Unloved

Confessions.

"I look..beautiful?" She says looking at me with those puppy dog eyes.

"Yes sweetheart you look beautiful." I sit up and she does the same.

"uh Well you look uhm"She struggles to find the word shes looking for.

"Extremely breathtakingly handsome, yea i know." She burst out laughing and just like that the tension is completely thin.

That was close.

She looks at the time on her phone and her face goes pale. Its only 11:45.

"Do you have to be home ?" She breaks her face away from her phone and rapidly shakes her head.

"Uh n-no just drop me off at pops my car is there-"She begins to stand and gather her things and Zeus gets up with her.

He likes her more than me.

"Maggie I'm not dropping you off at pop's" I stand and gently grab her forearm and pull her back towards me. I don't miss the breath she sucked in when her back collides with my front

Strawberries and Vanilla.

"I will drive you home-"

"But my ca-" She says still not turning towards me.

"And i will drive you to pop's tomorrow morning. I was planning to get coffee anyway." I say finalizing. She thinks for a moment before nodding. When she finally turns to face me her head is down. I lift my hand and hook my finger under her chin to lift her head.

Her face is...pink?

She looks anywhere but me.

"Maggie, sweetheart are you ok?" I tease.

"Yup" she still hasn't looked at me.

"Maggie" I tilt my head so it's in her line of view.

When she finally looks at me she almost looks... afraid?

"Maggie do I frighten you" I pull my hand away and take a step back.

"What ? No" She immediately steps closer and grabs my hand.

"I could never be afraid of you. Im sorry if i made you feel otherwise. C'mon lets go i have to be home" with that she gathers the blankets and walks to the car. Zeus sits in front of me with those same puppy dog eyes.

Don't look at me like that.

I get Zeus and walk to the car. once he settled, I got in the drivers seat and look at Maggie. She's looking out the window. I wonder whats got her so scared, or who.

Maggie puts her address in the GPS and I begin the drive to her house. The drive was mostly quiet. I was coming up on the last turn before we get there and Maggie tenses. I can sense the change in the atmosphere. When i pull up to where the GPS said to stop, I notice a cute white house.

This has to be the house. It screams maggie.

"Thank you" she barely whispers.

"Maggie are you okay"  I ask looking at her sad little face.

"Yea" she whimpers.

*Flash Back*

"She lives in Toronto now with her new family. She doesn't even bother to check in. I'm here dealing with a 40 year old man who takes his anger out on me any chance he gets." She lets out a long frustrated breath."

*Present*

"A 40 year old man who takes his anger out on me any chance he gets"