Gabby and Jake spent all day together, Jake couldn't believe how much he loved her, she looked so much like Mel, she was such a sweet kid. He had tried to contact Ellie but she wouldn't talk to him.
Jake had a date that night with Suzi Brandon, he had been casually seeing her for a few months. He had started dating again about 6 months after Ellie had cut him out of her life, out of loneliness. He still loved Mel and he had worked so hard to make something of himself, but Mel had made up her mind that he was still the loser she had left behind, he wanted her and his daughters to be happy so he knew he had to let them go.
Jake was sitting at the bar talking to Suzi, he had already told his mother Stella about Gabby and how Mel and Ellie were in town as well. He and Suzi got up and went to stand next to the pool table.
Melanie walked into the bar thinking that it hadn't changed a bit since she had left. She spoke to her old friend Lyrlin. She started to walk towards Jake, but she didn't even make it past the bar when she heard Stella shout,
"Well, hells bells looks like trouble just walked right back into my life in the form of my favourite daughter in law"
"Soon to be ex daughter in law" replied Mel as she showed Stella her engagement ring.
"Wow, look at that rock. Who's the lucky guy?"
"His name is Andrew"
"Well hows my granddaughters? Jake told me about Gabby and I'm disappointed in you Mel, but I understand" said Stella
"Yeah Stella I'm sorry about that. Ellies being difficult you know refusing to see or talk to Jake and Gabby she's just excited."
"Yeah I saw Ellie earlier, she was catchin up with Scott and Craig and the rest of that lot. Oh I gotta go, we'll catch up later" said Stella, "Brenda you get this lady any drink she want on the house."
"I have a martini dirty with 2 olives thanks" said Melanie
When she got her drink she walked over to Jake who had his back to her.
"Hey mind if I join you?"
"As a matter of fact, we do" said Jake as he moved to make sure Mel could see Suzi.
"Hi you must be Jake's hot date." said Melanie
"The name's Suzi" said Suzi
"Hi I'm Jake's Yankee bitch wife, whom he refuses to divorce even though I'm engaged to another man"
You've all seen the film you know how the rest of it goes.
Mel was starting to get slightly drunk while playing pool, when Ellie walked in the bar and came up and joined them at the pool tables with a bottle of beer in her hand.
"Hey, hey you're underage" shouted Jake when he saw the beer bottle in Ellie's hand
Ellie just looked at him with disgust.
"Hey leave her alone, if she wants a beer she can have a beer" Melanie shouted back
"Where's the Jukebox in here" asked Ellie
"It's over there" said Bobby Ray pointing to the Jukebox
"Thanks Bobby Ray" said Ellie smiling at him
Jake sat thinking, Ellie would smile at Bobby Ray who had only told her where the Jukebox was, but she wouldn't even acknowledge him when he had helped give her life and had raised her for 7 years. It hurt Jake because he loved her so much.
Ellie walked over to the Jukebox and made her selection, when she cama back she said
"This is my favourite song. It's just so familar to me"
Just then the song started.
"I don't know to much about, too much of my old man,
I know he walked right out the door and we never saw him again
Last I heard he was at the bar doin himself in,
I know I got that same disease I guess I got that from him"
Jake looked over at Ellie at this point and she raised her beer bottle at him. Jake knew she had picked that song to tell him what she thought of him.
Melanie looked over at Jake and saw the hurt in his eyes, she doubted anyone else could see it, but she could she knew him better than anyone. As much as Jake was infuriating her just now he didn't deserve what Ellie had just done, but Melanie felt powerless to stop it.
"This is the story of my old man,
Just like his father before him."
Stella looked over at Jake and felt so bad for him. When Ellie was born Jake had vowed to never leave her and do to her what his father had done to him and now Ellie had used that to hurt him.
"I remember baseball games and working on the car"
Jake remembered what Mel had said about him always working on his truck and it was true that he had spent a lot of time playing sports when he should have been at home with his wife and daughter.
"Someday he'll wish that he made things right,
Long for his family and miss his wife
Remember the days he had everything
Now he's alone and miserable again."
Jake could barely contain the hurt he was feeling Ellie must really hate him if thats what she really thought about him.
"Right Ellie you've made your point, now go home" said Melanie
"Don't worry I'm going" snapped Ellie
"Hold on, I'll walk you home" shouted Bobby Ray.
what did you think of that chapter i wasnt 2 sure about it plz review
the song was story of my old man by good charlotte