Chapter 14: The Movies
The next morning, Nick followed Leanbow and Udonna downstairs. "What movie are we gonna see?" Leanbow asked, automatically.
"This one," Nick pointed to one of the movies.
"Sure," Henry and Cecilia nodded in agreement. The two families sat and watched the movie in silence.
After the movie, Udonna and Leanbow sat in the backseat and Nick spread out across their laps, falling asleep.
Udonna reached out and rubbed his back gently.
Leanbow glanced at Nick and said, "Is this normal?"
Henry glanced at Nick's sleeping form and said, "He always takes a nap after we go to the movies. But this is the first time he's curled up like that."
Udonna smiled at Leanbow and Nick slept peacefully as his parents wrapped one arm around him to hold him from falling on to the floor. The two then tucked Nick into bed in his old bed.
"We're leaving tomorrow," Leanbow carefully told Henry and Cecilia.
"Why?" Cecilia asked.
"We want to take the opportunity to get to know our son again," Udonna replied. "Everything we knew about him was about him as a baby—and very little about our teen son."
The two nodded in silent agreement.