Chapter 6
-Adam's POV
When we got to the restaurant we were seated in a nice booth and made idle chit chat while we waited to order. I expected her to be like when I took Torrie out for a public appearance and just order a small salad, but no. She ordered a burger and fries, not the average diva. She certainly was different. Within the first ten minutes with her I realized that she made me laugh more than anyone else I knew, even more so than Matt and that is quite a task. She seemed to have an aura around her that made people happy and light hearted. Danny had insisted on sitting next to her and had currently latched onto her arm.
"Hey, you beat me again!" announced Mandy as Danny placed the final X on her tic tac toe board. "I think you are cheating!" Danny looked up at Mandy and smiled. Mandy smiled back at her and drew another game board.
"Let's play again!" cried Danny grabbing for the stubby orange crayon in Mandy's hand.
"I don't know Danny, I think you are too good for me. Why don't you play your dad a little." Mandy stated as she released the crayon into Danny's care.
Danny looked across the table at me. "Come on dad, its easy, I'll show you." She proudly exclaimed as she placed a x into the middle square.
"Hey you took the best spot," I pouted as I placed an o in the left corner. Before I knew what had happened, she had beaten me. "How did you get so good at this game? I didn't even let you win." I explained looking at her.
"Mommy and I used to...." Danny stopped mid sentence. All expression dropped from her face as she stared at the crayon and pealed the ugly paper off of it. I looked at Mandy and then let my eyes drift away. She looked back at me with question. I knew she wanted to know the truth about Danny and why her mother was such a sensitive subject. Then she turned back to Danielle.
"I know, let's play something else. I know this really fun game called I spy. Do you know how to play that Danny?" Mandy asked. Danny's eye's lit up. Immediately I knew that disaster had been averted.
"Yeah, let's play I spy," Danny cried, "me first, me first." She studied the room for a while until she found something worthy of spying. "Okay, I spy something...blue!" She squealed with delight.
"Oh I know, Mandy's dress," I announced turning back to Danny. She shook her head.
"Nope, that's not it," she insisted, "try again." I looked around again.
"Your kids menu," Mandy suggested. Again Danny shook her head no. I didn't really know what she was looking at. There wasn't anything else in the room I could find.
"Okay I give up," I stated in defeat. Danny looked at Mandy.
"Do you give up too?" she asked. Mandy shook her head yes. "Okay, it's my eyes silly." She giggled.
"Wait a minute, that's not fair. You can't see your own eyes!" I insisted. Danny laughed and pointed to her glass of water.
"Yes I can, in my reflection silly," She giggled. Mandy laughed and hearing her laugh made me laugh.
Its funny, I thought to myself. We must have looked like a bunch of freaks just sitting around laughing at each other.
-Adam's POV
When we got to the restaurant we were seated in a nice booth and made idle chit chat while we waited to order. I expected her to be like when I took Torrie out for a public appearance and just order a small salad, but no. She ordered a burger and fries, not the average diva. She certainly was different. Within the first ten minutes with her I realized that she made me laugh more than anyone else I knew, even more so than Matt and that is quite a task. She seemed to have an aura around her that made people happy and light hearted. Danny had insisted on sitting next to her and had currently latched onto her arm.
"Hey, you beat me again!" announced Mandy as Danny placed the final X on her tic tac toe board. "I think you are cheating!" Danny looked up at Mandy and smiled. Mandy smiled back at her and drew another game board.
"Let's play again!" cried Danny grabbing for the stubby orange crayon in Mandy's hand.
"I don't know Danny, I think you are too good for me. Why don't you play your dad a little." Mandy stated as she released the crayon into Danny's care.
Danny looked across the table at me. "Come on dad, its easy, I'll show you." She proudly exclaimed as she placed a x into the middle square.
"Hey you took the best spot," I pouted as I placed an o in the left corner. Before I knew what had happened, she had beaten me. "How did you get so good at this game? I didn't even let you win." I explained looking at her.
"Mommy and I used to...." Danny stopped mid sentence. All expression dropped from her face as she stared at the crayon and pealed the ugly paper off of it. I looked at Mandy and then let my eyes drift away. She looked back at me with question. I knew she wanted to know the truth about Danny and why her mother was such a sensitive subject. Then she turned back to Danielle.
"I know, let's play something else. I know this really fun game called I spy. Do you know how to play that Danny?" Mandy asked. Danny's eye's lit up. Immediately I knew that disaster had been averted.
"Yeah, let's play I spy," Danny cried, "me first, me first." She studied the room for a while until she found something worthy of spying. "Okay, I spy something...blue!" She squealed with delight.
"Oh I know, Mandy's dress," I announced turning back to Danny. She shook her head.
"Nope, that's not it," she insisted, "try again." I looked around again.
"Your kids menu," Mandy suggested. Again Danny shook her head no. I didn't really know what she was looking at. There wasn't anything else in the room I could find.
"Okay I give up," I stated in defeat. Danny looked at Mandy.
"Do you give up too?" she asked. Mandy shook her head yes. "Okay, it's my eyes silly." She giggled.
"Wait a minute, that's not fair. You can't see your own eyes!" I insisted. Danny laughed and pointed to her glass of water.
"Yes I can, in my reflection silly," She giggled. Mandy laughed and hearing her laugh made me laugh.
Its funny, I thought to myself. We must have looked like a bunch of freaks just sitting around laughing at each other.