The era im writing in todayyy 😌
If you haven't watched that interview ^^ i linked it above, it's one of my favorites.

HE'S AWAY

I lay on my side on the leather couch in the living room. My hand is placed on my stomach rubbing it slowly.

Yes, I'm pregnant—three months to be exact. Johnny and I already have a little three year old girl and I got pregnant again with this one.

I'm currently on the phone with Johnny while he has time in between work. He's away doing interviews and finalizing everything for his film, Sweeney Todd, to premiere.

My daughter and I woke up really early this morning to watch Johnny and Tim's interview stream live on the Today Show.

FLASHBACK

We sit on the couch and I turn on the TV. Our daughter sits in my lap in between my legs. She sleepily lays back on my chest and I play with her soft hair.

I lightly smile as the interviewer starts to introduce Johnny, as well as Tim.

     "Look mommy, it's daddy!" Set sits up and points to the screen. I yawn.

     "I see, baby, I see." I chuckle. I stare at the screen, a light smile not leaving my face as we watch it.

I lean my head back on the couch and watch the interview. I think to myself about how great he looks and how genuinely kind he is to everyone.

My smile starts to fade as the TV flashes i front of us. My daughter giggles.

I start to think more of how much I miss him and how long he's been gone as my daughter snuggles up to me.

PRESENT

     "Yes, you watched it, huh? " Johnny speaks through the other side of the phone. He laughs at something I previously said.

     "Yes baby, I did and I thought you looked amazing. You really are such an amazing-"

       "Mommmma." Our daughter pitifully whines and runs into the living room, a blanket draped over her shoulder and a sippy cup clutched in her hand.

     "What's up, baby?" I ask her, and tell Johnny to 'hold on'.

     "I miss daddy..." She pouts and scrunches her eyebrows. "I want him to read with me and- and play Barbies with me." Her words come out not so clear, but I can understand them well. She sniffles and her big brown eyes flutter.

      "So do I, darling. I wish he was here too, but look, come here."

I put my phone on speaker and hold it to her.

     "Babe, someone wants to talk to you." I say, smiling.

     "Hello?" Johnny says in a tone that he knows who it is.

Y/D/N gasps.

     "Hi dada!!" She says ecstatically.

     "Hey, babydoll." He says, chuckling quietly. "How are you?"

     "I miss you." She says and climbs up on the couch next to me.

     "I miss you, too, love." He replies. "What have you been up to?"

     "Uhhh, mommy and me go to the park." She mumbles.

      "You went to the park? Fun." He chuckles.

She continues to tell Johnny about her whole day and what she's done while he's gone.

She talks so much she begins to fall asleep right there.

"Okay, Y/D/N, I think it's time for you to go to bed, it's late, baby." I say as I rub her head.

She looks up at me, her lip quivers and tears brim her eyes.

     "Oh, baby." I whisper and wrap my arms around her head bringing her into a hug. "I know, angel." I rub her head as she starts to cry harder. It breaks my own heart that she's taking Johnny away just as hard as I am.

"Y/N let her take the phone to bed." Johnny says in a guilty tone like it's fault for Y/D/N being sad.

I lightly smile.

"You hear that?" I say as I pat her shoulder. "Daddy can tell you a story, it'll be just like us tucking you in together." I kiss her head.

"Yes!!" She says as she wipes her red eyes. She looks up at me and she's got a red splotchy face from crying, so I bring her into a hug again. I hear Johnny yawn from the other end of the phone and it makes me laugh a little.

"Come on, precious." I scoop her up, the blanket around her and the phone stayed clutched in her hand. She lets out a sweet yawn and cuddles up to my chest. I go into her room and carefully lay her on her soft bed. "Okay." I whisper and tuck her in.

I kiss her forehead and around her face a few times.

"I love you so much, baby." I smile and inhale. "Sleep well, Daddy's gonna be home in exactly a week. Good night, babydoll."

I tell her that every night, because she always wants to know how much longer.

"Good night, mommy."

"Alright, daddy, she's ready for her story." I say calmly and I tuck her blankets around her. Johnny clears his throat on the other side of the line.

"Alrighty." He says and clears his throat once again.

He inhales and begins to tell a wild story on the top of his mind. She lays on her side, the phone beside her hand and she relaxes while her father tells his mystical story. I back up to quietly go out of the room.

I go brush my teeth and do the rest of my night routine. Only ten minutes go by before I walk back into her lightly lit room and she her totally out of it. I grab the phone out of her tiny hand and hurry out of the bedroom, making sure not to make her up.

I quietly shut the door and whisper into the phone. 

     "Thank you so much, Johnny." I exhaustedly laugh into the phone, taking it off speaker. "She's been having trouble going to sleep at night, sleeps with me most nights so I'm exhausted." I walk into our bedroom and plop down on the fluffy bed.

"Oh baby, " He groans and it drives me crazy. "I'm so sorry, wish I could be home all the time."

"Oh don't apologize love, I know your enjoying what you're doing." I crawl back and lean against the headboard.

"I'd rather be home with you, baby...how are you? How are you, baby, how do you feel?"

"I'm doing alright." I exhale and smile. "Baby's doing good." I rub my stomach. "Little bit of cramping, but nothing different than when I was pregnant with Y/D/N."

"That's good, I really wanna' be with you. I miss you and love you, dearly, Y/N. You're such an amazingly strong woman."

"Oh Johnny, " I exhale and lay down in bed. "I'm so lucky to have you as my husband, I love you more, baby." I whisper. "What time is it for you?"

"12 A.M." He laughs a little. "I gotta sleep for a few hours and go to a shooting at five."

"Oh my, Johnny go to sleep. Get some rest, baby."

     "I will, I just wanna make sure all my darlings are okay." He coos over the phone making me smile.

"Okay baby." His tired voice whispers. "I wanna be in bed with you so bad, I wanna hold you, kiss you...touch you...and I will, very soon, my love. One week." He reassures me, just like I do for
Y/D/N.

"One week, babe. I love you." I saw back as I cover myself up.

"Good night, dear. I love all of you so much."

"Good night."

He makes a smooching sound as if he's kissing me and I do it right back before hanging up.

I place my phone on my nightstand and think about Johnny laying next to me before I fall asleep.