Riiing~
Riiing~
I slapped my hand on the snooze button and slowly removed the bed sheets from my head. "What time it?"
6:05 AM
I groan once again and groggily got up to do my daily hygiene. As I washed my face, I found myself thinking back to last night. Last night's talk with Shinachiku came back to me in an instant. I found myself cheesing so hard that I thought I would get lock jawed.
After I was done, I put on my robe and slippers and headed to the kitchen. 'I might as well eat since I'm up. The kids don't wake up till 8 anyways...' I thought.
I opened my door and roamed down the hallway which leads to the kitchen and living room. As I entered the kitchen, I turned on the light and got out the ingredients to make an omelet. As I was searching for a pan, a voice startled me which caused me to jolt you from the bottom cabinets. I quickly turned over to the source and exhaled a breath of relief.
"Jesus Hanami you scared me!" I whispered shouted.
"Sorry." She said and walked past me to the cereal cabinet.
"Well since you're up, you want some eggs? Specifically an omelet?" I asked her giving her a small smile.
"No thanks. I'll just have so fruit loops instead..." She rejected.
"You sure? I mean cereal isn't gonna fill you up-"
"I'm sure." She said fixing her cereal bowl and herself at the dinner table. "Thanks though..."
"Ok... I guess we'll just have breakfast together then huh?" I said shooting her another smile. This time, I looked away in time not to see her reaction.
'This is my chance!'
After fixing my plate, I sat down in front of my daughter and began to eat. We sat in silence for a few minutes, which wasn't painfully awkward or pleasant for a change.
"So Hanami-"
"Why did you say that?" She interjected.
"What?" I was a little confused.
"Why did you say that about Dad?" She repeated herself with a hint of annoyance.
"Hanami I...I don't know. My selfish emotions took over at the moment-"
"Yeah but..." She looked me straight in the eyes. "You knew how much Dad meant to us. Meant to me and...you just said that we don't understand. It just made me feel like since we didn't have a relationship with him like you did, our feelings were invalid..."
"Honey your feelings are never invalid. Especially when it pertains to you and or your involved somehow. I'm so sorry for making you feel like your feelings weren't important enough and I'm sorry about the way I've been acting before Thursday. I've been a lousy mother but I promise you I'm gonna do better this time." I said.
Small amounts of tears stained her cheeks as a smile crept upon her face. "Thank you for realizing your mistake. And I forgive you as well.
"Thank you." I smiled back at her. "Now after we're eating, how about we watch those Saturday morning shows you go on and on about hm?" I suggested. She nodded happily and continued to at her food as did I. After finishing our food, we put our dishes in the sink and walked over to the coach. We turned on the TV and grabbed a cover and cuddled together watching her shows.
'Thank God for giving me a second chance...'