An Undead Surprise

Christmas decorating(32)

Once she had gotten off the phone with Asia, Devin made her way back to her bedroom. When she had walked in Riley came running over to her with a huge grin.

"Mommy, can we call daddy now?"

Devin stared down at Riley partly confused, then when Riley pointed to the Christmas decorations it all clicked on her mind. She sighed and grabbed her phone off its charger. To be honest, she had completely forgotten that she had promised Riley they could video chat with George while they decorated the apartment. She unlocked her phone and glanced at the clock, it was eight o'clock their time so that meant that it was at least ten o'clock where George was right now.

"Baby, daddy might be finishing up a concert by now. Or even asleep." She said as an excuse. She wasn't sure if she wanted to talk to George after chatting with Asia earlier, he too might not be in a good mood either. Riley frowned up at her mother, tears formed at the corners of her eyes.

"Please mommy, I want to see him."

Devin looked back at Riley to see that her bottom lip was quivering, signaling that she was about to cry. She hesitated before answering, but then she thought, Riley is George's child and she shouldn't let Asia dictate if she could call her child's father. She could call George whenever she wanted and whenever Riley wanted to talk to him. She wasn't going to let Riley be punished for something that she had no involvement in.

"Go get the bags from the kitchen and bring them out to the living room, we'll call and see if he's awake."

Riley squealed happily and took off towards the kitchen where she grabbed as many bags as she could carry until she had all of them in the living room. Devin dialed his number and waited patiently until George answered on the third ring.

"Yeah, Dev?"

"Hey do any of you guys have skype?"

"Uh I think Danny does, why?"

"I told Riley that we would call you while we decorate the tree, so it's like you're here with us." She explained.

George smiled brightly and got up to go to the front of the bus.

"Hey, set up skype would 'ya?" He said nudging Danny's shoulder.

"What did he say?" Riley asked, standing beside Devin.

"Uncle Danny is setting up the video call." She told Riley.

"What's your user, Devin?" Danny called from somewhere in the background. 

Devin's cheeks flared up with heat as she debated whether or not to say her old username aloud or to just text it to Danny. But Riley was getting impatient and tugging on her shirt.

"It's uh; J3T's girl." She said in a rush, she could hear Jordon and Dylan chuckle. "It's pretty old, I haven't used it since high school."

"It's okay Devin." George told her. "We'll see you in a bit." 

Devin's laptop sat on the coffee table by the other decorations, she picked up Riley and carried her over to the couch then quickly logged in to skype so they didn't miss George's call. She moved the tinsel and lights out of the way, then positioned the laptop to face the area where the Christmas tree was going to be set up. Riley sat down on the opposite side of the table, staring at the screen and waiting impatiently for her father to appear. It took a while, but George finally called and Devin answered it without hesitating.

"Daddy!" Riley exclaimed, looking at the screen with a big smile. George returned her smile but he was exhausted.

"Hey Riley, what are you doing tonight?"