Luck of The Draw

Introduction

Aaaah! Sissy!"

I sat up in bed with a jolt, as Alex's cries for help erupted through the house. Without a second lost I jumped from my bed and dashed from my room and down to his.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed just before I got to his room.

I opened his door only to find him struggling under his covers, kicking and screaming his little head off. I ran to his side, pulled back the covers, got a hold of his swinging arms and gently shook him until he woke up.

"Alex! Alex honey, wake up!" I yelled.

When he finally opened his eyes, he started crying. I sighed and pulled him up into my lap, laying his head against my chest. "It's alright honey...it was just a dream."

He continued to cry in my chest as his warm body relaxed from being so scared. This was the fourth time this week he woke me with his screams, but the one hundredth time since I first started taking care of him.

My name is Leah. I'm twenty five years old and recently started working as a nurse at our local hospital. Alex my youngest brother had been living with me since Maven, the eldest of us three was currently off working for the WWE. The two of us have never really gotten along, and even more so after our parents were killed.

Alex, who was only six at the time needed to go with one of us. Maven had more money than me and could have hired a nanny to watch him while he was away, but instead, he told them to give me full custody of Alex leaving me with all the responsibility. I didn't have a job yet, or a house for that matter and Maven refused to help me out with any of it. I swear, the minute he got into that business he became a complete jerk and forgot who his family was.

Anyway, I found a job and saved up to get a small place for Alex and I. It's been three years and Alex's nightmares were only getting worse. It broke my heart knowing there wasn't much I could do about it. Little did I know that there was someone out there, that was going to change our lives forever.