The Mating Games

Chapter 26: Big Boobs

wow haha been a while... uni and life and shit. would say sorry but im not. who knows when ill upload next. its almost worth placing bets... probably not before exams but on the plus side its my last semester of uni then i graduate to who knows. sex themed warnings blah and swearing. readers discretion 

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Six months had passed and nothing unusual had happened; life had resumed as normal and I couldn't help the growing suspicion in the pit of my stomach. Medical school had started up and classes chugged along at what felt like slow motion, exams loomed like a nagging parent in my peripheral and I almost wanted to quit. The drive between home and school wasn't a long drive but the windy roads and frost covered ground made the journey slow and tedious. Many times I had considered asking Theo if I could board in town during the week and come home for the weekends but I knew what his answer would be; no.

He loved the mundaneness of our life; the routine we had settled into was his bible and I was the God. Mornings were greeted by a kiss and a quick bite to eat before he dropped me off at uni, then he'd come home and work in his office until it was time to pick me up; I wasn't sure if it was healthy that his world seemed to revolve around me but I wasn't about to bring it up.

"Hey, Sophie. Theo said you needed help with your homework and I offered, if that's okay with you?" Lie, complete and utter lie. This is the last thing I wanted to be doing with exams around the corner but after six months living here I had still yet to bond with the little girl. It wasn't from lack of trying, believe me I tried but she was impermeable to my advance. I pulled out all the tricks from my book; sleepovers, baking, movie nights, makeovers but she wasn't having even a little of it. We were in a tug of war between Theo, admittedly I was winning but I was giving him something she couldn't... That didn't stop her from trying, oh no, this girl was good. She was dealing out all her cards; nightmares, bonding, she even pulled the "I just miss you" card. I thought I was the one with that card but boy had it been working. Theo had spent three nights this week in her room, reading to her as she went to sleep, getting her glasses of water, he even got in the bed when she couldn't sleep but unlike his wool covered eyes, I could the see the wolf at work.

"Ummmm, no. I'll just wait for Theo to get home and he can help me," she was adamant. This girl was going to drive me up the wall if she thought she could just ignore me until I go away.

"Well he won't be back till late so he asked if I could help you. He told me you're doing a project on photosynthesis?" I ventured to sit down across the table from her; her eyes watched my every move, gauging me like a predator does their prey.

"Yes..."

"That's cool! I study biology and I know photosynthesis quite well so I'm the perfect person to ask," I was trying to keep the enthusiasm in my voice but Sophie was making it damn hard!

"No, I don't want you to," is it illegal to strangle a child? Probably not a good idea. Think, think, think... OHH.

"How about I help you with this and then I'll bake some cookies and we can watch whatever you want on TV," if this didn't work I was going to scream. Sophie's little face pondered the idea, I could almost see the cogs turning behind her glowing brown eyes.

"I... Guess?" I think I won this one, I think I won this indeed.

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I had not won, I was so not winning whatever the hell was going on and I felt like an idiot. Sophie, the little devil used me to do her project and then proceeded to tell me to make cookies while she watched some shitty kids show about a dog. I was beyond furious and if she thought for one second that she could walk right over me then she's... DING, ohh cookies. Fuck. She got me, she got me good.