Eternal Blitz

25. Parental Confrontation

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To say I had a good night's rest would be an understatement. It's been far too long since sleep has visited me without a catch but last night was better than most. To wake up clutching a bunny is out of character for me but knowing that I got it from Blaze and being able to smell him on it gave me a sense of serenity. I haven't had that since Kelsey died, most nights I'm too restless to even think about sleeping or my dreams leave me afraid to.

Before Kelsey died she was my rock, and after, I lost a huge piece of my lifeline. I was struggling with my parents but adding death to the picture made everything worse. It wasn't until recently that I found a piece of that in someone else and in a way, that scares me. Deep down I feel like I'm replacing her but it's also my fear of letting her down that scares me the most.

I never thought of myself as someone capable of a relationship and now that it's happening I'm not sure how to deal with it. I've never had the best representation of a relationship in my life as now all I see from my parents is what I never wish to have. I only hope to do better, but even I have my reservations about how capable I am of loving someone besides myself.

Besides my family, I've never had to try, but now I'm putting my all into a person that could up and leave at any time and I can't say I would be surprised. My own mother left me, who's to say Blaze won't.

I've yet to clear my head for the day and to make it worse I'm forcing myself to speak to my dad for the first time since dinner.

"You look a little lost kitten."

I'm startled out of my thoughts as I turn around to see Brayden, his signature panty-dropping smile etched on his lips that weeks ago would have done me in, in a matter of seconds.

"And you look a little disheveled." I laugh seeing his messy hair wrinkled shirt no doubt from his latest conquest.

"What can I say, a man has his needs and pussy is my craving." He throws his hands out, a shit-eating grin growing after his statement. I roll my eyes at his reply, shoving him forward as he walks beside me. "So, you fuck him yet?"

"Does it matter?"

Brayden chuckles throwing his arm over my shoulder and pulling me against his chest. "Of course it does kitten, because if this were any other guy you'd be telling me about it, and then we'd end up on my office desk as I show you what you were missing."

"I like him, unlike the others," I admit. "He's not just a fuck to me."

Brayden hums, raising an eyebrow at me "And that makes him?"

I huff loudly knowing what he's doing. "My boyfriend." I whisper only to be stopped as Brayden catches my arm staring at me curiously.

"One more time."

"My boyfriend!" I shout dragging Brayden away from the nosy crowd of students around us.

His deep laugh catches the attention of every person we pass and I can't help but join in knowing Brayden is one of the only people I openly allow to tease me as much as he does.

"I never thought I'd see the day. One cock for the rest of your life, scandalous." He kisses the tops of my head as his laughing dies out.

"Oh yeah, just wait until that pussy parade of yours falls through."

"Don't worry about me kitten, I get plenty from Stace."

He may not see it, but I do. This is the first time Brayden's ever continuously mentioned the same girl and sex in one sentence. I smile at him as he opens the car door for me standing over the door as I buckle in.