Just One More Day, chapter 6
'Mommy, mommy can talk to daddy too!' said my daughter emma whilst tugging at my leg.
'course you can sweetie!' I replied crouching down to her height and handing her the phone.
'Hi daddy!' she squealed excitiedly
'Hi emma, how was school?' i heard billie joe say
'It was really fun! Mrs. White let us finger paint ALL day, I drew you a picture, and one for uncle Mike and uncle Tre!' she said into the reciever
'I can't wait to see them...' he began, but was cut in by emma
'Mummy says you'll pick me up from school when you get home, can Uncle Mike and Uncle Tre too, I want to show them my work!'
'Sure they can, but listen sweetie I have to go now...' he said gently
'Ok daddy, but I miss you,' Emma whispered
'I miss you too, but I'll be home soon, ok?'
'bye bye daddy!'
'Bye Emma,'
And he was gone. Emma burst into tears immediately, I hugged her tightly and carried her to her room. Her little eyes were red and puffy and she looked exhausted. I lay her down on her bed and softly sang until she fell asleep. It was so hard for me, I miss Billie Joe as much as Emma does, maybe even more. Its a week until he gets back. Only a week, thats what I keep telling myself...
****1 Week later****
I gazed out of the window, waiting for Billie Joe's car to pull up the drive. It was silly, I know, to wait like that, but I hadn't seen him for over a month, though it felt like an eternity.
I snapped out of my trance, by a blue car pulling up the driveway.
I squealed with joy and ran to the door, but before i could open it myself, Billie Joe had taken me in his arms and kissed my passionatlely. He looked exhausted, his eyes were dull and his hair was messier than usually.He lay his head on my shoulder and sighed
'God, I've miss you so much,' he whispered into my neck, while rubbing his hands down my back.
'Me too, I told Emma that we'd pick her up from school today..' I said excepting his hug willingly. I felt him nod.
'She said she wanted Tre and Mike to go, but they've gone home,' he explained
'She wont mind...'I said grabbing my car keys.
'I'll meet you in the car, I just wanna get changed,' He said kissing my quickly on the lips and running upstairs.
We waited out side of Emma's school with all the other Mums and Dads, they were giving us funny looks, but we didn't care. To be honest, we weren't like them, we weren't dressed up in suits and we definatlely didn't have normal jobs. We're much more interesting, I thought to myself.
The school bell rang and a large group of children came running out of the open doors. I scanned the crowd, looking for Emma. She was talking to her two friends, and a huge smile spread across her face as she spotted me and Billie Joe. She took off running, her little blond pigtails bobbing along behind her head.
'DADDY!' she screamed, jumping into Billie's open arms. He hugged her tightly and swug her around.
'Shall I show you the picture I drew?' she aked Billie
'Yeah, I can't wait to see it!'
She took her rucksack of and rummage through and pulled out a large piece of paper. she held it across her body and started pointing at the colourful stick people on the page.
'Thats you daddy' she said pointing to the tallest person, holding what I suppose was supposed to be a guitar.
'And thats mommy and thats me!' she pointed the the smallest stick person with curly blonde hair.
'Well, I think we have a budding artist in the family, thats great Emma!' commented Bille Joe, taking her by the hand. I giggled as emma beamed with pride all the way home.
'course you can sweetie!' I replied crouching down to her height and handing her the phone.
'Hi daddy!' she squealed excitiedly
'Hi emma, how was school?' i heard billie joe say
'It was really fun! Mrs. White let us finger paint ALL day, I drew you a picture, and one for uncle Mike and uncle Tre!' she said into the reciever
'I can't wait to see them...' he began, but was cut in by emma
'Mummy says you'll pick me up from school when you get home, can Uncle Mike and Uncle Tre too, I want to show them my work!'
'Sure they can, but listen sweetie I have to go now...' he said gently
'Ok daddy, but I miss you,' Emma whispered
'I miss you too, but I'll be home soon, ok?'
'bye bye daddy!'
'Bye Emma,'
And he was gone. Emma burst into tears immediately, I hugged her tightly and carried her to her room. Her little eyes were red and puffy and she looked exhausted. I lay her down on her bed and softly sang until she fell asleep. It was so hard for me, I miss Billie Joe as much as Emma does, maybe even more. Its a week until he gets back. Only a week, thats what I keep telling myself...
****1 Week later****
I gazed out of the window, waiting for Billie Joe's car to pull up the drive. It was silly, I know, to wait like that, but I hadn't seen him for over a month, though it felt like an eternity.
I snapped out of my trance, by a blue car pulling up the driveway.
I squealed with joy and ran to the door, but before i could open it myself, Billie Joe had taken me in his arms and kissed my passionatlely. He looked exhausted, his eyes were dull and his hair was messier than usually.He lay his head on my shoulder and sighed
'God, I've miss you so much,' he whispered into my neck, while rubbing his hands down my back.
'Me too, I told Emma that we'd pick her up from school today..' I said excepting his hug willingly. I felt him nod.
'She said she wanted Tre and Mike to go, but they've gone home,' he explained
'She wont mind...'I said grabbing my car keys.
'I'll meet you in the car, I just wanna get changed,' He said kissing my quickly on the lips and running upstairs.
We waited out side of Emma's school with all the other Mums and Dads, they were giving us funny looks, but we didn't care. To be honest, we weren't like them, we weren't dressed up in suits and we definatlely didn't have normal jobs. We're much more interesting, I thought to myself.
The school bell rang and a large group of children came running out of the open doors. I scanned the crowd, looking for Emma. She was talking to her two friends, and a huge smile spread across her face as she spotted me and Billie Joe. She took off running, her little blond pigtails bobbing along behind her head.
'DADDY!' she screamed, jumping into Billie's open arms. He hugged her tightly and swug her around.
'Shall I show you the picture I drew?' she aked Billie
'Yeah, I can't wait to see it!'
She took her rucksack of and rummage through and pulled out a large piece of paper. she held it across her body and started pointing at the colourful stick people on the page.
'Thats you daddy' she said pointing to the tallest person, holding what I suppose was supposed to be a guitar.
'And thats mommy and thats me!' she pointed the the smallest stick person with curly blonde hair.
'Well, I think we have a budding artist in the family, thats great Emma!' commented Bille Joe, taking her by the hand. I giggled as emma beamed with pride all the way home.
