Chapter Four. Spring Break Planning
Its been about a month and they've been getting along for the most part. Bridgett's getting her act together somewhat, and Melody learning to relax a bit. Well she will relax the whole next week, Haley is taking her on a Caribbean cruise, the entire spring break. How awesome. Haley would actually be taking off work, some kind of miracle. Bridgett would go home with Nathan and Charlotte for the week. She could stay, but truth was she missed them, both of them. Melody was sitting on her bed reading a book. Bridgett was bored as always.
"Mel-ody I'm bored!"
"That's nice," she said totally captivated by her book.
"You're mean."
"Uh-huh."
"So you admit it."
"Uh-huh."
"I knew it"
"Okay."
"I was so totally right."
"That's nice."
"See, I am smart."
"Uh-huh."
"Are you listening?"
"Uh-huh."
"Good."
"Okay."
"No you're not."
"That' nice."
"MELODY!"
"Uh-huh."
"You're not listening to me."
"Uh-huh."
"Ugh!"
"Oka-" Melody jerked up from her book, "I just had the most brilliant beyond brilliant ideas."
"That's nice."
"I'm serious."
"Uh-huh."
"Bridgett! Listen to me."
"Uh-huh."
"You're not listening, don't you want to know what my ideas is."
"Okay."
"Well, whether you're listening or not, here it is, how about you come on the cruise with mom and me and then I go to L.A. with you to visit dad and Charlotte, well first we'd need to stop in New York, I kind of need clothes, I didn't really pack anything seeing as though we only wear our uniform, and I need the new fashions, and the only place to get them is New York, what do you say? Genius?"
Bridgett tuned in and grew a big smile on her face, "I've never been to New York, daddy's so against it, and a cruise, oh wow, and you can meet Charlotte, the little brat, but you're the one who wants to meet her, if I were you I'd run far, far away and never look back at the horrid little monster, and I'd get to meet mom, how awesome is that?"
"Ha, I knew you were listening and I am such a genius, I'm going to call mom now," she said taking out her cell phone and dialing speed dial. She waited for the machine to pick up, since her mother never really answered the phone.
"Mom, its me Melody, answer the phone, I've got big news, and if you don't pick up your phone right now, well I will, I will, I'll stay here over spring break, how would you like that-" she said as Haley picked up the phone.
"Don't you dare say such a thing-"
"Hello to you too, Mom."
"Hey baby, you were kidding right?"
"Of course, you think I'd give up being with you to sit in this drab room?"
"Maybe."
"Funny."
"I know."
"So, about our cruise…"
"You just said you're coming."
"I know and so is Bridgett, and then I'm going to L.A. with her."
"Sure, she can come, but you're not going to L.A."
"Why not?"
"Because I said so."
"Not good enough mom, I'm thirteen, give me a real answer."
"Your father's there."
"The point of going mom, he hurt you, I get that, but I won't let him hurt me."
"You be careful baby, and we'll talk when you get in New York, right now it's a maybe, depends on how good you are here."
"Gotcha, thanks, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Bye."
"Bye." They hung up.
"Mom agrees, I am a genius, you're going to New York and on a cruise, now your turn to call dad."
Bridgett picked up the phone and stared at it. It looked foreign. She started pressing numbers to dial her fathers number.
"Hello?"
"Char, put dad on the phone."
"Bridgett?"
"Yea, dofus. Put dad on the phone."
"No, I wanna talk to you."
"Well, want all ya want, let me talk to dad or when I come home in a few days you'll be meeting under my bed."
"NO, please no, I'll get him, just not under you're bed, its dark and smelly there, and that's where the monster lives."
"Since when do you live under my bed, well you better move out before I get home."
"I'm not a monster."
"Great, now that we accomplished that, moving on, let me talk to dad."
"No."
"Damn you, you little brat, let me talk to your father."
"I'm telling daddy, you curseded."
"Wow, I'm so scared, and you ain't got no proof I did that you little pain in the ass."
"You did it again, I'm telling."
"Well put him on the phone so he can yell at me."
"Okay," you could hear her drop the phone on the kitchen floor with a crash and walk away in her tap shoes, probably, since they were that loud.
Bridgett looked over at Melody, who was trying to keep a strait face. "Charlotte is so stupid. I can't believe she didn't catch on-" she said as Nathan picked up the phone.
"Brig?"
"Dad?" she could hear Charlotte in the background yelling at him to yell at Bridgett.
"Hey baby, why are you calling, and I know its not to yell at Charlotte, curse her out or all her names, by the way, if you're going to curse, not in front of an eight year old, I mean I can't stop you, I cursed all the time when I was thirteen, even before, so I'd be like one of those dudes, what are they called?"
"Let me ask the all knowledgeable Melody," she covered the mouthpiece. "Mel, what are those people called that do something, but tell you that you can't do it?"
"Hypocrites."
"Right, thanks," she uncovered the mouthpiece, "dad, hypocrites, Melody said its called a hypocrite."
"Right, so what did you really call about?"
"Well first, I'm going to New York and then on a cruise with Mel and mom and then me and Mel are coming to you live in L.A."
"No to the first part."
"Yea, right, like you want to tell me no, I'll just stay here all break and you can explain to Charlotte why her sister isn't coming."
"I still say no."
"Have fun looking at her sad little face while I'm here living the life, with a couple of guys I met in some of my classes."
"Alone with guys."
"Yea, a whole break in my room alone with guys."
"No."
"So New York and a cruise."
"No."
"Take your pick, I'm fine with either."
"Damn, sorry Charlotte, that girl is evil, she's giving me the evil eye cause I cursed and I'm not yelling at you about cursing."
"That's because she's annoying. Duh, anyways, you have five seconds to choose or I choose for you and my choice is here with some guys, alone, doing whatever I want."
"You wouldn't"
"You know I would."
"Fine, go to New York and on your cruise, have fun, and I swear if any boy lays even a finger on you I will shoot his thing off myself, teach him to touch my daughter."
"I love you daddy."
"I love you too Bridgett."
"Bye daddy, see you in a few days."
"You too, bye." Bridgett hung up the phone.
"What did I tell you, piece of cake."
"Jeez, how do you talk to your father that way, I would never talk to mom that way."
"Well our relationship is different, help me pack, we leave tomorrow, don't we."
"Yes," Melody said getting off her bed and walking over to Bridgett's.
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