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 IN THIS STORY.
CHAPTER FIVE
Sky's stomach was full, she had showered and changed into her PJs. Now she was lying in a real bed for the first time in days. But she still couldn't sleep. The room was dark, and the sun had set a few hours ago. The bed was soft, and the sheets were fluffy. She was still unable to rest. Most of the time she could sleep anywhere, anytime. But not tonight, not here. She missed her Mum, she missed their old car, she missed the bedroom she had once had.
Sky crawled out from under the covers and cautiously stepped out of the bedroom and down the hallway. Paul sat slouched back on the lounge, a cold beer in one hand and the TV remote in the other hand. He didn't notice Sky walk up to him until she spoke. "I can't sleep." Her voice was small and sad. Paul sat up, looking over at the small girl.
"Umm well... do you need a drink or something?" he suggested.
"No, I said I couldn't sleep not that I was thirsty," Sky said confused as to why he was offering her a drink.
"Okay then. What do you want?" He asked. Sky shrugged.
"Can I watch TV with you?" She asked, her hands playing with the red trim of her Micky mouse shirt.
"Sure kid," Paul said patting the empty space on the chair next to him. Sky walked over and pulled herself up onto the seat but sat as far away from Paul as she could possibly be. "Do you know anything about football?" Sky shook her head.
"Okay well the guys in the maroon and yellow are trying to get the ball across the blue and white guys line and the blue and white guys have to stop them." Sky nodded her head in understanding even though she didn't really understand the game. Paul continues to explain things about the game and Sky acted like she knew what he was saying but really sports were something she didn't have much to do with.
When the game clock was almost out of time Sky could tell Paul was getting excited. He sat on the edge of the couch. Eyes glued to the screen as one of the guys dressed in maroon and yellow raced to the other end of the field. As time ran out the guy with the ball jumped across the other team's line winning the game for the Redskins.
Paul jumped up shouting in joy. Sky flinched and yelped in shock. Her cheeks went bright red as Paul's eyes snapped to her. "Sorry," Sky said. She couldn't get off the couch quick enough, and she ran back to her room, almost falling over in the process. She shut the door behind her and crawled back into bed where she started to sob into her pillow.
Paul knocked on the door but didn't get a response. Slowly he opened the door, he could hear the girl's soft sobs coming from under the covers. "Kid," he said gently. "I'm sorry kid I didn't mean to scare you." He walked over to the bed and knelt on his knee next to the bed. He pulled the covers down from over Sky's head. "Why are you crying?"
"I want mummy," Sky sobbed. She looked at him with large watery eyes and Paul's heart dropped.
"It's okay kid, she'll be back before you know it," Paul assured. He reached out his hand and brushed hair out of the girl's face.
"Why did she leave me? What did I do wrong?" Her voice was muffled as she dug her head into the pillow.
"Look at me," Paul said softly grabbing Sky's head and tilting it to look at him. "You did nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing," he repeated the words." Do you understand? You did nothing wrong." Sky sniffled, then reached out her arms and wrapped them around Paul's neck. Paul was shocked and it took him a moment to return the hug.
Sky was still crying. He wrapped his arms around her tightly." Ssh... you did nothing wrong. You hear me... Sky, you did nothing wrong." Paul sat up onto the bed and Sky shuffled into his lap, not unlocking her arms from his neck.
Soon her sobs softened, her breathing slowed, and her arms loosened their grip around Paul's neck. Paul knew the girl had tired herself out enough to sleep. He slowly moved Sky back into the bed. He stood up and pulled the covers back up over the small girl. Her cheeks were still red from crying.
Paul laid awake for hours that night just thinking. He didn't want a kid. He couldn't raise a kid. Even if he wanted to keep her, he could hardly look after himself, no way could he handle a kid as well. She would be better off with someone else, anyone else that wasn't him. But as he thought about those grey eyes, full of tears looking up at him. He couldn't deny those were his eyes.
Some women out there believed that Sky was his, how could he say goodbye to the last blood he had left. Both his parents were gone, he didn't have any siblings and the only other family he had ever met was a distant uncle who he wasn't in contact with. If Sky was really his daughter that would mean she was the only family, he had left in this world.
Paul didn't know what to do. He couldn't imagine raising a kid. He had never been so confused about anything in his life. If he kept her, it wasn't just his life changing forever but hers as well. He didn't even know if Sky wanted to stay with him or not. Whatever he did seemed to scare her, she probably hated him.
With all these thoughts going on in his head Paul was starting to lose his battle with sleep.
~ Morning~
When Sky woke up the next morning she was confused as to where she was for a few moments until she remembered the events of the day before. She pulled herself out of bed and walked across the cold wooden floor. She cracked open her door and was immediately met by the sound of voices down the hallway. She was still too drowsy to hear what they were saying but she heard a female's voice, and her first thought was her mother had returned.
She raced from her room and down the short hallway. Only to come to an instant halt when she reached the main room. At the dining table sat Paul, Jared, and a woman she had never meet. The hope she had in her heart about seeing her mother instantly dropped, and she felt ill. All three adults turned to look at her. Jared and the woman both smiled warmly at her while Paul's face was set into a hard frown.
"Good morning, Sky," Jared said, but Sky didn't respond. "Ah, this is Kim," Jared gestured to the woman sitting next to him.
"Hi Sky, it's nice to meet you." She looked friendly enough, but Sky still made no move to respond.
"Go get changed we're going to the beach," Paul said ignoring Sky's sad expression. She nodded her head okay.
"Do you need any help?" Kim asked.
The young girl shook her head and dashed back to her room.
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