Title: Baby Brother Blues

Author: WonderUnderTheSkies

Rating: K

Disclaimer: Nightmare Before Christmas is not mine, never has been, never will. But I own the DVD and any OC's :D.

A/N: Hi guys! So I really tried to get inside Rosie's head about Josh's arrival, so this chapter doesn't feature Jack and Sally, just some pure sibling err…love? Um I don't really have anything else to say other than enjoy!

She gently pushed open the door to the spare room, which was now Josh's room, and crept inside. Josh had been here for a couple days now, and she still didn't know how to feel about him. She'd been excited when he was first born, Mummy and Daddy had even let her hold him, but it just go worse after that. All he did was sleep and cry, and cry, and cry. At first she hadn't minded the little whiny noises he made, but when he started to really cry and scream, she was out of there. Now that he was asleep, she was going to have a talk to him, to straighten things out. She slowly walked towards the crib, struggling to carry the stool she'd brought from her room, and plopped down.

"Um, Hi Josh," She said nervously, checking the door to make sure her parents hadn't found her.

"It's me Rosie, your big sister. I know you're just a little baby and all, but I really need to talk to you about things," She looked up to him, the little skeleton was wrapped up in a blue cotton blanket, still sound asleep.

"I know you can't talk right now, but I really wish you'd stop crying all the time. I don't mind when you make little noises but your big cries are so loud and they hurt my ears," She sighed, well that was one thing off the list.

"And I really need you to sleep in the night more, 'cause Mummy and Daddy are always so tired and they never play with me anymore," She said, frustration creeping into her voice.

"It's always 'Joshy this' and 'Joshy that', never Rosie anymore," She was beginning to rant to herself now, tears gathering in her eyes.

"Sometimes I just wish you never came," She leant her head on the bars of his crib, tears now falling onto her cheeks. Josh stirred, freeing his arms before blinking his skeletal eyes open. She looked at him in shock, preparing to bolt as soon as he opened his mouth. Instead, much to her surprise, he just laid there and stared at her, before making a slight gurgle sound. She stared with wide eyes as he seemed to reach for her with his free hand. Not knowing what to do, she placed her hand in the crib, next to his. Watching her with half-lidded eyes, he grabbed ahold of one of her fingers and fell back to sleep. She sat there for awhile, not knowing what to do. Even after everything she'd just said, he still loved her, like she was the best sister in the world. She sighed and placed her head on the bars again.

"I'm sorry Joshy, I didn't really mean what I said. I know you can be annoying, but I still love you, really I do," She looked only to see him fast asleep still. She gently pulled her finger from his grasp and picked up her stool.

'I'm glad we had this talk, Joshy, sleep tight!" She whispered as she slowly backed out of the room. Yes, she'd dislike her brother from time to time, but he was going to stick around for a long long time, and maybe, she thought, it wouldn't be too bad.

~fin~