There was a violent thunder storm raging outside. It was late at night , way too late for anyone his age to be up. Yet Staz lay awake in his bed jumping at the sound of a rather loud crack of thunder. He let out a whimper as he sunk deeper into the sheets. He was scared. He clutched his teddy bear as the thunder roared once more. He pulled his head under the cover and squeezed his eyes shut. He continued to whimper as a lightning lit up the room. He bit his lower lip and took a deep breath as he pulled back the covers and climbed out of bed. Holding his bear tightly to his chest he slowly made his way to the door.

Thunder roared once more and he froze. He squeeze his eyes shut as he clutched one hand to the door knob and the other to his bear. With a sigh he opened his eyes. He cracked the door open slowly. He peeked his head out and looked both ways down the dark , lifeless , hallway. He took a breath as he mustered the courage to leave his room. He slowly crept out of his room and made his was down the hallway to Braz's room.

He quietly made his down the hallway, he didn't want to wake up anyone else in the house. But the more the thunder boomed outside the faster the four year old scuffled his feet down the hall.

He reached his brother's room. He opened the door slowly and made his way into the room. He stopped at the side of the bed. " Braz, Braz you up?" The toddler whispered. The older boy stirred in his sleep but didn't open his eyes.

" Braz?" The toddler called again raising his hand up to shake his brother. The older boy grunted but ignored him. Staz shook him once more. " Braz.." He called raising his voice. The older boy sighed and finally opened his eyes.
" what do you want?" He grumbled

" the storms scary and I can't sleep..." The toddler's voice wavered obviously shaken. But it did little to calm his angry and tired brother.

" so how's that my problem?" The ten year old asked angrily.

"I wanted to sleep in here tonight." The older boy growled a sound of annoyance at his little brother.

" you woke me up just for that , you brat." He huffed " if you're that big of a scaredy cat , you baby why don't you go sleep with mom and dad?" He asked

" I'm not a baby" Staz mumbled "and I don't want be with mama and papa I want to be with you." Staz said looking up at his brother with big watery eyes. " please let me sleep with you?" He asked again in a more pleading voice.

Braz sighed and moved over to make room for the younger boy. " fine." He he huffed " but don't get use to it."

Staz's eyes lit up as he climbed into his brother bed. " thank you " he whispered as he wormed his way under the blanket.

Despite how angry and annoyed he had seemed and how distant he acted the older put his arm over his younger brother protectively. He leaned in and whispered " Don't worry Staz I'm here I won't let nothing happen to you" and with that the two fell into a deep sleep until morning.