Past Lives Chapter Eleven

This one is kind of short but I have the rest of today and all of tomorrow off so I expect to have at least two more updates tonight/tomorrow





I woke up the next morning and my mind went immediatly to the events that had happened the night before. I wasn't ready to talk about what had happened and there was no way that I would make any of them understand anyways. I finally dragged myself down the stairs and saw much to my relief that just about everyone was gone. I saw what appeared to be a note sitting on the kitchen table.







" The boys are out in the far field cutting some sod for a customer and Henry and I had to go to town to take care of somethings. We will be back soon."







It was signed by Linda. I knew that no one was going to be in the house for a while and I didn't feel like facing the guys yet so I grabbed a bunch of cleaning supplies and started to clean. For reasons that I couldn't explain I had always found cleaning to be very mind clearing and it did exactly that. I knew that there would be no way to explain to any of them what had happened last night, they just wouldn't understand no matter what I said. Despite what my father had said last night and in the past I knew that he loved me and even though he wasn't perfect he was all that I had left. I heard the guys come in but I ignored them and continued to scrub the same spot on the counter that I had been cleaning for the last ten minutes. I felt a large body press against my back and a hand close over mine stopping it's movements.





" I don't think that my mom would like coming home to find a hole worn in her counter."





I tensed and waited for the lecture that I knew had to be coming.





" I hated the things that your dad said about you last night. It wasn't right and I would never think those things about you."





" He didn't mean what he said."





" Just because he didn't mean them doesn't make it right" he insisted not letting go of me





I tried to wiggle out of his arms but he was to strong. He turned me around and put me on the counter so that I was forced to look at him. He slid his arms around my waist and put his body against mine.





" Look I know that despite your father not being perfect that you love him. I just know that if you hear something enough that you tend to start believing it and I don't want you to do that."





" Why not? What if I'm exactly like he says?"





" I've told you before and I'll keep saying it until you believe it. You're a good person. I wouldn't be in love with you if I didn't believe that with all of my heart."





I had to blink back tears as I looked into his eyes. It took me a minute to fully comprehend what he had said to me.





" You're in love with me?" I asked him quietly hoping that I hadn't misunderstood what he had said





He grinned at me with that goofy grin that I had come to love and nodded his head. I couldn't say the words just yet but I wrapped my legs around his waist and pulled him as close as I could before I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. He responded by kissing me back. It would have gotten more heated but we the distinct sound of someone clearing their voice to get our attention and we both looked to see all of his brothers standing in the doorway of the kitchen.





" Sorry to interrupt guys but we're starving and the last time I checked the kitchen was meant for eating in, not making out in." Marc said clearly trying not to laugh.





I blushed bright red and pushed Jordan away so I could get off of the counter. I offered to make sandwiches for everyone which they gladly accepted. Despite the fact that I felt like I was walking on a cloud I knew that there were other areas of my life that something needed to be dealt with. I just had to figure out how I was going to go about it.