Cody finally agreed but told me that he wanted to get changed. I went to tell him that he was dressed fine but he ran up the stairs and came back dressed up quite nice, in jeans and a button up plaid shirt. I heard him come back downstairs so I walked over towards the living room so we could get going but he started backing out. "No, no, no! Babe, we can't just not go. He wants to apologize to you today. Plus, my mom already cooked a whole meal just for you. Come on babe, at least go for her. And Madison. Madison is dying to see you. You have no clue how badly she misses you," I knew that if my mom wouldn't get him to go, Madison would for sure. And sure enough, he reluctantly agreed and let out a sigh as we walked towards the door. "Thank you. It means a lot to me, my mom and Madison. Everything will turn out fine, I promise," I reached out to grab his hand and gave it a small squeeze. "I'll drive," I pulled my keys out of my purse and wiggled them as I pulled his arm towards my car so that he wouldn't think about heading towards his. I know that he enjoys driving us around for some reason, some masculine reason I'd imagine, but I wanted to change things up today.
I let go of his hand and we each walked to our sides and got in as I started the car. "Seatbelt," I announced as I buckled my own. The only thing that sucked about me driving is that I couldn't hold his hand. I don't feel comfortable enough to drive with only one hand yet, so I kept both hands safely on the wheel. Cody was quiet most of the car ride and every time I looked over at him at a stop light, he looked like he was ready to jump out of the car and run back to his house. I finally pulled into my driveway and once my car was on park, I turned to look at Cody. "Babe," I reached out to grab his hand. "Everything is going to be okay. He's not going to attack you and I won't let him treat you rude. He seems genuine about apologizing. If at any point you want to leave, just give me a sign and I'll take you back home, okay?" I leaned over and pressed my lips to his before pulling away and getting out of the car. We walked hand in hand towards my front door and as I unlocked it, my mom threw the door open. I guess someone was waiting for us to get here. She gave me a kiss before throwing her arms around Cody. I know he doesn't believe it, but aside from Eddy, everyone else in my family adores him. My mom started talking a mile a minute about how she cooked meatloaf, mashed potatoes, biscuits and corn and how excited she was to see him. But Madison must have caught on that Cody was here cause she came running towards us, pushing me and my mom out of the way and wrapping her around tightly around Cody's waist. I giggled at how she was practically squeezing the life out of him but I hoped this at least showed him that everyone else in this house loves and misses him. I hoped it'd make him come around more and not want to avoid my house like the plague. "Is dinner ready mom?" I asked her, since I was starving. She nodded her head and grabbed Madison's hand, pulling her away from Cody so that we could head to the dinner table. "I'll take them to the table, you go get Eddy and Dallas," I told my mom, grabbing Madison's hand in one and Cody's with my other.
I looked out the window, my mind rifling through the worst possible things that could happen tonight. Each one was worse than the next. Demi finally pulled into her driveway and she grabbed my hand while calling my nickname. "Hmm?" I murmured as I looked over at her. She told me that everything would be alright tonight and I nodded, taking her word for it. We got out of the car and headed up to her door. She'd barely gotten the door unlocked before it flew open. Dianna rushed out the door and gave Demi a quick kiss before pulling me into a big hug. Now I already had to lean over quite a bit to give Demi a hug but Dianna was even shorter so I was practically bowing to hug her. It was nice that she at least didn't harbor any bad feelings towards me. Dianna was like a second mom to me so when my mom was gone, there was Dianna. Since I was a momma's boy, it was nice. It made it easier to be away from my mom. She started rambling out all the food she made, making my mouth water, then told me she was excited to see me. I grinned at her, "I'm happy to see you too. And thank you for having me for dinner." She waved her hand dismissing it just as Madison ran outside, wrapping her arms securely around my waist. "Hey sweetheart!" I kissed the top of her head, hugging her back. Jesus, I had missed this family so much.
Demi led Madison and I to the dining room and I sat in the spot I always sat in when I ate dinner here. The food was already set out on the table, the scent filling up the room. While we waited for the others, Madison told me that I had to see how big Ella had gotten since I last saw her. I chuckled and nodded, "Of course, I'll go see her!" Dallas came breezing into the room and I smiled, greeting her quickly. Out in the hall, I could hear Dianna and Eddy talking quietly. Demi grabbed my hand and squeezed gently, giving me a reassuring smile. I mustered up the best smile I could before looking down at the table. Hullo, Cody., Eddy greeted me. I looked up at him and smiled, "Hey Mr. Delagarza." To my relief, he didn't seem angry or annoyed to be here. It seemed like he was just sitting down to have dinner with his family like any other night. Dianna started passing food around and we filled up our plates. Before we could even finish swallowing our first forkful, Madison started telling us about something that had happened on set. I grinned as she spoke because it was adorable just how animated she was with her story. I know Demi thought she was a pain in the ass but I thought she was adorable. She was probably going to end up being funny like Demi is. Once Madison was finished with her story, Dianna asked me how Broadway was going. "Oh, it's going great. Yesterday, I had to do a whole bunch of singing exercises and stuff so I was beginning to strain my voice a little. But Demi brought me some of that throat coat stuff to help." I smiled over at Demi then looked back over at Dianna as she asked a few more questions. I nearly jumped out of my skin when Eddy's voice asked the next question. When do the shows start? I paused for a second before answering, "Uhm.. in a.. in a couple weeks." He nodded then explained that he wanted to know so that they could come see it. My ADD kicked in before I had the chance to stop it, I blurted out, "Really?" Dianna interjected and said that of course they wanted to come and I smiled. This was going a lot better than I thought it would. But then again, anything is better than being murdered.
Once we were finished with eating, I stood up to take my plate into the kitchen but Dianna immediately stopped me, saying she'd take care of it. Before I could ask if she was sure, she snatched my plate from me. Eddy looked at Dallas and asked her to take Madison up to her room so that we could talk. Madison must have been thinking along the same lines as I was because she looked at me with a worried expression. She was probably scared she might not see me again for a long time like last time. I opened my arms up for her so I could give her a quick hug, "How about I come up to see Ella after this?" She gave me a big smile and I returned it. "Alright, now listen to your dad and had up to your room for a bit." She nodded and went over to where Dallas was waiting for her. As the girls left the room, Dianna walked back in and sat down. Here we go..
We all very clearly heard Eddy approaching the dinner table, so I squeezed Cody's hand to let him know that I'm here for him. I eyed all the table settings around me, in case I had to defend Cody if things got physical between him and Eddy. I know it's my stepdad but if he hasn't understood by now that Cody treats me like a princess, then ya know... But they both seemed to semi-genuinely greet each other. The trays of food were passed around and we each served ourselves, me serving myself a little less than normal. I was so nervous about how all this would turn out that if I over-stuffed myself, I'd probably barf. We kept up small conversation throughout the entire dinner and I squeezed Cody's leg under the dinner table when Eddy told him he wanted to come to his Broadway show. I didn't know he was going to say that part. I was actually proud of him. I'd love for my family to go support my boyfriend on his opening night. I want the entire world to see how talented and amazing he is. We all stood up and Cody went to grab his plate, probably not used to eating at my house cause if not he'd know my mom always handles the dishes. That's what dishwashers are for, really.
I thought that because Eddy hadn't apologized at the dinner table, that he wouldn't apologize at all anymore. Which was fine with me, since Cody said he didn't want an apology. And as long as Cody could continue to come over and we could have these types of dinner, COdy included, more often. But he told us that he wanted to talk to us and he instructed Dallas to head upstairs for a little bit. After Cody promised Madi that he'd go see her bunny in a little while, I went back to the same chair I was sitting at during dinner. Cody followed me and sat right next to me, Eddy choosing to sit across the table. I grabbed Cody's hand under the table as I bit my lip, waiting for someone to do less staring and more talking. I don't care how much I told Cody everything would be alright, I was nervous as all heck. Eddy cleared his throat and I looked at his face trying to see if this whole thing was genuine or if it was my mom forcing him to do it. Look Cody, he started off and I tightened my grip on Cody's hand. I'm not even going to lie, Eddy could kill someone with that intense stare he had 99.9% of the time.
'You know that Demi is like a daughter to me. More than that actually, she is my daughter. I love all three of my daughters, but I have more of a bond with her, which in turn also makes us butt heads the hardest. When I came into Dianna's life, Dallas was already a toddler, but Demi wasn't more than a year old. So I really have been in her life all seventeen years. And I grew even closer to her with all the traveling we've had to do ever since she started at Disney. This whole fame thing has made me more overprotective of her than usual because it's a terrible business. They build you up just to tear you down. And boys? Do you know how hard it is seeing your daughter have her heart broken time and time again by boys? It takes everything in me not to rip the guy's head off. That day, the second I saw Demi all beaten up, my father instincts went off and told me to attack before asking questions. But later on when I cooled down, Dianna explained everything to me. And I do apologize for jumping to conclusions and if I hurt you. You've always proven to this family that you're a good kid and that you treat Demi well. I want to thank you for that.' I released the tight grip on Cody's hand a bit as I saw that this conversation was going pretty damn good.
Eddy started off and Demi squeezed my hand, making me even more nervous. That was not an "I'm here for you" squeeze, that was an "I need an hand to squeeze because I'm nervous". I kept my eyes on Eddy though, even though it was really tough since that look was really intense. He started off by explaining what Demi meant to him, which I honestly knew. You'd never know by looking at them that Eddy was not the biological father of all of them. You could just tell how much he loved them. Not to mention, it was damn near impossible to not love her once you got to know her. I bit down so that I wouldn't interject or interrupt. Instead I nodded at what he said so he knew that I understand. He apologized for jumping to conclusions and if he had hurt me then thanked me for treating Demi well. I wasn't quite sure how to respond. "I understood why you did what you did. Had it not been a girl that'd done that to her, I would've had the same reaction. But I promise that I will never ever hurt her physically nor will I ever break her heart again," I told him firmly. If there was one thing I was sure of, I wouldn't break her heart anymore no that I'd ever lay a hand on her in a harmful way. "I'm sorry that I brought her home like that. I won't ever let that happen again. Demi means the world to me and I love her so much. I want to protect her just as much as you do." There were so many things I wanted to say to him, so he knew how awful I felt about all of this and to inform him how much I looked up to him. I just didn't want to sound like a loser in front of her parents. The most important thing they needed to know was that I loved Demi and I always would. "I want y'all to know that I am always going to do my best to treat her with the love and respect she deserves. From now until the day I die. I can assure you of that." I was half tempted to ask for their approval to marry her now. At least in a roundabout way so that Demi might not catch on or something. I looked Eddy in the eye, trying to get the point across that I was here with Demi until she didn't want me anymore. And if she really meant what she told me all the time, I imagined that'd be forever.
I smiled as Cody spoke good things about me, and although I was tempted to give Eddy an "in yo face!" smile, it was actually a genuine one. I was happy that Cody always spoke so highly of me. Why he did? I have no idea. But I wouldn't complain. If he truly thought all these things of me, I was one very lucky girl. If Eddy couldn't see how genuine and in love he is with me, then he needed to go get his head checked. Cody finished up what he was saying and I immediately looked over to see Eddy's reaction. He nodded his head, seeming pleased with the words Cody just gave him, and a smile grew on my face. I was so glad things were turning out right. Maybe with time, they could even have father-in-law/son-in-law bonding time like they always show in movies. They can go golfing together or something. That seemed like a reachable dream. I'd also like to see Joe and Cody become at least acquaintances or at least not hate each other, but I knew that one was impossible. I had no idea how my wedding day would turn out but I really hope neither of them ever makes me choose one over the other. I couldn't do it. Ever. And at times I feel like Cody is sort of making me choose.
Eddy leaned over the table and held his hand out, indicating for Cody to give him his hand and once he did, Eddy shook his head, telling him that he would gladly accept him into this family when the time came. I'm surprised he spoke so well and calmly about me getting married. I thought that would be another overprotective dad argument within itself. They let go and both sat back down in their chairs, sitting quietly for a few seconds. Was this the end of the conversation? Were we dismissed? I pushed back my chair a bit, ready to get up when I remembered there was something I had been meaning to ask Eddy for some time. "Oh dad, I've been wanting to talk to you for sometime now. Before you give me any faces or give me an answer, please hear me out. You know how Cody starts Broadway soon? Well the Broadway schedule and my Sonny schedule are complete opposites. Meaning, I work in the day time and just as I'm getting off of work, Cody is going into work to get ready for his night shows. That means we're barely going to have time to spend together, or even see each other for a few minutes," I paused for a second, thinking about how to get out the question that I had to ask.
"You know how depressed I get when I don't see him for a while. He makes my days better. Plus, you need to be able to see each other once in a while and um, you know, be together on from time to time in order to make a relationship work. I was wondering, if maybe umm, I um... Can I, like, sort of sleep at Cody's house for a while? At least when he first starts Broadway? You can give me a time limit and I'll come home after that. Two weeks, three, one, a month. But please, dad and I asked mom already and she said I can," I pouted out my bottom lip a little hoping that trick worked with Eddy too. I saw Eddy's eyes kind of widen a bit in shock and I had a feeling that wasn't a good sign. I reached out to grab Cody's hand under the table again because I needed him to control him if I went off on Eddy and I had a feeling I would if the word "no" came out of his mouth. Eddy closed his eyes and I heard him take a deep breath. Why was he acting like this? I just asked him if I could sleep at Cody's for a bit? He could just say no if it was such a big deal to him. 'Demi...' Eddy started speaking, keeping his eyes closed. 'When you said "be together on a regular basis" what did you mean?' I raised an eyebrow confused at his question, but stayed silent as I thought it out. Oh did he think I meant be together as in... Eddy opened his eyes before I had the chance to correct myself and his next words made my jaw drop open. 'Are you and Cody sexually active?'
I'm not sure I've ever felt this speechless in my entire life. Except for maybe when Cody dumped me. Cody and I hadn't planned our answer for this because I didn't think this question would come. At least not any time soon. My jaw remained slightly ajar as I struggled to form words, let alone a full, coherent sentence. "I, umm," I looked at Cody but his face looked like he had just seen a ghost. Mine probably looked awfully similar. "Umm, I, I... Cody?" I looked back at him hoping he had an answer but he was still quiet, his lips pressed together and looking like he was holding his breath. "We, umm..." I took a deep breath thinking this out but my stutters were buying me time. Although they also sort of gave me away. "We tried it once," I quickly muttered out the first excuse I can think of. I couldn't tell him we don't have sex cause it was painfully obvious that we do. "Well, I mean, maybe not once. I, umm... we... we've tried it a few times. With condoms. Protection. And we're really safe. Not that we do it all the time. We don't. At all. We just umm," I looked at Cody again hoping he's jump in any second and stop my word vomit from coming out but he was still seeing that ghost apparently...
When Eddy asked if we were sexually active, I felt all the blood drain from my face. He knew. Oh shit, he really knew. There was no way he didn't know now since Demi and I had such wonderful poker faces. Demi started stuttering while I was still frozen in shock. Shock and fear. What if Eddy was ready to kill me again? God, I hope not. I really liked the way the "apology" had ended. Demi started fumbling over her words, lying at first. I looked at her, wishing she wouldn't do that. We could not lie about this. But then she corrected herself quickly. As Demi continued, my mind was reeling, trying to come up with the best way to explain this. How could I put it so he wouldn't hate me. Demi started another sentence but didn't finished, looking over to me for support. Fuck, I hadn't thought of anything yet! "Yeah uhm.." I swallowed then took a deep breath to calm myself down a little. "Demi and I.." I hesitated a second time before decided that was the right way to start. "Demi and I really love each other. We plan on getting married in the future. We're not just driven by our hormones, although that admittedly does play a role."
It's not meaningless and it never has been." Which was the truth. Maybe our first time together was thought to be meaningless at the time but it ended up being one of the greatest things for us. "I know that we're young and it may seem like we're rushing but we aren't. We've known we wanted to get married for a year now. We've known we loved each other for longer. It's almost painful to go at the rate we are." Eddy still looked disappointed like, how could these two do this? Are they trying to ruin their lives? I frowned and looked in my lap, remembering how in January, Demi's life almost had been ruined. Or at least her career. Fuck, I'd been so selfish. Landon Jude could wait 5 more years until Demi had reached a point in her career when she needed some kind of break but not one that would thrust her into obscurity. "Ed.. uhm.. Mr. Delagarza.. we're careful about it. Demi won't end up pregnant. I'd be there every step of the way if she was, but I can assure you that it won't happen."
He was still silent and I decided to at least address the other topic, "And about her staying with me for awhile, she'd still be here for dinner some nights since I'll be doing a show around dinnertime. But the way he figured it, if she were to stay here, we'd only really have her lunch break to see each other. That's barely an hour a day. I completely understand if you still want to say no. Truth is, it's really hard on us when we're apart like that. Not just because.." I hesitated but I'm sure they understood the word I was leaving out. "It's like not talking to my best friend, like not having someone there to keep my sane. It make that time so much easier if we can at least fall asleep talking and I can kiss her goodbye in the morning. You know?" He had to understand that. I'm sure he missed Dianna like crazy when they were apart.
I let go of his hand and we each walked to our sides and got in as I started the car. "Seatbelt," I announced as I buckled my own. The only thing that sucked about me driving is that I couldn't hold his hand. I don't feel comfortable enough to drive with only one hand yet, so I kept both hands safely on the wheel. Cody was quiet most of the car ride and every time I looked over at him at a stop light, he looked like he was ready to jump out of the car and run back to his house. I finally pulled into my driveway and once my car was on park, I turned to look at Cody. "Babe," I reached out to grab his hand. "Everything is going to be okay. He's not going to attack you and I won't let him treat you rude. He seems genuine about apologizing. If at any point you want to leave, just give me a sign and I'll take you back home, okay?" I leaned over and pressed my lips to his before pulling away and getting out of the car. We walked hand in hand towards my front door and as I unlocked it, my mom threw the door open. I guess someone was waiting for us to get here. She gave me a kiss before throwing her arms around Cody. I know he doesn't believe it, but aside from Eddy, everyone else in my family adores him. My mom started talking a mile a minute about how she cooked meatloaf, mashed potatoes, biscuits and corn and how excited she was to see him. But Madison must have caught on that Cody was here cause she came running towards us, pushing me and my mom out of the way and wrapping her around tightly around Cody's waist. I giggled at how she was practically squeezing the life out of him but I hoped this at least showed him that everyone else in this house loves and misses him. I hoped it'd make him come around more and not want to avoid my house like the plague. "Is dinner ready mom?" I asked her, since I was starving. She nodded her head and grabbed Madison's hand, pulling her away from Cody so that we could head to the dinner table. "I'll take them to the table, you go get Eddy and Dallas," I told my mom, grabbing Madison's hand in one and Cody's with my other.
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Demi led Madison and I to the dining room and I sat in the spot I always sat in when I ate dinner here. The food was already set out on the table, the scent filling up the room. While we waited for the others, Madison told me that I had to see how big Ella had gotten since I last saw her. I chuckled and nodded, "Of course, I'll go see her!" Dallas came breezing into the room and I smiled, greeting her quickly. Out in the hall, I could hear Dianna and Eddy talking quietly. Demi grabbed my hand and squeezed gently, giving me a reassuring smile. I mustered up the best smile I could before looking down at the table. Hullo, Cody., Eddy greeted me. I looked up at him and smiled, "Hey Mr. Delagarza." To my relief, he didn't seem angry or annoyed to be here. It seemed like he was just sitting down to have dinner with his family like any other night. Dianna started passing food around and we filled up our plates. Before we could even finish swallowing our first forkful, Madison started telling us about something that had happened on set. I grinned as she spoke because it was adorable just how animated she was with her story. I know Demi thought she was a pain in the ass but I thought she was adorable. She was probably going to end up being funny like Demi is. Once Madison was finished with her story, Dianna asked me how Broadway was going. "Oh, it's going great. Yesterday, I had to do a whole bunch of singing exercises and stuff so I was beginning to strain my voice a little. But Demi brought me some of that throat coat stuff to help." I smiled over at Demi then looked back over at Dianna as she asked a few more questions. I nearly jumped out of my skin when Eddy's voice asked the next question. When do the shows start? I paused for a second before answering, "Uhm.. in a.. in a couple weeks." He nodded then explained that he wanted to know so that they could come see it. My ADD kicked in before I had the chance to stop it, I blurted out, "Really?" Dianna interjected and said that of course they wanted to come and I smiled. This was going a lot better than I thought it would. But then again, anything is better than being murdered.
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I thought that because Eddy hadn't apologized at the dinner table, that he wouldn't apologize at all anymore. Which was fine with me, since Cody said he didn't want an apology. And as long as Cody could continue to come over and we could have these types of dinner, COdy included, more often. But he told us that he wanted to talk to us and he instructed Dallas to head upstairs for a little bit. After Cody promised Madi that he'd go see her bunny in a little while, I went back to the same chair I was sitting at during dinner. Cody followed me and sat right next to me, Eddy choosing to sit across the table. I grabbed Cody's hand under the table as I bit my lip, waiting for someone to do less staring and more talking. I don't care how much I told Cody everything would be alright, I was nervous as all heck. Eddy cleared his throat and I looked at his face trying to see if this whole thing was genuine or if it was my mom forcing him to do it. Look Cody, he started off and I tightened my grip on Cody's hand. I'm not even going to lie, Eddy could kill someone with that intense stare he had 99.9% of the time.
'You know that Demi is like a daughter to me. More than that actually, she is my daughter. I love all three of my daughters, but I have more of a bond with her, which in turn also makes us butt heads the hardest. When I came into Dianna's life, Dallas was already a toddler, but Demi wasn't more than a year old. So I really have been in her life all seventeen years. And I grew even closer to her with all the traveling we've had to do ever since she started at Disney. This whole fame thing has made me more overprotective of her than usual because it's a terrible business. They build you up just to tear you down. And boys? Do you know how hard it is seeing your daughter have her heart broken time and time again by boys? It takes everything in me not to rip the guy's head off. That day, the second I saw Demi all beaten up, my father instincts went off and told me to attack before asking questions. But later on when I cooled down, Dianna explained everything to me. And I do apologize for jumping to conclusions and if I hurt you. You've always proven to this family that you're a good kid and that you treat Demi well. I want to thank you for that.' I released the tight grip on Cody's hand a bit as I saw that this conversation was going pretty damn good.
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Eddy leaned over the table and held his hand out, indicating for Cody to give him his hand and once he did, Eddy shook his head, telling him that he would gladly accept him into this family when the time came. I'm surprised he spoke so well and calmly about me getting married. I thought that would be another overprotective dad argument within itself. They let go and both sat back down in their chairs, sitting quietly for a few seconds. Was this the end of the conversation? Were we dismissed? I pushed back my chair a bit, ready to get up when I remembered there was something I had been meaning to ask Eddy for some time. "Oh dad, I've been wanting to talk to you for sometime now. Before you give me any faces or give me an answer, please hear me out. You know how Cody starts Broadway soon? Well the Broadway schedule and my Sonny schedule are complete opposites. Meaning, I work in the day time and just as I'm getting off of work, Cody is going into work to get ready for his night shows. That means we're barely going to have time to spend together, or even see each other for a few minutes," I paused for a second, thinking about how to get out the question that I had to ask.
"You know how depressed I get when I don't see him for a while. He makes my days better. Plus, you need to be able to see each other once in a while and um, you know, be together on from time to time in order to make a relationship work. I was wondering, if maybe umm, I um... Can I, like, sort of sleep at Cody's house for a while? At least when he first starts Broadway? You can give me a time limit and I'll come home after that. Two weeks, three, one, a month. But please, dad and I asked mom already and she said I can," I pouted out my bottom lip a little hoping that trick worked with Eddy too. I saw Eddy's eyes kind of widen a bit in shock and I had a feeling that wasn't a good sign. I reached out to grab Cody's hand under the table again because I needed him to control him if I went off on Eddy and I had a feeling I would if the word "no" came out of his mouth. Eddy closed his eyes and I heard him take a deep breath. Why was he acting like this? I just asked him if I could sleep at Cody's for a bit? He could just say no if it was such a big deal to him. 'Demi...' Eddy started speaking, keeping his eyes closed. 'When you said "be together on a regular basis" what did you mean?' I raised an eyebrow confused at his question, but stayed silent as I thought it out. Oh did he think I meant be together as in... Eddy opened his eyes before I had the chance to correct myself and his next words made my jaw drop open. 'Are you and Cody sexually active?'
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It's not meaningless and it never has been." Which was the truth. Maybe our first time together was thought to be meaningless at the time but it ended up being one of the greatest things for us. "I know that we're young and it may seem like we're rushing but we aren't. We've known we wanted to get married for a year now. We've known we loved each other for longer. It's almost painful to go at the rate we are." Eddy still looked disappointed like, how could these two do this? Are they trying to ruin their lives? I frowned and looked in my lap, remembering how in January, Demi's life almost had been ruined. Or at least her career. Fuck, I'd been so selfish. Landon Jude could wait 5 more years until Demi had reached a point in her career when she needed some kind of break but not one that would thrust her into obscurity. "Ed.. uhm.. Mr. Delagarza.. we're careful about it. Demi won't end up pregnant. I'd be there every step of the way if she was, but I can assure you that it won't happen."
He was still silent and I decided to at least address the other topic, "And about her staying with me for awhile, she'd still be here for dinner some nights since I'll be doing a show around dinnertime. But the way he figured it, if she were to stay here, we'd only really have her lunch break to see each other. That's barely an hour a day. I completely understand if you still want to say no. Truth is, it's really hard on us when we're apart like that. Not just because.." I hesitated but I'm sure they understood the word I was leaving out. "It's like not talking to my best friend, like not having someone there to keep my sane. It make that time so much easier if we can at least fall asleep talking and I can kiss her goodbye in the morning. You know?" He had to understand that. I'm sure he missed Dianna like crazy when they were apart.
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