Free Live In Position by Sadie Grubor Page B

Miranda was laughing herself to tears.
    "Don't you mean exercise the demons?" She laughed out. I howled in laughter.
    When we were finished I took Miranda out for a late lunch, early dinner, for helping me. She asked me about my writing and I asked her about wedding planning. After quite a few hours, Benji and Lucas joined us and we had a good time laughing and drank a few too many drinks.
    Lucas dropped me off at the house and slightly staggering into the house, I prayed that Dr. Bishop was nowhere to be seen. I was beyond happy I didn't run into him between my walk from the front door and my stop in Victoria's room to make sure she was all tucked in. Then I hit my bed and fell asleep instantly.
    Weeks went by and there had been no real interaction with Dr. Bishop. Victoria's was going through her typical weekly routine. However, the day of the first snow, in November, I decided homework could wait for a little bit.
    I quickly bundled us up in coats and boots. Pulling her out into their back yard by her hand, I took her out to the center of the yard, which now looked like a winter wonderland. I leaned down and made a small snowball. I threw and hit her in the arm. Her shocked expression made me erupt into laughter.
    "Hey," She yelled with a small smile. "What was that for?"
    "Hmmm…just because I felt like it." I stuck my tongue out and made another snowball. She took off running.
    "No, don't hit me again!" She laughed.
    "You can run, but you can't hide." I shouted as I chased after her with the frozen lump in my hand.
    She dodged behind a thick oak tree and I quickly rounded it to get her, but she surprised me by having her own frozen mush ball ready. She hit me right in the side of my face. I heard her gasp from hitting me in the face. I laughed loudly and smushed my snowball onto the top of her head.
    "Ahh…that's cold!" She screeched and I laughed as she took off running and giggling.
    We finished our snow fight and decided to make a snowman before we went back inside. Victoria had wanted to stay out longer, but her chattering teeth and the homework that was still waiting for her made the decision for us. We went back inside and I made warm tea and set out some crackers for her while she did her homework.
    More weeks passed by and soon it was the week of Thanksgiving. Larissa was coming to pick up Victoria for the holiday. I had Thanksgiving and the day after for the holiday, so I decided I would go see my dad. Once Larissa had picked up Victoria, I would begin my journey to Tacoma.
    The trip to Tacoma was longer than normal because of all of the traffic crowding the roads, but I still made decent time. When I pulled up to the house there was an unfamiliar car in the driveway. Grabbing my bag out of the cab of my truck, I headed to the front door and went in.
    "Happy Thanksgiving," I shouted out.
    "Sophia!" My father came around from the living room quickly. He pulled me into a large hug. It was a bit strange, because my dad wasn't the emotional type of guy.
    "I'm so glad you could make it." He smiled widely as he let me go.
    "I'm happy I got to come home too." I kissed his cheek. "I just want to throw my bag into my old room, okay?" I started for the stairs.
    "Um…Sophia?" I turned and saw Carla was now standing next to my father. He was holding her hand.
    "Yeah?" I stopped before I took the first step up.
    "Umm…just throw your stuff up there and then we'll talk." He waved me off with a small nervous smile. My eyes flashed to Carla's face and she seemed a little upset. I quickly threw my bag on my old bed and went back downstairs.
    "So..?" I stood behind the couch leaning on the back of it. My father looked up at me, still nervous. "What you want to talk about?" I smirked.
    "Sophia, I, uh…" He rubbed his face and then just spit it out. "Carla is living with me now. I asked her a couple of months back and she just moved in a few weeks ago. I was going to tell –"
    "That's great dad," I smiled and walked over to