Brighter Days; Eric

[Eric Sutton]

I raise my eyebrows but don't look over at Tyler's question and will Sierra to say no. My possessive feeling over her surprised me, I wasn't usually like this, even if said girl was my girlfriend. I shake my head to myself and almost smirk as she turns him down and I look up once the door closes. "Bad time to ask to pick up where we left off, uh?" I say, a small smirk playing across my mouth as I looked over at Sierra before reaching for my Dr. Pepper to take a sip.

[Sierra Eckler]

I look up when he speaks and shrug. "I think Sam will be out soon anyway," I say, getting up and climbing back onto the counter. I reach past him to grab his Dr. Pepper and take a sip before placing it back where it was. My arms reach around Eric and I smile slightly. I really had no idea what to do that would help make the moment less awkward. "Want me to see if I can find you another drink or something?" I ask, looking at him slightly. My mind was focused else where but I decided to try and act like it was nothing.

[Eric Sutton]

I sigh at her words and nod, looking down at the counter. My worry over Sam had temporarily taken a back seat in my mind but now it was right back and I reach up to run a hand over my beard. I roll my eyes as Sierra takes a sip of my soda and a small grin crosses my face as her arms went around me. "Nah. If I can, I'll be taking Sam straight home, and no use opening one now if that's the case." I reply, shaking my head and shrugging slightly. I bite the inside of my lower lip, hoping that Sam was going to be okay. If she died from eating something she shouldn't have I'd blame myself.

[Sierra Eckler]

I hug him when I see how much he was worrying and smile. "I'll go see how she is," I say, going to the back and looking to see her laying on the bed, still alive and breathing. "He can take her home. I'll just need you to keep an eye on her," Ray says when he notices me. I walk out and hug Eric from behind with a smile. "I'll have to help watch her but you can take her home in an half hour or so. I'll go get the morphine pills," I said, kissing his cheek before running to the back and grabbing a pack of pills, making sure they were the right kind and everything. I walk out and take some money from my pay, leaving it on the side before looking up at Eric.

[Eric Sutton]

I wrap an arm around her waist to hug her back and nod at ehr words before she's gone and I'm left alone with my thoughts. I knew that I shouldn't have said anything to Sierra, let alone kiss her, but we weren't on school grounds. But, I could still lose my job. I shake my head to myself but smile slightly as she hugs me from behind before telling me that I could take Sam home. "Awesome." I reply, nodding. "How much are they?" I ask, digging my wallet out of my back pocket and raise an eyebrow as Sierra lays some money down.

[Sierra Eckler]

My mind trails to our kiss as I'm finding the pills and I stay in there for a second. He could lose his job if it got out and possibly go to jail if something happened. I shake my head to myself before walking out and looking up at him. "Don't worry about it. I'll cover it," I say, getting up and jumping on the counter beside him. "Think you'll be okay?" I ask, looking down at him before looking away just as quickly. It wasn't awkward that I had kissed a teacher; I just felt that there was something that could go wrong.

[Eric Sutton]

I huff as she says she'll cover it but put my wallet back. I wasn't going to say no to free pills for Sam. "Thanks." I mumble, looking downa t the counter. Now I felt like I owed Sierra, though, and I hated the feeling. "Yeah." I reply, nodding and meeting her gaze. I almost sigh as she quickly looks away and I fidget with my phone. "So. How is you helping watch Sam gonna work?" I ask, keeping my blue eyes on Sierra's face as I wait to hear her answer. I really was curious.

[Sierra Eckler]

I nod as he thanks me and touch my toes for a minute. I look at him and shrug for a second. "After the operation, she's going to have a very strict diet and most of the time, we give out a paper that says everything but we stopped that so we have an employee go to the persons house and make sure they feed the animal what they need. Also, the pills can only be given at certain times and the paper doesn't say that. I'll just make sure that everything is taken care of properly," I say with a shrug before looking at him. I didn't know how to explain the part of me having to stay with him for a while so I left that out.

[Eric Sutton]

I listen intently as she speaks and nod, running a hand through my brunette hair. "You just gonna stop in each day?" I ask, leaning back against the desk and stuffing my hands into the pockets of my kahkis- I hadn't gotten changed out of my teaching clothes, and I hated to be in them any longer than I had to. They just weren't comfortable to me, I liked jeans and a T-shirt, not kahkis and a polo. Really not my style.

[Sierra Eckler]

I nod and shrug. "Pretty much. Except for tonight. I'm sleeping on your couch and making sure she doesn't try to get into trouble," I say, sticking out my tongue before leaning back slightly, yawning and allowing most of my body to be seen. I really didn't care at the moment and it wasn't like there was anyone in here who didn't know how I acted. I stretch and the buttons on my top unbutton and I sigh, being to lazy to button it again. Somehow I had managed to wrap my legs around Eric without looking and I smiled slightly, proud of being triumphant in it.

[Eric Sutton]

I raise my eyebrows as he spoke and nod. "I'm sure she'll be fine." I reply, shrugging. It'd be weird having Sierra spend the night, but I'd roll with it. My blue eyes rove over Sierra as she stretched before I glance away again, hating myself for continuously checking her out. Though, her legs wrapping around me were making it pretty hard to stop. I plant a kiss on her lips for a moment before pulling back, feeling self conscious. "Sleepover." I say cheerfully, a smirk playing across my face.

[Sierra Eckler]

I smile when I sit up and I'm about to speak when our lips meet again. Once he pulls back, I find that I was holding either side of his arms. I giggle lightly and shrug before resting my head on his shoulder. "I guess so," I say, yawning lightly before looking back up at him. "Want me to go ahead and get Sam?" I ask, our eyes staying together and I can't help but search his eyes for some type of emotion or something. My hands were still on his arms and I lightly rubbed his left arm with my thumb unconsciously.

[Eric Sutton]

Her hands rest on either of my arms and I grin as Sierra rests her head on my shoulder. "Yes, please." I say, nodding seriously. I look down at my feet before bringing my eyes to Sierra's once more and meet her gaze, a slight sadness and worry still in them. Her thumb runs over my arm and I run my thumb over her thigh before pulling back for her so slide off the counter and get Sam. "I'll make dinner when we get to my house." I say randomly, shrugging.

[Sierra Eckler]

I nod and sit for a moment, still looking at Eric. For some reason, I didn't want to look away. I slide off the counter and nod when he says he'll make dinner when we get back. I reach under the counter to get my bra and stuff it in a bag that had clothing for me before walking to the back and picking up a pink blanket, wrapping it around Sam and gently picking her up. Luckily, the bag had anything I would need in it and once I reach the desk, I shut off the computer and pick up the morphine pills along with my phone before turning the sign to closed and smiling at Eric. Sam was still asleep and it would be a while until she really felt like waking up and moving.

[Eric Sutton]

I watch out the corner of my eye as she grabs a bag before going back and I grab my phone and can, wandering over to stand at the door. I smile hesitantly back at Sierra and push the door open, holding it for her before striding towards my truck and opening the door and pushing the seat forward to put Sam in. I cross to the driver's side and climb up, running a hand through my hair as I start the truck. "You have everything?" I ask, looking over at her after pulling on my seat belt.