Forever Changed

chapter 25



The next morning, I woke up next to Landon, he had his arms wrapped around me and his legs were entwined with mine. My head was resting on his chest and I felt that things couldn’t get any better than this.

Last night, was the first night that I had slept so well. My father was in the arms and care of my mother and I was in the arms and care of Landon. I never thought I would know what it was like to be in love and I knew that this was more than love. This would last for the rest of my life.

I let him sleep and just lay there, wondering how lucky I was right now. He stirred; I titled my head so that I was looking up at him. He opened his eyes and looked down at me.

“Good morning, did you sleep well?” He said with a satisfied grin on his face.

“Yes, yes I did. You?” I asked looking up at him innocently.

“Better than I have in a very long time.” He said stretching a bit.

We laid there for a little while discussing what to do for the day. I decided that I was not going to school and if anyone called or stopped by I would pretend to be sick. He agreed that it would be best to stay home with my father.

I rolled out of the bed wrapping the blanket around me and headed to the bathroom. I left him lying there naked, with nothing to wrap up in.

“I am going to shower and head downstairs.” I said with a sly smile on my face. “Want to join me?”

“I would be more than happy to join you,” He said crawling out of my bed. He started to run toward me crouched down with his arms up, like he was fixing to tickle me. I screamed and ran into the bathroom, giggling as he shut the door behind him.

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I decided while getting dressed that I was going to heal my father’s broken body. I needed to talk with him anyways.

Landon and I headed downstairs to get some breakfast first. Julie already had it ready and waiting.

“Good morning, Julie,” I said with happiness wrapped around every word.

“Well hello Elizabeth, feeling better and looking better today? Hungry?” She asked with a quizzical question in her face. She looked behind me with a small grin while looked Landon up and down.

“Who is your friend?” she asked with an enormous grin on her face.

“Sorry how rude of me, Julie this is Landon, Landon this is Julie.” Turning to Landon I said, “Julie has been a part of my family since I was five. She is amazing and a great person.”

Julie and Landon shook hands and Julie beamed at me. I could tell she was finally happy to see me happy, but a little hurt that I hadn’t told her about Landon.

“Let’s eat, I am starving,” I said grabbing my plate. Landon and Julie followed suit and we sat down at the table together. Landon sat next to me and Julie sat in front of me. While eating, no one said a word, we were just enjoying the beautiful morning. The sun was out shining brightly and I could hear birds singing their songs loudly.



“Is you mother going to join us for breakfast, Elizabeth?” Julie asked breaking the silence, with a worried tone to her voice.





“Probably not, my father came home last night from his trip. He ran into some trouble and is beaten up pretty badly. My mother is taking care of him.” I said lying to her once again. I was kicking myself hard; I so much hated lying to Julie.

“Oh my, is he alright?” She asked with alarm ringing in her voice.

“Oh yeah of course, most of the bruises are healed and such. He is just resting and talking things out with my mother.” I said quickly. I didn’t want her to think that I was telling stories. I came up with something fast. I didn’t want her to see I was lying, when he came down stairs with no bruises. Of course he wouldn’t have any because my plan this morning was to heal him. She had no way of knowing this though.

She looked relieved, as she finished up her breakfast and headed to the sink, to prepare the dishes for the dishwasher.

“I am sorry; I have to excuse myself from breakfast this morning. I have quite a bit of work to get done today. It was very nice to meet you Landon and I hope you two enjoy your day.” With that said Julie walked out of the kitchen and disappeared into her maid quarters. I wonder what was wrong with her; she was acting kind of strange.

Landon and I finished up breakfast. He decided he would go and hang out in my entertainment room today. He kissed me quickly and headed upstairs. I, on the other hand, headed to my father’s room. I had some work to do.