Ecie & Esme II: Another Day Like This

Five

'Can you hear that?' Esme asked sitting up in bed.

'What?' Taylor asked rolling off her and rubbing his eyes. 'Hear what?'

'Shh,' Esme said with her index finger over her lips. 'Listen.'

Taylor listened and couldn't hear anything. 'What am I supposed to be listening for?' he asked kissing her neck.

Esme raised her palm and pulled the sheets back.

'Come on Es,' Taylor sighed sitting back and watching as Esme pulled on his sweatpants and walked slowly towards her door. 'There's nothing there, come back to bed.'

Esme opened her bedroom door and poked her head out onto the landing. She could hear something muffled so she walked down the landing a little bit.

Rolling his eyes, Taylor got out of bed and pulled on his boxers then followed Esme out of the room. He found her with her ear pressed against a door.

'What the...?'

Esme pressed her index finger against her lips and beckoned for Taylor to come closer and put his ear against the door.

'Can you hear that?' Esme giggled.

'Who is it?'

'It's my mom,' Esme giggled. 'Listen.'

Taylor pressed his ear against the door and listened for a moment before pulling away. 'Come on,' he whispered. 'Let's go.'

He held out his hand and Esme reluctantly took it after a few minutes. They tip-toed back to her bedroom and got back into bed.

'Can you believe that?' Esme laughed.

'They seem to be having an awesome time,' Taylor said putting his arms around Esme and pulling her closer to him. 'Who is she with?'

'Her new boyfriend,' Esme replied. 'I told you about him. His name is Eric.'

'You've only told me that you, E and Verd have been spying on him for weeks,' Taylor replied. 'When are you going to leave the poor guy alone? He's dating your mom, get over it.'

'We don't have a problem with it,' Esme replied nestling in Taylor. 'We just want to know what he's like.'

'And what have you discovered?'

'He picks up his own laundry, lives in a big house, makes great food and apparently gives my mom great sex.'

Taylor laughed kissing Esme. 'Whose idea was it to stalk him in the first place?'

'It was a joint thing,' Esme replied kicking Taylor's boxers off the bed. 'We kind of came up with it together.'

'Right,' Taylor said. 'You and E have got to be the craziest twins in the world.'

'We're amazing,' Esme kissed Taylor. 'Now, I want to have a great a time as my mom Taylor.'

'Yes ma'am.'

Esme stood by her window with Taylor standing close behind her kissing the top of her head. They watched as Eric said goodbye to Sofie and kissed her on the lips. They hugged then kissed again before Eric walked out to his midnight emerald Bentley supersports car and waved back at Sofie as he drove off.

'You sort of forget that love can exist when you get old,' Esme said walking away from the window. 'I hope that I can be as happy as my mom when I'm her age.'

Taylor looked at Esme as she got back into bed sadly. 'What's gotten into you?'

'Nothing,' Esme replied. 'I was just thinking about my mom and how different we are.'