I swallowed hard. My whole body froze like it was below zero in the room.
"L-loves me? Manny come on. We're just friends." I tried to convince her.
"If you say so." She smirks and brushes past me towards the stairs.
I stand in my spot just thinking. Staring at the wall. After five minutes of staring at nothing like I was a mental patient I went upstairs to check on Evan. [The only good thing about this apartment is we have stairs. We have a living room and a kitchen then you go upstairs and we have two bedrooms and a bathroom. Of course Manny sleeps in hers and Evan stays in mine.
I walked into my room and walked over to the crib. He was sleeping with his favorite stuffed animal [a blow fish that squeaked when you pressed it and his thumb in his mouth. I checked his diaper in case he needed to be changed. Thank goodness he didn't. That kid goes though more diapers than this apartment shower goes though hot water [and believe me, it's a race to take a shower in the mornings.
I got into something comfortable and walked back over to the crib. I looked at my baby one more time and kissed him on the forehead and tucked him in before I went to go tuck myself in.
Monday Moring
The sunlight shone in my eyes just before my alarm clock went off. How I hated that thing. Trust me; I would break it if I didn't have to get to work on time. Getting up two hours sooner than I had to get to work because I had to take care of Evan was a complete pain. But as any mom would, I would quit my job just to be with him. I went over to his crib and picked him up gently. I took him over to the changing table, changed his diaper and put him into new clothes. Then I took him downstairs to Manny and went back up and got showered, made up, and dressed up. Well in my uniform for KJ'S Diner anyway.
I went back down stairs with Evan's diaper bag and got ready to take him to my mom's when Manny asked what I was doing.
I looked at her oddly and replied "Uhm..getting Evan's stuff to take to mom's. Are you feeling okay?" I asked grabbing my keys off the kitchen table.
"I'm off today. Didn't you hear me yesterday? There's supposed to be a bad storm today and we can't film."
I looked at her and tried to remember her saying it. Although I didn't remember I went along with it.
"Alright well does that mean you want to watch Evan?" I asked still shuffling around looking for my purse.
"Coat rack Em. And yes I want to watch him."
I looked over at the coat rack and saw she was right. My purse was hanging next to my coat.
"All right but if there's going to be a bad storm please be responsible."
She gave me a look that said 'I'll keep him safe like he's my own.' Which is half true. When I can't look after him she's always there.
"Alright thank you Manny." I sighed walking over and kissing Evan on the forehead.
"I should hopefully be home usual time. Have fun you two." I said as I closed the door behind me. I checked to make sure I had everything before I got in the car. Name tag? Check. Uniform? Check. Keys? Check. Purse? Check.
Okay I was all ready to go.
As I was driving down the road to the diner I could tell what Manny was talking about with bad weather. It was about 10:00 and the sky was almost black.
I got out of my car at the diner and that's when I felt the first drop of rain. I hurried in the doors and to the back to clock in.
When I got back to the front and behind the counter for my first order I saw that the weather channel was on. There was officially a tornado watch by us. I was slightly worried by it but my mind was soon taken off of it by all the orders I had. I occasionally looked back up at the tv to see how the weather was doing. Unfortunately it wasn't.
When the rain started coming down hard the door opened and a storm of rain and hail blew in. I looked at the customer I was about to serve and realized it was someone I knew. "Sean hey!" I said as he walked over.
"Hey Em. I didn't know you worked here."
"Yeah I've worked here for a while now." I replied smiling.
"So some weather we've got out there huh?" Sean asked sitting at the booth.
"Yeah..and it just got worse." I said straightening up and reaching for the remote.
I pointed it at the tv and turned it up.
"There has been a tornado spotted on Orange Grove. It has taken out the apartment complex."
My heart felt like it dropped into my stomach. Orange Grove is where I lived. Where Manny and the baby were at this very moment.
I looked at Sean and ran to tell my boss. He understood and let me off for the rest of the day. I ran back out to Sean and jumped in my car. I followed behind me in his and we rushed over to the house. As I drove closer all I could hear was a baby crying. My baby crying.
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