"Wanna go to the carnival?" Brent asks his sister when she gets home from school.
"Yeah! But only if Kayla goes!" Mary cheers
"Of course I'll come" I smile.
"Are you going to daddy's next week?" Mary asks Brent. "He misses you"
"No sweetie, not this time" Brent says sweetly "now go get ready"
She smiles and bounds up the stairs.
"You could go" I say
He shakes his head. "Haven't seen the man in twelve years, never want to"
"At least you have a choice" I mutter
"You see your dad everyday" he smiles.
"Jerry?" I ask "he's my step dad but he has been with me since I learned how to talk so I call him dad"
"So your real dad..."
I shake my head "I don't like talking about him"
"We're dating now, we have to be open with each other"
I cross my arms "why don't you like your dad?"
"What's up with your real one?"
"Let's go win stuffed animals!" Mary cheers.
"Okay!" Brent smiles.
"I'm gonna go on the merry go round with Kayla and the Ferris wheel with Brent and the tea cups with you both..." Mary chatters as we walk down to the fair grounds
"She's so cute" I whisper
"And annoying" Brent rolls his eyes.
"I really wanna win a stuffed doggie" Mary continues chattering.
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We did everything we wanted and started walking home.
"Ow!" Mary cries falling to the ground, but never dropping the stuffed dog she won.
"Brentieeeee it hurts" she says crying.
"Shhh" Brent soothes. "If you stop crying I'll give you a piggy back ride home"
"But it hurtsssssss" she sobs
"And a Popsicle?"
Mary sniffles. "Oh....ohkay"
Mary jumps into Brent's back and we finish walking home.
Brent sets her on the counter and washes her cut out.
"Wait!" Mary says sucking her green Popsicle. "Can you kiss it first?"
"Mary..."
"It hurts brentieeeee" she says tearing up again.
"Fine" he groans lightly kissing it then putting a bandaid on it. "Alright. Bedtime"
Mary smiles and runs upstairs.
"Don't laugh" he groans at me.
I sip my hot cocoa. "Hey. Guys who like little kids are the cutest" I say leaning against the counter.
"Let's just go lay down." Brent sighs.
"Im actually going to go over to my house for a minute" I say
*Brent's POV*
I walk upstairs and put in a movie. Kayla's light flicks on in her room. I look over to he her taking off her shirt. Do I look away? She is my girlfriend.. But she is depriving me of the only thing I've ever known. But I like her enough to be okay...I might even love her. I look away and flick through the previews. Listening to her sing...
You think I'm pretty, without any make up on, you think I'm funny when I tell the puch line wrong. I know you get me so I let my walls come down, down. Before you met me I was alright but thing were kinda heavy, you brought me to life now every February you'll be my valentine, valentine.
"What movie are we watching?" She asks entering the room wearing a grey tank top and pink short shorts pajamas.
"You look cute" I smile as she slides into my arms, tempting me to look down her shirt, damn you hormones. "And warm bodies"
She giggles "is that a cross between a zombie movie with a romantic movie"
"Yeah" I sneak a peek.
"What next the notebook?"
*Kayla's POV*
After school the next monday I go visit Nika at the hospital luckily with Brent.
"Dude" Brent says seeing a worried Nathan pacing back in forth in the waiting room "What's wrong?"
"What the hell am I going to do..." Nathan mumbles.
"I got this" Brent whispers to me "See if Nika's okay"
I nod and walk down the shiny floors to her room.
"Nika Hi" I greet
"Hi" She smiles.
"What's new?"
"Boring stuff, they are keeping me here 'til the baby is born"
"How come?"
"Premature stuff I guess from blood loss"
"Has Nathan visited you yet?"
"No" She frowns "not really"
"I'm sure he will" I sit down on her bed and pat her hand "What about Mariah...do you want to talk about it?"
She shakes her head no
"How about a manicure?" I smile pulling polish out of my bag
"Now that I like" She smiles "Blue please!"
I take out a shade of blue called 'ocean blue' and start painting her nails.
"Mariah pissed me off that night" Nika offers
"Why?"
"She was supposed to hang out with me but she ditched me for Cameron"
I frown "I'm sorry. That must really suck"
"Yeah. It's like the whole thing has me stressed out and I just really wanted to go away and be happy"
"Nika..." Nathan walks in the room. "Can I talk to you?"
"I'll leave you two be" I say cleaning up my stuff. I walk out and slide down the wall to the floor
"What's wrong?" Brent says sitting next to me
"Just stressed. That all"
"That's some extreme stress"
"Just stuff Nika said, how can someone be so unhappy?"
He rubs my shoulder "I don't know"
"I mean, what if us having a relationship is a bad idea? My parents aren't around anymore so I stay with you. If we break up what the hell happens? What if I can't handle that?"
He pulls me in close "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise"
Somehow I'm just going to have to believe him. He helps me up and we check on Nika. Nathan is holding her hand.
"Lets go home" I sigh.
