Secrets
(Disclaimer: I own no one but Jasmyne and Krystal)
"Daddy!" 3 year old Jasmyne yelled as Dave came in the door. Dave knelt down and hugged her. "Daddy! I missed you soooo much! I soooo much much to tell you!" she squeled excitedly,hugging Dave around his neck. "I bet you do baby girl but can you tell me where Mommy is?" Dave asked Jasmyne,holding her on his side. Jasmyne looked alittle sad. "She's upstairs in your room Daddy." she said,biting on her fingers. Dave looked at Jasmyne. "What's wrong baby girl?" "Nothing Daddy. Mommy's been sad since you left." Dave looked at the 3 year old. Dave sat her down on the floor and told to be good and watch tv for a while. Jasmyne nodded and watched Dave walk up the stairs before going to watch tv like her father told her to. Dave walked up the stairs and into his and Krystal's room and looked around. "Krystal where are you?" Dave called into the room. The bathroom light was on and Dave could here a soft crying coming from the bathroom. Dave stuck his head in the door and saw his wife of six years sitting on the sink and bent over something and crying. "Krystal? Baby what's wrong?" Dave said softly,coming into the bathroom with her. Krystal looked at him and quickly threw whatever it was she was holding into the trash. Dave walked over to comfort her but she pushed him away gently. "Baby...Tell me what's wrong...Did I do something?" Dave asked,looking confused. Krystal just looked up at him and pushed passed him. Dave just stood there thinking of every thing he could have done to make Krystal so upset with him. Dave finally went in the room and Krystal wasn't there. "Where did she go to?" Dave asked himself out loud. Dave stepped into the hall and immediately got an answer to his question. Krystal came back up the stairs holding a sleeping Jasmyne. Krystal took Jasmyne into her room and tucked her in and came back to her and Dave's room. "Krystal...Baby you're going to have to talk to me sometime." Dave said,walking toward Krystal. Krystal looked at him,eyes full of tears, and said, "If I told you...It would tear you to shreads and break up this family." "Baby...Baby I love you and nothing's going to chane that...Ever...So what is that you wanted to tell me?" Dave asked,holding her close and wiping the tears from her eyes with his thumb. "Baby..I-I think you should sit down..." Krystal said,looking up at Dave,her eyes full of fresh tears. Dave let her go and sat on the bed. "I-I...I...Dave honey,you know I'd never do anything to hurt you intentionally right?" Krystal said,looking everywhere but at Dave. Dave nodded and feared the worst. Please don't let her say she cheated on me...Please don't let her say she cheated on me...It'd kill me if she told me she cheated on me...but she loves me so she wouldn't cheat on me right? I mean that's we got married... Dave thought as he sat on the bed. "Dave...Baby...I-I...There's no easy way to say this..." Krystal said,hoping to stall for a few minutes to allow herself to think of what to say to her husband. Oh God...Please don't let her say what I think she's about to say...Oh God... Dave thought as he looked up at his wife,who was fidgeting. "Dave...I cheated on you when you weren't in town and I might be pregnant." Krystal finally said,looking at Dave. Dave looked up at her,tears filling his brown eyes. He just looked at her and tried not to cry. "Dave..I'm sorry...Baby...I'm sorry..." Krystal said,looking at Dave and tears splashing down her face. Dave stood and looked at her and walked out of the room. Krystal looked after him and fell in a crumpled heap on the bed and cried. Dave grabbed his jacket,car keys,went into Jasmyne's room and kissed her goodnight and left. Krystal didn't hear from or see Dave in weeks.
One morning, Jasmyne was eating her breakfast when she looked up at Krystal and asked, "Mommy,where's Daddy?" Krystal just looked at her daughter and cried. "Mommy what's wrong?" Jasmyne asked Krystal,her hazel eyes shining with tears. "Nothing baby girl...Would you mind having to spend time with Grandma for a while?" Krystal asked her,wiping the tears from hers and Jasmyne's eyes. Jasmyne looked up and shook her haead. "Mommy? How long will I be with Grandma?" she asked,still stuffing cereal into her mouth. Krystal looked at her and said, "Baby girl...I'm going to find Daddy for you okay?" Jasmyne nodded and asked, "Mommy can I bring Gummy to Grandma's house?" Krystal smiled and nodded. Krystal got the phone,dialed her mom's number and handed the phone to Jasmyne. Jasmyne talked to her grandma for a few minutes then hung up the phone and ran to her room to get ready. Krystal got her phone off the counter and dialed Dave's number. "Hello?" Dave's voice seemed deeper than normal. "Dave?" "Krystal? I'm kinda busy at the moment...Can I call you later?" "I was just calling to tell you Jasmyne's going over to my mom's for a while..." "Oh Okay...Let me call you right back." And he hung up on her. Krystal stared at the phone in disbelief. Jasmyne ran back into the kitchen with her bags in her hands and her stuffed dog,Gummy,hanging out of her backpack. "Jasmyne baby..you look like you're moving to Grandma's." Krystal said,smiling alittle. "Well,I guess since you might take realllllly long finding Daddy,I should bring lots of toys forme and Grandma to play with." Jasmyne responded,biting her her lip and smling up at her mother. "Mommy? How did you lose Daddy?" Jasmyne asked,still looking up at Krystal. Krystal bent down and picked Jasmyne up. "Baby girl..I'll explain it to you later.Right now we need to get you to Grandma's house." Krystal said,tickling Jasmyne and walking out the door.
"Dave?" H said,interuppting Dave's thoughts. "Dave? You alright?" "Yeah I'm fine." Dave said,snapping out of his thoughts. "Well...You were just staring off into space when we're here to lift weights." H said,still lifting his weights. Dave nodded and went back to staring off into sapce. "Since you're so inclined to stare of into space,mind letting me in what the hell it is that so important?" H said,dropping his weight with dull clank on the floor. Dave shook his head and grabbed his towel. Dave walked out of the gym,wiping the sweat off of his face and chest. H stood there looking after Dave's retreating back. Dave still couldn't get over the fact the woman he loved and cared about for more than the six years they were married cheated on him. But then a million different questions filled his mind and he had to know the answers to them all. Dave went back to his room at the hotel to get his phone. I wonder if I should call her...I mean..I want to call but I can't...Why me?... Dave thought as he stared at the phone on the nightstand. And,as if she had heard his silent battle, his phone rang. He looked at it and saw that it was Krystal. "Krystal?" Dave said,tensing up. "Dave...We need to talk." Krystal said into the phone, somewhat pleading with him. "I was thinking the same thing but before we do talk I need to know something." "Yeah?" "Why?" Dave asked,laying back on his bed. It got silent on Krystal's end. "Dave...I'd much rather talk about this to you and not over the phone.." Krystal said after a long silence. Dave just sighed and agreed to meet with her. "Where should we meet?" Dave asked, running his hand through his hair. "Um..." Krystal trailed. Dave closed his eyes,waiting for her answer. "How about you come by the house and then we could talk." Krystal said,breaking the silence she had created. "Sure..I'll be there in alittle while." Dave said,opening his eyes and sitting up. "Um..okay...I guess I'll see you when you get here." "Okay." Dave said,hanging up. Dave got up and paced around his room. Dave, he told himself, calm down...she just wants to talk to you...It's not it's going any farther than that...