Kiss You Between the Ears (13) *End*
Authentic.
- Maggie -
I felt the warmth of the sun as it streamed through my windows. Sighing I rolled over, opening my eyes to a beautiful August morning. I felt a nice breeze come through the window, making the white cotton drapes drift up and down. Looking at the clock it was 8:00 and today was the day that Bonnie and Eddy would be at the farmers market in a town a few hours from here. This meant one thing: it was a free day.
My door opens a crack and I sit up curiously.
"Shoot!" I hear Alec hiss. Pushing the door open with his foot, Alec appears holding a tray full of amazing breakfast food.
"What is this?" I ask beaming at him.
"I made your breakfast," he says with a boyish grin on his face.
"Well, you didn’t have to do that for me." I accept the tray on my lap.
"I wanted to." He kisses my forehead. "I dropped your fork on the way up here, let me go, get you another one." When he leaves I think of how amazing he is. Coming back in, he closes the door behind him and comes to sit with me on the bed.
"I feel like you're buttering me up for something." I take a bite of the bacon, giggling slightly. When he doesn’t laugh, I give him a look.
"Well, we need to talk," he nervously fidgets with his buttons on his shirt.
"About what?" I thought everything was fine. Unless it’s about what I told him a few weeks ago when we were at the river bank.
"You do realize I’m going to be leaving -"
"I don’t want to talk about this." I stop his words.
"I know, neither do I, but we have to at some point..." He stays patient.
"Not today... today’s a good day." I beg with pleading eyes. He just nods and bites into the bacon strip I was holding, making me laugh.
- Alec -
I wanted to talk to her about this, but I know she wouldn’t let me. Which will make everything the more harder when I leave.
The day was full of laughter and kisses. We took a picnic out to the field with a basket, blanket, and small radio. When it started to pour down we started laughing and a slow song came on the radio so I stood holding out my hand to her. She took it, letting me pull her up in to me. I held her as we danced in the rain.
Hour later, the sun was back out and we were in the living room, reading magazines, laughing about stupid things people do. She look so authentic in her cut shorts, lace blue tank top and hair in a mess braid that came down her left shoulder.
In all the silence of the country something from a distance sounded out-of-place. As the sound came closer and closer I got up to check outside. Letting the screen door slam behind us, Maggie and I went out to the front porch where a black car pulled up. The driver came out to open the door, that’s when my mother stepped out.
"ALEC!" She squealed running up the front steps, throwing her arms around me, a little too dramatically. I sigh, slightly giving in. I wanted to push her away and ask her why she was here, but I stayed calm.
"What are you doing here?" I try to smile.
"I came to take you home, silly!" She says it as though it’s obvious. Eddy’s truck rolls up and Bonnie steps out,
"Susan... what a surprise." I can tell she’s trying to be nice but is slightly annoyed at her daughter.
"Bonnie." My mother acknowledges her.
"We aren’t Ma and Pa anymore?" Eddy asks trying to be relaxed as well.
"Won’t you come in?" Bonnie changes the topic.
A few minutes later we are all sitting around the table with lemonades in front of us, sipping them in silence.
"Why have you come?" Eddy breaks the quiet.
"I’ve come to take my son home." Mother says firmly.
"Does he want to go home? Eddy asks not to nicely.
"What are you talking about? Of course he does," she hisses.
"You made your decision to leave and forget about us when you were 18 so let him make HIS choice, Susan," Eddy yelled, standing.
"He is MY son -"
"You are MY daughter, but I still let you go." He counters making her back down. The room gets strangely quiet.
"Can I talk to my son alone?" She stares at the glass in front of her. Eddy, Bonnie, and Maggie exit to the kitchen, leaving us alone.
"Mom, you know I love you but I can’t leave." I say, looking at her from across the table.
"Is it the girl?" She asks numbly.
"It’s Maggie, yes. But, it’s also everyone else. The friends I’ve made and the family I have here," I try to reason.
"Do you have a plan?" She tests me.
"Well, I could finish my senior year off here, helping them during harvest season. You could visit for the holidays or whenever. But, Mom, please let me stay," I beg her. A few moments of me staring at her while she thought, passed.
"You must keep your grades up." She looks at me sternly and I nod. "And you must call me every other day, let me know how you're doing," I nod. "And you got to make me proud." With that she smiles, standing to hug me.
In that moment, all was going to be okay.
- Three months later -
"Shhh" I brush Lucy as she huffs shaking her mane. Brushing the horses have always been my favorite job. I lead her back to her stable and locked the door behind me.
"Who is that cute cowboy," a voice comes from behind me. Turning, I see Maggie leaning against the barn doorway. She wore cowgirl boots, skinny jeans and a large cardigan that came down to the middle of her thigh. Her hair was in that braid that came down her left shoulder. I couldn’t stop thinking about how perfect that picture looked. Authentic, even.
"Come on, we have a dinner waiting for us." She smiles. I hold her hand when we walk through the door. It was pretty obvious that her and I were together. Everyone said they knew but we didn’t care, not anymore.
"Don’t you just love this." She murmured letting her head rest on my shoulder as she admired the scene. Bonnie and Eddy were making dinner in the kitchen, teasing around. Our friends were playing cards at the table, paired off in couples. My mother and father were arm-in-arm looking at photos hanging in the hallway, smiling. My dad came back a month after I chose to stay here. He realized there was nothing more that he wanted than mother. I could feel the love coming off of them, now.
"Maggie, how could I not?" I sigh kissing her forehead.
I was wrong. I have felt God’s grace... this whole time. Coming to here. Meeting Maggie and my new friends. Experiencing love. Learning life lesson. Seeing Mother and Father fall back in love. Some of it wasn’t ideal but now, it was all worth it.
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- END -
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I felt the warmth of the sun as it streamed through my windows. Sighing I rolled over, opening my eyes to a beautiful August morning. I felt a nice breeze come through the window, making the white cotton drapes drift up and down. Looking at the clock it was 8:00 and today was the day that Bonnie and Eddy would be at the farmers market in a town a few hours from here. This meant one thing: it was a free day.
My door opens a crack and I sit up curiously.
"Shoot!" I hear Alec hiss. Pushing the door open with his foot, Alec appears holding a tray full of amazing breakfast food.
"What is this?" I ask beaming at him.
"I made your breakfast," he says with a boyish grin on his face.
"Well, you didn’t have to do that for me." I accept the tray on my lap.
"I wanted to." He kisses my forehead. "I dropped your fork on the way up here, let me go, get you another one." When he leaves I think of how amazing he is. Coming back in, he closes the door behind him and comes to sit with me on the bed.
"I feel like you're buttering me up for something." I take a bite of the bacon, giggling slightly. When he doesn’t laugh, I give him a look.
"Well, we need to talk," he nervously fidgets with his buttons on his shirt.
"About what?" I thought everything was fine. Unless it’s about what I told him a few weeks ago when we were at the river bank.
"You do realize I’m going to be leaving -"
"I don’t want to talk about this." I stop his words.
"I know, neither do I, but we have to at some point..." He stays patient.
"Not today... today’s a good day." I beg with pleading eyes. He just nods and bites into the bacon strip I was holding, making me laugh.
- Alec -
I wanted to talk to her about this, but I know she wouldn’t let me. Which will make everything the more harder when I leave.
The day was full of laughter and kisses. We took a picnic out to the field with a basket, blanket, and small radio. When it started to pour down we started laughing and a slow song came on the radio so I stood holding out my hand to her. She took it, letting me pull her up in to me. I held her as we danced in the rain.
Hour later, the sun was back out and we were in the living room, reading magazines, laughing about stupid things people do. She look so authentic in her cut shorts, lace blue tank top and hair in a mess braid that came down her left shoulder.
In all the silence of the country something from a distance sounded out-of-place. As the sound came closer and closer I got up to check outside. Letting the screen door slam behind us, Maggie and I went out to the front porch where a black car pulled up. The driver came out to open the door, that’s when my mother stepped out.
"ALEC!" She squealed running up the front steps, throwing her arms around me, a little too dramatically. I sigh, slightly giving in. I wanted to push her away and ask her why she was here, but I stayed calm.
"What are you doing here?" I try to smile.
"I came to take you home, silly!" She says it as though it’s obvious. Eddy’s truck rolls up and Bonnie steps out,
"Susan... what a surprise." I can tell she’s trying to be nice but is slightly annoyed at her daughter.
"Bonnie." My mother acknowledges her.
"We aren’t Ma and Pa anymore?" Eddy asks trying to be relaxed as well.
"Won’t you come in?" Bonnie changes the topic.
A few minutes later we are all sitting around the table with lemonades in front of us, sipping them in silence.
"Why have you come?" Eddy breaks the quiet.
"I’ve come to take my son home." Mother says firmly.
"Does he want to go home? Eddy asks not to nicely.
"What are you talking about? Of course he does," she hisses.
"You made your decision to leave and forget about us when you were 18 so let him make HIS choice, Susan," Eddy yelled, standing.
"He is MY son -"
"You are MY daughter, but I still let you go." He counters making her back down. The room gets strangely quiet.
"Can I talk to my son alone?" She stares at the glass in front of her. Eddy, Bonnie, and Maggie exit to the kitchen, leaving us alone.
"Mom, you know I love you but I can’t leave." I say, looking at her from across the table.
"Is it the girl?" She asks numbly.
"It’s Maggie, yes. But, it’s also everyone else. The friends I’ve made and the family I have here," I try to reason.
"Do you have a plan?" She tests me.
"Well, I could finish my senior year off here, helping them during harvest season. You could visit for the holidays or whenever. But, Mom, please let me stay," I beg her. A few moments of me staring at her while she thought, passed.
"You must keep your grades up." She looks at me sternly and I nod. "And you must call me every other day, let me know how you're doing," I nod. "And you got to make me proud." With that she smiles, standing to hug me.
In that moment, all was going to be okay.
- Three months later -
"Shhh" I brush Lucy as she huffs shaking her mane. Brushing the horses have always been my favorite job. I lead her back to her stable and locked the door behind me.
"Who is that cute cowboy," a voice comes from behind me. Turning, I see Maggie leaning against the barn doorway. She wore cowgirl boots, skinny jeans and a large cardigan that came down to the middle of her thigh. Her hair was in that braid that came down her left shoulder. I couldn’t stop thinking about how perfect that picture looked. Authentic, even.
"Come on, we have a dinner waiting for us." She smiles. I hold her hand when we walk through the door. It was pretty obvious that her and I were together. Everyone said they knew but we didn’t care, not anymore.
"Don’t you just love this." She murmured letting her head rest on my shoulder as she admired the scene. Bonnie and Eddy were making dinner in the kitchen, teasing around. Our friends were playing cards at the table, paired off in couples. My mother and father were arm-in-arm looking at photos hanging in the hallway, smiling. My dad came back a month after I chose to stay here. He realized there was nothing more that he wanted than mother. I could feel the love coming off of them, now.
"Maggie, how could I not?" I sigh kissing her forehead.
I was wrong. I have felt God’s grace... this whole time. Coming to here. Meeting Maggie and my new friends. Experiencing love. Learning life lesson. Seeing Mother and Father fall back in love. Some of it wasn’t ideal but now, it was all worth it.
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