The Sum of Us
By: Writes with Block
Chapter Four
Cyprus felt one side of her bed sag. She struggled to open her eyes, fighting against the fatigue that had settled over her. She struggled, becoming panicked and disoriented. A hand rested on her forehead gently and she relaxed back into her bed.
"You've gone to bed early. Is something wrong?"
Cyprus shook he head in response to her mother's voice and tried to open her eyes.
A fingertip drew a soothing line across her forehead and she stilled.
"Your father will be in later."
'So that's why she's here alone,' Cyprus thought drowsily.
For as long as she could remember her father had come to tuck her in at night. She wasn't sure why he did it, neither did her mother, but Cyprus enjoyed it. It was quiet time that she could spend, uninterrupted with both parents.
Cyprus drifted in that vague place between sleeping and waking as her mother sat quietly on her bed, drawing her fingertip back and forth her daughter's forehead. She was unsure of how much time had passed but eventually the door opened again.
"She awake?" her father's voice whispered.
"No," Trinity answered quietly. "She was asleep when I came in."
"Is she sick?" Neo asked and the bed sagged again.
"She said she's feeling all right," Trinity answered and drew a finger across Cyprus' forehead.
"At least she ate today," Neo said, putting a hand on Cyprus' knee. "She's doing okay, isn't she?" he asked.
There was that same old hint of insecurity in his voice that Cyprus had heard off and on her whole life.
"She's fine Neo," Trinity answered, her voice patient and slightly amused as it always was when she responded to his worries. "She's always fine."
"She looks so small sometimes," Neo mumbled, his voice slightly wistful, as if he were thinking of things far gone.
Trinity chuckled softly and the bed sagged. Silence filled the room and Cyprus was suer they were kissing. She opened one eye lazily.
"Quit making out in my room," Cyprus mumbled.
"I thought you were asleep," Neo chuckled, turning to his daughter. He hugged Trinity to him, grinning at her quickly.
"Couldn't decide if I wanted to wake up or not," Cyprus muttered.
"Sleepy?" Neo asked, twining her fingers with hers.
"Yup. Go away," Cyprus replied, pulling her hand away. "I'm tired."
"You ate good?" Trinity asked as Neo's hand settled over her own.
"Yeah. Ate all those offerings."
"I thought you hated when people did that."
Cyprus shrugged tiredly. "It was outside the door and I didn't feel like going to find food."
"What did you do all day?"
"Worked on my computer," Cyprus yawned.
"Again Cy?"
"What else am I gonna do all day? I could sleep," she added, answering her own question.
"You could have gone to help Morpheus with the repairs on the ship."
"Or I could pull the stitches out of my lip on my own," Cyprus snorted.
"Without a topical."
"Leave your lip alone," Trinity snapped. "Go to sleep," she said, her voice soft again.
"That's what I've been trying to do," she mumbled as Neo fluffed her pillow and pulled the blankets up to her chin.
"Good night Cy," Trinity said drawing a fingertip across Cyprus' forehead again. She trailed a casual hand through Neo's hair as she walked out the door.
Neo smiled at her as she walked away and then turned back to Cyprus.
"Lemme 'lone," she mumbled as Neo tossled her hair.
"Good night Cy," Neo said softly, kissing her forehead gently. "Sleep well baby."
"Night Dad," Cyprus mumbled.
As her father walked away Cyprus remembered the man that had come to her door earlier. She was ready to call to him when the door closed and the lock turned. With a shrug Cyprus rolled over to go back to sleep. She could always tell him later.
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Author's Notes: That was short but I guess that's okay. I wanted to show more parent/child interaction and that exactly what I did. I wrote most of it at work today cause I have a thirty minutes break. Quite surprised by that one. Speaking of work that stupid machine that endorses checks and prints out the reciepts hates me. It always eats the reciept and then I have to open the dumb thing and I end up chipping my nails on that razor that cuts the check. Now I've got all these little nicks on my nails. Oh well. I'll be getting a paycheck sometime next week. My first one!!! ^___^
Enough about my life. Lets talk about you. Thank you. And here's the list. Thank you very much too:
Cassie
Ice Flame
Bren
AND
kurleyhawk2
I'm not sure if its been longer than a week but if it has I'm sorry. Work is taking up allot of my time. I'll try to have the next chapter out soon. Oh and my dad fixed out computer so I should be working allot more now. Please review!
By: Writes with Block
Chapter Four
Cyprus felt one side of her bed sag. She struggled to open her eyes, fighting against the fatigue that had settled over her. She struggled, becoming panicked and disoriented. A hand rested on her forehead gently and she relaxed back into her bed.
"You've gone to bed early. Is something wrong?"
Cyprus shook he head in response to her mother's voice and tried to open her eyes.
A fingertip drew a soothing line across her forehead and she stilled.
"Your father will be in later."
'So that's why she's here alone,' Cyprus thought drowsily.
For as long as she could remember her father had come to tuck her in at night. She wasn't sure why he did it, neither did her mother, but Cyprus enjoyed it. It was quiet time that she could spend, uninterrupted with both parents.
Cyprus drifted in that vague place between sleeping and waking as her mother sat quietly on her bed, drawing her fingertip back and forth her daughter's forehead. She was unsure of how much time had passed but eventually the door opened again.
"She awake?" her father's voice whispered.
"No," Trinity answered quietly. "She was asleep when I came in."
"Is she sick?" Neo asked and the bed sagged again.
"She said she's feeling all right," Trinity answered and drew a finger across Cyprus' forehead.
"At least she ate today," Neo said, putting a hand on Cyprus' knee. "She's doing okay, isn't she?" he asked.
There was that same old hint of insecurity in his voice that Cyprus had heard off and on her whole life.
"She's fine Neo," Trinity answered, her voice patient and slightly amused as it always was when she responded to his worries. "She's always fine."
"She looks so small sometimes," Neo mumbled, his voice slightly wistful, as if he were thinking of things far gone.
Trinity chuckled softly and the bed sagged. Silence filled the room and Cyprus was suer they were kissing. She opened one eye lazily.
"Quit making out in my room," Cyprus mumbled.
"I thought you were asleep," Neo chuckled, turning to his daughter. He hugged Trinity to him, grinning at her quickly.
"Couldn't decide if I wanted to wake up or not," Cyprus muttered.
"Sleepy?" Neo asked, twining her fingers with hers.
"Yup. Go away," Cyprus replied, pulling her hand away. "I'm tired."
"You ate good?" Trinity asked as Neo's hand settled over her own.
"Yeah. Ate all those offerings."
"I thought you hated when people did that."
Cyprus shrugged tiredly. "It was outside the door and I didn't feel like going to find food."
"What did you do all day?"
"Worked on my computer," Cyprus yawned.
"Again Cy?"
"What else am I gonna do all day? I could sleep," she added, answering her own question.
"You could have gone to help Morpheus with the repairs on the ship."
"Or I could pull the stitches out of my lip on my own," Cyprus snorted.
"Without a topical."
"Leave your lip alone," Trinity snapped. "Go to sleep," she said, her voice soft again.
"That's what I've been trying to do," she mumbled as Neo fluffed her pillow and pulled the blankets up to her chin.
"Good night Cy," Trinity said drawing a fingertip across Cyprus' forehead again. She trailed a casual hand through Neo's hair as she walked out the door.
Neo smiled at her as she walked away and then turned back to Cyprus.
"Lemme 'lone," she mumbled as Neo tossled her hair.
"Good night Cy," Neo said softly, kissing her forehead gently. "Sleep well baby."
"Night Dad," Cyprus mumbled.
As her father walked away Cyprus remembered the man that had come to her door earlier. She was ready to call to him when the door closed and the lock turned. With a shrug Cyprus rolled over to go back to sleep. She could always tell him later.
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Author's Notes: That was short but I guess that's okay. I wanted to show more parent/child interaction and that exactly what I did. I wrote most of it at work today cause I have a thirty minutes break. Quite surprised by that one. Speaking of work that stupid machine that endorses checks and prints out the reciepts hates me. It always eats the reciept and then I have to open the dumb thing and I end up chipping my nails on that razor that cuts the check. Now I've got all these little nicks on my nails. Oh well. I'll be getting a paycheck sometime next week. My first one!!! ^___^
Enough about my life. Lets talk about you. Thank you. And here's the list. Thank you very much too:
Cassie
Ice Flame
Bren
AND
kurleyhawk2
I'm not sure if its been longer than a week but if it has I'm sorry. Work is taking up allot of my time. I'll try to have the next chapter out soon. Oh and my dad fixed out computer so I should be working allot more now. Please review!