23: Look What The Cat Dragged In
I closed the door to Aiden's car after giving him a kiss on the cheek. When he pulled away, I released a contented sigh and started the walk up my driveway.
Tonight was perfect, I couldn't ask for anything better. I've never had anyone treat me like that; it really made me see how much he must care about me. Just thinking about our date has me excited for our future together.
I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn't even notice the unwelcome car parked in the driveway. I did, however, notice the unwelcome figure standing at the doorway.
"Dad?" I wasn't sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me or not.
When he turned around, my suspicions were confirmed, and I drew my face into a scowl. There he was in all his glory. He looked disheveled in a slightly wrinkled suit, most likely just coming from a business trip. He had bags and dark circles under his eyes. His face was etched with a slew of emotions: sadness, regret, disappointment, nervousness, the list goes on. He just looked plain worn out.
For a moment, I felt a twinge of sympathy for my father, but I quickly buried the emotion. He doesn't deserve my sympathy. He cheated on my mother, and even after she forgave him and tried to move forward he just went back and did it again. He didn't care about my mother's feelings, so why should I care about his?
"Tracey, baby," he said with a small smile.
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Well well, look what the cat dragged in. Why are you here?"
He looked hurt by my comment. Again, I started to feel bad for him, but I pushed it away.
"I... I just want to talk to your mother."
I uncrossed my arms and reached into my bag for my phone. I turned it on and looked at the screen. "It's almost 12 in the morning dad, do you really think she'll want to see you right now?"
Perking up a little bit, he said "What are you still doing out at this hour anyway young lady?"
I held my hand up. "Don't do this right now."
He let out a long breath. "I messed up sweetie."
"You think?" I almost rolled my eyes.
" I just need to talk to her." he repeated.
I sighed. This isn't my fight to fight. "Can you at least come back at a decent time?"
He gave me another small smile. "That's fair enough," he agreed.
I got my keys out of my bag and moved closer to the door. "Oh, and get some sleep. You look terrible." I started to open the door.
I heard him chuckle behind me. "Good night sweetheart."
"Good night, dad."
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I rolled over on my back, a huge smile plastered on my face. The cold sunshine penetrated through the blinds and bathed my room in light. I love waking up naturally. Checking my clock, I almost grimaced. It's only 8 in the morning!
Way too early for a Saturday.
I rolled back over on my stomach and sprawled my body out on the bed in an attempt to get comfortable. I don't know how I'll ever share a bed with anyone. I have a queen sized bed and I still manage to take up most of the space that it offers. I sleep like a mad woman.
After a while, I did manage to doze off. It seemed like only a couple of minutes before I was woken up by my phone buzzing incessantly, but when I checked the time it was already 9:30. I smiled when I realized that all of the texts were from Aiden.
Good morning beautiful
I really enjoyed my night with you
Still sleeping gorgeous?
Don't get too much beauty sleep, it's not fair to all the other girls out there
Beautiful?
Wake up beautiful
I miss you Trace
Wake uppp
W
A
K
E
U
P
I'm not stopping until you wake up
So wake up
Soon
Please beautiful
I was laughing hard as I saw that he wasn't kidding. There were still coming in at an impressive rate. Normally I find it annoying when people blow up my phone, but I just found this...cute.
I'm up, I'm up! I texted quickly to put him at ease.
Almost immediately, I got a response. Finally! How did you sleep beautiful? :)
Great! & you?
I slept like a baby because of you. So thanks
What exactly did I do?
My phone vibrated again, but I didn't pay much attention to it because I heard voices downstairs. One bass-filled voice caught my attention in particular.
I opened my door quietly, and tip toed to the top of the staircase to get a closer look. The voices continued to waft up the staircase, and I confirmed that it was, indeed, my father.
"What exactly do you want Hector?"
"I want a second chance Victoria." I heard my dad say with a pleading tone.
"In case you don't remember, you had your second chance already. And you blew it big time." I felt the ice in her voice from all the way up here.
I heard a sigh, and shuffling. "I don't want to sign the divorce papers just yet."
"You can take all the time you need but you've run out of chances, and I'm running out of patience for this conversation."
"Please Victoria..."
"Please nothing. If that's all, you can leave now."
I heard a door open, and a few moments later I felt someone tugging at my shirt.
"Is that daddy Tracey?" Brittany asked, looking up at me.
I took her hand and led her back to her room, closing the door.
"Is daddy coming back to live with us?"
I sighed. "It doesn't look like it Brit-Brit"
I watched as her eyes filled with sadness and she pouted. It breaks my heart to see her like this. Children shouldn't have to deal with their parents separating when they barely even understand the world. At the same time, not everyone is right for each other, and they shouldn't have to suffer with each other.
In conclusion, this whole situation sucks no matter how you look at it.
But such is life.
"I miss daddy." When I saw her eyes start to well up with tears, I sprang into action.
Wrapping her in a big hug, I soothed her. "I know you do sweetie. You wanna come to my room and watch some TV?"
Her face lit up at the suggestion, and she squealed in delight. She ran into my room and I followed behind her, laughing.
Plopping down on my bed, I checked my phone again. I had two texts from Aiden.
Because you made me a very happy guy last night
Btw, do you want to hang out today? I have a surprise for you ;)
I wrinkled my nose in confusion. What could he possibly have planned? After last night, I don't think I can handle any more surprises.
A surprise?
Yeah? I'll pick you up in a hour
I chuckled to myself. I didn't even say yes yet!
Well, you're coming anyway
I could almost sense the smile on his face.
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I looked over my outfit one more time in the mirror and fixed my hair. I had no idea what he was planning or where we were going, so I wore a loose peach cable knit sweater, black leather leggings, my black ankle boots, and a black infinity scarf.
My phone rang, and I took the phone off of the charger and answered.
"I'm outside hun."
"I'm coming out right now," I said, hanging up the phone and running downstairs.
My mom stopped me as I was walking out of the door.
"You're not spending the day with Brittany and I?"
"I just got invited out," I said, using my thumb to point outside of the door.
She gave me a look that was a cross between hurt and confusion. I gave her a look of confusion right back.
Then I realized that she just had a run in with her soon-to-be ex-husband. She must be aching to spend some time with us to make her feel better about it.
"I'll try to get out of it early and we can watch a movie tonight or something," I offered.
She gave me a small smile. "No, it's okay honey. Enjoy your day, you deserve it."
What does that mean?
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There's nothing to say but sorry!
I feel like I cut this chapter off short, but I promise it's for a good reason!
& I promise that I'll start writing the next chapter tonight! & that I'll try to get over my reluctance to write.
But what did you guys think about the chapter? Vote, comment, do whatever you like!
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- Theaa (:
*Song for this chapter is Daydreamin' by Ariana Grande because Tracey seems to be on cloud 9 after making things with Aiden official ;)
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