CHAPTER 8- DON'T FORGET

47 6 1
                                    

JOE'S POV

AS SOON AS I HEARD THE PIANO PLAYING I WAS REMINDED OF DEMI WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD. THE ONE MORNING THAT I WOKE UP TO HER PLAYING THE PIANO AND THEN YELLING AT ME, SHOVING ME OUT THE DOOR RIGHT AFTER SAYING THAT I DID NOT WANT THE BABY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE. NOW I REALIZED THAT THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS PLAYING THE PIANO WAS PLAYING IT ON THE EXACT DAY THAT I LEFT BECAUSE SHE WOULD BE BORN. I REALIZED THEN THAT I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHEN HER BIRTHDAY WAS. I FELT LIKE THE WORST FATHER EVER, KNOWING THAT I HAD LEFT DEMI BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY THAT WAS PLAYING THE PIANO ALMOST BETTER THAN DEMI, WHICH WAS PRETTY HARD TO BEAT.

I WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM AFTER I GOT DRESSED AND READY FOR THE DAY, I WENT TO WATCH HER PLAY THE PIANO, BUT SHE WAS JUST CLEANING IT UP AND STARTING TO MAKE BREAKFAST WHEN I WALKED INTO THE ROOM.

HARMONY'S POV

WHEN MY DAD WALKED INTO THE ROOM I STARTED TO MAKE BREAKFAST THINKING THAT MOM WAS HERE I DID SOMETHING WITH ALMOST NO CALORIES BECAUSE SHE WAS GETTING MORE AND MORE SELF-CONSIOUS OF HER WEIGHT EVERY DAY.

"HERE YOU GO, ONE OMLETTE WITH ALMOST NO CARBS JUST HOW MOM LIKES." I SAID GIVING IT TO MY DAD AND LOOKING AT HIM TO SEE WHAT HIS REACTION WOULD BE WHEN HE STARTED EATING.

"YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE PIANO." SAID JOE, "WELL THIS IS AN INTERESTING OMLETTE, WHAT IS IN HERE?"

"COW TONGUE, JUST HOW MOM LIKES, WHY?" I SAID GIVING HIM AN INNOCENT SMILE. "OH, WAIT, ISN'T THAT YOUR LEAST FAVORITE FOOD, CAUSE THAT IS MOM'S."

"IT, COULD BE WORSE," HE SAID WITH CLENCHED TEETH AND AN ANGRY SMILE.

"DING DONG!"

"I WILL GET THAT, BY THE WAY SCHOOL ENDS AT 3:00 AND I START WORK AT 3:30-8:30, SEE YOU LATER, AND DON'T TRY ANYTHING SILLY CAUSE TRUST ME, I WILL FIND OUT ABOUT IT. ONE MORE THING, I DON'T WANT ANY OF THE LITTLE LADIES OVER IN A BED WHEN I GET HOME, TOOTLES." I SAID WHILE WALKING OUT THE DOOR.


UNTIL YOU'RE MINE- DEMI LOVATOWhere stories live. Discover now