Chapter 11
I woke up the next morning and went downstairs. Emmett and Jasper were sitting in the living room palying video games.
"Morning," he said smiling.
I smiled and went to the kitchen to find Esme cooking beacon, grilled cheese, fried potato squares and scrambled eggs.
I sat down and began to eat everything. It was all so good.
"How can you cook so well if you can't even eat?" I asked, not even thinking if I was being rude. She smiled softly and said, "I took Culinary arts a few times over the years".
I went upstairs and walked into that wonderful walk-in closet and picked an outfit. A blue dress with white heels and a white hair band. I went downstairs and Alice nodded at my outfit.
I smiled and went out to the garage.
"I'll drive you to school," Jasper said, holding the door to a red camaro open.
"Okay," I said smiling.
I got in the car and smiled. It still had that new car smell.
"So, what do you like to do for fun?" he asked randomly after we started driving.
I smiled for a second. "Well, swimming, dancing, soccor, baseball, horse-back riding, reading and writing," I said giving him the short list.
He nodded and said, "I had similar interests as a kid. The only difference was I couldn't dance. not co-ordinated enough to even try".
I laughed trying to picture him with no co-ordination and came up blank. I could only picture him graceful.
"What about you? What did you do as a kid?" I asked raising my eye brow.
He smiled and said, "Well, pretty much the same as you, except I did not dance. Unless your mother made me".
"So my mom could make you do things," I said, trying (and failing) not to sound too smug.
He laughed and sighed slowly.
"You could say your mother had a power over me. All she had to do was bat her georgeous blue eyes and I was putty at her feet. I'm pretty sure if she told me to rob a bank, I would do it without looking back," he said, his voice was almost sad.
"Do you miss her?" I asked.
He nodded. "I will always miss her but, she was my high school sweetheart. Even when we were dating I knew she wasn't the one. But then she got pregnant and I felt obligated to be with her, like it was my duty. Then, I got drafted not long after you were born and I knew I had to , I did, expecting to be back within a few months at the least. Well, it didn't go as planned," he said sighing.
"Then, I met Alice, someone I instantly connected with. I knew from the start she was the one. But, I still wonder what would have happened if I had have stayed".
I nodded.
"But, at least I have a chance to get to know you, My beautiful daughter".
