Leaving Again
Okay I'm skipping ahead a bit, this is the morning after Jake and Melanie kiss in the Graveyard.
"Yeah, okay I'll bring the girls up to say goodbye" said Melanie, she was on the phone to Jake, trying not to think about what happened last night.
When she hung up she shouted to Gabby and Ellie, " Are you two ready yet come on Gabby I'll take you to say goodbye to Jake. Ellie I assume you don't wanna come"
"No I don't" she replied
"Okay I'll pick you up on the way back, be ready"
"Okay"
Melanie took Gabby to see Jake.
"Oh you guys are leaving right away." asked Jake as he noticed the bags in the car
"Yeah but Ellie's not packed yet so we've got half an hour" said Melanie desperately hoping Jake would stop them from leaving again, but at the same time wanting him to let her go. She really didn't know what she was feeling or what she wanted, seeing Jake again had confused her especially seeing Jake with their daughters.
"Alright, half an hour, we better make the most of it then Gabby" said Jake with a twinkle in his eye
About 10 minutes later Jake spotted Ellie walking towards his house, he hoped she had come to forgive him and say goodbye properly. Well if he was going to hope for something it would be that Mel felt the same about him as he did about her and came back and then they could all be a family again.
"Ellie did you come to play with me and daddy?" asked Gabby hopefully
"No sorry Gabs" said Ellie " I came to talk to them" she said pointing to Mel and Jake
"Uh okay, Gabby if you go into the house on the coffee table you'll find two wrapped presents, the pink one is yours" said Jake just before Gabby happily skipped toward the house to get her gift.
By this time Mel had joined Ellie and Jake on the grass.
"What is it Ellie? Where are your bags? I hope you're here to apologise" said Melanie sharply
"Uh no I'm not. I don't want to go back to New York and Granma said I could stay with her and Granpa and enrol at the school. Come on Mum please" pleaded Ellie
"Wh-what no. Why would you wanna stay here?"
"I'm happier here, I've got my old friends who are better friend than my one's in New York, this is just better than the city. I'm happier here"
"Oh my god. You're serious. What about me and Gabby we'd miss you so much"
"I know I'll miss you guys too. But I know you'll never agree to stay. We'll talk every day I'll get a webcam. Please mum I really want to do this"
"Uh okay fine, but just for a while and if I hear you've done anything you're not supposed to, you'll be on the first flight back to New York, understand" said Melanie seriously
"Oh I'll be good I promise, thank you" said Ellie excitedly as she jumped up and down and gave her mother a hug. " I'm gonna go and talk to Gabby I don't want her thinking I'm abandoning her" Ellie said before she ran excitedly towards Ellie who was sitting on the porch unwrapping her present.
"Look after her for me Jake. Don't let anything happen to her okay" said Melanie
"Don't worry Mel she'll be fine" he replies
"I can't help it I'm her mother it's my job"
"Well I'm her father I'd die before I let anything bad happen to her"
"I know you would but it doesn't make leaving her any easier"
"I know but she'll be back for your wedding"
"I hope so, but I dunno she's pretty stubborn and she despises Andrew, her word not mine."
Jake was thrilled to hear that Ellie hated Andrew but he tried to hide it
"awww I'm sure she'll come round"
"Jake you were always a terrible liar and now that you're older, you're worse" said Melanie before she added, " be paitent with her, she's still a daddy's girl at heart."
"I hope so" replied Jake as he hugged Mel and then he realized he didn't want to ever let her go, but she had made her decision, they were divorced and she was marrying another man.
Ellie and Jake said goodbye to and waved off Mel and Gabby, both felt tears in their eyes but they managed to control themselves.
"Hey Jake, sorry uh dad can we talk for a minute" asked Ellie nervously.