Ch 7: Bonding
Jack POV
2 weeks later... Well, I spent the last two weeks looking after Kim and Nessa. It was so cute watching her grow in confidence, back to her usual, cocky self. I decided to spend the day doing some fixes around the house.
I was outside mending the gate when I saw Nessa doing her usual spy business. I heard her say "he is breaking or mending the Brewer's front gate. His status is currently." I decided to mess with her a bit "Or maybe he was searching for a tunnel to a land only he knew about?" and I ran up to her attached her with hugs. She started laughing uncontrollably and gave me a big kiss on my cheek. Her dad was one lucky guy. "What are you doing" asked Nessa. I chuckled and said "Just some chores". She gave me puppy dog eyes, which looked very familiar, and asked "can I join you?" I laughed and nodded my head. I took her hand in mine and we walked to the kitchen where I needed to find the gas stove. I grabbed my tools and got ready to start the job.
I was fixing and Nessa was handing me tools while we chatted. "So what hobbies do you like?" I asked. "Well, Mum calls me 'little fashionista' but I also karate and cheer". Wow she was just like Kim. "Really, I did karate to! What belt are you? I'm the same as your mum." "I'm a yellow belt" I'm very impressed. "Maybe later today I could show moves?" She smiled and nodded. We continued to chat about our lives and what Nessa what's to be when she's older when she asked me "Do you know anything about my dad?" I was kind of stunned by this question.
I decided to give her all the information I knew, so I started from the beginning. "Well, you know how your mum's dating Brody" her face scrunched up in a yuck expression "your mum and I used to date as well" her face lit up like Christmas tree. "But I was a stupid idiot and broke her heart. So I think your dad would be someone she dated after me." Nessa nodded like Dr. Phil and said "You know, after the movie premiere mum was crying about you. I didn't hear the full conversation though. Pop took me out for ice-cream." I nodded but inside my head I was wondering why Kim was crying, she used to never like to show weakness. Maybe she has changed… a lot.
So we continued to talk to lunch. "Ok, how about cheese sandwiches for lunch?" I asked. "Yep, but I love cheese sandwiches with jam." I was shocked "me too, I thought I was the only crazy one!" she giggled and said "Mum says its nasty" I chuckled "She always hated my taste buds!"
Nessa POV
Okay, so I have spent the day with Jack and he's awesome! Why can't mum like jack instead of Brody! He tells funny jokes, taught me some karate and has the same flavours as me. Jack started to ask me more questions and I kept answering them. After like 5 questions his face went from normal to very confused.
Jack POV
I think I'm finally connecting the dots. I'm an idiot! The smirk, the cockiness, the puppy-dog eyes the pallet, the awesome karate skills. All I had to do was ask one question "How old are you?" She smiled and said "6 years old" It all makes sense now. How could she? A minute later Kim came to pick up Nessa and...
Kim POV
Today I decided to have a pamper day because as a single mum it can be hard to get a day to yourself. So today I went to the spa and got a facial, mani-pedi, massage, teeth whitening and I got my waxing done. I bought 3 new outfits, complete with new shoes and splurged on some new perfume.
So I came home feeling drag and good. I roamed around looking for Ness but I could find her anywhere. I started to panic and ran into thr kitchen where dad was making a cup of coffee,". "Hello Poppet". "Hi dad, do you know where Nessa is?" "Ah Jack called and Nessa spent the day at the Brewers house." I was both relieved and very anxious when I walked to the Brewer's house.
Since it was next door it wasn't a super long stroll. As I reached the house I was met with a very pissed of Jack. Nessa ran to me and yelled "Mummy, I have so much to tell you." I laughed and said "Why don't you run home, while I talk to Jack a bit?" she nodded and sprinted home. "Thank you for -" but I was interrupted by the sight of a tear running down his face. "Where you ever going to tell me?" It took me a while to realize what he was talking about but when I did we we both broke down in tears. "Get in my car ok?" jack whispered and I nodded and followed him.