He smiled as he pushed himself to his feet, almost falling over but leaning
on the couch for support. Eli fixed the throw blanket over the back of the
couch and turned off all but one light near Karen's office. He knocked on
the door gently, opening it before hearing her whisper that it was all
right to come in.
He walked in, quietly closing the door behind him as he moved to bench that lined the large windows that covered most of the front wall of her office. He was bathed in sunlight as he sat there in silence for a long moment, staring at the stars and wondering if she was doing the same thing. Is she looking at the stars and thinking of me? There was comfort in that thought, in the possibility that she was doing the same thing, sharing something that amazing with her.
Finally, Karen broke the comfortable silence as she set her pen down and looked at her son. "You really like her don't you?" Eli nodded and shifted his gaze to look at her. She always seemed to know. Karen smiled at her son before turning her attention back to what she was doing. "She seems like a sweet girl."
Eli slid off of the bench and moved over to his mother, kissing her head gently. "Good-night, mom." He left the office as quietly as he came, sliding up to his room. He was drained and he was finally feeling how exhausted he was.
- - - -
By the time Meredith got home, her mother was sitting on the couch watching an old Humphrey Bogart movie on the Women's Entertainment channel. Meredith smiled and slid into the seat next to her mother.
Anna looked at her daughter before shaking her head slowly with the hint of a smile lingering on her lips. "Out with Eli again?"
Meredith nodded, "Mmhmm," she said quietly.
"Just be careful, Mer. We both know--"
Meredith looked at her mother, stopping her before Anna could say anything else. "I know, Mom, but I really like him. And I think that he really likes me. I don't know how to explain it, but when he kisses me.it's like the world stops and it's just us."
Anna smiled softly, kissing her daughter's forehead. "You look exhausted. Go to bed, don't forget you have to be at work by ten tomorrow." Meredith smiled, yawning. She shed her clothes when she got to her room and climbed into bed without bothering to wash up.
He walked in, quietly closing the door behind him as he moved to bench that lined the large windows that covered most of the front wall of her office. He was bathed in sunlight as he sat there in silence for a long moment, staring at the stars and wondering if she was doing the same thing. Is she looking at the stars and thinking of me? There was comfort in that thought, in the possibility that she was doing the same thing, sharing something that amazing with her.
Finally, Karen broke the comfortable silence as she set her pen down and looked at her son. "You really like her don't you?" Eli nodded and shifted his gaze to look at her. She always seemed to know. Karen smiled at her son before turning her attention back to what she was doing. "She seems like a sweet girl."
Eli slid off of the bench and moved over to his mother, kissing her head gently. "Good-night, mom." He left the office as quietly as he came, sliding up to his room. He was drained and he was finally feeling how exhausted he was.
- - - -
By the time Meredith got home, her mother was sitting on the couch watching an old Humphrey Bogart movie on the Women's Entertainment channel. Meredith smiled and slid into the seat next to her mother.
Anna looked at her daughter before shaking her head slowly with the hint of a smile lingering on her lips. "Out with Eli again?"
Meredith nodded, "Mmhmm," she said quietly.
"Just be careful, Mer. We both know--"
Meredith looked at her mother, stopping her before Anna could say anything else. "I know, Mom, but I really like him. And I think that he really likes me. I don't know how to explain it, but when he kisses me.it's like the world stops and it's just us."
Anna smiled softly, kissing her daughter's forehead. "You look exhausted. Go to bed, don't forget you have to be at work by ten tomorrow." Meredith smiled, yawning. She shed her clothes when she got to her room and climbed into bed without bothering to wash up.