Our girls (Marina)

Chapter 32

The first thing the couple was told when Luna started going to therapy again was that she was not going to be like she was before. Something in the kid had changed and there was no way to take that back. The girl was going to have clear changes in behavior that were going to be hard to work out

The couple was a little skeptical about this. They were able to break Luna's shell once, they could do it again. However, they quickly realized that was not how it worked. 

For starters, Luna had periods of time when she would go silent. She would suddenly space out, as her breathing became uneaven, almost as if she was stuck in her mind. The good thing was that it only took someone to give her a little shake to take her out of her mind. Still, when this happened, the nine-year-old would be withdrawn for the rest of the day 

She also hated to be alone in her room, they didn't realize this until one day that Emma went to a friend's house and stayed over. The brunette woke up in the middle of the night and when she realized she was alone, her anxiety striked resulting in a full-blown panic attack. It took the couple nearly an hour to get her to sleep again  

The panic attacks were the scariest of all these changes. Luna had panic attacks frequently, most of the time it didn't need to be specific trigger, it just happened. The part that worried the women even more was that Luna was getting really good at hiding them. 

Until one night 

Maya and Carina were getting ready for bed. The girls were already on their room and it had been quite a good day. 

It was a little over 1am when Carina decided to go for a glass of water. As she walked through the hallways a frown appeard on her face when she noticed a light coming from the living room. When she made her way to the living room she found Luna sitting on the sofa, hugging Ace, staring at the window 

"Bella?" the woman whispered trying not to scare the girl "What are you doing here? It's late" she said walking slowly towards her. As she walked closer to the girl, she noticed the girl's breathing... it was heavier that usual "Luna?" she called making the girl turn to look at her, allowing the woman to see her tear-stained face. 

Luna had had a nightmare and couldn't go back to sleep. Everything was spinning, her breath was hitching making it impossible for the air to reach her lungs, and she felt like she was about to throw up. She tried to calm herself down like she had been doing the last couple of days but she couldn't  

She didn't want to wake up her moms, she already felt like she was being a bit of a bother so she got up and made her way to the living room, followed by Ace, not wanting to wake up Emma as well 

"I need you to take a deep breath" Carina said sitting next to her really carefully holding one of the girl's hands "Come on bambina, you can do it" she said trying for the kid to copy her breathing "Slow, in and out" she said seeing how much her daughter was struggling to copy her 

Suddenly Carina was able to hear some footsteps coming from behind her that stopped for a second and then rushed towards them 

Maya woke up when her wife left the room and quickly realized the brunette was taking too long, so she decided to go look if everything was okay

"Mom..." the girl was able to crock out when she saw the blonde walking towards them 

"I'm here, I'm here" Maya was quick to reassure "You are okay" she whispered trying to keep calm "It will be over soon baby" she said

After a few minutes of seeing the girl not being able to ground herself, Carina decided to try one of the few technics that had worked before 

"Bella I need you to listen to me" she said making the kid look at her completely scared, her eyes were just full of fear "Can you tell me 5 things you can see?" the woman asked making the girl start to look around