Chapter 5
Rating: PG-13
Summery: Winnie and Mae go back to Treegap.
Disclaimer: I don't own a blessed thing except for the daughter. I made her up.
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Winnie was sleeping when she kept hearing an annoying beeping sound. At first she thought it was her cell phone but she then remembered that she had turned it off. She then thought that maybe it was her watch but it was too loud and aggressive for a watch. She almost got the last thought right but her daughter interrupted her.
"Turn that dam alarm clock off or I'll kill it." Came the pouting voice of Mae from under her covers. It still took a few seconds for her words to process. She sat up and pushed her hair out of her face, "Alarm clock. Right, that's ringing."
Winnie had taken a deep breath and was getting ready to get up and go to the bathroom when she noticed her daughter throw off her covers and practically screech 'Bathroom!' Winnie crossed her arms over her chest and muttered the word cheat under her breath.
Thirty-three minutes later Mae was shaking her wake, which woke her up with a start because she thought she had been awake and had no memory of falling a sleep. "Sorry." She said as she rubbed the heel of her hands against her eyes and then shook her head trying to clear it of all the cobwebs.
"Why am I so sleepy?" She whined. "Jet lag." Mae said matter of factly. Winnie watched as her daughter braided her long brown hair into two braids and muttered "Damn jet lag." As she made her way to the bathroom with her bag.
***
Forty minutes later for Winnie and an all together another hour for both of them to really get ready, they were out the door at eleven forty five and on their way to breakfast and hopefully Cappachinos, and if they didn't have those, bittersweet coffee.
They made their way to a small breakfast café and saw that they didn't have Cappachinos but they did have Starbucks farapachinos. Winnie was cutting into her French toast when she stopped to look at Mae.
And she shook her head as she watched her daughter piled on the syrup, her pancakes looked like they were drowning. "Why do you order those when you know they give you a headache." Mae shrugged her shoulders. " They same reason you don't quit eating chocolate when you know it makes you break out." Winnie nodded in defeat, it was too much of a good thing to give up. Which was why she switched to white chocolate. More sweeter.
***
Thirty minutes later they got back into their rented car and Winnie could feel her hands start to sweat as she held on to the steering wheel. They were on their way to see the area where she had grown up and where she had once lived.
Mae looked over and noticed that her mother's hands where shaking. She leaned over and did something that she hadn't done since she was twelve; she kissed her mother's cheek and said, "I love you Mommy." She hadn't called her mommy since she was seven.
She watched as her mother smiled in her direction and that the shaking in her hands leveled off and she tightened her hold on the wheel.
***
They parked a few feet away from the house and made their way into the woods. Mae looked up in awe as she passed all the old and new trees and all the flowers that littered the floor and watched as butterflies played tag with one another.
"Where are we going?" she asked Winnie as they made their way, it felt like they were just going in circles. Winnie looked over her shoulder at her. "To my grave." Mae nodded her head. To anyone else that would have sounded creepy. Okay it still sounded creepy but she understood what her mother was saying.
They were a few feet away from where the grave marker was when Winnie tripped. " You okay?" Mae asked as she helped her mother stand up again. "Yeah, just tripped over my shoe lace," she pointed at it and noticed that it had gotten caught on a broken tree that looked like it had been struck by lightening, " You go on a head, it should be right around that corner. I'm gonna double knot my shoes."
She gave her mother a smile and took off around the corner. She made her way by pushing away bushes and absently reminded her self that if they ever came out here again to bring a can of bug spray.
She had made her way through when a mosquito decided to bite her face and without thinking, she slapped herself and she let out a yelp of pain. "Damn it!" she cried as she stomped her feet and was about to say something more when she saw someone standing near her mothers grave.
She stared in shock and surprise at the young man. He had shaggy brown hair and blue eyes and leather jacket and she knew exactly who he is.
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"Who are you?" He asked as he watched the girl in front of him. He couldn't shake the feeling that she was familiar in a way. And he watched as she looked in him over, and not in the way a chick looks at him every now and then as a new conquest but more like she couldn't believe that he was here.
All of a sudden he heard the girl started yelling for her mother. Jesse put his hands up and spoke quickly. "No I'm not gonna hurt you."
***
It took a few seconds for what he said to sink in. But she still couldn't get passed the part that she finally standing face to face with her father. And before she knew what she was doing she yelling for her mother. "Momma!" and she heard her father saying he wasn't gonna hurt her.
But everything turned quite when Winnie came running through the bushes. "Mae!? Mae, what's wrong." Winnie stared at Jesse, Jesse stared at Winnie and Mae stared back and forth at them.
Finally Mae spoke after a minute. "Um, Dad's here." Jesse's head whipped around to look at Mae and said rather loudly. "Dad?"
***
Well, I hope that was okay.
Rating: PG-13
Summery: Winnie and Mae go back to Treegap.
Disclaimer: I don't own a blessed thing except for the daughter. I made her up.
***
Winnie was sleeping when she kept hearing an annoying beeping sound. At first she thought it was her cell phone but she then remembered that she had turned it off. She then thought that maybe it was her watch but it was too loud and aggressive for a watch. She almost got the last thought right but her daughter interrupted her.
"Turn that dam alarm clock off or I'll kill it." Came the pouting voice of Mae from under her covers. It still took a few seconds for her words to process. She sat up and pushed her hair out of her face, "Alarm clock. Right, that's ringing."
Winnie had taken a deep breath and was getting ready to get up and go to the bathroom when she noticed her daughter throw off her covers and practically screech 'Bathroom!' Winnie crossed her arms over her chest and muttered the word cheat under her breath.
Thirty-three minutes later Mae was shaking her wake, which woke her up with a start because she thought she had been awake and had no memory of falling a sleep. "Sorry." She said as she rubbed the heel of her hands against her eyes and then shook her head trying to clear it of all the cobwebs.
"Why am I so sleepy?" She whined. "Jet lag." Mae said matter of factly. Winnie watched as her daughter braided her long brown hair into two braids and muttered "Damn jet lag." As she made her way to the bathroom with her bag.
***
Forty minutes later for Winnie and an all together another hour for both of them to really get ready, they were out the door at eleven forty five and on their way to breakfast and hopefully Cappachinos, and if they didn't have those, bittersweet coffee.
They made their way to a small breakfast café and saw that they didn't have Cappachinos but they did have Starbucks farapachinos. Winnie was cutting into her French toast when she stopped to look at Mae.
And she shook her head as she watched her daughter piled on the syrup, her pancakes looked like they were drowning. "Why do you order those when you know they give you a headache." Mae shrugged her shoulders. " They same reason you don't quit eating chocolate when you know it makes you break out." Winnie nodded in defeat, it was too much of a good thing to give up. Which was why she switched to white chocolate. More sweeter.
***
Thirty minutes later they got back into their rented car and Winnie could feel her hands start to sweat as she held on to the steering wheel. They were on their way to see the area where she had grown up and where she had once lived.
Mae looked over and noticed that her mother's hands where shaking. She leaned over and did something that she hadn't done since she was twelve; she kissed her mother's cheek and said, "I love you Mommy." She hadn't called her mommy since she was seven.
She watched as her mother smiled in her direction and that the shaking in her hands leveled off and she tightened her hold on the wheel.
***
They parked a few feet away from the house and made their way into the woods. Mae looked up in awe as she passed all the old and new trees and all the flowers that littered the floor and watched as butterflies played tag with one another.
"Where are we going?" she asked Winnie as they made their way, it felt like they were just going in circles. Winnie looked over her shoulder at her. "To my grave." Mae nodded her head. To anyone else that would have sounded creepy. Okay it still sounded creepy but she understood what her mother was saying.
They were a few feet away from where the grave marker was when Winnie tripped. " You okay?" Mae asked as she helped her mother stand up again. "Yeah, just tripped over my shoe lace," she pointed at it and noticed that it had gotten caught on a broken tree that looked like it had been struck by lightening, " You go on a head, it should be right around that corner. I'm gonna double knot my shoes."
She gave her mother a smile and took off around the corner. She made her way by pushing away bushes and absently reminded her self that if they ever came out here again to bring a can of bug spray.
She had made her way through when a mosquito decided to bite her face and without thinking, she slapped herself and she let out a yelp of pain. "Damn it!" she cried as she stomped her feet and was about to say something more when she saw someone standing near her mothers grave.
She stared in shock and surprise at the young man. He had shaggy brown hair and blue eyes and leather jacket and she knew exactly who he is.
***
"Who are you?" He asked as he watched the girl in front of him. He couldn't shake the feeling that she was familiar in a way. And he watched as she looked in him over, and not in the way a chick looks at him every now and then as a new conquest but more like she couldn't believe that he was here.
All of a sudden he heard the girl started yelling for her mother. Jesse put his hands up and spoke quickly. "No I'm not gonna hurt you."
***
It took a few seconds for what he said to sink in. But she still couldn't get passed the part that she finally standing face to face with her father. And before she knew what she was doing she yelling for her mother. "Momma!" and she heard her father saying he wasn't gonna hurt her.
But everything turned quite when Winnie came running through the bushes. "Mae!? Mae, what's wrong." Winnie stared at Jesse, Jesse stared at Winnie and Mae stared back and forth at them.
Finally Mae spoke after a minute. "Um, Dad's here." Jesse's head whipped around to look at Mae and said rather loudly. "Dad?"
***
Well, I hope that was okay.