"But she doesn't," Kat protested, "do I have to?"  She was wide awake and didn't see any point in just staring at the ceiling of her room.  "Common Alex, please?"  From the look on the woman's face she already knew the answer to that question.  "Goodnight," she said to Lani and then grudgingly followed Alex out of the room, muttering softly, "just because I'm short
everyone wants to order me around."
 
 
Alex leaned toward her "I'm not ordering you around, kiddo, I'm just doing what your mom would want us to do.  It'd be kind of sad if you couldn't stay with us because we didn't respect her wishes when it came to her daughter, wouldn't it?"
 
Her tone had been gentle but she needed to put her point across.  They went upstairs and Alex held Kat's door open for her, smiling gently as she watched Kat enter and crawl back up into bed.  She went over and tucked the comforter about her, touching the necklace Kat wore "Julia must really think a lot about you to have given this to you.  You be sure to take care of it okay?  It's pretty special with what it can do."
 
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