Dylan
When my door bangs open with a loud crash I scream clutching hold of Cecilia who laughs?
I swing my gaze to the door seeing Izzy frowning, holding a teddy bear to her chest. "Why scream at me?"
"Ah baby, he wasn't, he just thought you were the bogey monster" Cecilia is out of the bed before I can blink, picking up Izzy, bringing her over to the bed.
"I'm sorry" I took Izzy off Cecilia.
"S'okay"
"What's the matter, Izzy?" Cecilia asks her.
"I had a nightmare" Izzy's lips tremble.
"Oh baby, it's not real you know that" Cecilia spoke to her, while I comfort her.
Izzy nods leaning against me taking shallower breaths, sucking her thumb.
"You want to sleep with us?" I ask.
Izzy nods.
We put Izzy in the middle of us, holding hands above her head while we fell asleep.
The last thing on my mind is that with Maddy I never once thought of the idea of us having kids, with Cecilia I can practically see it.
"What's going on in here then?"
My eyes snap open. Jessica stands at the door a smirk on her face.
"Jessie" Izzy clambered over me and C to get to her.
"Hey Iz, lets leave the lovebirds alone"
"You wont say anything will you?" I ask sitting up.
"My lips are sealed" She mimes her lips being zipped. Dork.
"Someone say love birds?" Cecilia stirs.
I turn to smile at her watching as she wakes up.
"Hey you" She whispers.
I grin taking her hands in mine.
Cecilia squeezes my hands. "I'm hungry, do me something"
"Why should I?" I ask.
"Because you're a sweet kind male that will do anything for your lady"
"You're no lady" I say even as I stand up.
"Oi you" Cecilia slaps my ass.
"Stop that" I hold up a finger. She just grins wickedly. I decide to wriggle my ass for her as I walk out the door.
"Do you girls want anything?" I ask as I walk through the living room where Izzy and Jess are sitting watching a cartoon.
"Thanks Dylan, I'll have toast Dylan"
"Why you talking like that?" I ask Jess.
"Like what?"
"All posh and polite and that"
"Um" Jess shrugs. "I don't know"
"Kay Jess"
"It's Jessica, actually you can call me Jess"
"Privileged"
"I want coco pop"
"Coming right up girls" I pour Izzy a bowl of coco pops adding milk and do Jess's toast. "Do yous want a drink?"
"Shanks" Izzy gave me a wide showing all her teeth grin, clutching the bowl tight to her chest digging the spoon in and slowly putting it in her mouth, being careful not to spill. Cute.
"Thank you Dylan and no we're okay" Jess smiles at me.
I make me and Cecilia bacon batties, putting the radio on to dance as I wait for the bacon, thinking of Cecilia upstairs. I can't remember the last time I felt this good.
Even with Maddy.
No.
I stop myself before I start to think of her. I'm happy now, why spoil it?
Maybe because you deserve it, Dylan.
Okay I've lost it, talking in third person to myself? I shake my head taking the batties up to Cecilia.
She munches into hers. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Why am I ruining this?
I kiss her, if there's one thing that can chase away my thoughts, it's that.
"My life's never been perfect"
"What?" I snap my head up.
"Okay" She grabs my hands and takes a breath. "Let's play a game. I'm going to say something. You tell me the first thing that pops into your head"
"Yeah okay" I agree.
"The first time you saw our family"
"American dream life"
"Okay good, so my life should be the American dream"
I nod.
"Well my family they are living it, probably why me and my cousin are close- she's not and neither am I. Add Junior for that matter."
"What are you getting at?" I ask, bewildered.
"Wait" She jumps up and disappears into her walk-in wardrobe.
"Close your eyes" She orders. "And hands out"
I comply.
Hard metal is placed in my hand, I can feel the heaviness of it and the texture of metal.
"Open" I glance down at what's in my hand.
A gun.
And a switchblade.
"Cecilia, why do you have these?"
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