time, when she's angry or irritated, then there are other times like now when I wish I knew what she was thinking.
"You ready to go home? We could do something else."
"Like what?" She looks at me suspiciously as I wrack my brain for something else for us to do.
"I know just the thing." I shoot her a smile which she returns. She's got such a beautiful smile and in that moment I vow that I'll do anything to see it more often.
It’s a half hour drive to where I want to take Liv. I don’t know why I want to take her to that place apart from the fact its special to me. I pull onto the familiar dirt road that has me wondering if my cars gonna survive this journey unscathed. It's been so long since I've been here, I have no idea if it's even the same.
I breathe a sigh of relief when I see the old tatty gate at the end of the road, hanging from its hinges like it's always been. I pull to a stop in front of it and look towards a frowning Liv.
"Ok, well we get out here."
"In these shoes." She asks, her face covered in shock.
"Yep, don’t worry, it's not far. I can always carry you if you like." I say wiggling my eyebrows.
She reacts to that just as I thought she would, she shoves the door open and climbs out leaving me quietly chuckling. I follow her towards the gate as she looks back at me for direction.
"Where are we?" She looks around, spinning in a circle while I lift and push the gate just enough for us both to get through without getting stabbed by a rusty nail.
"Some old land just outside of town. I don’t know what it's for or who owns it, just that it's always been here." I grab her hand, feeling that familiar jolt of electricity running through me upon contact.
We walk for a few more minutes until we've passed the bushes and undergrowth and arrive in a big open field. I'll have to bring Liv another time in the day so that she can see the field full of white Phlox flowers, it's way too dark here to see them right now.
"We're in a field." She says deadpan.
"Look up."
She lifts her head and I hear her gasp. She looks at me with a wide smile on her face as she lets out a small giggle. I look up myself to see millions and millions of sparkling stars high in the sky.
"There are so many." There's no mistaking the awe and wonder in her voice and makes me feel fucking ecstatic that I helped put it there.
"There's no light pollution, no lampposts or house lights. The only light here is from the sky."
Liv stares at the sky, I'm sure it’s the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. Me, I'm definitely looking at the most beautiful thing I've ever seen but it's not in the sky. Luckily it’s a warm night and I pull my jacket off, laying it on the ground. I sit on the edge of it and pat next to me for Liv to follow.
"How'd you find this place?"
"My Dad used to bring me and Chase here when we were kids."
"Do you see much of your Dad now?"
I feel a pang in my chest, the same one I always feel when someone brings up my Dad. I clear my throat.
"He died, a couple years ago."
"I'm sorry, I had no idea." Livs voice is small and timid and I almost have to double check its still her. The look on her face breaks my heart, it's not pity, just sympathy. "How old were you when he died?"
"Um twelve. He was sick for a really long time before that though. He had skin cancer, the guy had worked outside his whole life, he thought lotion was for chicks and it was too late when they found it."
"What did he do? For work I mean."
"Oh, he had his own construction business. Built most of the newer houses round here. God knows where that gene went, I can't even put a fucking table together." I let out a small laugh on the last sentence. "Anyway enough about that, what about you? It's gotta be tough being away from your Mom."
Liv snorts, which is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen.
"It's tough that I'm not further." She mumbles as I look at her confused, waiting for her to elaborate. "We don’t really get along, like at all.
"You ready to go home? We could do something else."
"Like what?" She looks at me suspiciously as I wrack my brain for something else for us to do.
"I know just the thing." I shoot her a smile which she returns. She's got such a beautiful smile and in that moment I vow that I'll do anything to see it more often.
It’s a half hour drive to where I want to take Liv. I don’t know why I want to take her to that place apart from the fact its special to me. I pull onto the familiar dirt road that has me wondering if my cars gonna survive this journey unscathed. It's been so long since I've been here, I have no idea if it's even the same.
I breathe a sigh of relief when I see the old tatty gate at the end of the road, hanging from its hinges like it's always been. I pull to a stop in front of it and look towards a frowning Liv.
"Ok, well we get out here."
"In these shoes." She asks, her face covered in shock.
"Yep, don’t worry, it's not far. I can always carry you if you like." I say wiggling my eyebrows.
She reacts to that just as I thought she would, she shoves the door open and climbs out leaving me quietly chuckling. I follow her towards the gate as she looks back at me for direction.
"Where are we?" She looks around, spinning in a circle while I lift and push the gate just enough for us both to get through without getting stabbed by a rusty nail.
"Some old land just outside of town. I don’t know what it's for or who owns it, just that it's always been here." I grab her hand, feeling that familiar jolt of electricity running through me upon contact.
We walk for a few more minutes until we've passed the bushes and undergrowth and arrive in a big open field. I'll have to bring Liv another time in the day so that she can see the field full of white Phlox flowers, it's way too dark here to see them right now.
"We're in a field." She says deadpan.
"Look up."
She lifts her head and I hear her gasp. She looks at me with a wide smile on her face as she lets out a small giggle. I look up myself to see millions and millions of sparkling stars high in the sky.
"There are so many." There's no mistaking the awe and wonder in her voice and makes me feel fucking ecstatic that I helped put it there.
"There's no light pollution, no lampposts or house lights. The only light here is from the sky."
Liv stares at the sky, I'm sure it’s the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. Me, I'm definitely looking at the most beautiful thing I've ever seen but it's not in the sky. Luckily it’s a warm night and I pull my jacket off, laying it on the ground. I sit on the edge of it and pat next to me for Liv to follow.
"How'd you find this place?"
"My Dad used to bring me and Chase here when we were kids."
"Do you see much of your Dad now?"
I feel a pang in my chest, the same one I always feel when someone brings up my Dad. I clear my throat.
"He died, a couple years ago."
"I'm sorry, I had no idea." Livs voice is small and timid and I almost have to double check its still her. The look on her face breaks my heart, it's not pity, just sympathy. "How old were you when he died?"
"Um twelve. He was sick for a really long time before that though. He had skin cancer, the guy had worked outside his whole life, he thought lotion was for chicks and it was too late when they found it."
"What did he do? For work I mean."
"Oh, he had his own construction business. Built most of the newer houses round here. God knows where that gene went, I can't even put a fucking table together." I let out a small laugh on the last sentence. "Anyway enough about that, what about you? It's gotta be tough being away from your Mom."
Liv snorts, which is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen.
"It's tough that I'm not further." She mumbles as I look at her confused, waiting for her to elaborate. "We don’t really get along, like at all.
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