Prologue

"T?" a small voice asked from across his bedroom. It was midnight and the sixteen year old was working on last minute homework assignment that was due the next day. When TC turned away from his computer, he saw his six-year-old sister standing in the doorway, clutching her blanket to her chest, tear tracks on her face.

"What's wrong, Kay?" he inquired as he waved her in. She ran over to him and crawled up on his lap.

"I had bad dream," Kayla mumbled as she snuggled into him. He sighed and clicked the 'save' button on his computer before standing up and carrying her to her bed.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" TC pulled the comforter up to cover her.

"You a-and Tad left and y-you never came back and I-I was all alone," she sniffled.

"Well," he began, "I can't promise that we'll never go anywhere, but we'll always come back. Always." Kayla slowly nodded and TC took that as his cue to leave.

"Will you stay w-with me?" she wondered as he turned to walk out. He nodded and laid down next to her, having to bend his knees a lot to fit in her small bed.

Kayla happily snuggled into him and closed her eyes. With her brother there to protect her, she fell asleep quickly. It took TC a little longer due to his uncomfortable position, but he, too, fell asleep.

The next morning when their mother went to wake him up, he wasn't in his room. She found him in Kayla's bed with his arm around his younger sister. Before he could wake up with that sixth sense teenagers had when their parents were around, she took a Polaroid and tucked it into Kayla's jewelry box for the years that followed.

So here is the prologue for "Little Callahan". It's the prequel for my story "Kayla Callahan" and will cover from just before TC and Thad leave for the war up to a few weeks after she moves in with TC. If you liked it, favorite, follow, and REVIEW! xoxo -L