Not such a frantastic life

Past is past

The next morning I wake up in Connor's bruised yet warm arms. I notice that Suzy isn't in the bed where she was last night. Someone must've carried Suzy back to her room because she'd fallen asleep between Connor and I while we read, The Hungry Caterpillar.

Last night after she had fallen asleep, I went home and painted one if the spare rooms. Pink with small princess accents. I bought her a small bed and a pink drape to cover her bed. Like in the princess movies. Her bedspread is the one and only, Cinderella. I also got her dolls and a Barbie house. I couldn't help myself when I stopped by the local walmart and got some coloring books and a small desk with some Dr. Seuss books. I didn't really know her size in clothes, so I walked away from the Crazy 7.

I looked around the room and then I took in Connors appearance. He had bruises down his arms and a couple on his face and chest. He also had small heart monitors scattered across his body.

"Checking me out while I sleep huh?" He asked, scaring me.

"Whatever." I scoffed, slightly chuckling.

"Where'd little monster go?" He asked slightly sitting up.

"You mean Suzy?"

"I know what her name is Lydia. Take a joke." He said smirking at me, sleep still clear in his eyes.

"Alright. Well you two are leaving today so, we gotta get ready." I said standing up from the bed. Trying to at least look a bit decent in what I'd been wearing for the past 2 days.

"Okay,"

"Come here." Connor demanded. His eyes exploring my face. I did as told and walked back over to my injured knight.

"I haven't had a kiss in a while." He smirked, his eyes locked on my lips. He leaned up a little so that our foreheads were touching and I crawled onto the bed with him and straddled his lap. Our lips were in the forbidden sinc in no time. It's felt like forever since I've kissed his soft peach lips. Connor's hand slowly slid around my waist and pulled me in closer. The passion I felt in my body was powerful. Like our lips were opposite magnets, and we had to be together. My hands slowly moved to his neck, and began to twirl the small hairs at the nip of his neck.

"Excuse me." A voice came from the other side of the room. Our lips disconnected and the tingle on my lips remained. I tried to pull my body from Connors but his hands kept me in the position of me straddling him.

The nurse had clear shock on her face as she approached the heart monitoring machine. The small green screen read that Connor's heart rate was at 78 beats per minute.

"Uhm. I thought he was have trouble, but I see he was havering fun. I'm so sorry for interrupting." The nurse said looking from the machine to our placement.

"Yeah. Goodbye now." Connor said waving the nurse to leave. She did almost immediately after Connor had spoken his rude words.

"Connor!" I squealed swatting him.

"What? She shouldn't have walked in." He smugly shrugged.

"What if that were Suzy?"

"She has to learn sometime." He replied with a cocky smirk plastered across his face.

"This medication must make you feisty." I said crawling from my spot on his lap and crossing the room.

"No. Just you." He said, still smirking.

"Whatever. But, today we need to drop by Suzy's house to grab her stuff." I said looking Connor in the face. He seemed, pretty upset when I had told him Suzy was now living with us. I mean, it'd just be best. Sending Suzy to a foster care at such a young age is so heartless.

"Okay."

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We pulled up to Suzy's old home around 12:45. Her house was beautiful. A two story brick outside with a small fence around it. In the front yard, there was a swing set and small toys scattered here and there. Suzy hurried out of the car and pushed past the fence. Connor and I basically sprinted to try and keep up with the small child. I shoved the key into the deadbolt then the Handel lock and reveled what Suzy's home looked like. As we walked through, I saw a family photo resting on the wall at the end of the hall. A mother, father, daughter and Suzy smiled their best for the camera.

"That's my mommy and daddy." Suzy said in a shaky voice. I looked down to see her wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. I lifted Suzy up and onto my hip. She buried her head in my neck and began to sob. Before I knew it, I was crying with her. How could Connor do that to this innocent girl?

"Hey Lyd I got her stuff in the car. Is Lindsey just going to mail us th--" Connor tried but stopped at the sight of us holding each other and crying.

"What wrong guys?" He said, sorrow lacing his voice.

"We are fine. We will be right out." I said, managing to keep my sobs at a minimum. Connor nodded and headed for the front door. As he did, Suzy slid down my hip and wobbled into the next room. When she returned, she had a small dog up against her chest with its kennel in the other hand. I saw some toys pushed towards the back of the cage along with two blankets that read Wishbone.

"We're ready." she spoke in a hushed voice.