Raising Juliet, chapter 8
Juliet walked in the kitchen rubbing her eyes as she switched the light on. She wanted to cry.
"Happy birthday Babe!" Preston said kissing her cheek.
"Happy b-day sis!" Joey said.
"Darling! Sixteen now. Big girl!" Adrienne laughed.
Juliet tryed to smile but sat down at the table. Her bottom lip started shaking.
"Whats up?" Adrienne asked. Juliet wipped the tears from her eyes.
"Dad! He comes home today!" She said.
"Thats great news! I thought you missed him!" Preston said.
"I do but... Last... When I was six something happened and.. Never mind."
She went upstairs to get changed.
Billie was on the tour bus.
"I want to call Juliet! It's her birthday."
Billie greabbed his moble.
"No signal! Crap!" He slammed it down.
"Do you want a beer Billie?" Tre slammed four pints of beer down onto the table.
"No Tre! I don't drink on Jewls birthday!" He yelled knowing he could get drunk again.
"Oh come on. She must be over it by now! It was ten years ago!" Mike laughed.
"Mike I killed her! For eight years she was dead around me! For eight years I didn't know my daughter. I had to bring her up again. She hated me!" Billie wiped a tear from his eye.
Mike and Tre fell silent.
They started opening two beers each and taking sips out of them both.
"Mmmm Billie!" They laughed shoving the beer in his face. Billie grabbed the beers and threw them out a window.
"No wonder you two are single. I think you should grow up! Ok!" He yelled heading upstairs.
"Ohhh"Tre yelled.
Three hours later, Juliet kept ringing her dad's cell phone.
"Daddy when you get this message please call me! I'm worryied about you!" She said hickupping from crying so much.
Preston walked round her door.
"Look I'm sure he is fine! He made you a promise. Let's go in the garden."
She walked in the garden linked arms with Preston.
"Jewls sweet heart, please go and get the pool cleaner from the shed!" Adrienne said.
Juliet sighed and lifted the door up from the shed.
"I think it's in the spare bin!" Adrienne yelled.
"Why?" Juliet said lifting the lid.
"Happy birthday!"
Juliet screamed and closed the lid.
"Why are you in a bin!" She yelled laughing at Billie. He grabbed her and hugged her.
"My baby girl!" He kissed her cheek.
"You kept your promise!" Juliet said looking at a drunk Tre and Mike.
"Of course I did! I got you a present."
Billie ghrabbed a chair and pulled out a guitar from the shed.
He started singing One for the Razorbacks.
"Did dad get a new guitar?" Juliet asked Adrienne.
She shrugged. "Now I know that was a crappy present Juliet, but this is your real present."
He gave her the guitar he just played. It was a purple version of blue, but instead of the "BJ" it said "JA".
"Daddy! I love it!" She wipped away the tears and hugged him. This time they were tears of happieness.
"Happy birthday Babe!" Preston said kissing her cheek.
"Happy b-day sis!" Joey said.
"Darling! Sixteen now. Big girl!" Adrienne laughed.
Juliet tryed to smile but sat down at the table. Her bottom lip started shaking.
"Whats up?" Adrienne asked. Juliet wipped the tears from her eyes.
"Dad! He comes home today!" She said.
"Thats great news! I thought you missed him!" Preston said.
"I do but... Last... When I was six something happened and.. Never mind."
She went upstairs to get changed.
Billie was on the tour bus.
"I want to call Juliet! It's her birthday."
Billie greabbed his moble.
"No signal! Crap!" He slammed it down.
"Do you want a beer Billie?" Tre slammed four pints of beer down onto the table.
"No Tre! I don't drink on Jewls birthday!" He yelled knowing he could get drunk again.
"Oh come on. She must be over it by now! It was ten years ago!" Mike laughed.
"Mike I killed her! For eight years she was dead around me! For eight years I didn't know my daughter. I had to bring her up again. She hated me!" Billie wiped a tear from his eye.
Mike and Tre fell silent.
They started opening two beers each and taking sips out of them both.
"Mmmm Billie!" They laughed shoving the beer in his face. Billie grabbed the beers and threw them out a window.
"No wonder you two are single. I think you should grow up! Ok!" He yelled heading upstairs.
"Ohhh"Tre yelled.
Three hours later, Juliet kept ringing her dad's cell phone.
"Daddy when you get this message please call me! I'm worryied about you!" She said hickupping from crying so much.
Preston walked round her door.
"Look I'm sure he is fine! He made you a promise. Let's go in the garden."
She walked in the garden linked arms with Preston.
"Jewls sweet heart, please go and get the pool cleaner from the shed!" Adrienne said.
Juliet sighed and lifted the door up from the shed.
"I think it's in the spare bin!" Adrienne yelled.
"Why?" Juliet said lifting the lid.
"Happy birthday!"
Juliet screamed and closed the lid.
"Why are you in a bin!" She yelled laughing at Billie. He grabbed her and hugged her.
"My baby girl!" He kissed her cheek.
"You kept your promise!" Juliet said looking at a drunk Tre and Mike.
"Of course I did! I got you a present."
Billie ghrabbed a chair and pulled out a guitar from the shed.
He started singing One for the Razorbacks.
"Did dad get a new guitar?" Juliet asked Adrienne.
She shrugged. "Now I know that was a crappy present Juliet, but this is your real present."
He gave her the guitar he just played. It was a purple version of blue, but instead of the "BJ" it said "JA".
"Daddy! I love it!" She wipped away the tears and hugged him. This time they were tears of happieness.
