Kiss My Eyes And Lay Me To Sleep

Chapter 34

I will always be with you.

Makes no difference where

your road takes you to.

Even if we´re apart,

now we´re joined at the path.

Though our moment may be gone

you and i will still live on.

I will always be with you.

I´ll be by your side whatever you do.

Other mem´ries may fade,

but the ones that we made

are eternal as a star.

Now I´m part of who you are.

And I´ll be there with you in the sound of your laughter.

I´ll be in the tears you cry,

´cause the way you and I

have touched one and other

doesn´t end with goodbye.

I wll always be with you,

like a guardian angel, constant and true.

When you´re lost in the night

and you can´t see the light

my love will see you through.

I will always be there.

You have me there.

I will always be with you.

I approached the two-story brick house, and knocked timidly. I had placed my sunglasses in my bag and taken out a scarf to wrap around my neck. After a moment, a girl, about my height came to the door and opened it. She sized me up and cleared her throat.

"You Nathan?" She asked in a Southern accent. I nodded.

"Yeah."

She opened the door wider and stepped to the side.

I gathered my things and walked in tentatively, searching for China. Immediately the smell of homemade goodies hit me. It smelled wonderful.

"Down the hall, third door on the right." Audrey said, seeming to sense what I wanted to know.

I thanked her and made my way to China's room, passing by the main sitting room where a small child was sleeping in front of a Christmas tree. I smiled at the picture. There was no doubt that Sena was the child sleeping by the tree. She'd grown quite a bit since I'd last seen her.

I found China's room and stood in front of it. I was nervous. I just couldn't imagine her having a baby bump. Would she feel ashamed? Would she hate me for leaving her then showing up unexpectedly? I took a breath and opened the door. I needed to see my girlfriend.

The room was dark when I walked in, but the TV was on. "Personal Soldier" by our band was on repeat. I looked over at the bed and China was curled up in her favorite wolf blanket, sound asleep. Her hair was splayed out on the pillow one hand reaching out for something. Her pale skin seemed to almost glow in the dim TV lighting. She was wearing one of my old shirts I'd given her. I smiled. Her chest rose and fell slowly, signaling she was deep in sleep. I quickly laid my bags aside and stripped down to my underwear and crawled into bed with her. It'd been so long since I'd been this close to her. It was killing me. Gently, I cradled her to me, inhaling her scent, feeling how soft and warm she was. She stirred and buried her face in my chest. "Nathan..." I smiled at the way she said my name. "I'm here, babe. I love you." I whispered. She sighed and drifted back to sleep, safe in my arms.

We laid like that for what seemed like only minutes, but going by the clock, we'd been laying her for over an hour and a half. I just loved lying here watching her sleep. Seeing her seem so peaceful, and at ease made her look even prettier.

As I stroked her cheek, her sleepy eyes opened slightly. She mumbled and rubbed the sleep from them before looking at me fully. A slightly puzzled look was on her face. "Nath?" She asked skeptically. I nodded.

"God, I've got to quit going to KFC so late at night. It's fucking with my head." She sighed, and shook her head to clear it.

"Babe, nothing's messing with your head. I'm here. I just got in."

She froze for a moment, then her whole face lit up. She wrapped her small arms around my neck and I held her close, enjoying the scent of her hair.

"But…how? I thought—." "Kelsey's been having issues with the baby. We canceled the rest of the tour." I interrupted.

She then withdrawled from me. "How'd you know where I was staying at?"

"I talked to Audrey. She gave me directions here." I then paused and grasped her hand.

"She also told me… that you're pregnant. Is that true?" I looked her dead in the eye. I needed to know.

She looked away, seeming ashamed. "Yeah, I am."

"How far along?" I asked monotonously.

"Five months, almost six."

"How long have you known?"

"Since about three months in." She said quietly. I sighed. Why didn't she just tell me when she found out?

"I wanted to tell you. Figured you'd be upset, or want to shut me up. I mean bringing a baby up will mess with your career. And I don't want you to feel like you have to come to my every beck and call."

I grasped her hand. "Babe, I don't care about what people say. I love you. I wanna be in this kid's life. I want to do what my dad never did. I wanna raise her right."

"You think it'll be a girl?" She asked, raising a brow.

I felt my face redden slightly, and I rubbed the back of my neck nervously.

"Erm, yeah. When-whenever I think about…us having a kid, I see a little girl."

That got her attention. She stared at me with her loving gray eyes. "You're serious about being with me? Even with this…baby growing in me?"

I looked at her in shock. "I'll always be with you, China." I said, meaning every word of it. "I love you."

Haha sorry for the long hiatus! Hope everyone had a good holiday & I hope this chapter makes up for me being such an awful person :(

I wanna thank everyone of you who've taken the time to read and review my story! You all are amazing! Big hugs! xx