Take Me Home
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SERIES. ALL THE RIGHTS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYER. I ONLY OWN THE PLOT AND OC'S.
CHAPTER FOUR
Paul stood quietly in the doorway of Tyler's bedroom for a moment, watching the two kids. Sky sat with her back against the wall, her eyes following Tyler around the room as he talked about all the different objects in his room. Paul wasn't sure what to say to get the boy to stop talking. So, he simply knocked on the open door. Both kid's heads snapped in his direction.
"Ahh Tyler, your mum wants you to go clean up your toys downstairs," Paul said, just wanting the boy out of the room. Tyler sighed, the smile on his face dropping a little.
"Okay, I'll be right back Sky," Tyler said to the girl on the floor before running out of the room, past Paul and down the stairs. Sky stared blankly at Paul, and he did the same back. It was an undeclared staring contest that Sky won. Paul was not able to hold her hard stare for too long. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to think of something to say. Jared said this was easy, liar. He sighed, walked over, and dropped down on the floor next to Sky.
"Look kid, I umm… I don't know why but your mum wants me to look after you for a while-"
"Do you know when she's coming to get me?" The girl looked up to him, eyes wide.
"Ahh sorry, I don't know." Sky looked back down at her hands, her face falling in sadness. Paul's heart sank when he saw the look on Sky's face. "But I- I'm sure she'll be back soon and until then you will be staying with me. You okay with that?" He questioned. Sky looked back up at him and shrugged her shoulders. "I'll take that as a yes then." Paul stood up and held a hand out for Sky. The girl slowly placed her small hand in Paul's massive one and he easily lifted her to her feet. They walked downstairs side by side. It was only when Emily gave Paul a bright smile that he realised he was still holding onto Sky's hand. He let go instantly, stepping away from the small girl.
"We're leaving now thanks for your help," Paul said awkwardly.
"Bye Sky," Tyler yelled, waving at the girl. Sky waved a quick goodbye to the boy before following Paul outside.
The drive to Paul's place seemed to take forever as the silence stretched on between the two. When they reached his house, they went inside, and Paul flicked on the TV. "You like TV, right?" Paul asked. Sky shrugged taking a seat on the sofa. "Well, if you don't just change the channel, or something," Paul dropped the TV remote on the seat next to her and then went down the hallway, stopping at the door to the spare bedroom.
The room was nothing special. The walls were an off white, on the back wall was a large window that looked out to the forest. Under the window was a single bed and next to it there was a dark wood dresser with a lamp sitting on top of it. It would be enough for the weekend. Paul put some new sheets on the bed and opened the window to let some fresh air into the room. His stomach growled at him in hunger. Paul did not have to look to know there was little to no food in the house. So, he called Emily. She answered after a couple of rings.
"Is everything okay Paul?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, just a quick question."
"Yes?" She asked.
"What do kids eat?" There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment while Emily tried to find words to respond with.
"Are you serious?"
"Umm, yes."
"Why don't you just go to the grocery store and let her pick out things she likes. I'm sure she'll tell you what she likes if you just ask her." Emily sighed. "Really as long as it's not poisonous or alcoholic it's okay for her to have. Just don't let her have too much sugar."
"Too easy. Bye Em."
"Bye Paul." He hung up and placed the phone back in his pocket. Paul looked over at Sky.
"Come on, field trip time kid." Sky followed him without saying anything. They drove to the store in silence. Paul tapped his fingers against the steering wheel the whole time, trying to think of something to talk to the girl about but nothing came to mind.
Once in the store Paul grabbed a trolley and began to fill it with things he wanted. "Get whatever you want kid," he said to Sky.
The girl followed him quietly, as though she was his shadow. She didn't make any move to get anything for herself until Paul stopped by the fridge with all the cold meat in it. Sky hated the sight of raw meat, all bloody looking. She went looking for something she would rather eat. She walked through the small halls of the grocery store, hands clasped together as her eyes searched the shelves. After a few minutes of searching, she found what she was looking for at the other end of the store. A shelf filled with brightly coloured boxes of cereal. She smiled and walked over to the shelf, taking note of the other person in the hallway.
The new female had the Quileute features; copper skin, black hair, high cheek bones and eyes so dark they were almost black. Sky liked the way the woman smiled as she placed objects in her shopping basket. She looked friendly. Sky felt happy looking at the colourful clothes the stranger wore, the complete opposite to anything her mother would ever wear. The woman had on a long flowery dress that floated around her ankles, and a bright red jacket to match. Sky's mother usually dressed in dark colours and the young girl couldn't remember ever seeing her mother in a dress.
Sky quickly turned her attention back to the shelves as the woman's eyes glanced over at her. She knew it was rude to stare and didn't want to get in any trouble for it. Sky kept her eyes on the cereal and searched for something she recognised. Once she found the one she wanted, she reached to get it off the shelf, but even on her tippy toes she was unable to get to it. Sky was caught off guard when an arm reached out and grabbed the box she had been trying to reach. She looked up to find the brightly coloured woman standing beside her, holding the box of cereal out to her. Sky hesitated for a few moments before taking the box.
"Thank you," she said, and the woman offered her a kind smile.
"Your very welcome sweetie."
"Sky!" A voice yelled in alarm from the other side of the store. Sky's head snapped in the direction of the voice and the woman's smile softened.
"I'm guessing that's you." Sky nodded her head. "She's over here!" The woman said loud enough to be heard from the other end of the store, but it wasn't quite a yell. Seconds later Paul appeared at the end of the hallway. His eyes immediately locked on Sky; he didn't even notice the woman behind her.
"Sky, what are you doing, I told you to stay put," Paul said walking up to the girl.
"No, you didn't." Sky didn't think she had done anything wrong. He never stated that she had to stay by his side, all he said was she could get whatever she wanted.
"Well, I meant too." For a second Paul thought he had lost the small girl, that something bad could have happened to her. Now that he saw she was perfectly fine, he was feeling kind of stupid for overreacting. Paul looked up from Sky as he heard a soft laugh.
"I'm guessing you are only a weekend dad." He smiled at the stranger; it was a goofy smile different from the charming smirk he usually had on around women.
"Ah, yeah, I guess you could say that. Hi, I'm Paul," he said holding out a hand.
"Addison," she smiled shaking his hand.
"Addison…" Paul whispered to quietly for human ears to hear. "Are you umm… new to town?" he asked. He had never seen her before; he was sure he would remember a woman like her.
"You could say that."
"Well then welcome to La Push."
"Thanks. You know you really shouldn't let her eat that if you don't like her running off. There's so much sugar in that stuff that she won't be able to stand still." Paul looked down at the box of cereal in Sky's arms then back to Addison.
"Duly noted."
"Umm I better keep moving but it was nice meeting you both. Bye sweetie."
"Bye," Paul smiled.
"I was talking to Sky," Addison laughed.
"Oh yeah, of course."
"Bye Paul," Addison finally turned away from the two and left them to get back to grocery shopping.
"She seems nice," Sky said once she could no longer see Addison. Paul couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.
AN: Sorry this update took so long. I just lost track of time. Between starting a new job, finishing my last semester of school, and starting my own business... I just couldn't find the time.
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