EPOV
"Sprite, dinner's almost ready," I tell Peyton as I lean against her door frame. She's sitting on her bed, legs crossed, tapping away on her iPad. Brady watches from his perch on the end of the bed, his little head tilted to the side as if trying to figure out what his favorite human is doing making all that noise.
Of course, his ears perk up at the mention of the word dinner. The little guy never misses a chance to join us for a meal.
"Okay," she answers without looking up. Whatever she's doing, and it could be anything from reading a book to playing Words With Friends against her Uncle Emmett, has her totally engrossed.
I sigh as I watch her for a few minutes. It feels like forever since our ice cream date and I've missed her. Missed her smile, missed her snark, missed her questions about the most random things imaginable.
The last few days have been such a whirlwind, such an intense roller coaster of emotions. As soon as Bella and I woke up this morning, I begged her to let us go get Peyton right away. I needed Bella last night, we needed each other, to be able to connect and reaffirm our love for one another. Not that it is in question … it's in every word, every touch, and every look, but we needed time last night to lose ourselves in each other. But this morning, I needed Peyton. I needed her innocence to offset the evil of Wayne's murder. I needed her unwavering loyalty to remind me what's important in life. I needed her unconditional love to show me that even though I had an awful past, I was still worthy of her and Bella.
I needed my best friend.
"Are you going to watch me all night? You know you can come in if you want to," she tells me as she glances over at me.
I push off the door frame and lay across her bed, scooting Brady in front of me. "Whatcha' doing?"
"Watching a movie."
That's all she says, she doesn't even look up to answer. I get an uneasy feeling when the silence stretches so long its uncomfortable. I pick at her comforter, wondering what's bothering her. I don't have to wonder for long though.
"Are you and Mom ready to tell me what's going on now?"
4 comments:
Gah! If he breaks in, and then hurts any of them, I swear I might go off the deep end.
Cannot wait! Peyton kills me dead and I love love love Edwards relationship with her and how genuine it is. *SWOON*
She is so smart. She reminds me if my little one. I've been sick & tried to whisper scream, & he tells me to save my voice or to learn sign language. Both are witty, unpredictable, & aren't fools to understand grown up problems. One bump over on to the next...
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