New Friend in the Winter

Wrestling The Skylar way

I woke up the next morning and looked beside me. Christian was still sleeping so I slid out of bed carefully trying not to wake him up. I went into the kitchen. Nick was still passed out on the couch. I decided to cook some breakfast for everyone so we could all get a head start. I put some bacon and biscuits in the oven to bake then I put some scrambled eggs and gravy on the stove. After I got all that going I set up the table and pulled all the chairs out.

When I finished cooking breakfast I put all the food on the table. When I looked up I saw Christian wiping his eyes and yawning. He was always up right after I was. I would always have to put him back to bed when I left for work then he would always be right at the door when I came home. He was my baby and there wasn't anyone that could separate us.

"Bite?" he asked as I picked him up and hugged him.

"Go wake up everybody and we will have a bite." I smiled and put him down.

He ran through the house beating on doors. He opened his nana and papa's door and went inside jumping on the bed. He quickly jumped and went to Veronica's room and knocked saying "Bakefast is done done!" then he ran back to me and jumped into my arms.

"Lets go wake up aunt Skylar." I smiled.

I took him into the bedroom and set him down. I sat on the bed and put my hand on Skylar and wiggled her shoulder a little bit. "Skylar, breakfast is done." I said softly.

Skylar sat up, rubbed her eyes and followed us into the kitchen. We all sat down at the table and had a quiet breakfast then we all got started. After breakfast everyone finished breakfast we all went back to our rooms and made our beds. Nick folded his sheet and blanket and put them in the hall closet. After we all finished that we all got dressed and headed out to do farm chores such as feeding, watering, and giving meds. Even Christian got to help now that he was a big boy.

Christian, Nick, Syth and my dad all got the water buckets ready to go while mom, me, Jeanette and Skylar got feed ready. As we fed, watered and got our chores done I looked at Nick. He was smiling across the field at me. I smiled back and he lifted the bucket and acted like he was holding up a 2000 pound weight and was the strongest man in the world. I laughed and shook my head. I couldn't believe he was in Ozark. This was a miracle. I loved having him here.

We finished up our chores a lot faster than we usually do. I was surprised that we did it as fast as we usually do but then again we did have a lot more help than we were used to. Once we all got done doing what needed to be done we all went back inside and relaxed a little bit. After a while Nick looked at me and motioned for me to go outside with him. I smiled and stood up. He reached for my hand and led me outside. We went out to the field and just looked around talking.

"What's it like being a single mom?" he smiled.

"It's not nearly as bad as most people say it is." I smiled. "It has it's ups and downs but it's nothing to bad."

"Everyone say's it's the worst thing they could have done but they love their kids so they 'do what's best and give them up so they can have a happy life'" he quotes.

"Sometimes taking care of Christian can get tough but I wouldn't give him up for the world because he's my son and I am glad that I took him."

"It takes a lot to do something like that so soon."

"Maybe it does but it was worth it."

We sat on the fence and talked for a little while longer then we decided to go out for a little while and have some fun. We didn't want to go into town so we just walked around the farm. Before we knew it we were chasing each other like we were kids again. He finally caught me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and swung me around. I laughed and let out a squeal but he set me down and stepped in front of me. We gazed into each others eyes. His face came closer to mine. His soft lips grazed mine then came back to them a second time. We shared that special moment. I couldn't believe it. I was falling in love with the one boy I thought I couldn't be with ever again after I moved away.