It was a late night when Danny and Lindsay heard the first loud noise of thunder, then followed by the tiny pita patter of feet running towards their bedroom. Soon after they heard the noise they saw little Lucy Messer wanting her mommy and daddy.
"Mommy, I scared" Lucy whined "cans I s'eep wiv 'ou and dada"
"I thought you were a big girl" Danny said looking over Lindsay to Lucy
"I is but I scared" Lucy said snivelling
"Okay, where do you want to sleep?" Lindsay asked Lucy
"Between 'ou and dada" Lucy told her mom and dad
"okay, then up we go" Lindsay said as she picked her daughter up and put her in between her and Danny just as there was another loud crash of thunder and with that Lucy started to cry. "Shh, shh, shh, shh" Lindsay comforted as she cuddled her daughter with Danny's arms around them both. They finally got Lucy quiet again and then put her between them both.
"Why thunder so loud?" Lucy asked
"Urm...well...because" Lindsay began saying when Danny cut her off
"Because it wants to make little girls just like you to sleep in their own bed when it thunders" Danny said putting an arm over Lucy and around Lindsay in a protective bubble.
"But it is so scary" Lucy whined again
"I know it is, that why your mommy hate thunder too." Danny said
"I don't think so, mommy like rain and thunder; I used to be in it all the time in Montana." Lindsay replied to what Danny said
"
I s'eep now" Lucy said with thick sleep in her voice and with that she fell asleep
"I can't sleep now" Danny moaned
"Well I can, being one month pregnant makes you sleepy" Lindsay said as she shut her eyes to join her daughter in dream land
"Well you're lucky" Danny moaned as he switched on the lamp and pulled his book from his draws
As he returned to a sitting position he felt a tiny smack against his chest, then he heard "you better not be reading" Lindsay complained
With that Danny started to laugh "just because you can sleep doesn't mean I can" Danny said to Lindsay
"Well don't read or you'll keep me up" Lindsay replied
"Fine what if you pop around to my side and we do what we do best" Danny said grabbing Lindsay's hand that was on his chest
"Danny that's..." Lindsay was interrupted by a feeling in her stomach and ran to the bathroom followed closely by Danny. Danny found Lindsay over the toilet being sick. As soon as she was finished Danny got a towel and wiped her mouth, he then threw the towel on the floor and pulled his wife against his chest, they sat like that for a couple of moments when another crashing of thunder echoed the apartment and woke their little 21/2 year old up from her sleep.
"MOMMY, DADDY, WHERE ARE YOU?" Lucy screamed and with that both Danny and Lindsay ran into their bedroom to find Lucy sitting in the middle of the bed with tears rolling down her cheeks, Lindsay got onto the bed and put her hands around her daughter's body , Danny then joined both of his girls and put his arms around both of their bodies. After a while they managed to get Lucy off to sleep again.