"Austin?" I heard my father knocking on my door.
"Yeah?" I looked at the clock by my night stand. 7:43 am
"You still asleep?" My father asked me on the other side of the door
"Not any more" I opened the door still on my dressing gown
"Sorry, I thought you're already awake"
"It's fine dad. What is it? You allright?" I asked him with a worried look. My dad rarely bothers me cause he's very busy with his business
"No, im fine. It's just that I have made a reservation at this 5 star restaurant, I just thought you might want to explore the city?" He said smiling at me
"yeah sure, let me just go get a shower" im happy that my dad finally decided to take a break from his work and that were gonna go out
"allright, take your time son" He said as I close my door.
After im done taking a bath, I got out of the shower and pick up my phone as Im deciding on what to wear. I have 2 unread messages
Babe x
'Hey? You still awake?'
Daniel Adams
'Dude when are you comming back?'
I replied to them
Babe x
'Sorry babe, I slept early last night. Goodmorning.'
Daniel Adams
'less than a month bro. Why?'
'Aren't you in Canada?'
I decided to wear my navy blue bespoke suit together with my dolce gabbana black derby shoes. And i wore my greubel forsey art piece 1 watch. I fix my hair to a modern quif fade. After im done I went downstairs and saw my father wearing his westwood suit looking at his phone.
"Dad? Ready?" I got his attention
"Yeah" He smiled at me and put his phone in his wallet
We were walking towards the car (ferrari f60) and my father got in the driver seat and I got in beside him.
"No driver today?" I asked him as i put on my seatbelt
"No, taday is father and son day" He smiled at me and started driving
"It is still early. How about we go to the mall first and buy some stuff?" My father said with his eyes on the road
"Yeah it still pretty early. What time is your reservation?"
"12 noon"
"Hm. Why don't we have breakfast in the mall?" I just remembered that I haven't eaten breakfast yet
"Yeah, Good idea. Im kinda hungry."
We arrive at the mall and starts to find a restaurant to eat. We went to 'Chef Cardame's Diner'. Dad and I both ordered the Breakfast Platter. We sat down near the window and started eating.
"I can't believe how grown you've got" My dad said looking at me
"Dad are you having a shocking parental experience?" I joked at him
"haha It's like just yesterday you're still this little kid who can't tie his shoes but now? You're all grown up." He said with a look of amazement
"Yeah I still remember that im always looking for mum to tie my shoes" i said while remembering my mum
"I miss your mother." He said while giving me the saddest smile ive seen.
"I miss her too dad. But don't worry im here for you, you're not alone." I said smiling at my dad. I hate to see him like that.
"I know son" He gave me a small smile. "She changed me you know, changed me for the better. She was my whole life. She was good, beautiful, kind and now she's just gone. She deserve a long and happy life." My dad said holding his tear back
"Dad im sure wherever mom is right now, she's proud of you and she loves you so much." I hold my dad's hand
"You know when your mom died I learned something about life"
"What is it?" I asked him curiously
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." My dad said with a teary eyes "I love you son, and i will never let anyone hurt you" He said trying to smile.
"I love you too dad. Now cmon enough drama lets eat, im hungry" I said trying to lighten thing up
"Yeah haha. Any way how's school?" My dad asked me changing the subject
"School's great. I just finish writing my new song for my homework, would you like to hear it?"
"yeah ofcourse" he said with excitement in his voice
"later at home haha ;)"
"Allright, you owe me a song haha"
We finished our breakfast and walk around the mall passing the time. We bought a lot of stuff, some is useful and some is useless. I bought 6 new pair of shoes, 2 new suits, 11 new shirt, 7 new pants, 6 new shorts, 3 sweatshirts, 2 coats, 4 new watch and a lot more. I even brought the new version of the playstation. Dad bought a lot of things too mostly new suit for his work.
We have so much fun until we realize its almost past 12. So we put all the stuff we bought at the back of the car. And went to 'Restaurant Gordon Ramsay' where my father made the reservation.
"So how are you enjoying your stay here in London?" My father asked me as we were eating
"it's allright, but its more fun in NY." I said while shrugging
"oh come on this is my hometown, it's fun here. You just haven't met a friend here that's why"
"Actually I met someone yesterday. She's fun to hang out with"
"Really? She? A girl?" My father asked me with the full smile on her face
"Yeah that is the meaning of 'she'" I sarcastically told him
"Is she pretty?"
"Yeah, i guess she is"
"Hmm. You guys hitting it off?" My joked while laughing
"No she's just a friend"
"Well you know that's where every lovestory begins being friends" He said while air quoting the wor friends
"Jezz dad I have a girlfriend remember?" I said as i ignore my father and focus on the food
"owyeah. Klare was her name right? Why haven't you introduce me to her yet?"
"What? You want to meet her?" I looked at him suprised
"Well yeah. How long have you guys been together? Almost a year now right?"
"Yeah. I thought you didn't want to meet her"
"Well at that time I thought you guys aren't serious. You know I tought it's just a fling. But you made it to a year." My dad said like he was proud
"Well when we got back to NY, i'll introduce her to you"
"Can't wait" My dad said while smiling. I loved to see my dad smile after all the pain he went through
My dad and I finish eating and took a little stroll in the sideways looking at some stores. We talk about a lot of things until the sun is starting to set. We decided to go home. As we arrive at the house.
"You still owe me a song mister" my dad said to me as i was about to go to my room
"Oh right. Almost forgot." I walked over to our grand organ beside the stairs
"So what's the song about?" My father asked me as he followed me
"Just listen. I titled it 'something just like this'" I started to play the piano.
I've been reading books of old
The legends and the myths
Achilles and his gold
Hercules and his gifts
Spiderman's control
And Batman with his fists
And clearly I don't see myself upon that list
But she said, where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairytale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss
I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Oh, I want something just like this
"That's just the beginning, what do you think?" I asked him
"That is amazing son, you definetly took after your mother" He said while clapping his hand "im so proud of you, im the luckiest father because I have a son like you"
"okay dad, no need to over do the complement haha" i said looking up to him
"No seriously, you're a very talented kid austin. You're gonna be a successful man someday, probably more successful than me and hopefully a better man too" He said looking proud to me
"Thanks, Dad. But you should know you are the best man I have ever know"