Hurting Till Love and Healing

Chapter Five

Later that same day, I hear Cody on the phone with someone. "Thank you. I want him behind bars. I don't want him anywhere near my Maizie. He won't hurt her ever again." I decide to walk into his room confused as to who he's talking to. "Thank you officer Webb." Officer Webb? First of all why is he talking to an officer and second why is it my sister's husband. "Also is there any way I can get you to bring Emma and Kinzly by to see Maizie?" "Cody?" "Maizie! Hey I gotta go thank you for helping me out man." "Why were you talking to my sister's husband?" "He was still at the station and just happened to pick up the phone." "Well why were you calling the police station." "I remembered that my house has security cameras outside and I decided to report Blake." "Why would you do that? Why are you going through all of this trouble." He quickly closes the gap between us and has his arms wrapped around me as my eyes start to water. "I'm doing this because I love you. I want to protect you the best that I can." "Y-you love me?" "Of course I love you! What's not to love?" I smile at his caring heart.
He looks down at me and his intense gaze makes me all flustered. I bite my lip and it only catches his attention. "Are you teasing me?" He says with a devilish smirk. "W-what n-no!" He just smiles at me and his gaze falls back to my lips. I smile in anticipation waiting for him to talk again but he doesn't. He continues to stare at me. He looks up to my eyes, down to my lips, and back up to my eyes as if asking for permission. I bite my lip again hoping he would stop asking for permission and just kiss me. He takes that invitation and places his soft lips onto mine. I reach my hands up to his face and pull him closer into me. He wraps his warm arms tighter around my waist and that's when I realize I'm still weak.
He then picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist not breaking away from the kiss. He sits down on his bed with me in his lap. When we finally break for air all I see is him. It's like the rest of the world is gone. After that kiss I'm positive that he is my forever. Snapping me out of my thoughts I hear the doorbell ring. "Ugh, do we have to answer it? I'm getting tired of people." He looks at me with a mock hurt and a cheesy smirk appears on his face. "Of course not you! I could never get tired of your devilish smirk."
I finally get off his lap after the doorbell rings for the fifth time. "I guess you can go answer it." "Aren't you gonna come with me?" "Hmm, I guess I could.... But I am pretty comfortable in this bed...." He then picks me up and throws me over his shoulder carrying me out of the room. "Hey! Put me down!" He finally puts me down when we get to the door and I pout, making a smirk appear on his face yet again. He then opens the door and I'm overwhelmed with joy. "Uppie uppie" I hear a tiny voice say. "Kinzly she can't pick you up, she's hurt." I hear my sister say. "Emma? What are you doing here?" "Cody asked Isaac to bring us here and I wanted to check on my little sister." "Well I'm glad you're here. Kind of." "Kind of?" "Don't ask." I hear Cody say behind me. I grab baby Kinzly's hand and lead them into the living room.
Later that night we are still in the living room catching up. "How are you?" Emma asks me for like the hundredth time. "I'm okay now, I'm still pretty weak. Cody definitely knows how to keep me on my toes though." I say with a sly smile in his direction. He smiles back. "It's getting late. Emma would like to stay in the guest room?" "Well where is Maizie gonna sleep then?" "With me." She gives me an interested look as if planning mine and Cody's wedding or something. "Emma, are you and Kinzly gonna stay in the guest room or what?" "Oh! Oh yeah we are, I just need to let Isaac know because he is still on shift.
We get up to our rooms and we say our good nights. Once Emma and Kinzly are in their room for the night I look at Cody and it seems as though he knows what I'm thinking. He picks me up by my waist and my legs instinctively wrap around him. Instead of kissing him like I initially wanted to, I decided to take in this homey smell only he has. "Baby, you can't kiss me if your head is in my neck." "Oh really? Watch me!" I then place a few small kisses on the side of his beck and I can feel the goose bumps form on his arms around me. "Hey! Let's at least get in the room first before you continue to make me feel this way!"
We sit down on the bed while I still have my head cuddled into the sweet spot on his neck. He moves his grip from around my waist and turns my body to make me face him. "Look at me." He says with a sweet smile. I can't say no to that face. "Why don't you go get changed and then we cuddle all night long." "Hmm, but that means I would have to leave you in the first place. How about you come with me?" "What happened to the innocent Maizie I met two months ago?" "I guess I warmed up to you." I say with a shrug and he only laughs a little. "Come let's go get you some clothes out of Gracie's closet."
After we get clothes from Gracie's room we walk to the bathroom so I can change. Cody picks me up and sets me on the counter before I could do anything. "I guess you're helping me." I say sweetly and he just looks at me with his devilish smirk that I've come to adore. He grabs the bottom of the t-shirt I'm wearing and pulls it over my head, exposing my wounds to the cold open air. I hiss at the cold a little bit and he instantly wraps his arms around me to warm me up. It works so easily and then I put my shirt on. I take off my bra underneath my shirt and then he turns me around to face him. "It's kind of hot in my room so how bout we put some shorts on you."
He grabs my waist and unties the sweatpants I'm wearing. He pulls them down and grabs the shorts from off the counter. He avoids looking at me I'm guessing so he can't get any ideas but that isn't working for me. "Hey, look at me." I say trying not to laugh at the expression on his face as he's trying not to hurt me while pulling my shorts up over my butt. "Okay all done." He pulls his shirt off and we walk back to his room. He picks me up again and sets me in the bed. I roll onto my side watching his every move. "You know if you keep watching me like that I'm not going to be able to resist you for much longer." "Who said you have to resist me?" His head snaps straight towards me and he smiles. He crawls into his side of the bed laying a mere inch away from me so that he can continue to look at my face.
He smiles again and places a soft kiss to my lips then to my head. "Maizie?" "Yes Cody?" I reply while rolling onto my other side. "Will you be my girlfriend?" "What?!" "I want you to be my girlfriend." "W-why?" "Because I'm in love with you and I want to wake up with you every day." "Hmm I'll think about it." "Maizie...please just say yes." "Of course I'll be your girlfriend." I say rolling back to face him. He finally wraps his arms around me and tucks his head into my neck as I feel him smile against my skin.
When I wake up I instantly remember the conversation we had last night. It was as if it was a very realistic dream. Was it a dream? "Good morning, girlfriend." He says making me realize it wasn't a dream, it was real life. I smile up at him and he replies by placing a soft kiss on my head. I lay my head back onto his chest and then I heard a little tiny knock on the door. "Shhhh, we're still asleep." I give him a sweet smile and shake my head. "I can't leave her out there she'll start crying." I get up and go to the door to find Kinzly all alone there. "What are you doing sweet girl? Come on, you can come sit with us."
We sit here on our bed and I watch as Cody tickles and plays with Kinzly. He's going to make an amazing father someday. Way better than my father. I don't know what brought on this thought but seeing him with Kinzly makes me happy that he's mine. He looks over and a smile spreads from ear to ear. I smile back at him. I hear another knock on the door about an hour later. "Hey, Emma!" "You stole my child!" She says jokingly. "She came to us." "She's so sweet." Cody says adoringly. "She loves you." I say to my boyfriend. "You're going to make an amazing dad someday." My sister commented and gave me a sly smirk.