Raising Teens

Chapter 25

This is the last chapter. It's been a nice time writing this, but it's time to say goodbye to Brecklyn and Noah.

Brecklyn

We stayed outside for a while longer, and then we went inside.

He made me sit on the couch, and he vanished.

Everyone is excited, talking about the wedding.

Noah comes back with white gauze, medical tape, and a ton of cream.

He sits down on the coffee table in front of me.

"I don't want that on me." I say, pulling my hands away. "It doesn't hurt."

"Alright, high five." He holds his hand up.

I hesitate.

That's going to hurt.

"You only have to wear it tonight." He says. "Tomorrow morning, you can take them off."

I sigh, looking at the clock.

12:04AM.

"Alright." I give in.

I let him cover me in burn cream and he wraps my hands in gauze.

I can't grab anything.

They're fat white blobs.

"I can't grab anything." I say.

"What do you have to grab?" he asks.

"Nothing yet." I say.

"Well, when you have to, come get me." He stands up. "Are you tired?"

I nod.

"Exhausted." I sigh.

"Let's go to bed."

"Am I going to school tomorrow?" Caden asks.

I frown.

"Isn't it Saturday?" I ask.

"It's Sunday." Rose says.

"Oh." I hesitate. "Yeah. You kids should get to bed."

They don't argue, they just get up and leave the room.

Noah and I go upstairs, and I go to take a shower, but Noah walks in.

He lights a ton of candles, and he fills the tub with water and bubbles. He puts music on quietly, and then he strips down with me, and lets me take off the bandages.

He gets in the tub first, and I get in after him.

The tub is big. I made sure before we even bought the house, and when we rebuilt, we put the same tub back in.

It's white, a huge oval, and it has jacuzzi jets in it.

He leans against the wall, and I lean against him. We're completely naked.

I slip under water after he does, coming up soaked.

I lay with him, silent, just listening to him breathe. He puts his arms around my bare body.

We lay there like that, relaxed.

His soft music changes, and the song that comes on makes me smile.

I can feel the magic floating in the air

Being with you gets me that way

I watch the sunlight dance across your face and I've