Pickles, Strawberry Ice Cream and Chocolate Syrup
This is the first and LAST time I do this. It is 3am and I'm driving around looking for a 24 hour grocery store. Why? It is obvious why. My wife Haley is pregnant. I swore to myself that I would never wake up in the middle of the night to fix "cravings". Like always Haley managed to guilt me into doing this.
"Jake " Haley whispered while she shook me. I was pretending to be sleep. Hoping that she would leave me alone.
"Jake" she whispered loudly while hitting me in my shoulder. It was getting worse. She wasn't going to stop anytime soon. But I still played sleep. There was a chance she would do what ever it was on her own.
"Jake" Haley yelled in my ear. She was evil. PURE EVIL. "What Hales?" I groaned. "The baby is hungry." Haley told me. "Then feed him" We found out we were having a boy that morning. We still had not come up with a name yet.
Haley smiled at me. "He wants pickles and strawberry ice cream." She lied. "He doesn't want that you want it Haley." I informed her. Just the thought of pickles and strawberry ice cream being eaten together made my stomach turn.
"Like I said before, the baby is hungry Jake." She said firmly. I gave her a blank stare. Big mistake. Her eyes began to fill with tears. "Fine be that way." She whimpered. "I...will…go get…it…myself." Haley said between breaths. "Haley calm down." I said to her.
"No…you don't…care if…me and the baby…starve…to…death." Haley cried wiping tears off her face. That was what did it, I couldn't say no to her after her waterworks show.
"Okay already, I will go get the damn pickles and ice cream." I groaned. "Strawberry ice cream." She beamed.
"Yeah I got it." I said putting on clothes. Haley took out a book a started reading. "I will wait up for you." She said simply. She didn't even bother to give me a kiss goodbye.
That is how I got suckered into this late night run. Yeah I am pissed and still tired. But as miserable as I feel right now, I wouldn't take places with any man in the world.
Good so I got the ice cream and pickles. I can finally go to sleep. I am a great husband. I grab a spoon out of the drawer in the kitchen and walk to the bedroom.
"Here Hales." I say as I make my way into the room. Haley is fast asleep. Hell no, she is not getting off that easy.
"Haley wake up." I say while shaking her almost senseless. "Huh?" she asks groggily. "I got your pickles and strawberry ice cream. " Oh that." Haley stated not opening her eyes. "Yeah that." I responded. "I got so you can eat it…now." I told her. I gently pressed the cold ice cream container against her cheek. That opened her eyes.
"I will eat it right now. Happy Jake?" She snapped. It didn't bother me. "Yes, very happy." I said as I got back in back and attempted to go back to my peaceful slumber.
Then I felt her hands on my shoulder. "Jake?" she said in an asking tone. "Yes dear." I said sarcastically. She paused. "Where is my chocolate syrup? You know I never eat strawberry ice cream without chocolate syrup." Haley said sweetly.
I groaned loudly as I got out of bed.