Extra Credit

Love at First Sight

The following morning Bill and I got up and got ourselves ready to go see Kane at the hospital. Mark had called that morning and told us he'd be meeting us there along with Chris. I was happy that he sounded more pleasant this morning than he had the day before. That only meant that today was going to be a nice day. I put on a blue jean skirt, that showed off plenty of my long legs and a low V-neck shirt that was fire engine red. I went to my bathroom and straightened my hair and placed a pair of sunglasses on top of my head. After putting on some make-up and lotion I headed out to the living room.

"You feel better?" Bill asked me when I came into the living room.

I nodded, "Yeah I guess. Thanks again for staying with me."

"No problem honey," he said as he watched me straighten up the living room. "Damn you look like you mother."

I giggled as I picked up some trash and headed to the kitchen. "I get that a lot."

"Yeah well no one is lying to you girl. You and your mom would pass for twins." He said.

After I put the trash in the garbage bag I washed my hands and then went back into the living room.

"Were you and mom close?" I asked.

He chuckled, "Thick as thieves love. Her, Dave, and I all use to hang out whenever we had the chance…I never did get the opportunity to tell her how much I loved her."

My eyes widened, "You were in love with my mom?"

He nodded, "I sure was. That woman had the best advice and such a loving heart…I was pretty upset when she died."

I raised my eyebrow. "How did you know about her death?"

"Well your father told me of course. He called me the night it happened." He said.

I folded my arms, "Dad told me mom died early in the morning…"

He fell silent, "Oh…well maybe he was confused or something. Losing a loved one can do things like that to you."

"Yeah I guess so."

"Come on, let's get going." He said as he grabbed his keys.

I nodded and went to grab mine when he stopped me. "What are you doing?"

"I'll drive you today. If that stalker guy is around I want him to think that you're with me."

I chuckled, "Do you think that'll work?"

"Of course, look at me…I'm tall, muscular, and handsome as hell. He'll fall for it." He told me as he took my hand and led me out of the apartment. I smiled as we stepped outside and made our way down to his truck. He ended up letting go of my hand and wrapping his arm around my waist instead.

I giggled at the gesture and shook my head, "Possessive are we?"

"Something like that. I've got to make sure these other freaks know that you're absolutely off limits."

I laughed as we made it to his truck. He opened my door for me and then helped me into the seat. After I was in he walked to the driver's side and got in the truck. Within seconds we were headed to the hospital to visit Kane. It was mostly a quiet drive over there minus the music he had playing. I rolled down my window and let the wind run through my hair. Bill glanced at me for a moment and smirked.