce finally answered everybody's question and wonder.

"When is he leaving?" Frankie asked.

"The sooner the better. Tomorrow if possible." Annette replied.

My chest felt tight with emotion and my heart ached at Annette's answer. But it had to be done.

Once everything was arranged we all headed in our own directions. Frankie and Danny went home while Luis decided to stay the night.

The house felt very depressing as we knew Royce would be packing his things and leaving tomorrow.

My mom silently cried while she fed Nasiha again and wished to be left alone. Mark wrapped his arms around her and had a couple tears also falling from his eyes.

Everything felt like my personal nightmare.

I went to Royce's room where I watched him pack his belongings. He turned around and smiled before folding his last shirt.

"You have no idea how much it hurts knowing I won't be here for you or Nasiha.." Royce's broken voice made my eyes fill with tears.

He let out a sad laugh and combed back his hair, "But then again I would rather miss two years than the rest of your life." he finished saying.

A hot tear rolled down the corner of my eye and soon I was a sobbing mess. I felt Royce embrace me in a tight hug as he kissed my head.

"I'm doing this for both of us. Soon I'll be back and we'll get married." Royce whispered and made me cry even harder into his chest.

"Please don't make this harder for me brat." Royce's desperate words controlled my sudden outburst.

I wiped my eyes and nodded, "I'm sorry." I apologized and inhaled his cologne.

"Lets go to bed." Royce suggested and took his suitcase off his bed. He was halfway done but he still needed his jeans.

We got undressed then crawled into bed after we turned off the light.

In all honesty I didn't want to fall asleep because I knew it was time wasted. I wanted to be with Royce for as long as I could.

Royce felt the same way so we talked about the wedding we wanted all night. I laughed at some of the dumb things Royce suggested.

The night went by fast and before I knew it I was hugging Royce for the last time.

We were in the airport and everybody was saying their goodbyes. Danny wasn't the only one in tears and Mark couldn't let go of his son.

It was sad to watch Royce hug him like it was the last time he would see his dad. My mom held Nasiha as she cried in her arms while my mom did the same.

It all felt numb when Royce kissed my lips so hard I felt them bruise.

"I promise I'll be back.. I love you so fucking much." Royce firmly told me as I sobbed into his chest.

He reluctantly pulled away once his flight was being called and kissed Nasiha's forehead along with Dannys. Mark hugged him once more and soon Royce diseappeared into the plane along with Annette.

I waved goodbye and had the urge to run to him..

But just like that Royce was gone..

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I lazily got up from my bed and hated the lonely feeling that was coming over me. It has only been seven months since Royce has left but it felt like it's been years.

It was difficult going to his empty room and not seeing him there. Especially not being able to kiss him when I wanted to..

The only thing that was keeping a smile on my face was Nasiha and Danny. They were so adorable together and Danny loved being with my little sister.

Pablo has also been staying in the house more along with Mark. They both have known Royce longer than I have, so I was more than positive they missed him more than any of us combined.

The house did feel more quiet and lonely since Royce was always the one to make us laugh or cause any trouble.

I graduated high school two weeks ago but it still didn't feel the same without Royce.

I couldn't even keep a smile on my face when I didn't see him in the stands cheering me on like the rest of the family did.

"Where's Bear?" Danny asked with a wobbly bottom lip.

No matter how many times we have explained to Danny that Royce was away for awhile, he kept insisting on seeing him.

He just didn't comprehend what was going on.

"He's not here..how about we go get McDonalds for breakfast?" I tried changing the topic.

Danny seemed unsure but he agreed and grabbed his stuffed dinosaur. "We pick up Bear also?" he replied with a smile.

It hurt to see his eyes light up with just the thought of seeing Royce.

"Later." I assured and changed him out of his dinosaur pajamas.

Once we were properly dressed, Danny and I headed to McDonald's which luckily wasn't too busy.

I stood in line with Danny by my side and checked the menu to see what would get my attention.

"What do you want Danny?" I asked the little boy who was too occupied staring at another toddler across the room.

"That one!" he replied and pointed to the toddler's happy meal box.

I smiled down at him as it was finally our turn to order. I decided on a simple egg mcmuffin and an iced coffee for me and got Danny his happy meal.

We ate our food at a table by the window that was further away from the rest.

Danny happily munched on his chicken nuggets while I took a sip of my coffee.

"Weird to see you here without Royce babysitting you."

Mario's sarcastic voice made me give him an annoyed stare. He stood by our table with a smirk and snatched a french fry from Danny.

"Leave us alone Mario and act your damn age already." I seriously told him.

He scoffed with an eye roll and actually looked surprised that I told him something.

"Tell Royce when he's done messing around with you to visit me. I have some medicine for him that I'm pretty sure he needs." Mario calmly said which made me laugh a little.

He thinks Royce is dying for his help but what he doesn't know is that Royce is finally getting the help he actually needs.

"I'm afraid you're going to be waiting for a long time for that visit." I told him with a fake smile and picked up Danny when I noticed he was done eating and was now playing with his toy.

I grabbed the rest of my food to go and Danny's happy meal that still had half of his chicken nuggets and french fries.

We left McDonalds and I did not miss the dirty glare Mario gave us as I waved goodbye to him.

I walked back home with Danny and drank my iced coffee the whole way. I finished eating my mcmuffin and checked to see if the toddler was eating the rest of his breakfast.

"Danny, are you done with your chicken nuggets?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Danny shook his head no and held his happy meal box close to his chest, "The rest for Bear! I save it for him!" he happily replied and gave me a grin.

My smile fell a little but I tried not to show it.

"Okay." was all I could say to him.

When we got home I was surprised to see all the family in the kitchen. They had upset faces and were discussing something.

"What's going on?" I interrupted their conversation.

My mom carefully rocked Nasiha in her arms while Mark was trying to find the words to explain.

"It turns out Cymphony had her baby today and nobody was there with her so she put on the baby's certificate that Royce was the father.." Pablo was the first to speak.

I stayed quiet and didn't know what to think.

"Then we should confront her about it and make her change it." I suggested, a bit mad that she would do something like that.

Pablo frowned and it seems everybody had the same reaction.

"That's the problem, Chris...Cymphony died while giving birth." Pablo carefully informed me.

My mind went blank at the news and couldn't believe what my ears were hearing.

"So what happened to the baby?" I quietly asked as I went to sit down next to Pablo.

Pablo finally smiled, "He's peacefully sleeping upstairs. Cymphony's mom wanted nothing to do with him and informed us about what happened. Plus, Royce was on the birth certificate so he's considered to be the little boy's father." he replied.

I was beyond stunned with everything.

"I know it's hard to process everything honey but we'll get through all this together. Cymphony was a lovely girl who did not deserve to die this way but I guess that's just how life is. Her funeral is next week.." my mom spoke up with a sad tone in her voice.

I nodded and got up to go upstairs to rest in my room. I needed a nap after all this.

Danny followed me and rubbed his eyes with a fist to show he also needed a nap.

We walked to my room but I stopped by Royce's when I heard a low whimper. I entered the dim room and inhaled his fainted cologne.

A small crib was placed next to his bed which made me realize they placed the baby in Royce's room like parents usually do.

I approached the white crib and peeked over to see a small bundle of blankets wrapped around a baby.

His eyes were closed but he looked like he was seconds away from crying. He was very small and had a cute striped beanie on along with mittens so he wouldn't scratch his face.

He was absolutely adorable.

I carefully picked him up and rocked him in my arms as I fixed his beanie.

"Shhh..it's okay.." I cooed him back to sleep.

His scrunched up face set to a calm one which made me smile in admiration.

Danny tried to get a look at him so I sat down on the corner of Royce's bed to let him say hi.

Danny lovingly touched his cheek and smiled wide when the baby moved his head closer to him.

It was a touching moment that I wished Royce was here to see.

But then again he didn't even know he was finally something he never thought he would be..

A father.