Thursday: 1/24/08
Who: Peyton, Katie, Summer When: Thursday afternoon Where: Peyton and Summer's room What: discussing what's happened to everyone
Peyton tucked in Lyle, looking down at the pathetic big kid. It was almost harder to love him now than it had been right after their fight and break up. He didn't know her anymore. He looked at her as nothing more than a mother figure, which was kinda sick and twisted. What if he was stuck like this forever? Would she be his mom for years to come? She loved him too much to abandon him. And while she knew he loved her, in his strange new way, it wasn't enough. She missed who he was before. She missed having him take care of her. She even missed arguing with him.
Earlier in the day, Peyton had chatted briefly with Katie. If Nox wasn't going to man up and do his damn job, it was good to know that his daughter was taking some sort of initiative. Katie had her memories in tact, which was needed right now. Plus, her devotion to family meant she cared a great deal about fixing this problem. Peyton didn't care about a ton of people in the school, but she cared about enough of them that she had to figure out a solution to restore sanity. Crazy was only fun if it was intentional.
Hearing a light knock on the door, Peyton's eyes went to Lyle, glad when he didn't stir. She got up and answered the door, immediately putting her finger to her lips and whispering. "We have to talk quiet... Lyle's napping." It was a full time job looking after Lyle. Peyton got brief breaks from time to time, thanks to her roommate. Summer had earned serious brownie points the last two days, and the girls were getting along much better as a result.
Peyton ushered Katie inside and motioned to Summer, "Hope you don't mind if she helps us. She doesn't have any memory loss either, and I figure we can use all the complete memories we can get."