Tired, Alexander had fallen asleep when he had got to bed that night. Hearing someone in his room, he opened his eyes to see Katie standing with a pillow in her arms.
"Katherine?" He asked her confused, "What is it?"
"I am scared and unable to sleep," she whispered clutching the pillow tightly.
Moving, he made space for her and pulled the blanket for her to occupy, and she without a thought drowsily got in. As he closed his eyes to sleep he covered her with the blanket before both of them fell sound asleep.
In the morning, when Katie woke up she stretched her body like a cat, it had been days since she had last slept this well. She could hear the water running and she wondered if it was raining. Rubbing her eyes she opened them, adjusting to the light and once she was wide awake she looked at the room puzzled, and then the realization hit her.
Scurrying from the bed in a hurry she picked the pillow that was on the ground and left the room.
