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I wait until she's out of sight to pull away from Tristan. I know I wanted to talk to him tonight but I just don't have the energy to do it. I can't fight anymore, not tonight. "Thanks, Tristan. I'm sorry about all the noise. You can go on home. I'll be fine now."
"No, I'm not going Poppy. I told you before, it doesn't matter what you say I'm not going to leave you." He walks around me into my house, pulling me behind him.
I sit on the couch while he walks over to my kitchen and pours me a glass of water. He brings it back to me and sets it down right in front of me. I don't want to look at him. I don't want him to see how dirty I feel .
"Poppy, look at me." He orders and when I don't he gets down on his knees in a position where I can't look away.
"Poppy, you know everything that woman says was bullshit right? None of that was your fault."
Him talking about what he heard only makes me want to vomit. "I should have tried harder to-"
"No! You will not do that. You did everything that you could do. And when it was all over you survived." He cuts off any self blame I was about to do.
"You made it through and your so much more than what they thought you would be. Your absolutely perfect and no matter how much they tried to fucking break you it didn't work. Your absolutely perfect Poppy." he leans in and kisses me softly. I respond and even deep into the pit I feel his love trying to pull me back out. Tristan has always been my anchor and now that I have him in my life he makes remember who I am that much easier.
"Tristan, I didn't mean to betray you. I didn't mean to go against your word but even if I had a chance to do it all again I'd still let your family know that you were okay. They love you and not knowing if you were okay was killing them. In fact I don't think Olivia was eating. I know you'd want to make sure your family was safe and taken care of so I'm not sorry that I gave them that little bit of peace." I pull my shoulders back and wait for the argument I know is coming.
"I know." He smiles and runs his fingers thorough the bottom of my hair.
"What? You know? You're not mad?"
"Poppy, I'm sorry for how I acted in the party. I feel like my life is one big secret that I don't want anyone to know and hearing that you told them anything about me felt like a betrayal. But those people aren't just people they're my family. You didn't give up any sensitive information. I over reacted and for that I'm sorry. I should have heard what you had to say. I trust you to keep our personal business between us but I also trust you to know how much my family means to me. You did the right thing." He stares at me waiting for whatever response I may have. If he thought I was going to hold a grudge I 've got another thing coming. I raise up on my knees and kiss him hard until he's pushing me down on the couch. I don't care if we've been going at it like rabbits the man turns me on all the time.
Of course my plans are foiled by my stomach which chooses that very second to growl loudly.
"Sounds like you're hungry." he pulls away from me.
"I can wait until the morning." I try to pull him back down but he just laughs and swats me on my tight.
"There's no rush Poppy, you got me forever. Let's get some Chinese?" His eyebrow goes up slightly and I walk over to the kitchen drawer to find the take out menu. There's still so much that I want to talk to him about but he's right, there's no rush. we've got as long as we need with each other.
