Move On

"Alright here is your room," Gabe said as he opened the guest room for Janie.

"Oh it's wonderful, Gabriel," she gasped at the beach themed room. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," he smiled. "I put your clothes in the closet and your bathroom stuff is laid out if you want to take a shower."

"You are amazing," She smiled and hugged him softly.

"I know I am," he smirked causing her to laugh. He left the room and she walked around for a little bit then decided to take a shower before bed.

She got dressed and started working on her long brown hair when she heard scratching at her door. She opened it and smiled seeing Max wagging his tail. "Hi Maxie," She bent down and patted his head. "Have you come to join me?"

Max jumped up on the bed and she smiled then sat beside him and went back to working on her tangles. "Found him in Trouble's room!" Gabe shouted as he appeared in the doorway. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Just working on these never ending tangles," She said softly.

"Can I?" He asked, "I love working with hair. I have my own salon in town."

"Really?" she asked and he nodded. "I would love that." He came up behind her and started working on her hair. "That feels wonderful, you have an amazing talent Gabriel."

"Thank you," he smiled as he kept running the comb through her hair. Once he knew he couldn't prolong it any more he French braided her hair. "There you go."

"Oh Gabriel, it's wonderful," She gasped and smiled, "I haven't had my hair braided in so long! I love it!"

"I'm glad," He smiled. "I'll braid it whenever you want."

"You're such a meanie making me tear up!" She giggled as she wiped away a tear.

"And you're full of trouble that's just waiting to be unleashed and shock all of us," He smirked and she burst into laughter.

"What's going on in here?" Owen and Kota asked as they came into the room.

She couldn't stop laughing and pointed at Gabriel then gasped, "Meanie!"

"And she's Trouble," He smirked as he got off the bed. "Sleep tight Trouble."

Once she was able to calm down she blushed and said, "Sleep tight all of you. Thank you for letting me stay here."

"Of course," Kota nodded. "Max, protect her." Max barked then got under the covers with her and laid his head down on the pillow next to her.

In the middle of the night a huge storm hit and shook the windows. She sat up and gasped. She hated storms, ever since she was a little girl she has hated storms. Lightening hit and casted scary shadows on the walls. She reached over and realized Max wasn't in bed with her. She clutched the blanket and whimpered. Thunder hit shaking the windows and she felt tears fill her eyes.

She got out of bed and rushed for the door. The hall was pitch black which only increased her fears. She walked down the hall and opened the first door she saw, it was the library. She shut it and went to the next one, it was an empty guest room. She decided to go back to her room and then saw the room across from her. She hesitated and then gently opened the door. She saw Raven sleeping in the bed. She bit her lip and started twisting the bottom of her shirt while shifting from one foot to the other. Thunder hit again and a whimper escaped her lips as the tears started to form again.

"Stop standing Kitten," Raven said half awake without opening his eyes. "Get bed now."

She let out a soft squeal of surprise then jumped as the thunder hit above the house shaking the windows again. She rushed to his bed and he pulled back the blankets so she could get into the bed. She laid on the edge then gasped as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her up against him.

"You must think it's silly I'm scared of storms," she whispered trying to calm her racing heart.

"Nyet," he said against her neck. "Max?"

"I don't know," she said worried, "he wasn't in bed with me when I woke up."

"He's with Kota," Corey said coming into the room. "He's scared of storms also. Kota was worried when Max came into his room, I'll go let everyone know you are in here."

"Is it going to be a problem?" She asked starting to sit back up. "I will go back to the guest room."

"Lay Kitten," Raven said tightening his hold on her.

"No, we just wanted to make sure you are okay since Max went back to Kota," Corey shook his head. "Go to sleep, Sweetheart." He got in bed on the other side of her, sandwiching her between him and Raven and she oddly felt it comforting.

"Sleep Kitten," Raven whispered in her ear as he rubbed circles on her stomach soothing her nerves. "I protect. I professional Russian. Sleep."

She felt so calm and safe that sleep took over before she could even asked what he meant by being a professional Russian.