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Badly Taught Boy (Part 5)

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Badly Taught Boy (Part 5) [Bump in the night]

At approximately 9 O’Clock that Saturday evening, I told Kieran that it was time for him to go to bed.  As per my religion, The elders that had visited had taught Kieran about having family prayer together with me each evening, and that was what we had done just prior to Kieran going into the bathroom and brushing his teeth.  When he had finished brushing his teeth, Kieran walked into his bedroom, where I was waiting on the side of the bed.  The main light was out, but I had turned the bedside lamp on for him.  Kieran joined me on the side of the bed, and yawned.

“It’s been such a long day Christian.”  Kieran said to me.

“It sure has.  So how did you feel about The Elders of the Mormon Church coming over?”

“It was very eventful.  Learning about religion for the first time in my life has given me more light of what reality is really like.”

“How about the meal out?”

“I loved it.  It was wonderful.”

I smiled.

“So how do you feel overall, being with me?”

“I couldn’t feel any happier Christian.  Being with you, I’m having the time of my life, every day of my life.  I couldn’t ask for my life to be any better than this.  Learning to play non-violent games, being able to wear clothes of my own.”

“And all that is because you’re being looked after by someone who cares about you, and what you’ve been through in your life.”

Kieran pulled a wide smile.

“You’re a wonderful guardian Christian.  I wish all people in the world were like you.”

“So do I.”

Kieran and I hugged.

“Now get yourself a good sleep Kieran.  You’re going to need to feel refreshed for Tomorrow, going to the house of the lord to worship thee.”

“Oh I’ll be ready.  That I assure you.”

I gave Kieran a kiss on the forehead.

“Goodnight Kieran.”

“Goodnight Christian.”

I stood up and left the room, closing the door behind me.  Kieran untied his trainers and took them off, rubbing his bare feet before climbing into bed to get some shut eye.  He tuned off the lamp and went immediately to sleep.

~ ~ ~

After Midnight that night, Kieran was sleeping soundly under the covers.  He was lying flat on his back, with his hands behind his head.  But his mind wasn’t completely asleep, as before long it began to enter the dream world.  In it, Kieran was having a sleepless night, and he was still in the same position.  His eyes however were half open as it was unusually bright outside for this time of night.  The room was relatively plain, and there were no curtains at the windows.

Kieran sat up on the bed and looked out of the window.  The moon was slowly emerging from behind a dark cloud, clearing up the sky outside.

“What a beautiful moon.”  Kieran said to himself.  “I must get a closer look.”

Kieran threw the covers off his bed to discover that he was wearing jeans with his pyjama top, as oppose to a matching pair of pyjamas shorts.  He placed his bare feet on the carpeted floor, and then took a couple of steps towards a pair of white and black trainers.  He slipped his feet into these trainers without putting socks on first, and then walked outside of his bedroom to the nearby woodland.

Still half asleep, Kieran walked about half a mile through the woodland to a clearing, and stopped to look up at the full moon above his head, admiring the sight of it.

“Such a beautiful sight.”  Kieran said softly to himself.

But at that very moment of thought, Kieran felt his body tremble vigourously.  He closed his eyes and crunched his face as the his bones change shape all over his skeleton.

Kieran’s bare feet pierced through the toecaps of his trainers and broke them off, where they then started to change into wolf legs.  His jeans were violently torn off by themselves as a tail pierced through the buttocks.  When Kieran felt his face start to contort, he put his clawed wolf hands to the foldover of his pyjama top, and ripped it in two, revealing his contorting bare chest underneath it.  Kieran’s transformation quickly finished itself off, and he was now standing in the middle of the forest as a werewolf with the back of his pyjama top still hanging on.  As Kieran began to run through the forest as his new werewolf however, his dream abruptly ended, and he found himself back in his room.  He was breathing uneasy and sweating, and still lying in his bed, under his covers.  In a sudden panic, he threw the covers off of him and looked down at himself.  He was still wearing his two-piece pyjamas, not a pair of jeans.  He then looked down at his trainers beside the bed, which were still in one piece.

Despite feeling the relief of not losing his clothes in real life, Kieran felt really bad after experiencing the nightmare, and felt that he needed me to comfort him.

Still shaking, Kieran got out of bed, and headed through a door connecting his room to mine.  He opened it slowly, sneaked through, and closed the door gently.  Kieran then approached my bed and gave me a small nudge.

“Christian?  Are you awake?”

I slowly awoke, and looked into Kieran’s eyes.

“Are you awake Christian?”

“I am now.”  I said softly.  “What’s the problem?”

“I had a nightmare.”

I sat up and turned on the lamp at my bedside.  I then shimmied over and gave Kieran some space to sit up on the covers with me.  I even wrapped my arm around him.

“Tell me what happened?”

“I became a werewolf.  I saw myself in a plain bedroom where the full moon was coming out from behind the clouds outside.  Still half asleep, I put my trainers on and went outside to get a closer look, which is when I transformed.”

“Interesting.”

Kieran was puzzled at my answer.  For although he had since calmed down from the experience of this nightmare, he wondered…

“What’s so interesting about me becoming a werewolf?”

“Not the werewolf part, just how you described the nightmare.”

Kieran tried to hold back a laugh.

“See how I’ve lightened your mood?”

Kieran couldn’t hold his laugh back now.  I ruffled his hair.

“I never knew you had a talent for comedy Christian.”

“It feels good to laugh out loud, doesn’t it?”

“Indeed it does.”

When Kieran stopped laughing, he took a deep breath.

“Anyway.  Have you been experiencing other nightmares like this one?”

“Many times.  Sometimes similar, other times very different.”

“And how often do you experience them?”

“Once or twice a week, usually.”

“An do you have any suspicions as to why you may be experiencing nightmares like this?”

“I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if it had something to do with my upbringing.”

“So you don’t think it’s normal to have nightmares at your age?”

“My parents told me that nightmares are normal for all human beings, but they later claimed that they never got them as a child.”

“Well that’s blatantly a lie.  All children experience nightmares, sometimes grown ups as well.  And some people experience nightmares more often than others.”

“Can they affect people’s lives?  Nightmares?”

“Sometimes, if your wisdom and self esteem isn’t strong enough.”

It was then that, something else came to my mind in reference to what I just said.

“While I’m on this subject, I should ask you something.  Have you ever heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?”

The words sparked Kieran’s memory.

“Yes.  The term definitely rings a bell somewhere.  Something I read up in my science lessons at school.  Why do you ask?”

“Has your doctor ever told you that might have a disability like that?”

“My parents kept refusing to go to the GP, so they had to come to us uninvited.  He was never very welcomed in our home, as my parents always tried to fob him off with excuses.”

“Surprise surprise.”

“Ditto.”

“You know Kieran, I’m surprised that you’ve got the strength and the bravery to come to someone like me, and tell me everything about the way you were brought up.  And I’m very thankful for that.”

“You’re welcome.”

“I hope you realise that everything you’re telling me is going to go to Social Services.  It’s all good evidence you know?”

“Is it?”

“Didn’t you say that your parents were so good at hiding evidence from the police?”

“I did.”

“Well that’s why Social Services need to know about all of this.  Everything you can tell me about them will hopefully lead to their prosecution.  Because if all they ever cared about was abusing you and doing countless other things to get to you, they deserve to be behind bars.”

“Me too.”

Kieran started to get tears in his eyes.  I encouraged him to roll on top of me so that I could give him a warm and loving hug, chest to chest.  I rubbed Kieran’s back to keep him calm.

“Christian?  What would you think if you became my new legal father?”

“I’d love it.  I’ve always wanted a son like you.  But If I was a married man, I’d have wanted to adopt nonetheless, just because I would want an already mature aged boy.”

Kieran laughed again.

“I can’t pretend to ask why you think that way.  Even I don’t cope with toddlers crying their eyes out and screaming their mouths off.”

“Ooh you cheeky monkey.”

Kieran laughed once more.

“Anyway.”  Kieran looked into my eyes.  “I phoned Social Services earlier this evening while you were showering, and I’ve asked for a meeting with them here on Monday.  There are a few things that I need to know from them, and a few things that you might be able to tell them about your parents too.”

Kieran smiled.  “Sounds good.”

Kieran hugged me again, more firmly this time.  I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Such a good boy you are Kieran.”

“And such a wonderful man you are Christian.”

I patted Kieran’s back thrice, then we finally relinquished.

“Now get yourself a good sleep son.  You’re going to need it for tomorrow morning.”

Kieran nodded his head, still smiling at me as he shimmied off the bed.

“Goodnight Christian.”

“Goodnight Kieran.”

As Kieran went back into his room, I turned off my bedside lamp and went back to sleep.  Next-door, Kieran climbed back into his bed and also went back to sleep.

...To be continued...

Here is part five of Badly Taught Boy.

In this episode, Kieran has a nightmare about becoming a werewolf, and comes to me for comfort.
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