Woody struggled to go to sleep. He lied on his back, staring at the top of the inside of the toy chest, his arms folded across his chest. He wasn't sure what it was that caused this. If anything, he should be exhausted! He had to deal with Jessie's overexcitabilities for the rest of the day! She was clearly excited for tomorrow, and nothing, not even the combined efforts of both Buzz and Woody could calm her down! Speaking of Buzz, he was elsewhere in the chest, the cowboy could tell from the glowing close by. Whether or not he was asleep, he did not know. Woody sat upright, looking around. Everyone seemed to be sleeping soundly. But there was something bugging him…

Maybe he was just excited? It had been a long time since he had been to anything like this. Yeah… That was probably it. Woody sighed and closed his eyes. Hopefully he could just easily drift off…

"No…"

Woody jumped awake at someone's voice. He looked around but everyone seemed to be asleep.

"N-No! No, n-help! Buzz! Woody!" Suddenly Woody pieced it all together and his heart sank and twisted at the same time.

"Jessie!" He whispered out in alarm as he started climbing over the others trying to find her. Buzz had already awoken and was also looking around, Woody could see the green light moving around. They found Jessie at one of the corners of the toy chest. She was lying on her side in a semi-curled up position with her arms wrapped herself as if trying to protect herself. Her head was shaking and she was on the verge of hyperventilating. She was clearly having a particularly bad nightmare.

When Jessie let out another cry, Woody was instantly at her side, gently shaking her awake with Buzz holding onto one of her hands tightly. Jessie let out an alarmed yelp as she suddenly awoke. Her green eyes darted around and she panted heavily as she started to come around from her nightmare.

"Hey, Jess, you alright?" Woody rubbed her shoulder.

"Wh-what happened?" She squeaked, gripping onto Buzz's hand as if her life depended on it.

"Nothing's happened, Jessie. You're safe, you just had a nightmare." Buzz sat next to the cowgirl and put his arm around her. She let out a sigh and shut her eyes as she rested her head on his shoulder. She was still breathing quickly and shallowly but it was gradually slowing down.

"I… I didn't know where I was… It was dark and I couldn't find anyone… I was scared…" She hugged Buzz as she recounted her nightmare, "I shouted for you and Woody but… Y-ya didn't come… Nobody did."

Woody sat next to Jessie so she was between him and Buzz.

"C'mon Jess, you'll never be in a situation like that. We'll always be there when you need us. We all will." He gestured to the rest of the toy who were all still blissfully asleep.

Jessie looked down and pulled herself into a tighter ball, "...Ya weren't always…"

Woody sighed and gently put his hand under Jessie's chin to lift her head in a reassuring manner. He knew it was difficult. It had been a decade since Jessie and Bullseye has joined their gang, but it seemed that being abandoned, years of isolation and then Stinky Pete's betrayal and lies had taken a heavy toll on the cowgirl. He thought back to the day that the others believed that Andy had thrown them in the trash when in actuality he was putting them in the attic. He remembered being so angry with Jessie for rejecting Andy like that and not believing him about it, calling her selfish and then simply abandoning her and the rest of the gang at Sunnyside. Of course, everything had worked out fine and everyone had forgiven one another. But… After it was all over and after he had a good long think about it all, he couldn't blame Jessie for her impulsive anger towards the misunderstanding. He learned that, no matter how much time had passed, Jessie could not shake off the effects of her past- affecting her ability to trust. While she was friends with everybody and saw them as family, he knew there was still a seed of doubt in her mind. The only real exceptions were him, Buzz and Bullseye. And even though it had been several months since that happened, he couldn't help but feel bad about it. And most of all, he had made a personal pact with himself to never let something like that happen again, to any of them.

"I know… but it won't happen again." he said, flicking the tip of Jessie's hat up, making the cowgirl smile.

"Trust us, Jessie." Buzz put his hand on her back, "You won't be alone again." Jessie shut her eyes and sighed deeply before opening them again, looking at both Woody and Buzz with a small smile. She did not say anything but let out a happy sigh as she snuggled up against Buzz, nuzzling his cheek.

"Thanks, guys." She hummed with her eyes shut, clearly starting to drift off asleep again. Buzz smiled at her and looked at Woody.

"She's okay now, I'll stay with her." he assured the cowboy, patting a now sleeping Jessie on the back. Woody gave him a smile in response before settling back down to sleep himself. He found it easy to sleep now, knowing everybody was alright. He would need his rest if he was going to keep an eye on Jessie tomorrow so she did not get into trouble.