(Kenzi's POV)

I'd just got done tucking AJ in for the night, and then I closed her door and headed down the hall to Zak and I's room. He was already lying down, and his eyes were closed. But he wasn't asleep, yet. I knew better then that. But I could be wrong. So I climbed in beside him, and managed to snuggle myself into a position where my head rested on his chest and his arms were around me. I sighed after this had been done; at least if he really was asleep, I hadn't woken him. But then I felt him kiss my hair, and a tired laugh escaped his lips.

"What was all that for, huh?" he asked playfully. "You could've just shaken my shoulder, I would've moved." I smiled, twisting around to kiss him as an 'I-just-didn't-want-to' response.

"But I like snuggling like this. And besides, AJ's finally asleep. How often can we really do this anymore?" It was his turn to smile. I yawned, closing my eyes. I knew he was watching me still, so it wasn't a surprise when I felt him gently kiss my eyelids.

"Night, Kenzi. Love you." I sighed tiredly, finding just the right spot where I could hear his heartbeat.

"Love you too, Zak." And I drifted asleep, completely unaware of the pitter-patter of the rain on the roof. And what would happen in a few hours.

A Few Hours Later:

"Mommy!" AJ's frightened yelp pulls me from a dead slumber. I sit bolt upright to rub the sleep out of my eyes, this somehow awakens Zak in the process. Before I can get up to check on our daughter, Zak's arm is around my waist, trying to pull me back to bed.

"Baby, c'mon. Lay back down. AJ's fine. She's like me. The dark isn't gonna bother her. Get some sleep. It's my turn, anyways." I let him pull me in, and to my (not really) surprise, he just starts to kiss me teasingly. I felt him trying to deepen the kiss, making the mistake I love of somehow allowing himself to nick my bottom lip. I could taste the blood as it began to leak out from my lip. Oh well. He wasn't a vampire, so how was he able to make me bleed? Well, maybe his teeth were just sharp. I mean, one of my canine teeth had even been sharp enough to cut my tongue when I was younger. So…maybe it was the same story here.

"Ah. You really have to stop doing that. How'd you get that gap in your bottom teeth, anyways?" I asked.

"Another time, love. An-" Just as Zak was finishing his sentence, AJ yells for me again.

"You'd better go see what's wrong." He sighs, somewhat defeatedly. I get up and open the door, stumbling into the hall and flipped the light switch. But it didn't go on.

Oh no. The power was out. That must be why AJ's scared.

"Shit!" I cursed under my breath; I'd tripped over the box of Halloween decorations we had yet to put away. Shouldn't I be used to this from our lockdowns? Yeah, I should.

Eventually I made my way to AJ's room, and I found her lying in bed, the blanket pulled all the way up over her head.

"Hey, AJ what's wrong?" I asked softly. She pulled the blanket down and sniveled, she'd been crying.

"I-I there was big flash of bright light and then BOOM!" she clapped her hands together, to show what she was talking about. I laughed, ruffling her dark brown (almost black) hair. Her hazel eyes (how she ended up looking more like Zak then me, I have no idea) were wide with fright as another clap of thunder rang around the house. She covered her ears and yelped again.

"Can I sleep with you and Daddy?" she asked quietly. I nodded, taking her in my arms and heading back to Zak and I's room. I set her on the bed, where she immediately burrowed into Zak, her arms wrapping around him as she clung to him like how I'd done at Bobby Mackey's, her head hiding in the crook of his neck. He laughed softly at her motions, sitting up and coaxing her into a sitting position on his lap. He began to rock her slowly, humming something that I'm pretty sure was the anniversary waltz. Until she gave a startled, 'Oh!' at another flash of lightning.

"AJ, sweetie, sshhh. It's just thunder and lightning. The angels are bowling." I smiled as Zak told her this, it was the same thing my grandpa had told me when I was scared. The lightning was neon lights at the alley, and the thunder the sound the balls made as they collided with the pins. Hearing this, she seemed reassured, and settled to rest her head on his shoulder. Zak continued rocking her, still humming. Eventually her breathing calmed, and she fell asleep. Zak got up, motioning with a finger to his lips that I should stay quiet. He carried AJ back to her room, and came back a few minutes later, yawning tiredly and running a hand through his hair.

"Now we can finally get some sleep." He whispered, jokingly. We'd been out of that awkward up-every-three-hours-to-feed stage for a while now, and neither of us really wanted to go back. I nodded in agreement.

"I only know I want to sleep. I'll call Brittany and Emily tomorrow." I said. Zak smiled, ruffling my hair and then kissing my forehead.

"I only know I love you. And AJ."