Always Yours

"Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it." – Meg Cabot


Bella sleeps on her side. She sleeps the best when her back is pressed against the wall, one hand under the pillow and the other wrapped up in the edge of the blanket. Paul has a twin bed but when they were little she fit perfectly between him and the wall.

Tonight, he comes home and she's already there, asleep and sad-looking. So her mom is drunk again…or one of the boyfriends is over. He flips the light off and changes in the dark, careful, quiet, and then slides in beside her and fixes the blanket around her face just the way she likes it.