Brynn was lying in her perfectly purple bed, clutching onto her blankie and rubbing the comforting piece of fabric with her thumb. She knew it was too early to be awake, her mommy had always told her to wait until the sun was up before she could get up. So why did she hear her parents walking around the house? Brynn sat up in her bed, peeking over to see her ballerina alarm clock. The numbers were displayed brightly across the small screen; Brynn read them quietly to herself.
"Four thirty.." She whispered.
Why were mommy and daddy up so early today? She thought maybe it was a surprise, one that she wasn't supposed to know about yet. Everyone knew that she didn't like surprises though, and now that the thought had crossed her mind, there was no way she was going to fall back asleep.
She lay on her stomach, her feet dangling from the edge of the bed. Before she made her descent to the floor, she made sure her blankie was still in her clutches.
"1…2…3!" she whispered before pushing herself off the bed, and onto her feet.
THUD.
Brynn smiled as she stood on the floor, still holding onto her blankie. Jade had always wondered why this baby blanket was so comforting to her daughter. Brynn refused to sleep without it, she was very attached to it.
"Now time to find my mommy.." The small girl whispered as she tip-toed out of her room.
She walked aimlessly around the house, checking the bathrooms, kitchen, living room, and play room. Brynn was starting to think that maybe she didn't really hear her parents, which scared her. The tiny, now scared, girl began running to her parent's room.
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, pitter-patter
The sound of her tiny feet hitting the floor echoed through the house.
"Mommy!" she called as she approached their door.
"Did you seriously wake her up?" Brynn could hear her mother's voice on the other side of the door.
Her father's voice could also be heard replying to Jade's accusation.
Suddenly, the door opened to reveal a very tired Jade, still wearing her pajamas.
"Hi mommy." Brynn sleepily smiled as she reached up, implying that she wanted her mother to hold her.
"Why are you out of bed, Brynn?" Jade said as she hoisted the very small girl up onto her hip.
"Because I heard you and daddy! Is it a surprise? Is that why you're up so early?" Brynn questioned as she rested her head on her mothers shoulder.
"Not exactly." Jade sighed.
Brynn was confused, what else could have her parents waking up so early? She lifted her head up, finally looking over her mothers shoulder and at her parent's bed. Her eyes carefully scanned the scene, and she did not like what she saw.
"Daddy, where are you going?" She asked quietly, as she wiggled her way out of her mother's arms.
Her father's suitcase lay open on the bed, halfway packed with his clothes.
"Well, baby, Daddy has to leave for a little bit."
"But why?" She asked, tears filling her now cloudy blue eyes.
Beck picked up his little girl, cradling her in his arms like a baby. Brynn held her blanket next to her face, ready to use it to dry her tears.
"I have to work on a movie." Beck answered as he stared into his daughters big eyes.
"No you don't." Brynn said quietly.
She was trying to hold back her tears, she always felt like a baby when she cried. She didn't like to cry, and for the most part, she never did.
"It won't be too long, baby." Beck said as he sat down, still holding his daughter close.
"How long is 'not long'?"
"Three weeks."
That was enough for Brynn to break, and tears started to fall from her eyes. She hated to be separated from her daddy for too long, and in her book, three weeks was an eternity.
"Don't cry baby girl. I promise I'll be back before you know it." Beck said as he wiped her tears away with his thumb.
Jade continued packing Beck's suitcase, his flight was at six thirty, and he had to get to the airport early.
"You can call me every night, and you can tell me all about your day."
"Brynn, you can FaceTime with him too, you love doing that. It'll be alright sweetie."
"Ok.." Brynn replied, trying to stop her tears. She sat up on her fathers lap, placing her tiny arms around his neck. Now that she knew he was leaving, she didn't want to let go of him until she absolutely had to.
"Here Brynn, let mommy hold you for a little bit. I have to pack my bag."
"Mommy!" Brynn whined as she reached for her mother. As much as she wanted to stay with her father, she knew that mommy would be comforting.
Jade took her daughter into her arms, carrying her to the empty side of the bed. She pulled the covers back and laid Brynn down, then laying down beside the small girl.
"Mommy, you stay with me always. Ok?" Brynn asked, cuddling into her mothers embrace.
"Always, baby." Jade replied before kissing her daughter's forehead.
Brynn clutched her blankie with one hand, and began to suck her thumb. She slowly drifted off to sleep as Jade stroked her hair.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
"Jade, come on, we have to get going." Beck whispered as he shook his wife awake.
Jade slowly opened her eyes, groaning at the thought of even getting out of bed.
"Can't you drive yourself? I want to stay here with Brynn, it'll be too hard to drag her around when she's this tired."
"No, because we only have one car, and if I leave it at the airport, you will have to walk everywhere for three weeks. I already got you some coffee, come on."
Jade got out of bed, careful not to wake their sleeping daughter.
"Carry her." Jade said as she reached for the hot cup of coffee.
Beck gently picked up his little girl, cradling her in his arms. He moved a stray piece of hair out of her face, and kissed her forehead. He knew that being separated for three weeks was going to be hard on her, but it was going to be hard on him too.
"Well?" Jade said impatiently.
"Sorry. Let's go."
They walked out to the car, and Brynn was beginning to wake up from all of the movement.
"Get the door for me, please." Beck said to Jade.
"Lazy." She said as she opened the door to the backseat of their car.
Beck carefully placed Brynn in her carseat, covering her with her blankie. He buckled her in and went to close the door, when Brynn suddenly woke up.
"Daddy! No! Are you leaving?" She cried frantically.
"No, not yet Brynn, it's okay. I'm not leaving yet." He said as he lowered himself down to her level, gently rubbing her arm with his hand.
Brynn began sobbing, terrified that she had slept through her last moments with her father.
"Sit in the backseat with her, I'll drive. You're going to miss your flight."
Beck obliged, climbing into the car and sitting next to his daughter. Brynn reached for his hand as soon as he sat down, desperate to hold onto him. Beck began to sing softly to her, and her frantic breathing slowly returned to normal.
"I've never seen her get so worked up over one of us leaving." Jade said as she pulled out of the driveway.
"Well I don't think either of us has ever left for three weeks. Or if we have, we've made it a family trip. Plus she's tired."
"I want to go with daddy." Brynn whined.
"This is going to be a long three weeks." Jade said before she took another sip of her coffee.
Brynn whined and tightened her grip on her father's hand.
"No it won't, it'll go by fast." Beck said, giving his wife a look that said 'shut up before you upset her even more'.
Beck leaned over and kissed Brynn on the cheek in an effort to calm her down.
"I'm still here right now Brynn, don't be so sad."
"But you're leaving me." She replied quietly, looking down at her bare feet.
"You'll be okay, baby."
Jade pulled into a parking spot in front of the airport and parked the car.
"We have to get out of here fast, these idiots are impatient." She said as she opened her car door.
Beck let go of his daughter's hand, and joined his wife outside of the car.
"No, daddy come back!" Brynn cried as she reached for him.
"I'll be right back baby." He said before he shut the car door.
Brynn couldn't take it; she frantically began trying to undo her seat belt. She was kicking her legs and screaming, hoping her daddy would feel bad and would cancel the trip all together.
"Brynn Adella, stop screaming please." She heard her mother's muffled voiced outside of the car.
"No!" She screamed as she continued fumbling with her seatbelt.
Beck pulled his suitcase out of the trunk, placing it on the sidewalk beside him.
"You better call us every single day."
"I'd never forget to call my girls." Beck said as he placed his arms around his wife.
Jade held onto him for a moment, taking in his scent and relaxing into his warm embrace.
She looked up at him, ignoring the sounds of the honking cars around her.
"I love you."
"I love you too." Beck smiled down at her.
As he was leaning down to kiss her, the sound of Brynn screaming as she threw the door open stopped everyone in their tracks.
"Brynn, no!" Jade scolded her daughter. Her car door was on the side that all of the traffic was on, and she would have easily been hit by a car.
Brynn ran towards to two of them, throwing herself into her father's arms.
"Daddy don't go, don't go!" She cried into his shoulder.
Beck held her tight, rubbing her back with his one free hand.
"I'll be back soon Brynn, it's ok."
Her muffled cries could be heard by just about everyone in the area, people were giving them looks of pity as they passed by.
Beck lifted his daughters head off of his shoulder, making her look at him.
"I love you very much Brynn. I promise you, I'm coming back home soon."
She pressed her forehead against his, looking him in the eyes.
"I love you too dada. I'll miss you lots and lots." She spoke very quietly.
Beck smiled, she hadn't called him 'dada' since she was a tiny baby. He hugged her tight one last time, and handed her over to Jade.
Brynn laid her head down on her mothers shoulder, quietly crying.
"Bye Beck."
"Hey, I didn't forget about what she interrupted." Beck smiled as he leaned down to kiss his wife.
Jade smiled, kissing him back.
"You know, I'm going to miss you." Jade mumbled. She didn't like to talk about her emotions very often.
"I'll miss you two more than anything. I'll be back soon, I love you both."
Beck grabbed his luggage and turned away, slowly walking into the airport.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
It had been exactly one week since Beck had left, and Brynn was still in her ultimate 'I want my daddy' mood. Jade had tried everything to bring her out of it, but it seemed like she would stay that way forever.
The mother daughter duo had gone to Cat's house for the day, hoping it would cheer Brynn up.
"Mommy, can't we just go home?" Brynn asked as she held onto her mom's hand.
"No, we're going to see Cat because you love her."
Notice the way Jade said 'you love her' as apposed to 'we love her'. Jade wasn't one to reveal her feelings about people that weren't a part of her family.
The two girls walked hand in hand up the stairs to Cat's house.
"I'm going to ring the door bell, mommy. Not you."
"Oh are you?"
"Mhm." Brynn nodded.
As they reached the door to Cat's house, Brynn ran excitedly and rang the door bell.
"Told you." She said simply as she stood next to her mother.
The door quickly opened to reveal Cat standing on the other side.
"Hi!" She squealed, reaching out to hug Jade.
"Yeah, don't touch me." Jade said, dodging out of her best friend's reach.
Brynn quickly ran inside behind her mother, she had developed a fear of her mom leaving when she wasn't looking.
"Hi Brynn!" Cat giggled, lowering herself down to the four year old's level.
"Hi aunt Cat." Brynn said as she looked down.
"Why so sad, jellybean?"
Brynn made a confused face at the red head, trying to figure out what she meant by what she said.
"Why shouldn't I be sad? I want daddy. Oh and my name is Brynn, not 'jellybean'."
The tiny girl quickly spun on her heels, running to her mother's side. Jade picked her daughter up, smiling at what she had just said.
"You can go ahead and go to the living room, I'll be there soon. Tori's already there." Cat mumbled the last part.
"Who's already in there?" Jade said, anger practically dripping from her voice.
"I think she said Tori, mommy."
"We're leaving."
"No, stay!" Cat pouted.
"Why should I? Tori's a gank."
Brynn giggled at her mother's harsh words, and rested her head on Jade's shoulder.
"Because you're my best friend and I want you here!"
"Fine."
Normally Jade wouldn't give in so quickly, but she realized that they were here to cheer Brynn up, and leaving wouldn't help.
Jade carried Brynn into the living room, trying to get over the fact that Tori was there.
"Oh, hi Jade! Aww, who is this?"
"What do you mean who is this, you know Beck and I have a daughter." She put an extra emphasis on Beck's name, she knew Tori was jealous of she and Beck's relationship.
"Oh, right! This is Brynn! I guess I just forgot, since you never invite me over or anything."
"Yeah, what a shame." Jade said as she sat down on the couch.
Brynn slid off of her mother's lap, and walked over to Tori.
"My mommy says you're a gank." The little girl said matter of factly.
Tori gasped, and Jade was sent into a fit of laughter. Brynn smiled as she looked at her mommy, proud of what she had done.
"Brynn, come here you little terror." Jade said as she lifted her daughter up onto her lap.
Brynn wrapped her little arms around her mother's neck, giggling as she did so.
"I'm funny, momma."
"You sure are, kid."
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
They group of girls spent the day watching Brynn's favorite Disney movies and playing with Brynn. Jade usually wouldn't stand for watching so many Disney movies, but since it made her daughter happy, she put up with it.
Jade was laying on the couch, her daughter laying right next to her. It was getting late, and Brynn was starting to get sleepy.
"I'm glad we got to do this, I love Disney movies!" Cat squealed.
"Yeah it was great, minus the gank."
"Gank means Tori!" Brynn chimed in.
Jade smirked, looking at Tori.
"Does Beck know that you teach his little girl how to be rude?"
"Listen here, girl-"
"I want to go home." Brynn interrupted her mother.
"Why, aren't we having fun?" Cat asked, trying to cheer up the tiny girl.
"I want to go home, and I want to call daddy, and I want to go home." Brynn said as she got up from her spot on the couch. She walked to the front door and began putting her shoes back on by herself.
"Thanks for upsetting her, Tori." Jade said as she got up and followed her daughter.
The two Oliver girls said goodbye to Cat, and made their way out to the car.
"Mommy, I want to talk to daddy now."
"Can you wait until we get home?"
"No, now."
Jade got out her phone and handed it to Brynn, who was sitting in her car seat.
"You remember how to call him, right?"
"Of course!"
Brynn touched the 'contacts' button, and waited for the list to come up. Then she used her tiny finger to look through the list of people, half of which she had never met.
"Beck!" She said happily as she tapped his name.
Beep.. Beep.. Beep..
"Hello?"
"Daddy!"
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Splash!
"Brynn Adella Oliver, if you don't stop splashing me you're going to the naughty step!"
"Sorry mommy." Brynn giggled.
Jade was giving her daughter a bath, which was always a chore. Brynn wanted to play, where as Jade wanted to get her bathed and get her out.
It had been two weeks since Beck left, and Brynn missed him more with every day. She always looked forward to talking to him, which she knew always came after bath time.
"Mommy, do you think daddy will FaceTime with me tonight?"
"He always does, I don't see why he wouldn't tonight." Jade said as she worked the shampoo into her daughter's long, brown hair.
"Oh, right." The little girl giggled.
She continued playing with her The Little Mermaid toys in the water, pretending they were on an under water adventure.
"Mommy, look! Ariel's hair is the same color as aunt Cat's!" Brynn exclaimed as she held up the dripping wet doll.
"Yes it is. Come one Brynn, the faster you stop playing and start washing, the faster you can talk to daddy."
Brynn dropped the red headed doll back into the water and began to comply with her mother's commands. Soon enough, the little girl was nice and clean, and ready to get out of the bath tub.
Jade wrapped her daughter in a towel and carried her to her bedroom.
"Pick out your pajama's, I'll be right back." She said as she set Brynn down.
Brynn smiled to herself as her mommy left the room. She walked quietly to the door of her room, peeking out to see if her mother was nearby. When she saw that she wasn't, she ran as fast as she could to her parent's room. She knew exactly what she was after.
She made her way into her parent's closet, pushing through her mothers various pairs of combat boots. Finally, she saw just exactly what she was after.
One of Beck's plaid shirts.
It was on the top row in the small, stuffy closet. Her tiny arms just weren't long enough to reach it, so she started jumping, trying to grab it while in the air.
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
"Brynn, what are you doing?" Jade's voice echoed through the house.
Brynn didn't stop to answer her mom, she was too determined to get this shirt.
CRASH!
Finally, she had pulled down her father's shirt, but not without falling flat on her butt.
"Brynn?" Jade called again.
Brynn giggled, slipping the shirt over her head. It was clearly too big for her, it fit her like a dress. She loved it because it smelled like her daddy, and she missed him so much.
She ran back to her room, giggling the whole way there.
"Brynn, there you are! Do not scare me like that- Wait. What are you wearing?" Jade laughed.
"Daddy's shirt!" Brynn smiled, and then she did a quick spin, causing the dress to fly out around her.
"Of course."
"Can I call daddy now? I miss him."
"We have to brush your hair first, pretty baby."
"No!" Brynn squealed as she ran to the other side of the room.
"Brynn, the faster you do this, the faster you talk to daddy."
"Can I talk to daddy while you brush my hair?"
"I guess so. Call him." Jade said as she tossed her phone to her daughter.
Brynn quickly picked up the phone, calling her daddy for FaceTime just as fast as she could.
The phone started to make it's usual ringing noise, and the screen displayed Brynn as she stood in place on the bed.
"Get over here so I can brush it."
Brynn did as she was told, constantly watching the phone to see when her father would appear.
"Hi Brynn!" Beck's voice radiated from the phone, his face filling the screen.
"Hi- owww! Daddy- owwww, mommy! Stop!" Brynn yelled.
"You stop being so tender headed!" Jade replied as she continued to brush the little girl's hair.
"Brynn, what are you wearing?" Beck laughed.
Brynn smiled shyly, looking down at the shirt she was wearing.
"Your shirt, she picked it out herself." Jade answered for her daughter.
"Well you look absolutely beautiful." Beck smiled at Brynn.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
"Mommy!" Brynn yelled as she jumped on the bed.
"Mommy, get up! Today is the day!"
"Brynn, we don't go get daddy from the airport for another two hours. Go back to bed." Jade said harshly.
Brynn carefully climbed off of the bed, and walked back to her room. It was eight o'clock in the morning, Brynn usually didn't get up until nine, but she was excited today.
She sat down on the floor, grabbing the closest dolls and beginning to play with them.
She sat like this, playing with her dolls for at least ten minutes, when she heard the front door slam shut. Brynn quickly jumped to her feet and ran downstairs to the front door.
As soon as she turned the corner, she saw someone she never thought she'd see again.
"Daddy!" She yelled as she ran and jumped into Beck's arms.
"Hi baby girl." Beck said as he hugged her.
"I missed you so much!"
"I see you're still wearing my shirt." Beck laughed as he held his daughter.
Brynn smiled, looking down at what she was wearing.
"Yes, she decided she was going to wear that every night until you got back. I don't see why, it probably doesn't smell like you anymore, since it's been a week." Jade said as she entered the room.
"Well it's cute, I love it."
"How'd you get here anyways, we weren't supposed to pick you up for another two hours."
"Andre brought me home. My flight landed early and I didn't want to wake you two up."
"I don't think she would've minded." Jade said, referring to their extremely excited daughter.
"Nope! 'Cause I love my daddy and I missed him!"
"I love you too, Buggy." Beck smiled.
This one was extra long, to make up for how long it took me to get the last one out. Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing!
xoxo
Cassidy
