Finding My Dad

6) he can see right through me

I woke up feeling tired and groggy. I looked up and saw my dad sleeping with his arms around me. I looked at the clock and it read '4:02 am' I mentally groaned and tried to go back to sleep. I snuggled even closer into him and fell asleep quickly.

I woke up again at 11 am and this time I was in a bed. I got out of bed and walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning" dad said.

"Hi" I said with my raspy morning voice.

"Hungry?" he said

"not really" I lied

"You may fool your mother, but I can see right through you.

"I'm not hungry." I repeat

"Yes you are. We can go out or I can make something" he said

"Dad, I'm not hungry I promise"

"Don't make a promise you can't keep" he smirked

"I don't want anything to eat" there. that's not a lie. in fact, it's the truth, I don't want to eat.

"Let's go out, I can't cook worth shit" he laughed.

"I'm in sweats. I can't go out anywhere"

"I'll take you to your moms and you can get your stuff. then well eat, then shop for clothes."

"Ok" I said.

We got to my moms and she wasn't home. the idiot leaves the door unlocked so I walked in.

I rushed to get all my stuff and get out of that house. while I was leaving I remembered something. I sprinted to my moms bathroom closet and grabbed it. I ran back outside and we drove off.

I changed while I was in there to jeans and a long sleeve shirt and some vans.

I got money from helping my neighbors with yard work and stuff like that, so I could buy my self some decent clothes and shoes.

We went out to lunch and I didn't want to order anything.

"Gia, you have to eat." he said.

"I don't want to.." I trailed

"Gia, please don't make this harder then it needs to be."

"I'm not hungry"

"It's 12:00 and you haven't eaten sense breakfast yesterday. you have to eat something. even if it's a piece of cake. I don't care what it is, just get something in your stomach."

"Please daddy?" I begged.

"Nope. sorry love, you are going to eat something if I have to feed it to you my self."

"Fine" I grumbled.

I ended up ordering a sandwich, I only ate half of it, but in my defense, it was huge.

We payed and then went to a mall.

I felt really bad about him spending money on me. I had clothes, it's not like I only had 1 pair of pants or anything.

He said he wanted to spoil me, and what other way then shopping?

I got new jeans, shirts, sweats, yoga pamts, leggings, scarves, necklaces, bracelets, belts, 4 new pairs of vans, and 2 pair of uggs. I also got jackets and sweaters and little things.

"You didn't have to buy me any of that" I said.

"It's fun to spoil you."

"Thank you" I smiled

"Anytime princess"

After that we went home and I put my new clothes away after trying them on.

I didn't even think about my mom or Alex or school or anything. I actually enjoyed my time today. I didn't have to worry about anything, I wasn't stressed, I had no pressure on me and it felt good. I was glad to finally be able to act like a kid.

I thanked him about a thousand times before I went to bed that night.