It has been about a month since that day in the park. Katja moved in
with me about two days after we met. She was my adopted little sister now,
not legally of course, but I thought of her that way. The apartment was
small but it was big enough for just two of us.
It was three A.M now. The whimpering from the next room was what had woken me up. I climbed out of bed and slowly went out to the living room where she slept. Katja was curled in a tight ball as if to fend off blows. I put my hand over her PJ's back and gently shook her to wake up. She didn't open her eyes but she crawled in to my arms like a child, rapping her hands around my bare neck. I grimaced as I shifted. It hurt less now then the first time but it was still to be avoided. That didn't matter now though. What mattered now was that Katja needed some one to be there and hold her.
She had these nightmares from time to time. She never talked about them, but I wondered if they were about some of the anti-mutant organizations she had warned me about. In the morning she would thank me and apologies as she uncurled. I always accepted her apologies after I had shifted back.
2 DAYS LATER
She is gone. She left a note.
It was three A.M now. The whimpering from the next room was what had woken me up. I climbed out of bed and slowly went out to the living room where she slept. Katja was curled in a tight ball as if to fend off blows. I put my hand over her PJ's back and gently shook her to wake up. She didn't open her eyes but she crawled in to my arms like a child, rapping her hands around my bare neck. I grimaced as I shifted. It hurt less now then the first time but it was still to be avoided. That didn't matter now though. What mattered now was that Katja needed some one to be there and hold her.
She had these nightmares from time to time. She never talked about them, but I wondered if they were about some of the anti-mutant organizations she had warned me about. In the morning she would thank me and apologies as she uncurled. I always accepted her apologies after I had shifted back.
2 DAYS LATER
She is gone. She left a note.