Lean on me
Chapter 1:
"Bella! Get down here and eat your breakfast, you don't want to be late for your first day of school do you" Shannon called up the stairs.
Shannon went back to the kitchen and continued making her daughters lunch. She looked towards the stair case and saw her husband coming down the stair, carrying their 5 year old daughter, Arabella. She was dressed in her blue school uniform with a blue ribbon in her fair hair.
"Sorry mum" Lawson said in a playful tone "we were just getting ready, weren't we Bell's" he added looking at his daughter who just nodded and smiled proudly.
"Do you like my ribbon Mummy?" Bella asked, pointing to her hair "Daddy did it for me; he said I have to look pretty for my first day at school".
"Did he now?" Shannon asked, raising an eyebrow at her husband with a smile.
"Of course" Lawson replied, gently putting his daughter on the ground and watching her run to the table where her breakfast was waiting for her. He turned back to his wife and came up behind her, placing his arms around her and resting his chin on her shoulder.
"But both my girls are already hot" he whispered in her ear. Shannon giggled as she turned around and wrapped her arms around Lawson neck, pulling him closer and planting a loving kiss on his lips. They broke apart and Lawson took a sip of coffee from the cup that was sitting waiting for him on the bench top. Shannon walked over to Bella and wiped the jam off her mouth as she finished her toast. Lawson was standing in the kitchen, flicking through the newspaper, sipping his coffee.
"Lawson! Hurry get changed, we gotta drop Bella off before you go into work" Shannon scolded him as she packed Bella's lunch box into her backpack.
Lawson was still in the Tactical response team as was Shannon but they were in different teams and took different shifts so that at least one of them could be with Bella at all times. She and Lawson had married six years ago. They had first met when they were both working in general duties at a station in St Kilda, they had almost forgotten about each other but then Shannon was transferred to Tactical Response. Their chemistry was undeniable and before they knew it, they were married. A year later, Bella was born. Arabella had her father's fair hair but Shannon's sparkling blue eyes. She wasn't shy or quiet but not loud and naughty either. She was always interested in new things and liked drawing or having Lawson read her bedtime stories.
"Alright alright" Lawson replied, quickly gulping the last of his coffee before disappearing upstairs to get dressed. In the meantime, Shannon was putting Bella's shoes on and getting Bella prepared for her big day. However, surprisingly, Bella was quite calm and excited. She didn't seem nervous or upset.
"There you go" Shannon said as she finished tying the shoelaces. She looked up into her daughter bright blue eyes, which Bella had inherited from her.
"Are you excited?" Shannon asked smiling. She helped Bella put her bag on her back.
"Yeah" Bella replied nodding enthusiastically.
"Of course she is" Lawson added, running down the stairs, buttoning his shirt as he went. When he reached the bottom of the steps, he stopped to tuck the blue police shirt into his dark blue pants and do up his belt.
"Daaaad" Bella whined, "we are gonna be late".
Lawson just laughed as he grabbed his bag and stuffed his keys and phone in it. Eventually they were all ready and got into the car. As they pulled up to the school, Shannon help Bella out of her seat and took her hand as they walked towards the classroom. There were lots of parents standing around, many with tears in their eyes. Shannon looked around and saw that many of the children also looked excited and happy, rather than scared and nervous; however it didn't take her long to spot the crying kids. They had to wait for the bell to ring and as they waited, many of the parents glanced at Lawson police uniform with interest. He just smiled gently back at them and followed his wife and daughter as they walked towards the kindergarten classrooms.
Eventually they bell rang, Shannon bent down so that she was eye level with her daughter.
"You're going to have fun ok?" Shannon reassured her daughter, cupping her small face in her hands and rubbing her cheeks gently. "You're going to do lots of fun things and then after school, I'll come and get you and you can tell me everything, ok?"
Bella just nodded and smiled. Lawson picked up his daughter and gave her a kiss on the forehead and hugged her.
"You're gonna have an awesome time ok sweetie?" Lawson told her.
Bella nodded again and gave her dad a hug back.
Lawson placed Bella back on the ground and Shannon gave her daughter one last kiss before Bella headed for the classroom door. Before she stepped inside, Bella turned back and waved to her parents, a wide smile pasted on her face.
Lawson placed an arm around Shannon waist and they both waved back to their daughter.
This chapter is just an introduction; there will be more action in the next chapters. Please tell me what you think of my newest story….please review‼