Chapter 9
"Jake, Where is the ice cream?" Hayley yelled from the kitchen while looking in the freezer. "It's on the right side." Jake said from the living room. It was 11pm and Hayley was having cravings again. She was 1 month pregnant and already giving Jake a hard time. "Found it." Hayley said as she grabbed a spoon and walked into the living room and sat down next to Jake, who was watching TV. "Jake, honey can you turn off the TV?" Hayley said trying to get Jake's attention. "Not now, I'm watching the game." Jake said staring at the TV, looking at the players zig and zag across the screen. "Jacob Adam Collins!" Hayley yelled into Jake's ear, which made him jump and look at her. Hayley never used Jake's full name unless there was something really important or she got really mad at him. Jake realized this and quickly grabbed the remote and turned the TV off. "What?" Jake said looking slightly annoyed at Hayley. "I want to talk to you." Hayley said with a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "About what?" Jake said. "I got a phone call today from my mom." Hayley said putting down the ice cream and walking over to sit next to him. "What was it about?" Jake said rolling his eyes. He knew that her mom called every day about nothing so the news was usually that she got a new purse. "She told me my grandmother was in the hospital." Hayley said tearing up a bit. "And last night she said she went away." Hayley said crying now into Jake's shoulder. Jake couldn't believe it. Hayley's mom actually had something important to say for once. He wrapped his arms around his wife and held her like that for the rest of the night as she cried.
Andrew woke up the next morning and walked downstairs to see both his mom and dad asleep on the couch. "Mom? Dad?" He said as he walked closer to them. Jake was the first one to wake up and he got up making sure to not disturb Hayley and led his son into the kitchen.
"Andrew, Mommy is going through a hard time right now so for this whole day you have to do anything you can to make her feel better." Jake said with his hands on Andrew's shoulders. "Why? What happened? Is it another mood swing? Those are awful." Andrew said with a look of dread on his face. "Tell me about it." Jake mumbled. "Anyways, it doesn't have anything to do with that. It's something going on with her family." Jake said looking at his son. "I'm family aren't I?" Andrew said pointing to himself. They made him smart. Jake thought as he tried to think of a way to not tell Andrew that his favorite grandparent died. "Yes, you are but this is something that your mom needs to tell you. It's her family." Jake said letting go of Andrew's shoulders. "Okay, I'll wait till she tells me." Andrew said getting an apple and rushing upstairs.
Just then Hayley walked into the kitchen rubbing her eyes. "Jake, what did Andrew want?" Hayley said walking towards him. "He wanted to know…why we were on the couch." Jake said. "You didn't tell him did you?" Hayley said suddenly getting annoyed. "No I didn't. I thought it would be best if you told them." Jake said wrapping his arms around her in a hug. "Fine, I will but not today. I have to be able to say it without crying." Hayley said letting go of the hug. "I understand. Should I go get Annabelle?" Jake said rubbing her arms. "Okay, I start breakfast." Hayley said walking towards the refrigerator and Jake walked upstairs.
"Annabelle?" Jake said as he crept into her room. When he stepped he stepped on a doll which sang a song. Jake quickly picked it up and tried to turn it off but couldn't. "Dad? Is that you?" Annabelle said rubbing her eyes as she sat up. "Yeah, it's me sweetie." Jake said trying to get to her bed. "When did you get so many toys?" Jake said finally on her bed and sitting right below her feet. "I don't know. I guess I have to clean my room." Annabelle said shrugging. "Yeah, this looks like my room when I was in high school." Jake said remembering his room. "Wow, I really need to clean it then." Annabelle said hopping off her bed and began to pick up her toys. "Why right now?" Jake said asking questionably. "Because mom said that your room was discussing and that no one should ever get their room like that. So I better start cleaning before she sees." Annabelle said picking up more toys. Jake just laughed and got up and attacked Annabelle from behind and carried her back to her bed. "Put me down! Do you want mommy to kill me when she comes into my room." Annabelle said being put down by Jake. "Come here." Jake said patting his lap. Annabelle obeyed and sat on his lap. "Why don't you have breakfast and then clean your room?" Jake said looking at his daughter. "But what if mommy comes up and sees." Annabelle said looking around her room. "I'll stall her until you're done." Jake said poking her nose which made her laugh. "Fine, besides I'm really hungry." Annabelle said as she hopped down from the bed and rushed out of the room.
Jake smiled to himself and walked out of the room and down stairs to see Annabelle giving Hayley a big hug. "There are my two favorite girls." Jake said as he went over to the two girls. Hayley, for the first time since she woke up, smiled at Jake. A real smile that didn't look fake. Jake, who saw Hayley's smile, smiled back kissed her cheek. "I want breakfast!" Annabelle said as she hopped up onto a seat at the counter. "Well, lucky for you Mommy made special pancakes today." Hayley said taking the batter and pouring it onto the frying pan. "Did I hear pancakes?" Andrew yelled from the top of the stairs with a smile on his face. "Come and get some." Jake said gesturing for him to come down. A second later he was sitting next to his sister pouring a bucket load of syrup on his pancakes. Even though I lost my grandmother I still had a great family and we're going to get another one. Hayley thought as she watched her family eat pancakes and smiled.
*Another chapter done! Sorry I didn't upload last weekend. I had school orientation because I switched schools. Now, I will start uploading a new chapter every weekend or so. Please review and tell me any ideas you have that you would like to see! Till next time REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!*