Moving On

Kylie
David notices this to and looks over and sees Katie with some of her friends she smirks at me.
"Why isn't she in school?" I shrug."Do you want to leave?"
"No, I just hope she stays away,"
"Look, just don't think about her. I'm here. Nothing will happen to you." we continue to talk, and then the woman comes over with our drinks. I see on her name tag her name is Helen
"Here you are, dears,"
"Thank you, Helen." I say
"You're welcome, enjoy." we are talking to each other, but I feel tence like waiting for something to happen. David can tell I'm not so relaxed, and he reaches over and squeezes my hand.
we hear laughter then, but I think back to what Len said. We will see each other we live in the same area it's not going to be easy but I can't run away all the time. I squeeze David's hand back and talk about Mrs Morris's coming around this afternoon. I start to relax a little but not completely, and I'm enjoying being with David when Helen comes over.
"I'm sorry to bother you dear, but the young lady over there says that whatever her and her friends have you will be paying for, I just wanted to check."
"No, I'm not paying for them,"
"I thought so. I hope you don't mind me checking, dear?"
"No, I don't." I smile
"Sorry to bother you both,"
"It's ok," David says. we go back to talking again.
"How about after we finish this, we go to the lake for an hour or so. We have time before before Mrs Morris's comes round"
"I would love that, thank you,"
"I'm just going to pay for this. I'll be right back." I smile at him as I look out the window. I suddenly hear
"Give me money now bitch!" her friends laugh
"No"
"What the fuck you say?"
"No." She grabs my bag and all I have in there is about two hundred pound that's all I have left and the house keys.
"Katie give that back now!"
"You going to make me?" Katie snaps
"No but I will" David snaps
"Oh I'm scared you can't touch me"
"Give me the bag now!" Katie just stares at him.
"NOW!" he shouts. Suddenly, it goes quiet, and everyone is watching. I am embarrassed why does this always happens. Katie chucks the bag at David "kylie" he says
"Yes," he hands me the bag
"Make sure all your stuff is there!" I check through the bad and check the money it's all there, so are the house keys
"Everything is there,"
"You four," Helen said. "You are barred from this dinner. If I see you here again, I will call the police now get out!"
"Whatever," Katie says, and they leave
"I'm sorry, Helen," I say
"Whatever for dear?"
"What just happened?" I lower my head
"Kylie," David starts, but then he goes quiet
"Kylie dear, look at me." I look up
"Never apologise for anyone else attitude it's their problem, not yours, do you understand?." I smile at her with tears eyes she pats my cheek and walks away.
"Come on, let's go to the lake." he holds out his hand, and I take it. I give a wave to Helen on the way out. We arrive at the lake and I notice David has a small box with him. I didn't even see him pick it up. I say nothing. Just take my shoes off and put my feet in the water. David does the same. I look at the water, watching the ripples my feet make.
"Happy birthday!" I turned my head to find two cupcakes in the box with a candle in each one
"Make a wish?" David said I blew the candles out. I didn't make a wish cause it already came true. I was away from the horrible life I had been living.
"Thank you, David,"
"Anything for you" he kissed my lips I felt myself blush we sat there eating the cupcakes it was lovely listening to the water David had taken hold of my hand and his thumb was stroking the top of my hand. We talked and laughed, then it was time to go it was 12:30, and Mrs Morris would be coming at 2 o'clock. I wanted to go home and have a bath. We arrived home at 12 45 and the guys are not here so I head upstairs to have a bath I put some radox in it and once the bath is full I slip into it and it feels so good the hot water helps me to relax resting my head on the bathtub I close my eyes. This is the first time I've had a bath since the attack.
Knock knock "kylie"
"Yes."
"I just wanted to let you know it's 1: 30"
"Ok, thanks. I'm getting out now!" I climb out the bath walking I to the bedroom. I head for the closet and take out a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt and head downstairs.
I see David in the garden just standing there I wonder weather to go out to him or just stay inside just as I'm about to turn away David turns around and smiles at me and cocks his head to me to come out. I walk over to him, he puts his arm around me and kisses my head. I don't tense anymore when he touches me. That's improvement right, I think to myself. I put my arms around his waist, and he kisses my head again. we stand there for a while, and then the doorbell goes.
"I'll get it," David says."
"Ok, it's a nice day, so can we sit out here?"
"Of course," David comes back with Mrs Morris
"Hello, Mrs Morris,"
"Hello, kylie," she sits down, and I notice the box she places on the table
"Would you like a drink?"
"Yes, please, I'll have a cup of tea with one sugar." I go to get up, but David says he will get it.
"Kylie, this is your father Toby Harris." she hands me a picture he is tall about 6 feet, and like me, he has brown eyes, brown, short  looks very happy. I feel a single tear rolls down my cheek. David comes back out and places a cup of tea in front of Mrs Morris and an orange juice in front of me. David goes to walk away.
"David," I say he looks at me smiles and sits down next to me. Mrs Morris hands me another picture with two men in it.
"Who is the second man?"
"That's my son," she smiles
"How long were they friends?"
"Since kindergarden till your farther passed,"
"Oh, that's nice." I run my finger over the picture we talk for a couple of hours and in that time I learn so much about my father I laugh I cry Mrs Morris took so many pictures of my father and her son since kindergarden till he passed I have over one hundred pictures in my hand.
"May I keep these and get copies, then I'll return them?"
"Oh honey, these are for you,"
"Thank you so much." I get up and hug her.
"You are welcome, honey. I must get going to come see me anytime."
"I will." we hug again, and then David sees her out. I'm still sitting at the table looking at the pictures. when David comes back out he sits down without saying anything I pass him one picture after another until we get through them all he hands the pictures back to me and puts his arm around I snuggle into him as much as I can silent tears rolling down my cheeks.