"Why?"
I closed the distance between us and reached up to gently rub my thumb over the tired circles under her eyes.
"Because you're exhausted. Because I want to. Because I'm trying really hard to get you to trust me." Her breathing hitched and at that moment I wanted to forget Cage was in the other room and there was a little blonde doll sitting over in the chair watching us. All I wanted was to kiss her. Instead, I dropped my hand and stepped back.
"Okay," she said in a small breathy voice.
"Good. Now go sit down and let me fix you some coffee." She nodded and obediently went and sat down next to Larissa.
"Martus," Larissa announced and then proceeded to clap loudly.
I glanced up at the table while I poured Will ow's coffee.
Will ow was grinning at me, "I do believe you've been awarded the honor of Larissa adding your name to her limited vocabulary."
So Larissa liked me. I winked at her and she giggled again clapping her small pudgy hands. I wish her aunt was that easy to win over.
Reaching into the fridge I grabbed the gallon of chocolate milk my mom had sent home with me along with a few bags of groceries yesterday. Grabbing a sports top bottle out of the cabinet I poured some chocolate milk into the bottle and walked it over to the table with Will ow's cup of coffee.
"Here ya go ladies. Coffee for the gorgeous red head and chocolate milk for the beautiful blonde."
"Choctate! Lowlow! Choctate!" Larissa squealed excitedly.
Will ow chuckled then looked up at me and gifted me with a full on smile.
"Thank you."
I was making progress. Nodding I headed back to the fridge to whip up a bowl of cereal and an omelet.
"Low, can I have my hoodie or do you need it? I can't find my leather jacket." Cage came walking out of his bedroom interrupting my time with the girls. I'd almost forgotten he was still here.
Will ow stood up and pulled the hoodie off. I almost dropped the eggs. She was wearing a tight black tank top that didn't reach her belly button.
"No you can take it. All my clean clothes are here." Cage walked up to her and grabbed it bending down to kiss her on the cheek then giving Larissa the same attention.
"Alright girls be good. Larissa don't give Low a hard time okay?"
Larissa stared up at Cage smiling but she didn't agree to anything.
"Be careful," Low called out as Cage headed for the door.
"Always," he responded then left.
I didn't let myself look back toward Will ow. She really needed to put on a shirt. One that didn't show me her smooth flat stomach and perfect little belly button.
Her phone started to ring and she grumbled, "finally," then stood up and walked toward the living room before answering.
"Where are you?"
"I had class this morning Tawny. You didn't even call me."
"No, I'm at Cage's."
"Because there wasn't even milk at your house. Larissa was starving."
"She's about to eat now."
"Well when will you be here?"