[gremlin]

"I don't want you to leave," Judith said and looked at him. She wondered what would make him think that maybe not telling him about her pregnancy had been far worse than she thought. "I never wanted you to leave even five years ago when it still wasn't acceptable for us to be together." she wondered how their life would have been if he had stayed. Would she even have this home? Judith hesitated for a moment then finally spoke again. "You can stay here if you want to, my feelings for you haven't changed. Even if you have been gone for five years they have grown stronger." she had had his children after all. "Please, don't think that I would ever want you to leave. I love you, Rhyldrin." a familiar feeling found it's way to Judith, her stomach felt as if it were knotted. "I've always loved you."

Judith jumped when she heard the floor creak behind them. Vaden had came out from his bed and to the front door, he looked at his mother then at Rhyldrin then back to her. "Mommy?" he said quietly, he seemed nervous. Vaden hugged a stuffed bear to his chest. "I had a nightmare." Judith reached out her arms and the boy went in to them. She turned bringing him to sit on her lap and held him close. "There were monsters chasing me!" the boy said, he sounded scared and buried his face in to his mother's warmth. "Don't worry, you can sleep in my bed." she whispered as she ran her fingers through his hair. "It was just a nightmare so don't worry about it. Was Sophie filling your head with scary stories again?" Judith sighed as Vaden nodded.

Judith had fallen silent with the new company, it wasn't the right time to tell Vaden that Rhyldrin was his father. She would wait until tomorrow morning, she had hoped that he didn't hear their conversation. Though Vaden wasn't one to ease-drop if he did hear anything it would have been unintentionally. Judith was worried that maybe his sister was up as well ease-dropping, when one woke the other shortly followed. "Is your sister up as well?" she asked Vaden as she continued to gently play with his hair. When he didn't answer her question or move she looked down and saw that he had fallen asleep in her arms. "Poor thing," she said and looked up at Rhyldrin. "He has been having nightmares lately." she smiled at Rhyldrin.