A soft knock came at his door and he opened his eyes, looking at the door.  "Yes?  The door opened, revealing the sweet, innocent face of Liz.  She had poked her head around the door, looking sheepish, her bright blue eyes darkened with slight fear.  Her long ginger hair fell past her shoulders, a bow tying a small bit of hair back out of her face.  Her puffy white and pink dress fell to her knees, and white stockings came to the middle of her calfs.  Her small shoes were black and shiny.

    Kieran sat up, looking at her, "Yes Liz?"  He twisted to sit on the edge of the bed.  She crept in slowly, across the room to Kieran, crawling up on the bed and curling into his side.  He blinked, then hugged her.  "They're loud..." Liz mummbled, her normally loud, bouncing, energetic form now small and scared.  Kieran sighed, "I know... They'll stop soon, they always do."  

    The door creaked a little bit, signalling someone being there.  Kieran looked up, seeing Chris in the doorway.  He was hugging the small, yellow teddybear he always carried everywhere with him.  He was looking everywhere but Kieran and shifting nervously.  He rubbed at his face with the sleeve of his grey and black long sleeved shirt.  Kieran sighed, opening his other free arm.  Chris slowly walked across the room and crawled up onto the bed as well, also curling up with Kieran.  Kieran hugged the both of them, closing its eyes again.

    Eventually, both Liz and Chris fell asleep, Chris after much persuading and a promise to keep the nightmares away on Kieran's part, the last part Kieran had agreed to because neither parents believed Chris when he tried to tell them about the nightmares that haunted him, but Kieran and Mike had both had the nightmares before him, so they both tried to help him as much as they could without Chris noticing, because their 'friends' threatened Kieran and Mike to bully Chris.  The few moments where their parents were fighting they disobeyed the tormentors and were nice to Chris.  Mike opened the door to the room, walking in and closing the door behind him, then walking over and sitting in a chair beside the bed, sitting so his chest was against the back of the seat.  He also closed his eyes and the two just waited for the fight to be over.