“Daddy---”
Terrence’s eyes tightened.
He originally thought Lily had woken up, but to his surprise, the little girl only gave him a drowsy look, flattened her mouth, then very reassuringly rolled over and closed her eyes again, making a piggy-like ‘whirring’ sound, and then her breathing calmed down again.
Terrence was inexplicably relieved.
Looking at the little girl sleeping so sweetly, Terrence wanted to laugh, but he found that the small figure on the sofa had already sat up.
The little girl talking in her sleep woke up her brother.
“Awake?” Terrence straightened up and looked at Luke, only half a meter of plush grey carpet on the floor between them.
“Mmm,” Luke was still a little muddled.
After looking down at his watch, he sobered up a lot, “It’s late. I’m taking Lily back.”
Terrence nodded a little, “Wait for Lily to wake up.”
Luke looked at his sleeping sister.