Family | A Joseph Quinn Story

Chapter 4

Schools were closed for half term. The cafe is busier during this period so I have Jessie with the childminder or my mum's house while I work. It had been two weeks since me and Jess last saw Joe. He's been busy filming the last bits of his film but has kept in contact as much as possible.

We'd just completed a lunch rush and was calming down when I see Joe's handsome face make an appearance. "Hi darling. What are you doing here?" I presumed he was shooting today but I guess not. "Thought I'd come see you. Miss seeing your face and I'd like to take you out tomorrow evening, if you're free that is." He leant on the counter. His smile and his puppy dog eyes were trying to persuade me, not that I needed it.

"Yes, I'd like that." His cheeks reddened at my answer. "Great, I'll pick you up at 6:30pm, formal clothing." I bit my lip hard to stop myself from grinning like an idiot. "It's a date."
"See you tomorrow, Y/N." He said in a somewhat deep, attractive voice.

It's a good thing I have the following two days off to spend time with Jess and Joe. I rang my mum while I took a smoke break to ask if she can have Jess overnight. She obviously said yes which I thanked her for. I just have to get through the day and I'll be okay.
I got back to work and helped clean the place down.

I left early as the busy period came to and end and there wasn't much need for many staff to be in so I took a slow walk around London and bought Jessie a present. She'll always be my number one girl and person for that matter. Sorry Joe.
I got her a toy from her favourite show as well as a new outfit. I then made my way back home, rushing through the busy streets.

I opened the front door to my home and watched as Jessie ran to the door. "Mummy, you're back home early!" She was in a happy mood to see me as always. "Yeah, work wasn't busy so I came home to see my girl. I bought you a few things too." I handed her the bag of goodies and let her dig through.

The childminder told me she'd been good and wouldn't stop talking about 'my boyfriend'. I quoted her words. My eyes went wide as I heard her say it. I thanked for for taking care of Jessie, paid her and off she went. I stuck a movie on for us both and we napped together.

I woke up to Jessie nudging me. I'd been asleep for nearly three hours and she was hungry. I had no energy to cook so I ordered us a takeaway. She ran upstairs to put her pyjamas on and came back to snuggle on the sofa.
As I was ordering online, my phone rang and saw it was Joe.

"Hi, is everything alright?" I asked him. It was rare he'd call me up.
"Hi, yeah everything is fine. Just wanted to say have a good evening and sweet dreams. I'm currently on set at the moment but can't get you out of my mind."
"Aww you're too sweet. We will, we just ordered a takeaway. But you enjoy your time on set and I'll see you tomorrow my love."

We said our goodbyes and Jessie gave me a smile. "Is Joe coming tomorrow?!" "He's taking me out tomorrow evening. Nan said she's having you overnight." She frowned as she wanted to see him. "I'll ask Joe if he can come see you." I playfully rolled my eyes at her. She stood up and did a happy dance. I filmed her doing so and sent it to Joe, with the caption: "She wants to see you and I said I'll ask if you can pop over to see her."

5 minutes later, he messages back. "Aw bless her. Of course I'll come see her." I wanted to keep it as a surprise for her. I know how much he means to  Jess.
Our food arrived and we tucked in watching Harry Potter together. We were both full from the food and decided to head to bed for the night.

I woke up early to tidy the place up. I wasn't sure when Joe was coming over but I wanted to make the place spotless for his arrival. I put on my music at an acceptable level and cracked on doing so.
Jess came into the kitchen and saw my terrible dance moves. She was in hysterics. "I hope Joe hasn't seen how bad you dance." I shook my head at her and tickled her to death. I'd completely forgot he had seen my dance moves and I wondered how he still likes me.