Hidden Expectations

Change of Plans - Chapter 3

      (Brendon POV)

      Brendon was awoke by a nudge on the shoulder by his little 4 year old daughter. She did this every time he slept on the couch, though this time was different. He opened his eyes, expecting to she the silly grin on Emma's face. But that's not what he saw. He saw a red eyed tear streaked sad face. He shot up and took her into his arms.

      "Baby girl...shh.. It's okay..Tell me what's wrong." He looked around and saw suitcases, three to be exact. A little princess one, a large black one, and another medium sized pink one. He teared up and hugged her tightly. "I'm so sorry..I love you so much..OK? You need to know daddy loves you.." He picked her up and carried her to the kitchen where Sarah had Juliana, their 6 year old, clinging to her arm.

       "What did you tell them?" He snapped at Sarah. Emma sniffled and Brendon patted her back.

        "Just that we were leaving..And that you wouldn't be coming with.." She sighed and teared up. "I'm sorry Brendon. But it has to be this way. I know you wanted me out of the house but I agree..Our relationship isn't healthy and I've been keeping too many secrets from you." Brendon put Emma down and grabbed Sarah's hand pulling her into the living room leaving the two girls in the kitchen.

          "Okay, so..where are you going?" A tear slipped out of his right eye. "...the kids..?" He sat down on the beige couch and put his head in his hands. "I'm sorry..Sarah."

           "We um.." She teared up as well. "We're going to be staying with Ryan.. and.." She broke down then. Brendon knew this would happen eventually, Ryan was a pretty good guy, besides the fact that he took his wife, and lied to her. He didn't care anymore. He couldn't handle being married. It just tore him apart.

            "You have nothing to be sorry for" She choked on her tears and sat next to him on the couch. He wrapped his arms around her and she sobbed. "It's not okay what I did. I shouldn't have turned to him, I should've helped."

              "Just...go be happy. It's OK. I understand..I'm a mess." He talked through warm tears streaming down his face. "It's going to be alright. We can figure it out. I'm sure Ryan will be great to the kids.."

               "I'm giving you partial custody..when you feel like you've sobered up you can talk to me and we can make a schedule." She stopped crying and stood up. "I'm leaving in 15 minutes. I need to go get cleaned up." She walked to the kitchen and talked to the girls.

                 Brendon didn't know why he was so calm through all this. His wife was leaving him for his old best friend, she was taking the kids, and he was going to be alone..all alone..Maybe it was relief. When he got married he was happy, then they had kids, he had a bunch of responsibility and the band was falling apart. He just couldn't take it. That's when he turned to drugs. He hated thinking about it.

                   15 minutes later Sarah and the girls said their goodbyes, Brendon cried, a lot. Not for the fact his wife was leaving him, but because she was taking the kids. He watched them drive away in silence.

                  (Dallon POV)

                   It was 3PM. He had three hours to waste before he was to go out with Brendon. He thought about how he was doing. Why he was so happy, while his wife was leaving him. He walked around the apartment and decided to take a shower. His second of the day. He had no idea why he was so nervous, he'd gone out for beers with Brendon so many times years ago.. Why should it be any different now? He got and stepped into the hot shower. The water hit his body and he stood there for a few minutes, letting it run down his body. The bathroom steamed up and his phone started ringing. He opened his eyes and realized the water had gone cold and he was shivering. He stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his cold body. He dried off his hands and answered his phone.

                     "Yo.." He tried to sound cool.

                      "Hey man..I think we should go out some other time..Why don't we just chill at my place. I'm not really feeling the whole social thing right now." He sounded sad and broken.
(SO I'M ON MY PHONE AND I JUST REALIZED HOW FAR THE INDENT GOES FOR PEOPLE ON THE APP, SORRY ABOUT THAT!! <3)
"Yeah no problem, is something wrong?" He asked worried about his friend.
"Sarah left today...and took the kids. It didn't hit me hard at first but now it's just like..wow.." Dallon heard Brendon choke back some tears.
"Oh my god...I'm on my way. Still live where you did before?"
"Yeah..the door is unlocked just walk in. I'll see you in a bit. " and he hung up. Dallon walked to his car and he was on his way..

SO I FEEL LIKE I DID A LITTLE BETTER ON THIS CHAPTER WITH DETAILS, STILL NOT SURE IF IT'S LONG ENOUGH.
QOTD: Brallon or Ryden
AOTD: Both tbh.