"Jack! Jack wake up!" Pearl kept shoving me until I finally sat up and pulled her off of me.
"What? What in god's name do you want?" I tried to rub the burning sensation away from my tired eyes.
"I need some light or something, please." She whispered, and I reluctantly stood and felt my way over to the table to find and light the oil lamp. A dull light filled the room and I sat it back on the table to walk back over and return myself to the warmth of the bed.
"What's gotten into you?" I asked her. "It's cold as hell and you want me to get out of the bed to light a lamp? Why are you waking me up in the middle of the night anyway?"
"I had a nightmare. I'm sorry." She pushed her hair behind her ear. "I just need to know everything is okay."
"Yeah. Everything is fine, you crazy girl." I told her. "You should've guessed that when you woke up."
"It was too dark to tell, that's why I got you to light the lamp." She crawled over and jumped off the bed, putting out the light. I felt her return and tuck herself in next to me. "I'm sorry, Jack. I know you don't like it when I cling to you, but could I just this once? It's cold and I'm still a bit shaken up." I agreed with a sigh and she wrapped her arms around me. Her freezing hands made me jump and she giggled in the dark.
"Just no funny business, okay?" I turned my head towards her, even though I couldn't see her in the dark.
"Not unless you ask nicely." She giggled again and hugged me a bit tighter.
"That's not funny."
"It is so funny, you'd just never admit it."
"You know what else is funny? That I'm taking you back to your parents first thing tomorrow morning."
"Yeah, that's about as funny as this." And suddenly her freezing cold feet were pressed against my legs, causing me to curse loudly and her to break into fits of laughter.
It seems I can never get any sleep with her around.