Collins and Maureen sat in bed, thunder crackling outside as the rain poured down on the New York streets, having woke them up, it was 3 in the morning and neither of them could sleep due to the storm. Collins was reading a book while Maureen wrote.

"Do you think the kids are still asleep, Collins?"

He shrugged, "I'm not sure, probably. Their heavy sleepers,"

The sound of thunder echoed throughout the streets, not two seconds after it happened the pitter patter of footsteps came running towards the bedroom door, it slowly opened to reveal Marley. Collins sighed with a smile, "Except that one."

Maureen giggled at Collins, she sat her notepad down, gesturing for Marley to come sit with her; the younger one of the triplets walked in, shutting the door behind her and ran, springing for the bed, crawling into her mother's lap.

"You okay, sweetie?" Maureen questioned, concerned.

Marley shook her head, laying it out her mother's chest, Maureen wrapping her arms tighter around the poor child.

Collins sat his book down, lying down but keeping his head propped with his arm to be eye level with his daughter, "It's too early for you to be up."

Marley sighed, "But there's a monster in my room…"

Maureen smiled, resting her head on top of Marley's and looking at Collins who returned the smile, "And where may this monster be?

"In my closet…" Marley explained to them, trying to remember what the "monster" looked like, "It's tall like daddy…and mean like mommy."

Maureen's head popped up, "Excuse me?"

Collins started laughing, not being able to control it, Maureen glared at him as he finally got control of himself, clearing his throat, "Anything else before your mother kills me?"

Marley nodded, "It's furry and blue and has really sharp teeth and the thunder makes it mad."

Collins smirked before remembering his daughter was taking this very seriously so he happily played along and put on his serious face, "And you left MJ in there by herself?"

Marley shrugged, "It's a dog eat dog world."

Both the parents started laughing at the six year old who probably didn't even fully understand what she had just said, but then again she did this a lot and both parents always found it hilarious.

Collins composed himself, followed by Maureen who kissed the top of her daughter's head, Collins rolled his eyes, going to grab Marley, "Okay, M, let's go find the monster so you can go back to sleep."

Marley held tighter to Maureen, refusing to go with him, "No…can't I sleep with you tonight?"

Collins shook his head, "No, afraid not. Anyway there's no reason for you to be scared of monsters."

Marley furrowed her eyebrows at him in an offended manner, she huffed, "If you're allowed to be scared of spiders I can be scared of monsters." She turned to her mother with a begging look, "Mommy, can I stay, pretty please?"

Maureen nodded; Collins sighed, about to protest before noticing Maureen and his daughter were giving him the exact same pout, he groaned, knowing he was out ruled and turned over to go back to sleep as the storm had calmed down at some point during their conversation. Maureen smiled; kissing Marley's cheek, she made her lay down to go to sleep.