Daddy

Six

*Flashback*

It felt so nice to finally be back home after a long and weird weekend with my family. I spent most of the drive thinking of Luke, of the the time we spent together and the strange way he made me feel.

The way that we talked together for hours that last night I was there...I felt a pull towards him that was bigger than the two of us. I felt a pull towards his soul and I couldn't figure out why, especially since I had just met him.

When I got home, to my home, I was greeted as usual by my roommate Tara. She plopped herself down on my bed while I unpacked, "Sooo how's the family?"

I turned away from her to plug my phone in and put a few things away, "Good? I think." We laughed.

"Anything exciting happen without me?" I looked to see her raising her eyebrow at me. She was my bestfriend and aside from Jess she was the one person I told everything to.

"Well," my voice got higher. "I met this guy..."

"Shut up!" She looked at me with a devilish grin and tossed a pillow at me. "Tell me more you super slut."

Her dirty mouth and bluntness always made me laugh. "I am not a super slut."

"Yeah," she scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Sounds like something a supe-"

"Tara!" I cut her off. "It's not like that, my parents have this neighbor and he's weird and funny, he's obviously attractive but even if he wasn't I still think I would've snuck out with him." I rambled looking back on my time with Luke and smiling.

"Wait, snuck out? Stella you do know that you are an adult who lives on her own right? Your parents can't exactly ground you."

I sat beside her and began telling her all about my latest obsession....Luke.

*End of Flashback*

It had been six months since I had been back home. Between my job, and my life here I hadn't exactly found the time to visit. But since it was the week before thanksgiving I decided it would be nice.

Tara was traveling with her boyfriend to meet his family and besides her I couldn't think of anyone to spend it with. I dialed my mom's number..

"Stella!" She greeted me.

"Hey mom," I smiled at the sound of her voice, I really had missed her. "I was wondering if you had room for one more on thanksgiving?"

Her laughter filled my speaker, "You don't have to ask, of course you can come home."

"Right." I laughed and placed my Palm of my hand on my forehead shaking it. "I don't know why I said that..I guess I'm just nervous."

"Sweetheart why would you be nervous? Is it because of Luke?" She asked gaining my complete attention.

What did she know? Hell, how did she know? Did he tell her?

"Luke?" I asked trying to contain myself. "Why do you think-"

"He has asked about you several times since you left Stella. I might be old but I'm not blind, I see the concern behind his eyes." She tells me.

My heart swells at her words and I remember the feeling I had when I was last with him. It had been so long since Luke even crossed my brain. I came home buy eventually things went back to the normal boring way they had always been. Luke texted but not often, I guess he was out of sight out of mind for me.

I imagined Luke stepping outside to get his mail and asking my mother how I was. They would stand outside on their street talking about me with the sun shining down on them.