Fallen: Rainbows

Rainbows

The last day before Lacey was to go back to school, Ike, Lacey, Zac, Tay and Peta went down to a lake on the outskirts of Tulsa and soaked in the last of the summer’s rays. ‘Zac! Throw us the ball!’ Ike yelled to his younger brother. ‘No Zac! Over here!’ Peta called. ‘Zac! Here man!’ Tay called from yet another direction. Zac frowned. Man! This was too hard a decision for this nice of a day. He threw the ball to the ground and ran down to the water. ‘Zac!’ Ike and Tay groaned at the same time. Lacey giggled. The Hanson’s were not so bad once you got to know them. While Tay and Peta joined Zac in the water, Ike wandered back up to the towel where Lacey was sitting. ‘Whatcha doing?’ he asked flopping down beside her. ‘Just laughing at you all. And thinking how much of a bitch I was when I first came here.’ ‘Huh? What do you mean?’ ‘Oh just that when I first knew I was going to live next door to you I was ready to skip the country. And when I actually got here I did my best to stay away from you.’ ‘Really? I would never have guessed!’ Ike smirked at her. ‘Hey! Look, I’m really sorry for the way I treated you and your family, I had no right.’ ‘Yeah you did. Everyone has equal rights and you don’t have to associate with people you don’t want to.’ ‘Thanks. Do you have anymore profound statements you’d like to add?’ she grinned. ‘Hey! Was that an insult?’ Ike looked offended. ‘No! Oh sorry! Jeez! This conversation really sucks on my part doesn’t it?’ she hung her head. Ike reached over and lifted it up. ‘No. And however much a bitch you are to me, it doesn’t alter the way I fell about you.’ he looked her in the eye. Lacey stared back, uncertainty filling her eyes. Ike turned away. ‘Shit.’ He muttered. ‘Why did I have to say that?’ Lacey placed a hand on his arm. ‘Ike. It’s ok.’ Ike turned back. ‘You mean a lot to me Lacey.’ Lacey nodded. ‘You too Ike, but I can’t….’ ‘I know.’

Chrystal knocked on the Hanson’s doorstep around lunchtime on Lacey’s first day back at school. She was greeted by Diana. ‘Chrystal! Come in! Lacey get off to school ok?’ Chrystal followed her friend into the kitchen. ‘Yeah. Not too bad. I think she’s a little scared at how people will treat her now.’ ‘Yeah. It must be hard.’ ‘Look, I just want to thank Ike. For all he’s done. He’s really been a guardian angel to Lacey, without him I don’t think she would have pulled through. Is he home?’ ‘No. He’s not actually. The boys and Walker went to do an interview in Kansas City. They won’t be back ‘til tomorrow.’ ‘Oh. Look, can you just give him this when he gets home?’ Chrystal handed over a small envelope. ‘Sure. Do you want to stay for coffee?’ Chrystal agreed.

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