“Ugh!” Sienna said. “I’m glad Wendy realised that we needed to get to inside… do they know what caused it yet?”
“The first thing was a meteor that exploded in the air,” her mother said. “The fog is still a mystery as are the shootings. They don’t think they are related.”
Sienna snorted sceptically and sipped her milk. “It seems a bit too coincidental.”
“Coincidences do happen, Sienna.”
“So someone happened to release a mysterious gas at the same time a meteor explodes overhead while someone else goes on a shooting spree?”
“Well when you put it like that… but how would they have known about the meteor?”
Sienna threw her arms in air. “I don’t know, that’s part of why I can’t sleep. This whole situation is way too scary.”
Her mother didn’t reply but just pulled her into a hug. Sienna hugged back before pulling away to finish her milk.
“Let’s watch the documentary instead,” Sienna said. “I’m sure the experts will figure it out in the end.”
“I hope so,” her mother said.
The documentary did provide a nice distraction and between it and the warm milk Sienna felt comfortably sleepy by the time it finished. She was just considering getting up and going upstairs when her mother popped a granny blanket over her and offered her a cushion.
“Stay down here,” her mother suggested, “You’ll probably be less anxious if you know you’re not alone.”
“Okay.” Sienna took the pillow and curled up on the sofa.
It seemed there was something to that because Sienna soon drifted off into a surprisingly dream-free sleep.
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