Emma shuddered in Seamus' arms, but eventually the tears dried up. She sat gasping for breath, letting his arms soothe her. She crawled into his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I'm going to miss you Seamus," she sniffled. "What about Tigger?" The little kitten seamed to hear his name and came bounding over, licking Emma's tear stained cheek and making her giggle a little.
She rested her head on his shoulder and blinked, feeling sleepy all of a sudden. But she didn't want to go to sleep. What if Seamus left while she was sleeping. Just thinking about that made her start to cry again, but it wasn't as hard to breathe as last time.