Trent and Daria entered the house; all was quiet. The light from the kitchen spilled into the darkened front room where they stood. Trent had carried Daria's bookbag in and still had it slung over his shoulder. He looked down at her silhouette that had turned to face him.
"Thanks for checking on me."
He looked at her for a long moment. He wanted to say so much more.
"I want you to be very careful until we get this whole thing resolved, okay?"
"Yeah, sure."
She reached out for her bag, but he still had it slung over his shoulder, so her hand hung in the air for a moment. He reached out and took it in his.
"There's food on the stove," Jesse's voice came first, and his body soon followed from the hallway where he'd come from the restroom.
Well, well, well… interesting…
Damn it Jesse…..
Damn…
"I'm gonna go see what Jane is up to." Daria spoke taking two steps backwards, then turning and hurrying to see her friend.
Jesse stood smirking at Trent.
"What Jesse?"
"You like her."
"She's Jane's best friend."
That sounded lame to my own ears.
"Riiiight…" Jesse smacked Trent on the back and went to plop down on the couch in the front room where his best friend would join him.
Geesh…
Trent grabbed a slice out of the box on the stove before heading to join Jesse. Jesse was stretched back against the sofa with his hands laced behind his head. He watched his friend with amusement.
"What Jesse?"
"So, what are you gonna do about her?"
"There's nothing to do." Trent thought about it for a moment. "She's got enough going on without- anything else. She needs to focus on school and shit like that."
Yeah, cause that's what WE were thinking about. Come on man.
"I get it man." Jesse spoke thoughtfully. "It doesn't mean that your feelings- or hers, will go away."
Trent continued eating. It wasn't as though he hadn't had similar thoughts himself, but quite honestly, he wasn't sure what he should do. All he knew was he wanted Daria to be safe and happy. Hell, he wanted that for all of them. He looked down the hallway that housed his new family.
Life is challenging enough on its own, those kids have been dealt a bad hand… I'll do what I can to make it right for them though. Everyone should have a place and someone to count on…
"What?" Jesse could tell that Trent was thinking on some stuff.
"Just thinking is all…"
…okay…