( It had been nearly a month, he'd told Brooke. )

( Penny tried to coax a furry mass of brown out from under the couch. )

( It had been a long time coming, he felt. )

( He stared at the cover of the magazine for a long while. )

( During the NYC weekend )

( Brendon was the first of two boys, nearly a year old when his little brother Billy was born. )

We all have this moment, when your folks first see you as someone not growing up to be them- Echo Lawrence (Rant, Chuck Palahniuk)

( Nine years ago )

You know how when you ask a parent something, sometimes they'll say to ask the other? Yes, no, maybe? Like. Something like "go ask your father about it", for, who knows, permission to go to a friend's house or something. Never heard words like that before in my life.

( Ah, the constant figure of absence in my life. )