Just us.

16. If only

I'm just tidying the room before I go home when Carly comes in,
"Hey Char, Marjorie wants to see you before you leave by the way"
"Okay, thanks Carly. Have a good night" I smile. She says goodbye before running out the room again to leave.

I finish cleaning and head towards the office,
"Hey Marjorie, I heard you wanted to see me" she smiles
"Hello my love. Right, Tabitha's parents" she rolls her eyes "have made a complaint"
"Oh?" Perfect. These parents will be the death of me one day
"Well it's Tabitha's mum to be more specific. She reckons you were flirting with dad" what?
"I don't even need to know any context for that. I can assure I definitely wasn't" I say
"Oh I know you weren't. I even explained to her that you are a happily married woman" happily married. Right. "Anyway, she says that you shouldn't be referring to him as 'daddy'"
"Did she have a problem with me calling her 'mummy'?"
"She didn't say anything about that, no. But then again, she was solely focused on you flirting with dad"
"Fine. I won't call them mummy and daddy anymore" I walk out of the office and get ready to leave.

...

"Evening" Tabitha's mum greets me as her and Tabitha's dad walk in,
"Evening. Tabitha your mum and dad are here!" I call over to the girl
"Er, Tabitha, just play over there a minute, okay" her mum calls. "I need to talk to your teacher"
"Yes?" I gesture her to continue,
"So you're referring to us as mum and dad now are you?"
"You had a problem with me calling you mummy and daddy"
"Yeah I didn't think it was very appropriate. But now that you're calling us mum and dad, it's brainwashed Tabitha into calling us mum and dad. She don't call us mummy and daddy anymore" ok? What do you want me to do about that? You are the one with the problem. What do you expect?
"Would you like me to stop calling you mum and dad?" I suggest
"Well, yes please. I liked it when my child called us mummy and daddy. I just don't want you to call us that"
"Very well. Tabitha, would you like to go and get your stuff out of your tray now" I smile over at the little girl before facing the adults again, "You're parents are ready to leave"
"Parents? Ugh" her mum sighs. "That's right darling, mummy and daddy are ready to leave now" she smiles at Tabitha. "Parents?"
"The last I checked you were. At least that's what it says on Tabitha's paperwork" I am so done with this
"Look we just want to be known as mummy and daddy"
"Then you're gonna have to let me refer to you as mummy and daddy"
"Fine. But don't be so flirty about it" flirty? Seriously? "When you're calling him daddy, you're calling him daddy" she huffs
"Respectfully, your husband isn't exactly my type. Tabitha, your mummy and daddy are waiting"

...

"Hey Charlie" Sorscha smiles. We barely see each other at work as we usually are in separate rooms.
"Hey Sorscha, how are you?"
"Ah grand. Of cause Clodagh isn't sleeping much, meaning I'm not sleeping much either"
"Oh yes. Well it's all worth it in the end, right?" She nods in agreement
"So, how's it going with you?"
"I'm okay, thank you"
"You sure? Carly mentioned you were a bit moody lately..."
"What? No no I'm fine"
"Charlie, you know if this is about-"
"Sorscha? I'm fine. I promise. Don't worry about me" I smile before continuing down the hallway.

I hope that didn't sound rude. I didn't mean to sound rude. I'm just so tired. And the house is so empty. Nathan is ignoring my calls now, knowing the girls told me about Ashley. I just want them back. I just want to run away. Take my girls and go somewhere where nobody knows us. A place to far away from here.

If only I could.

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A/N
Another super short chapter, I'm so sorry my loves. But we are getting closer to the fallout soon which means closer to something else...

Xoxo-I