Tai was sitting in the couch watching television after Koushirou had headed
off to bed. It was just after nine at night and the apartment was quiet
again. The phone had rung off the hook all evening with the other Digi-
Destined calling to check in on Koushirou. It was great that they cared
but Tai could easily see that answering the same questions over and over
was starting to wear on Koushirou. Tai took over the job of phone operator
and let Koushirou rest.
He was kind of glad that Koushirou was finally asleep, since his body could start healing again. Every time he saw Koushirou wince in pain he wanted to help out so bad, but he couldn't do anything. Koushirou wasn't all too keen on taking the pain medication but Tai convinced him to do it. There was no sense in hurting if you didn't need to, that was Tai's mantra. So Koushirou had turned in and Tai was relaxing after a heck of a day.
Tai was flipping through as usual, looking for something interesting to watch when the phone rang again. "Rrrrr." Tai growled and got up and headed to the phone. "This had better be important," he thought as he glanced at the clock. "Hello? Izumi residence."
"Taichi?" the voice on the other end answered.
"Yes, who's calling?"
"This is Mrs. Izumi, Tai. I'm glad I finally got through."
A/N: since I have no idea of what Koushirou's parents names are, I'm going to arbitrarily call them Luke and Mara. I know that they aren't Japanese names, but I don't particularly care. If you can figure out where the names came from, bonus points to you.
"Oh, hello Mrs. Izumi. How are you doing?"
"Well, we are stuck about six hours away from you two, due to the snow fall. Now, let me ask you something, Taichi. How is Koushirou doing?"
"He is sleeping now, but I think he is doing pretty much okay."
"Good. I've been so worried since every time we stopped to call and check on him, the line was busy."
"Sorry about that. All of our friends have been lighting the phone up all day checking in on him. Sora's called at least five times today."
"I'm glad to know that his friends care that much. Actually, I'm really glad that he has a friend like you, Tai. I can't thank you enough for staying with him since he got hurt. From what I've heard from the doctors at the hospital, you've hardly left his side."
Tai hesitated a second before continuing, wanting to choose his words carefully lest he let out a little extra information this early. "I can't let a friend in need down, Mrs. Izumi. I'll be here for him as long as I need to be."
"Thank you, Tai. I hope he's not causing you too much hassle," Mrs. Izumi said.
"Don't worry about it. He's been rather good all in all."
"Alright then, Tai, thanks again. We should be home by about eight or so, as long as they get the roads cleared off."
"If you don't mind me asking, where are you at now?"
"We've pulled off into some truck stop to wait out the worst of the storm. Luke is chatting with some truckers about who knows what and I'm sitting here watching the weather channel hoping that the storm will suddenly disappear."
"Don't worry about us, Mrs. Izumi, we'll be fine tonight. Don't take any chances on the roads, just relax in the truck stop."
"You say relax like there is something relaxing about this place. I will say that the food is decent though, surprisingly enough. Oh, and I guess that you two have found the food I left for you two?"
"Oh yeah, we've found the tuna and the fried chicken," Tai said, not mentioning the burnt mitt incident. "Is there a chance I can get you to teach my mum how to cook like a normal person, Mrs. Izumi?"
"After everything you've done, Taichi, you can count on it. Just name the time. Speaking of time, I've going to get off here and finish dinner now, so keep an eye on my baby, alright?"
Tai smiled as Mrs. Izumi called Koushirou 'baby'. "Count on it, Mrs. Izumi. See you tomorrow morning."
"See you soon, Tai," Mrs. Izumi said as she clicked the phone off.
Tai hung the phone up went to peek in on Koushirou. He heard the rhythmic breaths of deep sleep and he smiled to himself. Tai quietly shut the door and paced back to the couch. Hopefully the phone wouldn't ring again and he could get a little rest himself now.
Mrs. Izumi hung the phone back in the cradle and went back to her seat at the table. As the waitress refilled her coffee, she looked around for her husband. Not seeing him anywhere in sight, she settled back in and started staring at the weather channel some more. A few minutes later she heard some rustling and turned to see her husband walking to her with a large bag full of who knows what.
"You wouldn't believe what all they have here, Mara," he said as he set the bag down next to her. He reached in and pulled out a medium-sized box. "This is a CB radio. Now we can talk to all the truckers on the road."
"Oh great, just what I wanted to do, dear," she said with at least six pounds of sarcasm.
"Oh I know," Luke said, missing the sarcasm completely. "I can't wait to try it out."
"Just out of curiosity, what on earth made you buy that thing?"
"Well, you know that I've been talking to the truckers since we got here, and Lobo, Wild Bill, and me got to be pretty good friends. Now I can talk to them about whenever I want."
"So you made some new friends, isn't that nice."
"Yeah, they're great guys. Lobo told me all about being a trucker, and it really isn't that hard to get a license."
"So let me get this right, you're thinking about becoming a trucker now?"
"Well, yeah. Think about it, Mara. Me and you, on the roads, seeing the sights, making our own schedules, living free."
"You know Luke, when most men have a mid-life crisis, they go and buy a Camaro. When you have one, you become a trucker."
"Isn't it great?" Luke asked, completely serious.
"Anyway, I finally got through to home while you were gone," Mara said, changing the subject entirely.
"Is everything alright?"
"According to Taichi, Koushirou's doing alright. He's sleeping a lot, which is good."
"That is good, dear. I told you that he would be fine until we got home."
"You're right. I'm just glad that he has a friend like Taichi. I was worried because for so long he never really had any friends, just acquaintances. Ever since he and Taichi started hanging around together, he has been a different person."
"I like Taichi," Luke said as he was examining the CB box.
"It's almost like we've gained another son, you know? He's always over."
"I like Taichi, too," Luke said as he started digging in the box, tossing the Styrofoam to the table.
"I think I'm going to start practicing Voodoo and become a nudist," Mara said to her husband.
"Taichi is nice, isn't he?" Luke responded and continued digging. Mara just shook her head and stirred some sugar into her coffee. She loved Luke dearly, but sometimes she could grab him by the shoulders and shake him.
Mara's mind drifted back to before Taichi started coming around. Koushirou was rather withdrawn from everyone, even her. He wasn't always like that, just the last year or so. He never would talk about it no matter how hard she tried to dig any scrap of information out of him. Everything was 'I'm fine' or 'don't worry about me'. He never even told Tentomon anything. It drove her batty. Then Taichi entered the picture and he was a different person. He was alive, bubbly again, like he was in the old days. He almost seemed to be glowing when Taichi was around, radiant.
"Miss, more coffee please," she said to the waitress and thanked her as it was filled again. Her mind drifted back again, to the glow that seemed to surround the two boys. She smiled as she thought at it. It reminded her of when she and Luke were dating. She felt like a live wire when they were together. HELLO! I wonder. she thought and let her mind think for a few minutes. No, as far as she knew, Koushirou had never had a girlfriend, not even a close female friend. Hmmm.. The fact that Koushirou just might be, well, not straight, wouldn't get out of her head.
Did it bother her? She concluded that it didn't in the least. As long as Koushirou was happy, that was all that was important to her. She considered broaching the topic to Luke, but he was still engrossed in the manual to his new toy. 'I'll save it for later,' she told herself.
"I'm going to the restroom, dear," she told Luke as she got up and got a murmur of ok in response. She grinned at him and mussed his hair as she walked by. By the time she returned she had decided that she would more than welcome Tai into the family, musing that she had already called him another son a scant half hour before.
Tai was running across the field, streaking toward the other goal. The ball soared over the last defender's head and he ran on to it. A quick feint to the left and goal keeper committed. Tai shifted all his weight to right leg and launched the ball back against the grain as hard as he had ever done before. It shot just under the crossbar at top speed and caught in the back of the net. The goal keeper looked in disbelief as the packed crowd erupted in cheers. Tai raised his arms in triumph and looked at the sixty thousand rabid fans shouting his name. "Tai!! Tai!! Tai!!" He smiled and saluted them. The rest of his team caught up to him and buried him under a pile of high fives and hugs.
"Tai, move over a little," one of his teammates said, pushing his legs. "Come on, move. You're hogging the whole couch." Tai looked around the field and saw no couch so he continued saluting and smiling.
"We won, we won," he said softly as he was poked again. "Ouch."
"Move over already," the voice said again. Tai slowly opened his eyes and saw Koushirou standing in front of him, wrapped in a blanket.
"We won, Kou-chan," he said drowsily.
"What are you talking about, Tai?" Koushirou asked.
"The World Cup. I scored the winning goal."
"Right. That's great, now move over a little."
Tai rubbed the eye buggers out of his eyes and looked at Koushirou again. "Koushirou, what are you doing up?" Tai glanced at the clock and saw that it was just past two a.m.
"I missed you. Plus Tentomon is snoring again, so I thought I'd come out here and sleep on the couch with you, if you'll scoot your butt over a little."
"Oh, sure," Tai said, pleased that Koushirou was out here. He scooted back and let Koushirou lay with him. "How's the pain, Kou-chan?"
"Not too bad now. On a scale of one to ten, it's down to an eleven."
"That's not too bad?" Tai asked him.
"Considering it was about a thirteen earlier today, yes."
"Then it is an improvement. Now get comfortable and let me have a little of that blanket." Tai leaned back into the corner of the couch and let Koushirou lay on him. Koushirou rested his head on Tai's chest and pulled the blanket up, covering almost all of himself and most of Tai.
"How's that?" Koushirou asked.
"Perfect," Tai said as he wrapped his arms around Koushirou's neck from behind and slid them under the blanket.
"Geez, Tai, your fingers are like ice," Koushirou said as the hands rested on his chest.
"Sorry. Don't worry though, with you being as hot as you are, they'll heat up in no time."
"I love you, Tai," Koushirou said as he closed his eyes and began quickly drifting off to sleep.
"I love you, too, Koushirou," Tai said and kissed the back of Koushirou's head. Tai swiftly followed Koushirou into the realm of dreams. This time there was nothing but peace. No soccer, no fans, just peace and love.
"Breaker breaker, this is Rogue Leader. Where you at, Wild Bill? Got your ears on? Over." Luke said into the microphone.
"On the road, Rogue Leader, just passing exit 45. What's the good word, over?"
"Not much, Wild Bill. Just checking in on the weather, over."
"It's lightening up. The plows have just been through here, so it's looking pretty clear. You should be home to your son in no time. Over."
"Thanks Wild Bill. Rogue Leader out." Luke put the mike back into place and looked at his wife who was laughing like an idiot.
"Luke, you are such a closet redneck it's not funny."
"What?" Luke looked back with a serious expression.
"Don't worry about it, dear. Over." Mara had a straight face until she said 'over' and then she lost it. Luke started laughing with her and they continued on down the road, drawing ever closer to home. The two of them stopped about the time Koushirou came out to sleep with Tai to get gas and get rid off all their previously drank coffee. Luke took over driving and Mara settled in to take a short nap.
"Now promise me you won't yell out a big 'yee-haw' and wake me up, dear," she said to Luke as they pulled back on the freeway.
"I promise, now get some sleep." Mara relaxed further and closed her eyes. She opened them a few seconds later when Luke put in a cd and she heard some god-awful twang sound, much like a cat when its tail is caught under a rocker.
"What is that?" she asked incredulously.
"Oh, that's Hank Williams Jr. Lobo said he was great, so I bought a few of his cds at the truck stop."
"How many, dare I ask?"
"Four."
"Ah, great. Turn it down just a little, please," Mara said as she closed her eyes again. The volume dropped and the drone of the road and her husband's humming put her to sleep in a few minutes. Her last thought before she went under was something about giving Lobo a lobotomy.
The two pulled into their sleepy little apartment complex's parking lot at about six a.m. or so. Mara yawned and got out and stretched. "How was Hank?" she asked Luke.
"Oh, Lobo was right, he is great." Mara rolled her eyes and shut her door. She pulled her coat closer in the sudden cold of the early morning and started walking to the lobby.
"Come on, Luke, we can get the bags later," she said as Luke was starting to go to the trunk of the car."
"That is the best idea I've heard in a while," Luke said, not wanting to haul the two tons of his wife's baggage up the steps now (or later, to be truthful). He turned and started following her.
They rode up the elevator in silence, due to Luke's near catatonic state. He'd not slept in forever, being much more worried inside than he'd ever admit to. "Come on, we're almost there," Mara said and took him by the arm. She turned the key in the lock and pushed the door open quietly.
She stepped into the living room and saw the two boys laying together in obvious happiness. She turned to Luke and whispered for him to be quiet and not wake them up. He simply nodded and started walking to their bedroom oblivious to the world. He fell on the bed and was asleep before he knew it.
Mara stood and surveyed the scene for a minute. Smiles graced the sleeping faces of both boys and Mara felt her earlier hunches confirmed. She smiled herself and walked on past to the restroom, in dire need of a shower. 'Twelve hours of road time will sure make a person feel dirty,' she mused as she turned on the water.
I love this story. I don't know what else to say about it. I keep on writing little notes at work while I'm waiting on tables, jot down ideas in the car, and so on. Please tell me what you think in a review. I love reviews to death. Thanks to Clear Skies, Nine, QWB, and everyone else I can't think of right now for your thoughts. Keep them coming and I'll keep the chapters coming!!!
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He was kind of glad that Koushirou was finally asleep, since his body could start healing again. Every time he saw Koushirou wince in pain he wanted to help out so bad, but he couldn't do anything. Koushirou wasn't all too keen on taking the pain medication but Tai convinced him to do it. There was no sense in hurting if you didn't need to, that was Tai's mantra. So Koushirou had turned in and Tai was relaxing after a heck of a day.
Tai was flipping through as usual, looking for something interesting to watch when the phone rang again. "Rrrrr." Tai growled and got up and headed to the phone. "This had better be important," he thought as he glanced at the clock. "Hello? Izumi residence."
"Taichi?" the voice on the other end answered.
"Yes, who's calling?"
"This is Mrs. Izumi, Tai. I'm glad I finally got through."
A/N: since I have no idea of what Koushirou's parents names are, I'm going to arbitrarily call them Luke and Mara. I know that they aren't Japanese names, but I don't particularly care. If you can figure out where the names came from, bonus points to you.
"Oh, hello Mrs. Izumi. How are you doing?"
"Well, we are stuck about six hours away from you two, due to the snow fall. Now, let me ask you something, Taichi. How is Koushirou doing?"
"He is sleeping now, but I think he is doing pretty much okay."
"Good. I've been so worried since every time we stopped to call and check on him, the line was busy."
"Sorry about that. All of our friends have been lighting the phone up all day checking in on him. Sora's called at least five times today."
"I'm glad to know that his friends care that much. Actually, I'm really glad that he has a friend like you, Tai. I can't thank you enough for staying with him since he got hurt. From what I've heard from the doctors at the hospital, you've hardly left his side."
Tai hesitated a second before continuing, wanting to choose his words carefully lest he let out a little extra information this early. "I can't let a friend in need down, Mrs. Izumi. I'll be here for him as long as I need to be."
"Thank you, Tai. I hope he's not causing you too much hassle," Mrs. Izumi said.
"Don't worry about it. He's been rather good all in all."
"Alright then, Tai, thanks again. We should be home by about eight or so, as long as they get the roads cleared off."
"If you don't mind me asking, where are you at now?"
"We've pulled off into some truck stop to wait out the worst of the storm. Luke is chatting with some truckers about who knows what and I'm sitting here watching the weather channel hoping that the storm will suddenly disappear."
"Don't worry about us, Mrs. Izumi, we'll be fine tonight. Don't take any chances on the roads, just relax in the truck stop."
"You say relax like there is something relaxing about this place. I will say that the food is decent though, surprisingly enough. Oh, and I guess that you two have found the food I left for you two?"
"Oh yeah, we've found the tuna and the fried chicken," Tai said, not mentioning the burnt mitt incident. "Is there a chance I can get you to teach my mum how to cook like a normal person, Mrs. Izumi?"
"After everything you've done, Taichi, you can count on it. Just name the time. Speaking of time, I've going to get off here and finish dinner now, so keep an eye on my baby, alright?"
Tai smiled as Mrs. Izumi called Koushirou 'baby'. "Count on it, Mrs. Izumi. See you tomorrow morning."
"See you soon, Tai," Mrs. Izumi said as she clicked the phone off.
Tai hung the phone up went to peek in on Koushirou. He heard the rhythmic breaths of deep sleep and he smiled to himself. Tai quietly shut the door and paced back to the couch. Hopefully the phone wouldn't ring again and he could get a little rest himself now.
Mrs. Izumi hung the phone back in the cradle and went back to her seat at the table. As the waitress refilled her coffee, she looked around for her husband. Not seeing him anywhere in sight, she settled back in and started staring at the weather channel some more. A few minutes later she heard some rustling and turned to see her husband walking to her with a large bag full of who knows what.
"You wouldn't believe what all they have here, Mara," he said as he set the bag down next to her. He reached in and pulled out a medium-sized box. "This is a CB radio. Now we can talk to all the truckers on the road."
"Oh great, just what I wanted to do, dear," she said with at least six pounds of sarcasm.
"Oh I know," Luke said, missing the sarcasm completely. "I can't wait to try it out."
"Just out of curiosity, what on earth made you buy that thing?"
"Well, you know that I've been talking to the truckers since we got here, and Lobo, Wild Bill, and me got to be pretty good friends. Now I can talk to them about whenever I want."
"So you made some new friends, isn't that nice."
"Yeah, they're great guys. Lobo told me all about being a trucker, and it really isn't that hard to get a license."
"So let me get this right, you're thinking about becoming a trucker now?"
"Well, yeah. Think about it, Mara. Me and you, on the roads, seeing the sights, making our own schedules, living free."
"You know Luke, when most men have a mid-life crisis, they go and buy a Camaro. When you have one, you become a trucker."
"Isn't it great?" Luke asked, completely serious.
"Anyway, I finally got through to home while you were gone," Mara said, changing the subject entirely.
"Is everything alright?"
"According to Taichi, Koushirou's doing alright. He's sleeping a lot, which is good."
"That is good, dear. I told you that he would be fine until we got home."
"You're right. I'm just glad that he has a friend like Taichi. I was worried because for so long he never really had any friends, just acquaintances. Ever since he and Taichi started hanging around together, he has been a different person."
"I like Taichi," Luke said as he was examining the CB box.
"It's almost like we've gained another son, you know? He's always over."
"I like Taichi, too," Luke said as he started digging in the box, tossing the Styrofoam to the table.
"I think I'm going to start practicing Voodoo and become a nudist," Mara said to her husband.
"Taichi is nice, isn't he?" Luke responded and continued digging. Mara just shook her head and stirred some sugar into her coffee. She loved Luke dearly, but sometimes she could grab him by the shoulders and shake him.
Mara's mind drifted back to before Taichi started coming around. Koushirou was rather withdrawn from everyone, even her. He wasn't always like that, just the last year or so. He never would talk about it no matter how hard she tried to dig any scrap of information out of him. Everything was 'I'm fine' or 'don't worry about me'. He never even told Tentomon anything. It drove her batty. Then Taichi entered the picture and he was a different person. He was alive, bubbly again, like he was in the old days. He almost seemed to be glowing when Taichi was around, radiant.
"Miss, more coffee please," she said to the waitress and thanked her as it was filled again. Her mind drifted back again, to the glow that seemed to surround the two boys. She smiled as she thought at it. It reminded her of when she and Luke were dating. She felt like a live wire when they were together. HELLO! I wonder. she thought and let her mind think for a few minutes. No, as far as she knew, Koushirou had never had a girlfriend, not even a close female friend. Hmmm.. The fact that Koushirou just might be, well, not straight, wouldn't get out of her head.
Did it bother her? She concluded that it didn't in the least. As long as Koushirou was happy, that was all that was important to her. She considered broaching the topic to Luke, but he was still engrossed in the manual to his new toy. 'I'll save it for later,' she told herself.
"I'm going to the restroom, dear," she told Luke as she got up and got a murmur of ok in response. She grinned at him and mussed his hair as she walked by. By the time she returned she had decided that she would more than welcome Tai into the family, musing that she had already called him another son a scant half hour before.
Tai was running across the field, streaking toward the other goal. The ball soared over the last defender's head and he ran on to it. A quick feint to the left and goal keeper committed. Tai shifted all his weight to right leg and launched the ball back against the grain as hard as he had ever done before. It shot just under the crossbar at top speed and caught in the back of the net. The goal keeper looked in disbelief as the packed crowd erupted in cheers. Tai raised his arms in triumph and looked at the sixty thousand rabid fans shouting his name. "Tai!! Tai!! Tai!!" He smiled and saluted them. The rest of his team caught up to him and buried him under a pile of high fives and hugs.
"Tai, move over a little," one of his teammates said, pushing his legs. "Come on, move. You're hogging the whole couch." Tai looked around the field and saw no couch so he continued saluting and smiling.
"We won, we won," he said softly as he was poked again. "Ouch."
"Move over already," the voice said again. Tai slowly opened his eyes and saw Koushirou standing in front of him, wrapped in a blanket.
"We won, Kou-chan," he said drowsily.
"What are you talking about, Tai?" Koushirou asked.
"The World Cup. I scored the winning goal."
"Right. That's great, now move over a little."
Tai rubbed the eye buggers out of his eyes and looked at Koushirou again. "Koushirou, what are you doing up?" Tai glanced at the clock and saw that it was just past two a.m.
"I missed you. Plus Tentomon is snoring again, so I thought I'd come out here and sleep on the couch with you, if you'll scoot your butt over a little."
"Oh, sure," Tai said, pleased that Koushirou was out here. He scooted back and let Koushirou lay with him. "How's the pain, Kou-chan?"
"Not too bad now. On a scale of one to ten, it's down to an eleven."
"That's not too bad?" Tai asked him.
"Considering it was about a thirteen earlier today, yes."
"Then it is an improvement. Now get comfortable and let me have a little of that blanket." Tai leaned back into the corner of the couch and let Koushirou lay on him. Koushirou rested his head on Tai's chest and pulled the blanket up, covering almost all of himself and most of Tai.
"How's that?" Koushirou asked.
"Perfect," Tai said as he wrapped his arms around Koushirou's neck from behind and slid them under the blanket.
"Geez, Tai, your fingers are like ice," Koushirou said as the hands rested on his chest.
"Sorry. Don't worry though, with you being as hot as you are, they'll heat up in no time."
"I love you, Tai," Koushirou said as he closed his eyes and began quickly drifting off to sleep.
"I love you, too, Koushirou," Tai said and kissed the back of Koushirou's head. Tai swiftly followed Koushirou into the realm of dreams. This time there was nothing but peace. No soccer, no fans, just peace and love.
"Breaker breaker, this is Rogue Leader. Where you at, Wild Bill? Got your ears on? Over." Luke said into the microphone.
"On the road, Rogue Leader, just passing exit 45. What's the good word, over?"
"Not much, Wild Bill. Just checking in on the weather, over."
"It's lightening up. The plows have just been through here, so it's looking pretty clear. You should be home to your son in no time. Over."
"Thanks Wild Bill. Rogue Leader out." Luke put the mike back into place and looked at his wife who was laughing like an idiot.
"Luke, you are such a closet redneck it's not funny."
"What?" Luke looked back with a serious expression.
"Don't worry about it, dear. Over." Mara had a straight face until she said 'over' and then she lost it. Luke started laughing with her and they continued on down the road, drawing ever closer to home. The two of them stopped about the time Koushirou came out to sleep with Tai to get gas and get rid off all their previously drank coffee. Luke took over driving and Mara settled in to take a short nap.
"Now promise me you won't yell out a big 'yee-haw' and wake me up, dear," she said to Luke as they pulled back on the freeway.
"I promise, now get some sleep." Mara relaxed further and closed her eyes. She opened them a few seconds later when Luke put in a cd and she heard some god-awful twang sound, much like a cat when its tail is caught under a rocker.
"What is that?" she asked incredulously.
"Oh, that's Hank Williams Jr. Lobo said he was great, so I bought a few of his cds at the truck stop."
"How many, dare I ask?"
"Four."
"Ah, great. Turn it down just a little, please," Mara said as she closed her eyes again. The volume dropped and the drone of the road and her husband's humming put her to sleep in a few minutes. Her last thought before she went under was something about giving Lobo a lobotomy.
The two pulled into their sleepy little apartment complex's parking lot at about six a.m. or so. Mara yawned and got out and stretched. "How was Hank?" she asked Luke.
"Oh, Lobo was right, he is great." Mara rolled her eyes and shut her door. She pulled her coat closer in the sudden cold of the early morning and started walking to the lobby.
"Come on, Luke, we can get the bags later," she said as Luke was starting to go to the trunk of the car."
"That is the best idea I've heard in a while," Luke said, not wanting to haul the two tons of his wife's baggage up the steps now (or later, to be truthful). He turned and started following her.
They rode up the elevator in silence, due to Luke's near catatonic state. He'd not slept in forever, being much more worried inside than he'd ever admit to. "Come on, we're almost there," Mara said and took him by the arm. She turned the key in the lock and pushed the door open quietly.
She stepped into the living room and saw the two boys laying together in obvious happiness. She turned to Luke and whispered for him to be quiet and not wake them up. He simply nodded and started walking to their bedroom oblivious to the world. He fell on the bed and was asleep before he knew it.
Mara stood and surveyed the scene for a minute. Smiles graced the sleeping faces of both boys and Mara felt her earlier hunches confirmed. She smiled herself and walked on past to the restroom, in dire need of a shower. 'Twelve hours of road time will sure make a person feel dirty,' she mused as she turned on the water.
I love this story. I don't know what else to say about it. I keep on writing little notes at work while I'm waiting on tables, jot down ideas in the car, and so on. Please tell me what you think in a review. I love reviews to death. Thanks to Clear Skies, Nine, QWB, and everyone else I can't think of right now for your thoughts. Keep them coming and I'll keep the chapters coming!!!
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