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It was time for bed, and lights out would be happening shortly, though for one little Imp this was causing a bit of anxiety. Ruxandra wasn't normally afraid of the dark, but today was different. Today, she and a few other freshlings had been enthralled by a group of juniors telling scary stories at lunch, and the little ones had gathered around slack jawed with forgotten lunches as the juniors proceeded to attempt to scare the pants off them. All except for brave Ruxxy, of course, who laughed at them and stated how the Disco Damsel didn't exist and that it was just ridiculous that murdering babysitter was. How silly! So, of course when she was challenged to do Gorey Garry that night, she promised she would! Be careful, they warned, Gorey Garry liked to cut off the tails of little freshlings who were foolish enough to summon him.

While getting ready for bed, she'd quickly sneaked in the chant of 'Gorey Garry' three times while standing in front of the mirror. The twins were right outside the door, but even so her heart hammered against her chest as she said the name each time. Gorey Garry... Gorey Garry... Gorey Garry...

Nothing. Humph, what a bunch of phooey! Mildly disappointed, she said good night to her roommates and crawled into bed before the lights went out. Ruxandra snuggled herself into her pile of stuffed animals and closed her eyes. Seconds later, her eyes flashed open: was that a footstep? No... no it was one of her roommate's snoring. Taking a few deep breaths, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

Less than 20 minutes after slumbering, she woke up with a scream and bolted straight up with a stuffed animal in hand and ready to be hurled at something. She looked around in a panic, her eyes wide with fear from the horrible dream she'd just had and her small body trembling from the adrenaline.

Rux's small body was still trembling when the light had flicked on, and tears were trickling down from her cheeks. "I-I'm sorry, I had a bad dream." Her voice was cracking as she attempted to whisper it. It looked like only Melete had woken up, and she really didn't want to wake his brother.

She reached up and rubbed the tears from her eyes, and that was when she noticed that she was sitting in a wet warmth that was quickly turning cool. Oh no... she didn't, did she? Lifting up the blankets she could see wet spots on her sheets and on her nightie. And that was when the embarrassment and frustrations hit the fan.

Her breath started to become choppy as she began melting down, crying and trying to not make a sound. She wet the bed. She'd been scared by some stupid baby story and now she'd wet the bed. And worse yet, Melete was awake and could probably very easily see, so there was no hiding it from him. He'd think she was a big ol' chicken, and would be so mad over all this, and would hate her for waking him up. She knew she should get up, change her sheets and her jammies, but she was so far down in this spiral that all she could do is sit there staring at the wet spot while giant tears rolled down her cheeks.

She was trying so hard to stop crying, desperate to not wake Mneme, but this only served to send her into hiccups. She saw Melete coming over, and tired so hard to hide her shame. His command came out, and she knew he was mad at her. He had every right to be, since she was the reason he was up out of bed.

"I.. I... I ca-ha-ha-han't" she choked out as softly as she could, following it up with a soft hiccup. Still, she found herself able to move with his orders. Her cheeks flaming bright as she slid out and silently started moving her stuffed animals and stripping her bed. "I. Am. So. Sorry. Melete." Why did it have to be him who woke up? It was bad enough that she'd wet the bed at this age, but now Melete knew. She'd never be able to look him in the eyes again.

"It's a stupid story." Ruxandra snapped out quickly, sniffling and rubbing her eyes, another hiccup escaping her. Her crying had only stopped because she seemed to have run out of liquids, and now her eyes felt really raw. She pulled off her sheets and the mattress cover and put them in a pile by the door. She sniffled a little more, looking over to Melete.

"Thank you..." it was bad enough that he was the one who'd found out, but at least he wasn't going to go around blabbing it to everyone. Everyone seemed to think that he was mean, but he really wasn't, it was just that sometimes he was very direct about his thoughts. A small smile came over her face as she saw he'd pulled out another set of PJs for her. He really was thoughtful.

She shrugged out of her damp PJs and changed into the drier clothes. She pulled her hair out from under her clothes and her tail twitched behind her as she stared at her bed. Giving a soft huff, she started setting up her mounds of stuffed animals on the floor in a sleeping pile. She'd have to sleep there tonight until she had new, clean sheets.

She'd been surprised when Melete had brought her one of his sheets, and despite the whole situation a bright smile started gracing her features as her fluffy tail wagged a little. "Thank you, Melete." Her hiccups seemed to finally subsided, but her eyes were still pretty puffy.

Carefully she flipped open the blanket, the started turning in a circle to bundle herself up in it before flopping into her pile. She wiggled like a worm for a little, nesting finally in a sitting position. She sat like that for a few minutes, then wiggled more, trying to find a comfortable position but finding nothing. Every couple of minutes she'd wriggle and shuffle herself into a new position.