Senna/Kaleb- Monster
Title: Monster
Characters: Senna Martinez/Kaleb Auchenleck, Leena Auchenleck
Word Count: 541
Rating: G
Summary: Kaleb goes to visit Senna after a nightmare. Sequel to The Gift.
Senna had to be dreaming. She was sure of it. She felt someone shaking her in the dead of night and even at five she knew it wasn’t morning yet. No one would have been shaking her that late at night.
“Senna?”
She groaned, pulling her covers closer to her chin and trying to ignore the sound of a voice in her ears. This was just a dream. Dreams shouldn’t be waking her up.
“Sen-na.” The shaking grew more insistent.
“Sleeping,” she mumbled to herself, trying to ignore the voice.
“There’s a monster in your room.”
”What?”
Slowly she opened pale blue eyes and found herself looking, in the dark, at Kaleb Auchenleck, his tiny fist resting on her bed.
“It’s gonna eat you,” he told her quietly.
“No monster,” she insisted, closing her eyes.
“It’s gonna eat you, Senna.”
She sighed, reaching over to turn on her bedside light. She blinked against the light and looked around her room, before her gaze fell upon Kaleb again. “No monster.”
“It’s ‘fraid of the light.”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
“I won’ let it get you.”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
The younger boy pulled himself up on her bed, landing right next to Senna’s legs. She pulled her legs closer to her. “I won’ let it get you.”
“Kaleb, no monster. Go downstairs.
“I sleep here. Protec’ you.”
She shook her head firmly. “Go downstairs.”
Kaleb watched her, looking like he was about to cry.
“Dun cry.”
“Wanna stay here.”
“Dun need you here.”
“What if monster come?”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
He sniffle loudly as he climbed off of the bed, head hung low.
“Dun cry.”
The boy sniffled again. “Jus’ wanna be friends.”
“Huh?”
“You dun like me.”
“Why you say that?”
“You say I not friend.”
Senna sighed, pulling her covers back. “Come here.”
He stepped quietly over to the edge of the bed, a pout still prominent on his little face.
Senna patted her bed softly, indicating for him to climb up, which he did, hoisting his little body up. She placed the covers over him, shifting slightly to the side to make room for him. “Go ta sleep.”
Kaleb nodded, kissing her cheek loudly. “Night, Senna.”
Senna’s skin burned bright red as she leaned over and turned off the bedside light, curling up to go to sleep, Kaleb curled up next to her, his hand tangling itself almost painfully in her hair.
The next morning, after she had gotten up to use the bathroom and uncurled his tiny fist from her hair, she heard footsteps rushing up the stairs. She opened her bedroom door and found a frantic Leena. “What wrong?”
Leena’s brown eyes blinked down at the younger girl. “Kaleb’s gone.”
Senna shook her head. “He in here.”
Leena pushed her way past Senna. “Kaleb!”
The boy stirred, sitting up and rubbing blue eyes with his tiny fist. “Leena?”
Senna could see tears springing to the older girl’s eyes as she rushed over and engulfed her little brother in a tight hug. “You scared me.”
“Leena! Too tight!”
Senna stood there for a moment, watching the little boy try to squirm out of his older sister’s grasp before turning to head downstairs.
She never would understand Kaleb.
Characters: Senna Martinez/Kaleb Auchenleck, Leena Auchenleck
Word Count: 541
Rating: G
Summary: Kaleb goes to visit Senna after a nightmare. Sequel to The Gift.
Senna had to be dreaming. She was sure of it. She felt someone shaking her in the dead of night and even at five she knew it wasn’t morning yet. No one would have been shaking her that late at night.
“Senna?”
She groaned, pulling her covers closer to her chin and trying to ignore the sound of a voice in her ears. This was just a dream. Dreams shouldn’t be waking her up.
“Sen-na.” The shaking grew more insistent.
“Sleeping,” she mumbled to herself, trying to ignore the voice.
“There’s a monster in your room.”
”What?”
Slowly she opened pale blue eyes and found herself looking, in the dark, at Kaleb Auchenleck, his tiny fist resting on her bed.
“It’s gonna eat you,” he told her quietly.
“No monster,” she insisted, closing her eyes.
“It’s gonna eat you, Senna.”
She sighed, reaching over to turn on her bedside light. She blinked against the light and looked around her room, before her gaze fell upon Kaleb again. “No monster.”
“It’s ‘fraid of the light.”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
“I won’ let it get you.”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
The younger boy pulled himself up on her bed, landing right next to Senna’s legs. She pulled her legs closer to her. “I won’ let it get you.”
“Kaleb, no monster. Go downstairs.
“I sleep here. Protec’ you.”
She shook her head firmly. “Go downstairs.”
Kaleb watched her, looking like he was about to cry.
“Dun cry.”
“Wanna stay here.”
“Dun need you here.”
“What if monster come?”
“No monster. Go downstairs.”
He sniffle loudly as he climbed off of the bed, head hung low.
“Dun cry.”
The boy sniffled again. “Jus’ wanna be friends.”
“Huh?”
“You dun like me.”
“Why you say that?”
“You say I not friend.”
Senna sighed, pulling her covers back. “Come here.”
He stepped quietly over to the edge of the bed, a pout still prominent on his little face.
Senna patted her bed softly, indicating for him to climb up, which he did, hoisting his little body up. She placed the covers over him, shifting slightly to the side to make room for him. “Go ta sleep.”
Kaleb nodded, kissing her cheek loudly. “Night, Senna.”
Senna’s skin burned bright red as she leaned over and turned off the bedside light, curling up to go to sleep, Kaleb curled up next to her, his hand tangling itself almost painfully in her hair.
The next morning, after she had gotten up to use the bathroom and uncurled his tiny fist from her hair, she heard footsteps rushing up the stairs. She opened her bedroom door and found a frantic Leena. “What wrong?”
Leena’s brown eyes blinked down at the younger girl. “Kaleb’s gone.”
Senna shook her head. “He in here.”
Leena pushed her way past Senna. “Kaleb!”
The boy stirred, sitting up and rubbing blue eyes with his tiny fist. “Leena?”
Senna could see tears springing to the older girl’s eyes as she rushed over and engulfed her little brother in a tight hug. “You scared me.”
“Leena! Too tight!”
Senna stood there for a moment, watching the little boy try to squirm out of his older sister’s grasp before turning to head downstairs.
She never would understand Kaleb.