I Can't Break It To My Heart
Chapter
One
"Giselle?
Can you tell me another one of your Andalsia stories?"
Morgan
asked all tucked up in her cosy bed. Giselle smiled at the little one
and sat on the corner of her bed.
"Morgan honey,you have
heard them many times. I am sure you know them all off by heart."
She
placed her hand on the bed.
"I don't care Giselle. I love
them all so much! They beat any ordinary storybook."
Morgan's
eyes sparkled. Giselle cleared her throat.
"Alright. What
one do you want to hear?"
She asked.
"Hmmm...how
about the one when Prince Edward first saw you and finished your
duet."
Giselle sighed. It wasn't that she didn't like that
story but herself and Edward were in the past. She was in love with
Robert,Morgan's father. It was a good story if she did say so
herself.
"Alright. Well one night I had a dream of what my
prince charming looked like..."
What Giselle didn't know was
as she was telling Morgan a bedtime story she was being watched. But
not by just anyone. By her one true love. Robert. Everynight at the
same time he would watch Giselle tell his daughter a story. Robert is
just mesmerized by Giselle in many ways. She was the first one that
Robert felt love with. That's not saying that he didn't care for
Nancy because he did. Robert felt something different with Giselle
than he did with Nancy. He loved he Morgan absolutely loved Giselle.
Giselle's innocence made him smile everytime he was near her.
"...and then me and Edward rode off into the sunset on his
horse Destiny."
Giselle concluded her story. Morgan's eyes
grew heavy.
"Now you get some sleep and I will see you in the
morning."
Giselle leaned in and kissed Morgan's
cheek.
"Goodnight Giselle."
She said as she yawned
and fell into a heavy sleep. Giselle watched her for a moment and
then got off the bed and headed toward the door. Robert moved out of
the way of the doorway and stood beside it by the wall. Giselle
closed the door quietly and saw Robert standing beside the
door.
"This is becoming a habit of yours isn't it?"
She
asked grabbing his hand and walking toward the living room.
"Perhaps. I just love how you are with her,that's all."
Robert gazed into her eyes as they took a seat in the living
room. She cuddled up to him while watching television.
"She's
great Robert. I love her very much.
He grinned at her. She
blushed.
"You are so beautiful."
He whispered to her
as he twirled her hair with his index finger.
"Stop it
Robert."
She playfully hit him. He chuckled.
"What?"
He
asked caressing her face with his fingers.
"I don't know. I
am just not use to having someone telling me all these nice things. I
really do appreaciate them."
She leaned in and kissed his
lips gently. A smile appeared on his face.
"Well
I am glad you like them because they are true. You are really
beautiful."
Giselle cuddled closer to him and watched
television. She truly was as happy as one person could be. She loved
Robert with all her heart and Morgan was a delight to be with. She
was glad that Robert came into her life because if he hadn't she
might have still been with Edward and not know the true meaning of
love was. Robert taught her that. Giselle hadn't seen Nancy and
Edward since the King and Queens Ball about a month ago. She often
caught herself wondering how they were doing in Andalasia. Robert had
recently her how to use this tool called the Internet and email. She
constantly questioned if she could email Edward and Nancy in
Andalsia. Robert explained that if they were taught how to use a
computer and email then she could but he highly doubt anyone heard of
those such tools down there. After stroking Giselle's hair for quite
sometime Robert leaned over to see that Giselle's eyes were shut. He
carefully moved her so he could get off the couch. He placed her back
on the couch with a pillow under her head. He watched her lying there
all peaceful. A smile crept across his face. He walked over to his
laptop and checked his emails. He was typing away and didn't realise
that Giselle woke up.
"What are you doing?"
She asked
startling him. He turned to face her on the couch and smiled.
"Nothing.
I was just checking my emails. I didn't want to wake you. I'm
sorry."
He closed his laptop and walked back over to the
couch.
"I must have dozed off while you were stroking my
hair,which I might add was very relaxing."
She smiled as she
held Robert's hand.
"Did you want to head to bed or did you
want to watch some more television?"
He asked gazing into her
eyes. She began to stretch her arms into the air and a yawn became of
her.
"I think I should go to bed,unless you want to watch
more television."
She said. Robert looked at the television
and then back at her.
"Nah it's fine. I am feeling a bit
tired too. We have to get up early to get Morgan off to school. Let's
go."
He got off the couch and extended his hand for Giselle
to take. She gripped it softly He led her up the stairs and into the
master bedroom. Giselle went to the bathroom to get changed into her
pyjamas. She ran a brush through her soft light red hair.
"The
bathroom is all yours."
She said as she exited and sat on the
bed. She pulled back the covers on the bed and got in. She was trying
so hard to stay awake for Robert. She could feel her eyes getting
heavier and heavier and before she knew it she was sound asleep.
Robert got out of the bathroom but before he went into the bedroom he
wanted to check on Morgan. He quietly opened the door and walked in.
Morgan's hair was all over the pillow in a messy sort of way. Robert
knelt to the ground and ran his fingers on his daughter's cheek.
"I
love you sweetie."
He whispered as he kissed her on the
forehead. He got off the ground and walked out of her room. He slowly
headed to the bedroom.
"You should see how cute Morgan is
when sh-"
He stopped talking when he saw Giselle sound asleep
on the right side of the bed. He ran his hand through her hair and
kissed her cheek before going to the other side of the bed. He pulled
back the covers and fell right to sleep.
Chapter
Two
Robert woke up before Giselle did and stretched. Another
morning. He slowly got out of bed trying not to disturb his sleeping
beauty. He walked to Morgan's bedroom and woke her up.
"Sweety,time
to get up and get ready for school."
He whispered in her ear.
She began to stretch and moan at the same time. He gave a smile and
left the room to head downstairs to make breakfast for his two lovely
girls. Morgan finished up in the bathroom and headed to where Giselle
was. She checked to see if she was awake or not. Giselle was sound
asleep. Morgan climbed on the bed and began to shake Giselle
awake.
"Giselle! It's time to get up!"
Giselle
opened her eyes and turned on her other side to face Morgan.
"Well
hello there beautiful girl."
Giselle said. Morgan
smiled.
"You go downstairs and tell your daddy that I will be
down shortly."
She nodded and got off the bed and rushed
downstairs. Giselle yawned and stretched. She sat up in her bed and
could smell what was going on downstairs. A smile appeared on her
face. She put on her robe and headed downstairs. The delicious smell
got stronger the more she got closer to the kitchen. She could see
Robert cooking something in the frying pan and talking to
Robert.
"Oh! You're awake. You could have slept in you know?"
He walked over and kissed her on the cheek.
"I know but
Morgan woked me up and if she hadn't then the smell would have and if
the smell wouldn't have then the thought that I would miss seeing you
before you left for work would have."
Giselle explained. A
smile appeared on Robert's face. He often thought about what he did
in his life to deserve this woman to be apart of his life and be so
kind to him. But he never got a direct answer.
"Aww. Well I
would have woken you up before I went for work just to see your
smiling face."
He replied as he lead her to the kitchen
table. He placed a plate in front of her and on it was bacon,egg and
sausages.
"This looks delicious but you really didn't have
to make me breakfast."
She said turning her head toward the
kitchen.
"Well I usually make breakfast for Morgan. And you
will like it. Ask Morgan!"
Giselle looked at Morgan who was
downing down her breakfast. A soft chuckle escaped Giselle's
lips.
"He makes the best bacon. You should try it!'
Morgan
insisted. Giselle picked up a piece of bacon and slipped it into her
mouth. Giselle could feel all her little taste buds exploding as the
taste of the bacon seeped into her mouth. She turned around to face
Robert.
"Oh
my gosh. This is excellent."
She said while the bacon was
still dissolving in her mouth. Morgan and Robert began to laugh.
"I
told you Giselle!"
Morgan said taking a sip of her orange
juice. Robert got his breakfast and sat at the kitchen table with his
two girls eating.
"Daddy,do I have to go to school
today?"
Morgan asked finishing her last bite of her
breakfast. Robert took a drink of his water and swallowed.
"Why
don't you want to go?"
He asked looking at her seriously.
"I
don't know Daddy. I just want to stay home with you and
Giselle."
Robert chuckled softly. Giselle finished her
breakfast. She got up,took her plate and then grabbed Morgans and put
them in the sink.
"Honey,I am going to work today. And
Giselle will be the only one home but she has to go out and do some
errands. So there really isn't a point for you to stay home."
Morgan sighed and headed upstairs to get ready for school.
"Awww
poor little girl. She will get over it as the day
progresses."
Giselle said washing her hands. She grabbed
Robert's plate from his hand and placed it into the sink along with
the others.
"So are you nervous about today?"
Robert
asked placing his hands on her shoulders.
"I don't know. I
understand everything that you told me. I just don't know how people
will react to me."
She sighed. Robert placed a finger under
her chin and lifted her face up.
"You don't know until you
try,alright?"
He leaned in and kissed her face. A smile
appeared on her face. Robert walked by her and headed upstairs to see
how Morgan was getting along. Giselle went to grab a yellow folder
and looked inside at the contents. Inside were 15 resumes that she
was planning to hand out when Robert and Morgan headed out for the
day. Truth be told Giselle was nervous. But Robert talked her through
what a job was and how to get one which is what she was going to be
doing today. She took out one of the resumes that Robert helped her
type up. He put himself as a reference saying that she worked at the
Law Firm as a secretary for about 6 months so employers would see she
has some experience. She put the resume back into the folder and
continued to sit on the couch waiting for Robert and Morgan to come
downstairs. A few moments later,Morgan and Robert came downstairs.
Giselle got off the couch and saw that Morgan was wearing a jean
skirt and a white lace blouse.
"You look so cute Morgan! I am
so jealous of your style!"
Morgan gave a smile.
"I
have style?"
She questioned. Giselle lowered herself to
Morgan's level and looked her in the eyes.
"Of
course you do. You look so pretty. All the girls should be jealous of
you!"
Giselle's eyes lit up. A smile appeared on Robert's
face. He loved the way Giselle was around his daughter. She treated
her like she was her own and never let a day go by without showing
her some sort of love and affection.
"Alright well we got to
get going so we don't be late."
Robert snapped out of his
thoughts. He walked closer to Giselle and stared into her eyes for a
moment.
"I will miss you. I love you."
Giselle's
cheeks blushed as he kissed her cheek. Giselle leaned down to meet
Morgan's level. Morgan wrapped her arms around Giselle's body and
gave her a kiss. They said their goodbyes for the last time and
closed the door. Giselle waited until she heard the car engine turn
on and they drove out of the driveway. She sighed as she flopped
herself on the couch. She was alone. She had a job to today and one
she didn't know how to do.
"Well at least Robert gave me the
411 about job search."
She said to herself as she headed
upstairs to get changed to head out into the real world to make an
impression.
Chapter
Three
With a yellow envelope under her arm she locked the front
door and headed into town in hopes that she would find what is called
a job. She saw this one store that had really pretty outfits in the
window. She admired from outside. Different fabrics and different
colors. She opened the door to the store and heard chimes as the door
opened. She was surrounded by different colors of the fabric.
"Can
I help you?"
Giselle was taken out of her dream world when
she heard the woman spoke. She was a middle aged woman with a very
good fashion sense,Giselle thought.
"Oh yes! I was wondering
if I can hand in a ... a..."
Giselle couldn't remember what
the papers that she was carrying around were called.
"A
resume?"
The woman spoke. Giselle's eyes lit up.
"Yes!
Can I hand one in?"
The woman walked closer and smiled.
"Of
course you may. Are you new to doing this sort of thing?"
The
woman asked as Giselle got out one of her many resumes she had in the
folder.
"Yes. Yes I am unfortunately."
The woman
looked at Giselle and then back at her resume.
"So it seems
that you don't have any experience. Well right now we are only hiring
people who have experience in this type of business. But what we can
do is keep your resume on file,is that alright?"
Giselle
smiled and nodded.
"Alright thank you for your time."
And
with that Giselle left the store in hopes of the next store having
something to offer for her. She must have went into every store on
the street and now she was down to one last resume.
"My poor
aching feet.."
Giselle exclaimed as she took a seat on the
bench for a moment. She took off her stumpy heels and began to rub
her aching feet. She looked at the store that was in front of where
she was sitting. In the windows were clothing of the casual sense.
Giselle put back on her shoes and got up to look in the windows of
the store.
"Hmmm...they have nice clothing."
She
stepped back to see what the name of this particular store was
called. 'Summertime
Fashions' Giselle
took a deep breath and entered the store. She walked around the
stands full of merchandise. She picked up this floral shirt and held
it up against her body and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Can
I help you?"
Giselle turned around to see a young man around
Giselle's age.
"Um yes. I was wondering if I could hand in a
resume here?"
She put the shirt that she was looking at back
on the hanger.
"Of course you can pretty lady."
He
replied giving her a wink. Giselle all of a sudden felt very
uncomfortable around this man.
"Oh umm..alright...just let
me get one..out."
She struggled with trying to get one out of
the envelope. She finally got one out and handed it to the guy who
kept a firm stare on her. Giselle tried so hard not to blush but she
could feel her cheeks burning.
"Hmm well it seems that you
have no experience in this type of industry."
He spoke.
Giselle nodded.
"Well I will look into your resume and I
will call you if we get an opening."
Giselle wanted to
restrict herself from saying very much. She walked past the man and
turned and spoke.
"Alright. Thanks."
And she turned
back quickly on her heel and left the store. She felt very uneasy
with that man and she didn't know why. Maybe it was his approach with
her that made her stomach turn. She looked at her watch and realised
it was almost time for Morgan and Robert to be due at home. She was
lucky that she wasn't that far away from home. She slowly ran home in
her heels which were making her feet ache like crazy. She made a
mental note to herself not to wear them if she was going places
within walking distance. She dug out her keys that were buried in her
big purse and opened the front door.
"Hello?"
She
called out to see if Morgan and Robert were home.
"Giselle?"
A
voice responded. It was Morgan. She rushed upstairs to see Morgan in
her room playing with her Barbie dollhouse that Robert had bought for
her on her birthday last year.
"Where's your father?"
She
asked as she walked into the room.
"My take is that he is
still at work. Don't worry Giselle,I know the way home by heart. I
didn't get lost."
She smiled up at Giselle.
"Well I
can see that my dear! I had just gotten home too. I am very tired.
And my feet hurt. Let me tell you something for future
references:Don't wear heels if you are walking for hours on end!"
She
sat down on the ground next to Morgan.
"Do you want to play
dollhouse until daddy gets home?"
She asked. Everytime this
child spoke it made Giselle's heart melt. She was the greatest thing
that ever happened to her life and she loved Morgan with every piece
of her heart.
"Of
course I do. Which dollie do I get?"
She asked with a smile
on her face.
