Dream Catcher (Cody Carson story)

Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn

When Cody asked me to be his by using our song lyrics, I couldn't stop smiling. It made me so happy. He's really sweet.

I wake up the next morning and call Jenn. I tell her what happened the night before, leaving out what happened with Cody. No one can know about that. Cody could get into a lot of trouble for dating his student. I don't want to risk it. I saw him and a boy, I assumed was his son, at the park. He looked curious when he saw me with Elizabeth. Elizabeth is Jace's 7 year old sister. Jenn and I take her to the park every Saturday, as long as she behaves and does her school work that week. I can't stop thinking about him. I'm really glad he left when he did, so Chelsea didn't see us asleep together. I still wonder how on earth this could work. I mean I'm graduating in a few months. But would we be able to hide our relationship for that long? Can we be sneaky enough? A thousand questions run through my head. I call my dad and talk to him a bit. We make small talk and hang up. He's doing better, but I didn't tell him about Chelsea.

I get out of bed and take a shower. A half hour later I walk into my room, in my tank top and panties, drying my hair. I see my phone light up and I pick it up, and open the text.

“Morning beautiful.”

I smile, I've never had a good morning text before. I bte my lip and text back.

“Good morning handsome.”
He instantly replies,

“Can I ask you something?”

“Of course! whats up?”

“Do you wanna come over for lunch and meet my son?”

I reply, “Sounds great!”

“Great. Come over around 1?”

“I'll be there.”

We stop texting and I get ready. I feel nervous but I love kids, so I'm pretty excited. It's 10:30 so I have time. I go downstairs and let my dog outside. I grab a bottle of water and sit on the couch and turn on the news.

The reports are talking about a missing girl who was recently found dead in a corn field. Creepy right? Talk about Children of the corn. I'm aware that crimes happen everywhere but it barely heard of here. Everyone's really nice, and everyone knows each other. The poor girl, 23 years old, and lost her life that tragically. Her name is Vanessa. She was found with her neck slit. It's aweful and brutal. Her family must be having a tough time with this.

One o'clock comes and I get in my car after feeding my dog lunch, and I drive to Cody's. I knock. He opens the door and hugs me. I smile and hug back. I look up at him and notice that his eyes are red, like he'd been crying.

“Cody? Whats wrong?” I ask, worriedly.

“Um.. my ex.. she was found.. dead this morning..”

“Oh my god, Cody I'm so sorry!”

I pull him into a hug, I know he needs one. He picks me up and carries me into the living room, onto the couch and he sits down with me on his lap. I hug him close and he buries his face in my neck.

We sit like that until we hear his 3 year old son at the top of the stairs. He looks at me.

“Will you stay while I tell him?”

I nod, “Of course.”

His son comes downstairs and Cody sets him on his lap and explains how his mother loved him very much and then started to explain that she was with angels now. I knew Jake didn't know his mother that well, but I could see all the hope of one day meeting his mother crash to the ground and shatter. I felt so bad for the kid. Losing his mother at a young age, is tough. Losing your mother at any age is just difficult.

After they both stop crying, Cody introduces me to him and a sad smile forms on the boys lips. I give him a soft smile.

He looks up at me, “Are you gonna leave us too one day?”

I look at him, a little shocked. I glance at Cody, then back at his son.

I shake my head, “I'm not leaving as long as you both want me around.”

He nods, and he gets up and hugs me. I smile sadly. This poor kid. I hug him back softly.

Cody gets up and we follow him to the kitchen. He starts making food for us, as Jake tells us, mostly me, about school. He's definitely a talkative cutie. I love this kid already. We have lunch together and then we all sit on the couch and watch cartoons with Jake. Jake sitting between us. Before we know it, Jake is asleep, leaning against me. This poor kid needed a mother.. but, should it be me? Should I even try to be a mother to this kid? I mean, yes. I love kids, and it's not like I had the kid. Maybe I could step up and try to take the role. Not that I could ever replace his mother, even if he never even met her. I'll talk to Cody about it later. I notice Cody looking at me.

“What?” I look over at him.

“Wanna help me tuck him in?”

I smile and nod, “I'd love too.”

Cody picks Jake up, and we go upstairs and he lays Jake in bed. We both tuck him in and I kiss his forehead. We go back downstairs and sit on the couch, me sitting next to Cody, running my fingers through his hair. We talk for a while, as I see him starting to feel a bit better, but knowing he's still hurt. We talk about his son too. I feel so bad for him and his son. I know I'm gonna be there for him.

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Sorry I din't update yesterday... or the Frday before. A lot of street going on here. I will update every Friday. I also had a minor writersblock. But, i figured out where I wanted it to go. So hope you liked it!

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