You Need Me

Making Amends

I lean against the sink that is in the restaurant toilet and look at myself in the mirror. Sickness fills me a bit and I shiver from the slight chill that seems to be hanging about this place. The door swings open and incomes an unexpected visitor. My mum.

I avert her gaze in the mirror as she stands behind me. "Do you want to know the truth, Natalie? I miss you and I regret not being in your life over the past five or so years, I regret not being a good mum for you when you needed my support the most. Of course I am proud of you, I can't hide that. My baby girl is all grown up and is soon going to have a baby girl of her own, I couldn't be more over the moon about the fact that life has turned out good for you..." Mum tells me and I turn to face her.

"Then why be spiteful about it? Why say what you said back there and then come in her and tell me it didn't mean shit, because that makes no sense? Why be unsupportive of the decision that I made to go and drive, to do what I want to do?" My eyes look at her own not blinking at all, a slight frown pulls at my eyebrows as I stare at her.

Mum takes a deep breath. "Because over the last five years I have dreamed of you walking through the door to our home again and coming back to say that it didn't work out and that you're sorry. But that day never came, and it looks like it never will. I never went through what I did with you with your older sister and brother, I didn't know what to do when you came home and said that you wanted to leave school at sixteen and drive bloody cars for a living.

"From my point of view, it looks like a shitty plan, going out into the world with little to no qualifications. But I now admit that I was wrong, I was wrong to assume that school matters to my little girl. I now see that if you hadn't have taken the path you took then life wouldn't be as good as it is going for you as it is going now. You would probably be enrolled in some university course that you didn't want to do, me and you would probably have an even worse relationship and you would be unhappy. The last thing in the world that I want for my daughter, is to be unhappy because that is one of the worst things in the world, to be unhappy."

I look into my mum's eyes and she stares back with guilt and regret. "Why didn't you tell me this sooner, mum?" With that my hormones and emotions get the better of me and I burst out crying.

Immediately mum's arms wrap around me and I hug her back. "I've missed you so much, Natalie Henderson, and I am sorry for everything, absolutely everything. I am so proud of you, my baby. Just please don't cry anymore or I will start crying."

We pull away from each other and I wipe my face with a couple of tissues from the tissue disposer. "I'm sorry, my hormones are all over the place and I guess I am just so happy to have my mum back." A big smile appears on my face and mum beams back at me.

It feels amazing that after all this time, me and mum have finally made amends.

* * *

I come back in from the en suite and get into bed with Trent who is laying there next to me with the duvet pulled up to his chin like a child. He opens his arms so I can lay down and cuddle him. I fiddle with his black top and his own fingers play with my hair. "Well done for making up with your mum, babes, I'm relieved that the dinner actually turned out pretty good. I were worried that you were gonna lose your plot." Trent's voice is quiet and he kisses the side of my head lovingly.

"I thought I was too, which is why I removed myself from the situation or I would have kicked off." I chuckle a little as I recall the moment at the table when me and mum were arguing.

"I was gonna go and follow you, by the way, but your mum got up first and went after yous," He strokes my face as I let out a huge yawn which then causes Trent to laugh. "Someone's a tad tired."

A small smile appears on my face and I roll onto my side snuggling into my fiancé. He switches off the lamp by his bedside table before wrapping his big arms around me again. "Goodnight, Trent, I love you." I place a long kiss on his lips and I feel his lips curve up into a smile.

"I love you too, gorgeous, goodnight." He kisses me one more time and I lay my head down onto his chest.

I shut my eyes tight and fall asleep feeling the happiest I have in some time. Yet the peace doesn't last long as I am being shaken awake.

"Babes, babes, guess what?" Trent whispers in my ear.

My eyes squint open and I look at him with tiredness. "What?" I grumble. A massive grin appears on his face and what he does completely takes me by surprise. The distinctive sound of a fart echoes out under the covers. "No! You didn't just, ah!" I go to get out of the bed as I already can smell the foulness of what he just did. However, hands grab me and pull me back under the covers. "Trent! Let me go, eugh, it stinks."

All I can hear is Trent laughing his head off at my suffering and all I can smell is his disgusting fart. Just as I feel like I am about to die, I manage to escape his grasp and get out of the bed gasping for clean air.

"You are mean, Arnold, mean," I tell him and scrape my hair from my face. I look at our clock on the bedside table and my mouth drops. "I can't believe that you woke me up at bloody half six to fart."

I reach for a pillow and throw it as his smug face. "Sorry, babes, couldn't resist," Trent sticks his tongue out at me and I do it back. "Come on, come back for a snuggle then. I have to be at training in about three hours, I need some TLC."

"Do you really think that I am gonna get back in to bed with your stinky arse? No thank you, I am gonna go and get dressed for a day of driving away from you." I remove my shorts so I am left in my top and thong. I go to my draws and bend over in front of him getting out one of his hoodies and a pair of my leggings.

"Natalie, you can't do this to me, babes, you have to understand that you are fucking gorgeous and by teasing me like this when your pregnant is cruel." Pain can be heard in his voice and I turn to face him with a cheeky grin on my face.

"You do realise that we can actually have sex when I am pregnant right? It don't hurt the baby because it is protected, but that doesn't matter because I haven't been horny for months. Can't quite tell if that's because of the baby or if I don't find you attractive." I joke with him and strut into the bathroom to have a good shower and see if I can rid myself of the smell of his fart.

* * *

I get into the passenger seat of Trent's car and he quickly gets in next to me. "I can't believe you actually bribed me with triple chocolate ice cream so you can drive me to the track." I chuckle to myself and shake my head doing my seatbelt up.

"What, I wanted to drive my girl to work and you wouldn't let me do that so I bribed you and I will be getting the ice cream on my way to pick you up." Trent defends himself and starts the engine.

"That means I'm gonna be at the track for ages, you don't finish until three and you'll take forever in the store and then..."

"Babes, ice cream." He looks at me with raised eyebrows and I don't speak for the whole drive to the track.

Trent pulls into the car park and pulls the hand brake to stop. "Bye, Trent, love you." I place a kiss on his cheek and I go to get out of the car but am pulled back.

"Now that is no way to kiss you fiancé goodbye, come on, Nat, give me a proper kiss." He has his signature smug grin upon his cute face and his dimples are only just evident upon his cheeks.

I lean towards him and peck his lips but before I can turn away for a second time, Trent wraps his arms around my waist and presses his lips firmly against mine. A giggle escapes from my mouth and he pulls away. "I'll see you later, Trent." I pat his chest and he grins.

"Love you, have a good time." He calls after me as I get out of the car.

"Bye, love you too." I wave him off as he drives away. 

I head up towards the main entrance to the track and I go to my garage ready to start the usual day at the track.

Or so I think...

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Hi guys,

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and hope that yous are all okay.

See ya next week,

Daisy xxx