The thunder crashed outside and the lightning flashed, causing the little girl snuggled under a purple princess comforter to whimper and clutch her teddy bear that much tighter. Another loud clap of thunder had her jumping from bed and running as fast as her little legs would carry her into the hall and heading for a particular door. Reaching out, Betsy turned the knob and slowly opened the door.

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"Grandma Kitty, Grandpa Red?" she called out trying not to cry. Red was dead to the world, but years of being a mother had Kitty waking instantly and climbing out of bed.

"What's the matter, Betsy?" she asked gently.

"The thunder's scary, and it's loud. I no like it." As if to prove her point, the thunder boomed outside. Whimpering she reached out and clutched Kitty's nightgown. Before Kitty could say anything to comfort the scared little girl, another loud clap of thunder sounded and the power went out. At that, Betsy burst into tears. Not only was it storming, but it was now dark, something she really didn't like. Red was finally roused from slumber with all the noise.

"Smatter?" he mumbled sleepily.

"Betsy's afraid of the storm and the power's just gone out," Kitty explained.

"Wan Uncle Eric and Auntie Jackie, please?" she begged tears filling her eyes and falling down her cheeks.

"Honey, it's really late, why don't we snuggle in our bed and we can call them in the morning?" Kitty suggested. Betsy's cries intensified at the suggestion, however.

"I w-w-want to talk to them," she declared between sobs.

"Hush, now, we'll call them. There now, there's no reason to cry," the experienced mother soothed. Turning to head downstairs to the phone, she nearly screamed when she saw her husband directly behind her.

"Red Forman, what on earth are you doing?" she scolded.

"I was grabbing you a flashlight," he explained holding the source of light out to her. Smiling in thanks, Kitty took the flashlight then proceeded to pick up a still crying Betsy and head for the stairs.

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The phone ringing drug Jackie from a sound sleep she had finally fallen into a short while before. Reaching out she answered it, squinting at the time on the clock.

"'Ello?" she mumbled, clearly not awake.

"Oh, hi, Jackie, I'm sorry to wake you, but…" Kitty began, giving one of her famous Kitty Forman laughs.

"It's okay, Mom, is Betsy okay?" Jackie asked with a yawn. Hearing bits of the conversation Eric rolled over and opened his eyes.

"Is everything okay?" he murmured. Jackie mouthed that she didn't know yet.

"Things are okay, it's just storming and Betsy's a little scared. She's missing you two," Kitty explained as she ran her hand through the little girl's hair.

"Put her on the phone, I'll put it on speaker so Eric and I can both talk to her," Jackie promised.

"Here you go, sweetheart, here are Eric and Jackie," Kitty said handing Betsy the phone.

"Hey there, sweetheart, Grandma Kitty says the storm is scaring you?" Jackie asked gently.

"Yes, it's loud and I no like it," Betsy declared.

"I know it's loud, but it can't hurt you, I promise," Eric assured.

"You pwomise?" Betsy confirmed.

"Yes, we promise. Now how about you go back to bed and have sweet dreams about us going to the park when we get back home?" Jackie suggested.

"Okay, night-night, I love you, Uncle Eric, Auntie Jackie," Betsy said with a little yawn.

"We love you to, talk to you tomorrow," Eric said as they disconnected the call. Betsy handed the phone back to Kitty before rubbing at her eyes.

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"What do you say, you ready to go back to bed?" she asked. The little girl nodded and took hold of her grandmother's hand. They'd made it to the top of the stairs when another clap of thunder sounded.

"Can I sleep wif you?" Betsy questioned softly.

"Sure you can kiddo. Let's grab your blanket and you can sleep in our bed," Kitty said as she headed into the room where Betsy was staying and grabbed the blanket and her bear which she'd dropped. Arriving back in the hallway, the two of them made their way to Red and Kitty's bedroom. Once she was sure Betsy was settled in bed, Kitty climbed in, placing the little girl between herself and Red.

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"It reminds me of when Eric and Laurie were little," she commented softly.

"Yeah it does, if I recall one time there was a storm just like this one and the power went out. I remember Eric tripping and giving himself a black eye because he couldn't see and he hit the wall," Red reminisced. "He tried to tell us Laurie pushed him, but our little angel wouldn't do that," he argued. Kitty chuckled at her husband's naivety, she knew that her kids fought a lot as children and that Laurie had tormented her brother on a regular basis, but there was no way to convince Red that his baby girl was ever at fault.

"I remember that to, now it will be the kids turn to deal with frightened kids in the middle of the night, but it's nice to still be needed," Kitty murmured as she began to drift off to sleep.

"I always need you, Kitty," Red murmured softly, kissing the top of her head.

"Oh Red, you say the sweetest things," Kitty replied, kissing him softly before letting the call of sleep pull her under.

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A/n, this little scene is courtesy of nannygirl. She gave me the inspiration for it.