More Than Friends

Chapter 12:

       I am awaken the next morning by two babies jumping around me. As I sit up grabbing the kids on to my lap, Jai walks in.

    " Sleep well?" Jai says with a smile.

"Yeah, you?" I reply. 

The kids jump on to him as he walks over and sits on the edge of the bed. "Beau is a messy sleeper." he says as he fixes the mess on top of his head.

Jai's voice is slightly different, the Brooks' voices had always had a hint of an Australian accent, his had grown thicker. 

"He has always been that way." I laugh,

"Tell me about it." He chuckles as the kids make their way on to the floor and run out of the room.

Jai starts, "I've misse--"

I cut him off, "I have missed you so much."

It goes silent, not an awkward silence, a comfortable silence. I stand up and fold my quilt, Jai rises and walks over towards the door, I can not help but watch him. I put down the quilt and slide on my slippers. He turns to take one more glance at me, I feel my eyes water and it flashes back to me.....

       "Kylie I can not be your safe haven anymore, i'm leaving New York, going to Beau in Australia."

5 years ago, I broke this man's heart, still after all these years he looked at me as if we were children and I was going to break. A look that was so gentle and sweet, it could make you cry in a heartbeat. 

    I'm so lost in my  thoughs  that I barely notice Jai.

"Ky.... Kylie... You okay?"

"Yes." I nod.

We both exit my room.