Prologue.
"Promise you won't tell anyone."
I couldn't see him as he was obscured by the dark, and even though he couldn't see me either I smiled.
"I promise."
We found our pinky fingers in the dark and wiggled them, making it an oath that would last a lifetime. I heard him rustling and moving, and I assumed he was changing his pants. After a while it was completely quiet, and without a warning the light switched on.
He was wearing different pajama pants, the dirty one in his hands. His face was beet red and his eyes didn't meet mine.
"It's okay Jack, don't be embarrassed." I said, my small hands taking the pants from him. With the hand that wasn't holding the pants I grasped his, and walked out the back door towards the trash can. "No one will find it here." I assured him as I pushed it inside the trash can not letting go of his hand.