“Why do you have that long lost look on your face beautiful?” Jude came walking over to me and sat down next to me on his front porch.
“Nothing just got off the phone with Doc and now watching these two.” Stella and Ezra were at it again. This time they were arguing over who would take her luggage in. All of our things were ruined in the fire, but that barely made a dent in her clothing since she had two closets back home. Luckily, we were the same size and she gave me a good closest worth until I get back on my feet.
“Ezra! I swear on all things holy, you better put my suitcase down.” Stella was trying to rip her suitcase out of his hands, but it was pointless. Ezra was double her size and all he had to do was hold the bag up high out of her reach.
“Do you guys see this? She’s crazy!” Ezra shouted over to us and at the mention of him calling Stella crazy, she was standing on top of his truck’s hood.
“Stella! That’s a 1975 Chevy Truck, get off it before you dent it!”
“Are you calling me fat!” Those two can talk each other in the circles. I don’t know what happened between them over the past few months, but it will be interesting to live with them for the rest of the school year. Since the fire burned our house down and all close by apartments were already full for the rest of the school year, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan suggested we move in here with the guys. Knox wasn’t too excited to be sharing a house with his sister and me sharing a room with Jude really didn’t go over to well with him. I think the guilt of what he took part in made him agree though.
While Stella and Ezra where still arguing, Jude motioned for us to go inside. We ran into Knox and you can feel the tension between him and Jude. I’m trying to forgive and move on, but Jude still needs time. When we got inside, Knox was heading straight towards us.
“What’s with all the screaming?” By the way Knox was rubbing the back of his neck and looking anywhere but Jude, you can tell he was nervous to even try to talk to him. Jude nodded his head towards the front door and said, “Your sister and Ezra.”
It may have only been four words, but it was progress from the death glares he sent him the last few weeks. Jude grabbed my hand and started leading me up the staircase. Our room was the second on the left and Stella’s room was right across. I was going to share a room with her, but we all knew I’d be in Jude’s bed every night anyways.
“Close your eyes little bird, I have a surprise for you.” I closed my eyes and he led me into his bedroom.
“Ok beautiful, you can look now.” I opened my eyes and was immediately in shock. The wall behind our bed was now painted with what our tree looked like. Actually, it was the same as his tattoo, but the bird is flying towards the tree instead of away. He even put twinkling lights all across the ceiling, making it look like the stars we would watch at night.
“You did this for me?”
“Yes and for me also. This was my favorite memory of us back in the day when we would lay under our tree and watch the stars. We would talk about everything from how are day was to what our dreams were. You know even when we were apart those few years, most nights I would wish I could just have one more night with you under our tree. Now that you’re here, I want to spend every night with you under our tree.” I jumped in his arms and kissed him deeply. This was the sweetest thing anyone could ever do for me.
He led me over on to the bed and we laid down wrapped up in each other. There was one thing I wanted to know so I asked him, “This is exactly like your tattoo, but why is the bird flying towards the tree and not away?”
“I painted it that way because you finally flew home.” I curled into him and he held me while we just stared at the twinkling lights. For once in my life I can finally say I’m home.
About The Author
Kait Rose
Kait Rose is a wife to the boy she met at twelve years old and a mama of two boys and two chihuahuas. She was born and raised in a small town in Pennsylvania, where pizza and Middleswarth BBQ chips are a neccessity. She originally graduated with a degree in accounting, but her love of reading and writing romance novels are her true passions. Her first book is Little Bird, but expect more soon.
