Inspiration Point by M.A Casey Page A

had finished his meal now. “Are
there any seconds?”
    “In the oven,” I replied, thinking to myself how
enjoyable this felt, to all be together.
    Once we had all finished, and Emin had practically
licked his plate clean, I started to pack up.
    “We can do that Hayln,” Mum offered, taking Dad’s
plate to the sink.
    “Really, I don’t mind, it helps to keep busy.”
    She nodded and her, and Emin helped Dad up. “We will
take him upstairs then and get him ready for bed, he needs his rest for
tomorrow,” she said.
    Tomorrow, I thought to myself.  It made me
nervous to think what tomorrow would bring.  After I cleaned up and packed
everything away I decided I better call Tyler before it got much later, I knew
he would be worried so I grabbed the phone.
    “Hello,” he said sounding anxious.
    “It’s me Tyler, everything’s fine,” I said wondering
if the phones could be tapped.  It’s probably unlikely, and I am just
being paranoid, but I wasn’t going to take a chance.
    “What going on?” He asked
    “I was wondering if you could come and see me tomorrow
because I won’t be in class,” I asked, hoping that he wouldn’t give anything
away.
    “Of course,” he sounded a little confused. “I will
come over right after school, is that okay?”
    “Perfect,” I said.  “See you then, and thanks for
being so great this afternoon.”
    “No problem,” he said, I could almost hear him
smiling.
    “Bye Tyler,” I said as I hung up the phone.
    “I bet he didn’t act like arse when you told him,”
Zeke said. 
    I turned on my heel, to see Zeke standing just inside
the back door, my heart was racing, but I wasn’t sure whether it was from being
startled or from seeing him standing there with his emerald eye’s trapping me
again.  He looked tired, and he hadn’t shaved but this somehow only made
him more appealing.
    “If by acting like an arse, you mean that he ran when
he saw me because he couldn’t look me in the eye – no he didn’t.  He was
surprisingly understanding actually.”
    “Of course he was,” Zeke muttered said as he walked
into the kitchen. “Wow, something smells good, what did you cook for tea?” he
asked, changing the subject.
    “The lamb you bought,” I answered.
    “Damn, I hoped I would have been here for that,” he
sounded disappointed.
    “Me too,” I replied, and then immediately felt guilty.
 I could see that he was upset with himself.  “There’s some
leftover’s if you’d like some,” I added.
    “Maybe later, I owe you an apology first,” he said as
he walked around the table and stood in front of me.  “I’m sorry Hayl’s, I
can’t believe I acted like that, I was a jerk.”
    “It’s actually pretty understandable, it was a lot to
take in, believe me, I know,” I said.
    “That’s the whole point though, you were the one who needed
support and I just left,” he said shaking his head in disbelief.
    “I understand Zeke, really I do, it freaked you out,”
I said as he reached out to hold my hand.  “I’m still trying to wrap my
head around the fact that I don’t have a real mother.”  He moved closer to
me now and grabbed my other hand and brought them together sandwiched between
his larger, warm ones.
    “I guess I was a bit freaked out, but I am so sorry
Hayln you have to believe me.  As soon as I drove away I regretted it, and
it didn’t take me long to realize that what we found out today makes no
difference to how I feel about you,” he said as he softy reached to trace a
finger across my lips and then placed his hand against my neck.
    “Did Emin convince you about his plan to get you all
out of here?” He whispered.
    “Yes tomorrow, during the benefit,” I confirmed as I
followed the line of his jaw feeling the stubble on his chin under my
fingers. 
    “So, tonight is the last night we have together before
you leave,” he stated because he knew it was true.
    “Yes,” I said as I withdrew my hand from his face