A/N: Thank you for all the lovely reviews! You guys make me feel awesome! And WritingWhat'sOnMyMind...It was sh*t scary! And Stars-In-The-Eyes...Hahaha! I really do have weird dreams! :D
(Rachel's POV)
Adam had been home and changed and come back over, it was Saturday and he wanted to spend the day with us. Poppy had Bolton coming over anyway so I wasn't arguing. Poppy was still upstairs straightening her hair when Bolton knocked on the door, I was in the kitchen and Adam answered the door.
"Who are you?" Adam asked
"I'm Bolton"
"Who?" Adam asked again
"He's Poppy's boyfriend its fine" I yelled through "She's upstairs, go up"
I faintly heard Adam laying down the law.
"You don't go upstairs" He said
"But Miss Mason said its fine..." Bolton argued
"I'll go get her, wait down here"
I heard Poppy come down and then Adam came into the kitchen, I raised my eyebrows at him.
"Getting a little overprotective there?" I asked
"You let her date him?" Adam asked shocked
"He's a good kid" I told him
"Hmm I'll be keeping a very close eye on him"
"If you interfere she won't thank you for it, sit down, have some coffee and relax" I chuckled gently
Adam sat down and Poppy walked past in a bikini and denim hot pants with a large towel draped over her shoulder. Both Bolton and Poppy disappeared through to the door. Adam suddenly got up and followed and I followed Adam.
"Poppy can you put some clothes on please?" He asked
"I'm wearing clothes" she replied
"I mean other then that piece of string" He added
"No I can't...What I do with my boyfriend is my business, you're such a hypocrite..."
"How's that?" Adam asked
"Oh come on don't tell me you and Rachel were talking about extra curricular activites in bed last night..." She told him
"Poppy!" I said a little shocked
I was so glad Em had gone to the cinema with some friends I didn't even want to think about how I'd explain this to her.
"What its true?" She asked
I grabbed Adam's hand and pulled him out of there before any other subjects involving us popped up.
Adam left shortly after Bolton and Em called to say she'd been asked to sleep over so it would be just Poppy and me...It'd be good to spend sometime with her, just the two of us. We hadn't really done that it in a long time.
(Poppy's POV)
Just minutes after Rachel left to take Em some over night stuff there was a knock on the door. It was probably Rachel forgot her keys or her phone or her marbles...But when I opened the door it was a courier.
"Poppy Mason?" He asked
"Yeah that's me..."
"Could you sign for this please?" He asked handing me his iPad. He had a white envelope in his hand.
I scribbled my initials on the line and took the envelope.
"24 hours that was fast..." I mumbled
"Well when you pay for fast track that's what you get" He replied "Have a nice night"
"Thanks" I said, closing the door
I went and sat in the living room, the envelope in my hand. I couldn't bring myself to open it, my entire world was in that envelope...What if Tom was my dad?...What if he wasn't? I took the envelope upstairs and hid it under my pillow. Tonight it was just me and Rachel and that was enough for now...
I hadn't realised how hard it was raining and it was starting to thunder, there was a crash of lightning and all the lights in the house flicked off. We had a corner staircase and I huddled in the corner on the larger step a few steps up in the corner...I sat resting my chin on my knees, I was terrified of the dark...Always had been, it wasn't so much the dark itself, but what it held...The unknown. That was what scared me...The rain clattered off the front door and the boom of the thunder shot right through me.
I covered my ears with my hands and closed my eyes tightly. The front door opened and Rachel walked in putting the hood down on her coat. She went into the living room and then into the kitchen...
"Poppy!" She called "I'm back"
"I'm here!" I squeaked but I didn't think she'd heard me
She came to hang her coat up and put the torch on on her phone, then she saw me.
(Rachel's POV)
I spotted Poppy sat on the stairs, huddled in a ball with her hands over her ears. I put my phone on one of the higher steps, so I could see her but the light wasn't in her face...Then went and sat beside her.
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Its stupid..."
"What's stupid?" I asked
"I'm scared of the dark" she admitted
"That's not stupid" I soothed resting my hand on her knee
"Yeah it is...Only little kids are supposed to be scared of the dark"
"Rubbish I know loads of adults that are scared of the dark...Come on"
Rachel took my hand pulling my into the living room where she pulled out several candles and lit them all. We stayed up most of the night just talking, we hadn't done it in a while...The lights finally flicked on about midnight.