CHAPTER 5
thanks to all my amazingly cool reviewers! Sorry if chapters are bit short but they always look bigger on paper! Keep reading and reviewing and I won't send Jake round to beat you up! Oh, for Any Bobby-Ray fans, he appears in the next chapter.
Melanie was sitting on the couch surrounded by a fluffy white sea of tissues. She held a Kleenex in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other. Her eyes were red and puffy and her mascara made her resemble a panda but Jake didn't care; this was the Melanie that he loved, for better or for worse, and regardless of how she felt about him, he couldn't leave her alone like this.
He sat down beside her and slipped an arm round her shaking shoulders. Like her daughter, Melanie snuggled close to him and buried her head in his chest.
"Did I do the right thing?" she sobbed. Jake wasn't really sure. From his point of view, it was obviously a no, but he needed to look at what was best for Emma and Melanie, both at the time and in the long run. He shrugged and stroked her hair and for a moment it felt like old times, when it was him and Melanie and Emma together. Melanie must have realised this too because as he leaned closer she jumped away. This wasn't right, she loved someone else now.
"I……I think I just need a good nights sleep." She said quickly, wiping her face on her sleeve and standing up. He nodded, a little disappointed.
"I left your stuff in the spare room honey. Is that all right?" Melanie nodded, smiled and headed for her room.
Jake sighed and watched her leave, then headed back up the stairs to see his daughter.
"Can I come in?" he whispered, knocking quietly. He took her silence for a yes, turned the handle and for once remembered to use the ladder. She was sitting up in bed, the blanket wrapped round her and didn't bother to look at him, not even when he sat beside her.
"You all right sweetheart?" he asked, swinging his legs round until he was sitting entirely on the bed. Emma ignored him and stared at the wall opposite. He put his arm round her and followed her gaze. There was nothing on the wall but for one reason or another, they both looked intently at it until sleep overcame Emma and she sat back against her father, eyes closed. Jake grinned and lay back, closing his eyes as well. That was how Melanie found them about an hour later when she came up to say goodnight to Emma, both curled up asleep on the bed. Smiling, she turned off the light and tiptoed out, closing the door behind her.
thanks to all my amazingly cool reviewers! Sorry if chapters are bit short but they always look bigger on paper! Keep reading and reviewing and I won't send Jake round to beat you up! Oh, for Any Bobby-Ray fans, he appears in the next chapter.
Melanie was sitting on the couch surrounded by a fluffy white sea of tissues. She held a Kleenex in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other. Her eyes were red and puffy and her mascara made her resemble a panda but Jake didn't care; this was the Melanie that he loved, for better or for worse, and regardless of how she felt about him, he couldn't leave her alone like this.
He sat down beside her and slipped an arm round her shaking shoulders. Like her daughter, Melanie snuggled close to him and buried her head in his chest.
"Did I do the right thing?" she sobbed. Jake wasn't really sure. From his point of view, it was obviously a no, but he needed to look at what was best for Emma and Melanie, both at the time and in the long run. He shrugged and stroked her hair and for a moment it felt like old times, when it was him and Melanie and Emma together. Melanie must have realised this too because as he leaned closer she jumped away. This wasn't right, she loved someone else now.
"I……I think I just need a good nights sleep." She said quickly, wiping her face on her sleeve and standing up. He nodded, a little disappointed.
"I left your stuff in the spare room honey. Is that all right?" Melanie nodded, smiled and headed for her room.
Jake sighed and watched her leave, then headed back up the stairs to see his daughter.
"Can I come in?" he whispered, knocking quietly. He took her silence for a yes, turned the handle and for once remembered to use the ladder. She was sitting up in bed, the blanket wrapped round her and didn't bother to look at him, not even when he sat beside her.
"You all right sweetheart?" he asked, swinging his legs round until he was sitting entirely on the bed. Emma ignored him and stared at the wall opposite. He put his arm round her and followed her gaze. There was nothing on the wall but for one reason or another, they both looked intently at it until sleep overcame Emma and she sat back against her father, eyes closed. Jake grinned and lay back, closing his eyes as well. That was how Melanie found them about an hour later when she came up to say goodnight to Emma, both curled up asleep on the bed. Smiling, she turned off the light and tiptoed out, closing the door behind her.