ButterfliKissed

You are my home. That place that I feel safest, where I can be myself without worry. Sure, I mean sweatpants and stained tank top with no bra for more days than I care to admit before a shower. But I also mean I can share my deepest secrets without any hint of fear and only the slightest apprehension. I’ve confessed to hurting myself while lying next to you in your bed.  You didn’t even roll over it was so late and we were so tired. I’d spent hours in turmoil about whether to tell you or not, and if I were going to how I would do it. In the end, I knew I just had to tell you and deal with your reactions no matter what they

“I miss you.” “I know Honey, I’ll be home soon.” Penelope’s voice says over the phone. “Two days is not soon. That’s like forever.” Kayla pouts as she shifts the phone to her other ear. “It’s the best I can do. I’m sorry love.” “Fine. But Maggie and I miss you.” Addressing the kitten standing in the doorway, “Isn’t that right, Maggie?” Penelope lets out a quick breath that sounds like a snort. “At least you have each other to keep you warm at night. This hotel bed is freezing. I swear the sheets are infused with ice or something.

“This smells nice.” “What are you sniffing?” Kayla calls from where she’s laying on the couch watching TV. “I don’t know, but I like it.” Scott walks around the corner separating the kitchen and the living room carrying a small wax sculpture of a yellow  rose in full bloom. Kayla looks over the back of the couch at him. “That’s the candle we bought from my mom a few years ago when she was going through a candle selling phase and you decided it would be good for her self-esteem if we supported her.” “That was forever ago. Why do we still have it?” He inhales the

I remember the first time I saw one in a picture book when I was little; it was a giant majestic beast with a horn of death attached to its face. Even with its fur the color of blinding noonday sun and constant references to how they represent innocence in myths, I was never convinced they were all good creatures with pure motives. Surely, they were more complex creatures with both good and evil motives. My little cousin says that he saw a unicorn once. Right before a squirrel jumped in front of his dad’s car and they ran it over. He still believes that the unicorn he saw was talking to the squirrel before it died a vehicular death. As

She spins in a circle with her arms thrown wide. Her long floral print skirt floats out above her knees. Her bare feet twist in the grass and kick at dandelions as she steps on the uneven ground. Spinning faster, her feet are tangled in the roots and she falls. She bounces back up. She opens her eyes, which she had shut in expectation of crashing into the unforgiving ground. The field she was spinning in has turned to a large black rubber tarp pulled taut. It spreads so far she can't see an edge to be cautious of going over. She jumps on the tarp lightly, testing the springiness of the trampoline. She bounces off it easily. Satisfied with th

~Dreams and Wishes~ "Doesn't that look fun?" "The intimidator? The highest roller coaster in this park? Do you know the definition of fun?" "Yes. Just look at it." Kayla looks up at the red track reaching into the sky with a sigh. "I'm looking at it. And it's scaring me. Do we really have to go on it?" "I want to. I think it'll be fun. Besides you liked that other coaster I made you go on with me." "True. Fine, I'll go," Penelope quickly continues over Kayla's squeal of excitement, "but you have to sit next to me, and hold my hand the entire time." "Deal." "And I'm choosing where we eat tonight." Kayla quickly nods her head in accept

"What's wrong?" "I need fifty cents.  Like now." Kayla has an almost panicked look in her eyes. "Umm… why?" "Let's just say that Mother Nature is a bitch and I'm not pregnant." Realization dawns on Penelope.  "Oh.  Do you have any cash on you, because all I brought is plastic?" "I have a five, but it's so awkward asking for change in quarters." Kayla explains. "So what do you want to do? Even if we left now we still wouldn't make it home for another forty five minutes." "Is that a pretzel booth?" Kayla asks as she starts walking towards the food court. Penelope does a double take at the sudden change