Okay so this chapter focuses more on Greenly and Elliot's relationship. I figured that you should see how this is effecting her after everything that has been happening.
Well Greenly finally broke, but I think most of you knew that was coming. Please review. Thanks!
Chapter 8
The next morning Elliot came to the house to have breakfast with his girls and Vince. They all sat down and ate together making some small talk. After they had eaten the kids went upstairs to change so they could head to the hospital with their mom while their dad went home to shower, eat, and sleep.
Sitting downstairs together, Elliot and Olivia had no idea what to say to each other. Finally Olivia brought up the subject of their daughter.
Upstairs Greenly finished dressing herself, her sister, and Vince. She left them upstairs playing and walked down to ask what time they were leaving. When she made it to the bottom of the stairs she heard Elliot and Olivia talking in the living room.
"El, I think that you should take Greenly out and have a father daughter day or something. I don't mean today, I know that you need to go home but maybe tomorrow."
"Livia right now we have other things to worry about. Will is requiring all of our attention right now and when we're not with him then we will have to worry about work and taking care of ourselves." Elliot said as he cradled his head in his hands.
We also have to worry about the two other kids that are upstairs. They aren't just gonna go away or take care of themselves just because Will is sick. I know you may not have realized this but Greenly has been the adult in all of this mess. She was the one who made sure the twins were okay when we were fighting and she was the one who helped us to see that we needed to work us out and get us on friendly terms again. Last night when we were so caught up in everything we forgot about everything else and she was left to take care of Lilli and make sure that everything was okay with the others. She's thirteen, she should be out with friends doing careless stupid stuff not having to be a parent to her siblings. We have to start paying her more attention, please do this El, for our little girl." Olivia said trying to keep herself from getting frustrated.
"It's not like I've been trying to neglect her Liv. So much has been going on lately and last night all I could think was that we could loose another baby. As soon as Will wakes up then I'll take her camping, like we did when she was smaller except it'll be just the two of us. Right now though I feel like we need to set aside everything until our son is better."
"Did you not hear the doctor? There is a possibility that he won't ever wake up! What then? Are you just going to ignore them all together? Elliot no matter how much we stay at that hospital there is not a thing in this world that we can do to wake him up. Your daughters need you, they need a dad. Elliot I'm begging you, she really needs this."
"Stop! Your fighting again." Greenly said and they realized that they had been yelling. "Don't even worry about it anymore Dad. I don't even want to spend time with you anymore. Last night all I wanted was for you to hold me and tell me everything was going to be okay, I just wanted my Daddy. But he doesn't want me so I guess I'll learn to live without him." She said with tears in her eyes and turned around to go back upstairs.
"Baby, wait! Of coarse I want you, your my little girl." Elliot said before she could leave the room.
"Then why is Momma having to beg you to spend one day with me? Why did you stop making an effort to get me to talk to you for three months after the divorce? Why did it take me crying for you to sing to Lilli last night? You didn't want me for the first year of my life and you don't want me now!" Greenly yelled and ran upstairs.
"Are you happy now? You have let her drift away for a while and now she's gone. You've really lost her this time." Olivia said sadly and went up the stairs to find her daughter.
She found her crying on the bathroom floor. Silently, she walked over and took her oldest daughter in her arms.
"Olivia can I have a few minutes alone with her?" someone asked from the doorway and they both turned their heads to see that it was Elliot.
"I think you need to leave." she told him simply.
"No momma, it's fine. I want to hear this." Greenly told Olivia.
After Olivia left, Elliot walked over and took her spot on the floor. "Green, I'm so very sorry that I've been neglecting you. Baby I love you with all of my heart and I don't want to loose you. Don't ever think that I don't want you because I wanted you for a long time. I have loved your Mom since the day I met her and having a baby with her is something I used to think could only happen in my dreams, but then you came along. I don't know what came over me the day your Mom told me she was pregnant with you, I was an ass and I was freaking out because I was not divorced from Kathy yet and she wanted to work things out so I told your mom that I didn't want you but it was a lie. She left the city and it took me forever to track her down after I realized what I had done because I wanted you more than anything in the world. The first time I got to hold you was when you were eleven months old and I fell in love the second your Mom handed you to me. I love you so much and I know that you probably can't forgive me right now but I do want you. You and your momma and the twins are the best things that have ever happened to me. I'm gonna go now but please call me when you get ready."
"Daddy wait!" Greenly called out after he had left the bathroom. When he reappeared she saw the tears in his eyes and knew that everything that he had just told her was the truth. "Hold me." she said to him and he sat down beside her and did just that.
Hey! What do you think Elliot and Lilli's goodnight song should be? :)
I just started working on a new story so I hope you guys will read it after I get it posted.
