Diary of a Daughter (Based off of "Moments")

Twenty-Eight: The Sad Truth

That Friday afternoon during recess, instead of volleyball, the badminton equipment was set up for us to play with. Obviously I had to know how to play it first but I eventually got the hang of it. Then, for the last half of recess, we hung out at the picnic bench.

"So are you excited about the sleepover?" Lyndsey asked me.
"Totally!" I smiled, then growing nervous.
"What's wrong?" Shannon asked.
"It's just that, one of my dads doesn't know that I'm going to this slumber party..." I explained. "And my other Dad is basically going to help me go to the slumber party..."
"Badass..." Taylor smiled.

Suddenly, all of us looked at her.

"Taylor, there's a ten year old here!" Lyndsey hissed.
"It's okay..." I assured. "My Dads curse and yell all the time."
"Oh..." Shannon said. "A-Are they abusive or something?"
"No..." I said. "They play video games a lot."
"Oh..." Lyndsey nodded. "That typical guy stuff."
"Typical guy stuff?" I asked. "But I play video games..."
"Well, you're a kid, so you're different." Lyndsey reassured. "We play games on our Wii Us all the time."
"That's cool." I said.

Suddenly, the whistle blew as the aides made us line up to go back inside.
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Later on that day, Daddy M picked me up from the school.
"So here's the plan." Daddy M explained. "Uncle Ryan and Uncle Matt are going to invite Daddy S to hang out with them and tell him about a surprise that they're making for our anniversary. That's when you and I will go over to your friends' house."
"You involved Uncle Matt and Uncle Ryan?" I asked.
"They'll basically do anything I say, even though they were totally against my idea." Daddy M stated.
"What if Daddy S sees that I'm gone when he comes back?" I asked.
"That's when I decide on another plan that will be determined later on." Daddy M explained.
"You have no idea what you're doing, do you?" I asked.
"Not really..." Daddy M responded, giving an awkward smile.

I sighed. "Maybe I should cancel the sleepover."
"Don't! You need to have fun with your friends!" Daddy M responded.
"But if it means both of us getting in trouble..." I said.
"It'll be on me, I'll say I brainwashed you into making you go." Daddy M said.
"You sure you can handle his yelling?" I asked.
"Em, I've known your dad for a very long time, I think I can handle it."
"No... I mean when he actually yells because he's mad... Like when he argued with you once..." I said.
"Like I said baby girl, I can handle it." Daddy M said.
"Okay..." I said.

We pulled up into the driveway and went inside the house.

"Hey!" Daddy S said going over and kissing both me and Daddy M. "I got a call from Matt and Ryan, apparently they've scheduled me to go out to dinner with them?"
"Really?" Daddy M asked as if unsuspicious
"I don't know why they didn't invite you." Daddy S said.
"Well I've got tons of videos to do so I think I'll be okay by myself." Daddy M assured.
Daddy S looked at me. "What about Emily?"
"I'll play with Chica..." I said, surprisingly calm.
"Okay..." Daddy S said.
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Later on that night, after Daddy S got picked up by Uncle Matt and Uncle Ryan, I immediately grabbed my bag with my sleeping stuff and headed out the door with Daddy M. I gave Dad the address and he entered it into his phone and it gave him the directions.

After pulling up to the house, we kissed each other goodbye before I ran inside the house, where Lyndsey, Shannon and Taylor were waiting.

"Hey! Glad you could make it!" Lyndsey smiled. "We just ordered a mega pizza with stuffed crust!"
"Awesome!" I smiled.
"We're gonna have such a fun time together!" Shannon said. "We're gonna play games, eat tons of junk food, play Super Mario Maker, a whole bunch of stuff!"
"I love Super Mario Maker!" I said.
"Awesome!" Taylor said.

I then became a bit uncomfortable again and leaned in and asked the girls a question.

"Th-There's no drugs or anything, is there?" I asked.
"No way!" Lyndsey responded. "My dad's a cop! If he saw me with anything like that he would handcuff me to my bed for a week!"