Sorry this took a while, but it's finally here. I had to rewrite this over and over again, but yay! It's done!
Enwruble will be returning soon, probably in the next chapter!
Enjoy! :)
Nicole pulled up a chair at the kitchen table. I grabbed her a glass of milk, then sat at the counter again with my bottle of lemonade.
"What's up?" I asked, sipping on a blue bendy straw.
"What?"
"Something's bothering you," I said. "What is it?"
She grabbed at the oxygen cart, searching for the
right words before saying, "Today was... Different. Kassy and I have always been glued together. I've never been detached from her mind, her thoughts, and if I have, I've always been stuck in my room. It's kinda weird."
"You miss her?" I asked, sipping the rest of my lemonade and tossing away the bottle.
"Well…" She hesitated. "Yes…. and no. I wish she was here, but at the same time, it's nice to have my mind to myself." Nicole looked down at her feet. There was an intense silence. I knew more than her sister was bugging her.
"I've been thinking about Jason a lot lately," She said finally.
"Kiddo…" I started. But I honestly didn't know what to say.
"I should have done something," She said, her eyes filling with tears. "I could've pushed him out of the way, I could've…" She choked, and the tears began to fall. "H-h-he never got to…." Wiping away a tear with her sleeve, she swallowed, trying to smile. But it looked more like she had a huge stomach ache. "We never got to tell him our secret. We were scared to. Kassandra and I talked about it, once or twice. We were terrified that… That he would…" Her lip trembled. She rubbed the tears off her face, allowing her hand to run through her short, dirty blonde hair. Finally, she said, "That he would leave us. Abandon us. Turn us in. But even though he didn't know what those evil men in the suits - HYDRA - wanted, he fought for us. We should have told him while he was still here."
I thought about my dad. I thought about what Skye had said about him. About that picture of him that he left. The bodies he had left behind. I don't know anything about him, only that he's a murderer. But I still want to love him.
I looked up at Nicole.
"You want me to tell you something?" I asked her. She nodded. "I lived almost my whole life, thinking I didn't have a family. That SHIELD was the only thing I would ever have. Then I learned I had a father." I drew in a deep breath, tucking my hair behind my ear. I hadn't said these words before. I only thought them. I was afraid to say them, because I knew saying them meant me believing them.
"What happened?" She asked eagerly. "Did you meet him? What was he like?"
I drew in another deep breath. "He was a murderer," I said finally. "I didn't get to meet him, but we found the bodies. The terrible things he's done, and yet I just know he loves me. And I want so bad…" I swallowed tears. "To find him and know him and love him back." I smiled. I didn't believe Skye. My father is not a monster.
Not to me.
Hope you enjoyed! Bit of a dramatic moment right there, but it needed to be said. Thank you for reading!
Krbrooks
