Eve POV {past}

It's been a few days since John and I have been living together. We've been dating in total now for nearly six months. I think everything between us have been great, or perfect even.

I'm currently washing dishes from breakfast that I made a while ago. John is making up our bed in the mean time.

I see him emerge from the hallway with a faint smile on his pink lips. "Hi," I greet with a warm grin.

"Hello," He chirps happily. His arms hug around me and his body presses against mine. I feel his lips touch my cheek and his head nuzzle into my neck. A smile goes on my lips by his actions. "I can finish the dishes," My boyfriend offers.

"No, I got it," I say while looking over my shoulder. John leans over and kisses me which makes my body get that fuzzy feeling again.

"You sure?" John says.

"Yep," I hum. As I'm washing the dishes, he's still hugging me from behind.

"Have I ever mentioned how beautiful I think you are?"

"You said I looked nice yesterday when we went out to dinner," I bring up.

"I just want to make sure that I tell how amazing you look all the time," His lips kiss my shoulder causing goosebumps to rise on my skin.

"I look like a sack of potatoes right now," I say through a snicker. I'm wearing shorts with a tank top.

"No, you look beautiful,"

"A beautiful sack of potatoes," I say causing John to laugh behind me.

Times like these I enjoy. Little moments like this make me love him even more. Sometimes he's so hard on himself because of work, it's good to seem him relaxed and loving.

"I love you Eve," He murmurs against me.

"I love you too," I say back to my boyfriend.

Eve POV {present}

Harry called me yesterday when he landed. Him calling me woke me up from my nap, but I didn't care because I know he's safe. Over the phone he sounded tired, which I would expect considering the flight and jet lag.

It's Monday now and I'm in my old bedroom playing with Doug on my old mattress. Playing with my dog is easing my nerves of being at my Dads house considering the tension between us.

We both haven't talked about anything related to me being mad at him, which I still am. I'm only here because that would be only way Harry would go to California for his work events.

It's around eight o'clock now. Harry's put me into a habit of waking up at seven so I haven't been sleeping in like my old self would be right now.

"Are you hungry Doug?" I ask my dog who's staring at me with his tongue out. I kiss the top of his head and rub behind his ears. I open my door to go downstairs and Doug waits for me to leave then he does.

We start going downstairs and I wait for him to finish the last few steps before I head to the kitchen. Doug is scared of going down steps I found out. He's fine running up them, he's scared going down though. It's like me and escalators.

I walk into the kitchen and see my Dad with a little girl. She's seated at the island sipping on a juice box.

I take my eyes off of her and look to my Dad. "I just need to feed Doug," I tell him.

I head to the fridge and grab the wet food I brought for him.

Once I'm done mixing his wet food with his dry food I put it on the floor and let my dog eat. "Uh," My dad starts. I look to Lexi who's staring at me. Her hair is like mine, semi curly and brown. She looks like my Dad though. I don't know what her Mom looks like but I can tell by looks, she's related to my Dad. She has a friendly smile on her lips. "Eve, this is Lexi. Lexi this is my oldest daughter, Eve."

I extend my hand out to the little girl who hesitantly shakes it. "Hello," Her voice is sweet.

"Hi," I return.

"Is she related to um, Ethan, Mason, Daren?" Lexi asks my, or, our Dad in a whisper. It's a loud whisper, so I can still hear it.

"Yes," My Dad whispers back. She nods and looks back to me. Her eyes are a chocolate brown that remind me of Daren's.

"Your dog is cute," I hear Lexi say to me.

"Thank you. You can pet him if you'd like, he's friendly."

"Really?" She asks. I nod.

She gets off of her stool and sits across from Doug who sniffs her. He ends up licking her face and the little girl giggles.

"Daddy can we get one?" Lexi asks him.

"Eh, we'll see," My Dad's never been a fan of pets. "Fishes are cool," He says, causing Lexi to shrug. She keeps petting Doug who's enjoying her company.

I glance to my Dad who's looking at his daughter in complete awe. I can see him caving in and getting her a dog.

"Mommy said we can get one," Her brown eyes look to our Dad.

"Of course she did," I hear him mumble. "We'll see sweetheart,"

Doug is currently on his back with his tummy in the air. She's petting him and a grin is on her lips.

"I'll be upstairs if you need me," I say to my Dad.

"Okay," His eyes look into mine. They're soft looking. I turn around and start upstairs.

Once I'm situated on my mattress, I grab my phone resting beside me and I see a text from Harry.

Harry: how are you doing?

Me: eh

Me: you?

Harry: eh

Me: why are you eh?

Harry: cause you're eh

Me: ...

Harry: no but in all honestly i wanna die

Me: why?

Harry: it's semi humid here today

Harry: i miss you

Harry: i have meetings back to back

Harry: i lost my hair brush so i have to buy a new one

Harry: i'm sweating and i don't know why

Me: i miss you too

Me: i like how you put that in the middle so i wouldn't focus on it

Harry: i don't like saying that sappy shit

Me: that's not sappy

Harry: yes it is

Harry: to me anyways

Harry: my back is on fucking fire

Me: aweeee grandpa

Harry: i don't like you

Harry: i'm far from a grandpa

Me: i don't like me either it's okay

Me: i met lexi

Harry: oooooh how did it go

Me: she seems nice

Me: but it's weird

Harry: how?

Me: she my half sister but we're strangers, you know?

Harry: :/ yeah

Harry: how are you and your dad?

Me: we haven't talked about our problems since i got here

Me: it's awkward

Harry: talk to him sometime before you leave

Me: eh

Harry: .~.

Me: ;)

Me: why does your back hurt

Harry: that hard fucking last night

Me: was the girl nice

Harry: very

Harry: she was a stripper that i found in Vegas

Harry: she had a silk robe and boots

Harry: had flowers too

Me: how kind

Me: hm

Me: enjoy the crabs

Harry: i will :)

Harry: no but i slept wrong

Me: :/

Me: try icing it

Harry: i'm more upset i lost my hair brush

Me: ofc you are

Me: did you forget your hair dryer

Harry: nO

Me: oKaY

Harry: :(

Harry: i wanna go home

Me: i want you home

Me: :(

Harry: i got to go now, the meeting is starting

Me: okay

Me: have fun

Harry: i won't

Harry: i love you

Me: i love you too

***

It's eleven o'clock in the morning and I'm bored. Currently I'm flipping through old photo albums that I kept in my room.

There are some photo's of me and my Mom, me and my brothers, cousins, what not. It's fun to go down memory lane. Some of the stuff I remember, but most I don't.

I stop at one photo. It's a photo of me and a boy. A lego set is in front of us and a smile is on both our lips. I look around six maybe, and he looks older.

Dimples are on his cheeks and his eyes are familiar. My eyebrows furrow and I lean down more to stare at the photo.

You got to be shitting me.

Eve POV {past}

It's bring your child to work day, so I'm with my Mom.

She's a nurse at a hospital out of town. It's close to upstate New York, so the drive was an hour.

"Mommy do people die here?" I ask my Mom. Her eyes look down at me.

"Uh, sometimes," Her voice is low. Her eyes look tired but a friendly grin still rests on her lips.

She takes me into a lounge where I seem some other kids are. Some looks older than me and some look younger. "You're going to hangout in here until my lunch, and then we'll do something,"

I cling to my Mom's leg. "I don't know anyone Mommy," I say. She rests her hand on my head and runs her fingers through my hair.

"You'll be okay darling," Her hazel eyes look at me.

"When will you be back?"

"Twelve," She says. It's seven now. I nod against her leg and detach myself from her. My Mom kneels down and kisses me. "Have fun, make some friends. I love you,"

"I love you too," I hug her tightly before she leaves to do her job helping people.

When I see she's gone I turn back around and see everyone talking to each other. All the kids here look like they're friends with one another. Maybe it's because they go to school together, and I live an hour away.

I see a boy seated alone in the back with a lego set. He looks friendly even though he's alone. I walk over to the boy and sit across from him. "Hello," I say kindly.

"Hi," His green eyes look up at me. He has brown curly hair that is cute.

"I'm Eve," I extend my hand out to him.

"I'm Harry," He shakes my hand and I smile. Harry returns back a small smile which makes my heart flutter.

"How old are you?" I ask. My voice is peppy.

"I'm ten, you?" He works on his lego set while talking to me.

"I'm six now," I answer. "Whatcha working on?" I ask.

Harry leans over and grabs the box on the floor. He hands it to me and I look at the Star Wars ship he's trying to build.

"Why don't you do this at home?" I ask curiously. I put the box back on the floor.

"Because I have to be here. I'd rather be productive and build it here," Harry says to me causally.

"You could've went to school," I say.

"They cancelled it," He tells me.

"Oh," I murmur. "Did you not want to go to work with your Dad?"

"I don't have one," He seems un bothered saying that to me.

"If it helps my Daddy is in the military and I hardly see him," His green eyes look up at me. I smile at Harry and his head shakes with a chuckle.

"That sucks. Is he dead yet?"

"No," I say. "Sometimes I think he is, but he always comes home," My feet start to swing. "I can help you with your set," I offer.

"Okay," He hands me the second set of directions with a package of legs that aren't built. "Can you even read?" Harry asks me. His dimples are rested on his rosy cheeks.

"No, but they have pictures," I chirp. I start helping him with his project for time we're in here.

~

Lunch soon rolls around and Harry and I are still working on his set. Some of the kids that were in here already left with their parents for lunch, our's still haven't returned.

I soon see my Mom walk in. I wave at her and she waves back. My Mom walks over to where we are, and stands in front of us. "Ready to go?" She asks me.

"Can I stay to help Harry with his lego set?" I ask my Mom.

"Okay, if you want. I'll bring you up some food darling," Her eyes are bright and happy. "Can I take a photo of you guys though? I'm sorry it's a Mom thing,"

"Sure," Harry says. She takes out her phone and takes a photo of us. Soon she leaves and grabs me lunch.

"Thanks for taking the photo. I don't have a lot of friends so she's probably surprised I'm talking to someone," I say to Harry, who looks at me with with a gentle smile.

"I only have one friend and his name is Liam, so it's okay," He tells me. I grin a little and go back to helping.

A://N

hi

i took a long nap and so that's why i didn't update till now

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~lauren