Falling Skies

Midnight Chat

Hal POV

I stay with Ben because whenever I leave Anne says that he freaks out. I guess I was the one constant throughout all the torture. I stay with him through the night as well. I don't sleep because I'm too busy watching over my family.

Dad never came back but we do have a family tent. I think he is just going to talk to Weaver about what to do with Pope. Pope, the exact reason why I'm acting as a guard tonight instead of a teenager. I will protect my family, not just Ben and Matt, but Anne as well. She is my mother now, and I love her as a mother. She shifts in the uncomfortable chair she is sitting in. She loves us, dad is really lucky to have her.

I want to go with them tomorrow. I want to talk to Cochise about the weird snow, but I know I can't. Ben will flip out and I care about my brother to much to leave him like that. He isn't a wimp, the spikes took care of that.

"Hal?" I hear a whisper and see Anne looking at me through slitted eyes. "What are you doing up?" She asks and I just look outside. I don't want to seem like a whiny brat.

"Nothing, just nervous about Pope." I whisper and she gives me a look. The look that says I know you're lying.

Maggie is on a couch across from me. It pains me to know that if the dust was something bad then she'll be affected too.

"I'm sorry you can't go with us tomorrow." She said. Damn it she read me like a book. I guess the staring at Mags gave it away.

"Tell me everything as soon as you get back." I say as I feel myself getting pulled into sleep. The last thing I heard was Anne's response.

"Okay"

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