Chapter 5 the life of the Collins family
First day of school
"Mom, where are my sneakers?" Andrew yelled as he came down the stairs. "Here you go honey." Hayley said as she passed him his shoes. "Where is my drawing pad?" Jake said rushing down the stairs tying his tie. "Living room table." Hayley said pointing in the living room direction. "Mommy where's my skirt with the flowers on it?" Annabelle said from the top of the stairs. "Clean laundry pile in Mommy and Daddy's bedroom" Hayley said looking at her daughter. "So, you're going to drop them off and I'll pick them up?" Hayley said as Jake was getting his stuff in his bag. "Yeah, that was the plan." "Okay kids. Time to go to school" Jake yelled upstairs. "Coming" Andrew and Annabelle both yelled coming down the stairs. "Bye" Hayley said kissing each one of their heads and giving Jake a big kiss on the mouth. "Eww" the two kids said in disgust. "Yeah yeah. Come on and get into the car" Jake said nudging them along. "See you after school." Hayley called out to them. When the door closed Hayley let out a big sigh and went back to clean the breakfast.
At 3:00pm School pick up time
Hayley drove up to the pick up zone just at 3. She saw Andrew first who was talking to a girl who walked away leaving him in defeat. She then saw Annabelle talking to a little girl about her size. They were trading stickers. Both Andrew and Annabelle saw the car and walked over. Annabelle climbed in first followed by Andrew.
"How was your first day of school?" Hayley asked once they were driving. "Horrible" Andrew said as he looked out the window. "Well, my day was great!" Annabelle said as she bounced in her car seat. "Andrew honey, do you want to talk about it?" Hayley asked looking at him through the mirror. "Not really, it's more for a dad thing" Andrew said still looking out the window. "Oh I see. Does this issue have to do with girls?" Hayley said looking vey suspicious. "Maybe it does or maybe it doesn't." Andrew said looking at his mom through the mirror. "Okay I'll stay out of it." Hayley said as they drive up into the driveway. "Okay now the cleaners were just here so I expect everything to be nice and clean." Hayley said as she closed the door for the two kids. "Okay Mommy" they both said waiting by the door. Hayley opened the door and the two kids rushed upstairs to their rooms.
Around 6 which is when Jake gets home from work
Jake walked into the house and let a deep sigh release. He had a hard day at work. Lots of drawings and ideas today. "Hi Honey" Hayley said greeting him with a kiss. "Good evening" Jake said kissing back. "Dad you're home. Thank goodness!" Andrew said as he came down the stairs and looked at his dad. "What's up buddy?" Jake said looking down. "I have to talk to you about an issue. Can we talk in the living room?" Andrew said turning towards the living room. "Okay..." Jake said as he looked at Hayley. Hayley mouthed the word "girls" and turned on her heel towards the kitchen. Jake shrugged and carried his bag into the living room and sat in the reclining chair. "So what's up?" He asked Andrew. "It's about girls." Andrew said looking at his palms. "What about them?" Jake asked. "Why are they so hard to get?" Andrew said putting on a confused face. "Andrew, you should get used to that. I remember when I was younger and I tried to get all the girls." Jake said drifting off a bit into memory lane. "Really? Girls played hard to get as well?" Andrew said looking astonished. "Of course. Your mother and I did it all the time. We never admitted our feelings for a good 7 years but we didn't want to tell the other person." Jake said. "So, mom played hard to get to?" Andrew asked. "Yeah, we would always fight to cover up our feelings. Usually when a girl fights with you a lot it means she has a crush on you." Jake said smiling a bit. "Oh I see" Andrew said having a sudden realization. "Are there any girls that pick on you a lot?" Jake asked looking suspicious. "Well there is one but I don't think I like her back." Andrew said thinking a bit. "Tell me about her." Jake said. "Well, her name is Savannah and she has blond hair and is really smart and has blue eyes. She is really athletic and she has a pink binder and a blue lunch box with butterflies on it. She had a clip in her hair today and she had a purple jacket and a pink skirt with a light pink top on today." Andrew said dreamily staring off into space. "Sounds like someone has a crush in Savannah." Jake said in a teasing voice. "Do not. I just watch her every move and observe her clothing choices." Andrew said trying to cover up his crush. "Okay, whatever you say." Jake said leaning back in the chair. "Okay I have to go talk to Nick about school. Thanks for the talk dad." Andrew said running up the stairs. "Anytime son" Jake yelled after him. Jake got up and walked over to Ben, who was sitting on the ground chewing on a toy. He sat down and began to pet Ben. Hayley came in and sat next to him and leaned against Jake's shoulder. "Looks like that went well." Hayley said referring to the father son talk. "Yeah, he already has a crush and it's the first day of school." Jake said looking proud. "Whatever, I'm just glad that now he'll go to school because of his crush." Hayley said looking up at Jake. Jake smiled and leaned down to give Hayley a kiss. "I love you" Hayley said when they broke the kiss. "I love you too" Jake said. Just then the dog barked and the two looked at the dog and then at each other and began to laugh.
*Another chapter is done! Can't believe I'm going this fast! Next time will be their wedding flashback and more Annabelle. I love writing about her, she's so cute! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! 5 review until the next one!*