Eve closed the door to her Dad's room quietly and climbed into his bed. There was one thing that was good about a Dad who couldn't ask questions and that was that he never would ask why she was crying.
Sometimes she was just so tired of life…. And sometimes- just rarely- she was given a reason to be happy.
Curled up in the bed with her dad who was blankly petting her like that devil cat was the only thing she knew to do when she was upset or happy. He was the one thing that never changed.
He tugged gently on her shirt and she laughed through her tears, "Ok Daddy, what you want me to read you today?"
She smiled at her Dad, no matter how bad he looked she could never stop loving him. His hair was thinning and his face was thin and his eyes were sunken in. She hated the way he always looked sick but that was what happened when he was bedridden.
He still had kind eyes.
"Hey Dad, I'm going to skip the book today ok, I have so much to tell you about."
He looked quietly at her as he always did as she spoke, "Daddy… today I talked to someone new. Well… He's not new, he used to be mean to me but ever since Jane took his memories last month he's been really nice."
"I've told you about him, he's really nice and he makes a point to include me in things which is weird. He's gotten others to talk to me too, mostly jocks because it seems like those are the only kind of people he knows but at least I'm not alone anymore."
"I never really thought of that fact that just because they forgot me that doesn't mean they can't get to know me again. At least… I gave up on the thought…. I still haven't apologized to Jane and I will, I promise I will but Daddy, I'm free again."
"This is the first guy I've liked who hasn't been in love with Jane. He actually seems to be interested in me for… me, which is weird because he barely knows me which is already more than anyone else in the world but…. Jane."
Eve thought back to the day she had had before coming home to her Dad, the guys, as she was already calling the hoard of jocks who flocked around her new friend, were listening to music in computers.
Rather, Lance and she had been listening to music while the others goofed around and talked messed with each other. He had thought he was being funny when he search Miss Invisible on YouTube.
The words had dug at her heart as she felt what the Miss Invisible felt and wondered; who was the one who finally noticed and wrote the song?
She had sat trying to pretend like she thought it was funny as she hid her face from them all in hopes that they wouldn't notice the tears welling up in her eyes. Without warning, their computer went black, no sound, no color, and no nothing.
They had looked up in surprise to find Jane standing looking innocent as she untangled her feet from the wires of their computer, "Sorry, completely my fault, I'm so sorry."
As Jane fumbled with the wires, finally escaping thanks to the teacher and a jock Eve knew that her apology had encompassed more than just the computer.
When Jane was finally free of the wires she stood tall, red in the face and looked Lance in the eye, "You know, I'm not sure that's the best song to be showing to somebody no one's ever noticed till last month."
Her voice was quiet and she sounded as if she were about to cry and for a moment everyone was silent with surprise. Eve stood quietly, "Jane…."
Jane looked up at Eve and gave a little smile, "I gotta go."
And with that Jane ran out of the classroom.
"Daddy I have to say sorry tomorrow."
