Her Secret

01 | MILKSHAKES

GRACE'S P.O.V

Two years and a half years have gone since Emma and I moved house. It is now the 1st of September and my last year at Los Angeles High School. I wake up to my alarm like every other day and get dressed in training clothes before taking Emma's monitor and go outside. I still train from when Dad taught me how to fight and it is now my main source of income for me and Emma as well as my job at Aunt Jo's bakery. Unfortunately Uncle Anthony passed away last year from stage four lung cancer and by the time we found out he only had three months to live. My training schedule is:

Monday - Jumping Rope, Speed Bag.

Tuesday - Weight Training, Running.

Wednesday - Shadow Boxing, Heavy Bag.

Thursday - Jumping Rope, Speed Bag.

Friday - Weight Training, Running.

Saturday - Shadow Boxing, Heavy Bag.

Sunday - Rest.

After I had finished Monday's workout I cleaned up and went inside to get ready for the day. I sneak past Emma's room and go into mine to have a shower and get dressed. Once I have showered I hope out and get dressed into a Tommy Jeans grey jumper and washed out jean short with classic converses. Once I am dressed I go down to the front of the house to the kitchen to prepare Emma's breakfast and get two pieces of toast for myself. I make Emma a small strawberry smoothie and pancakes with strawberries and blueberries on top. Emma is in love with strawberries at the moment and eats everything with them. I place four little pancakes in a stack on the table before heading to Emma's room to wake her up. I quietly walk into Emma's room and open up her curtains before sitting on her bed beside her. 

"Morning cupcake," I say in a soft voice while shaking her gently on the shoulder. I watch as her eyes slightly open before closing again.

"Mummy is it morning?" asks Emma as she rolls so her face is in her pillow.

"Yes baby it is. Let's get up cupcake," I say as I stand up and take the covers off Emma.

"Why?" Emma asks while dragging out the y.

"Because I made pancakes," I say and watch her sprint out of the room and to the kitchen to get her pancakes. I laugh as I go to her wardrobe and take out an adorable yellow and white chequered jumpsuit with white sandals and a beach hat. I go down to the kitchen and watch as Emma finishes her pancakes and places her plate on the counter. Emma turns around and runs towards me with her arms out so I grab her and spin her around before placing her on my hip. I take Emma to her room and get her dressed into the clothes I laid out. Emma poses in her outfit once she is ready before grabbing her originally white but now covered in dried paint, when Emma and I paint together, and heading to the front door. I grab my keys and bag before joining her. I open the door and walk to my 2016 Toyota Highlander and place Emma into her booster seat before getting into the front. I drive to "Rao's Diner" Aunt Jo's Italian Diner her family has owned for years. Emma stays with Aunt Jo at her diner throughout the week so I can head straight there for my shift without having to pick her up on the way there from a day-care. I quickly park before taking Emma inside, as soon as I go through the door Aunt Jo took Emma out of my arms and pulled me into a hug. 

"Gracie I have missed two. It has been too long," she says before letting me breathe again by releasing from the hug.

"We saw you yesterday Aunt Jo," I laugh.

"Yeah Grandma Jo," Emma says from Aunt Jo's arms while pronouncing her 'r' as a 'w'. Aunt Jo and I walk towards the backroom as her and Emma have an intense conversation about ice-cream with strawberries. I laugh as I watch people enter through the oak wood door to then sit at either the red booths along the front or the oak wood tables along the side. The full length windows along two walls creates enough light to not need the lights on until the sun sets. I am pulled back into reality when Aunt Jo pulls my hand for me to follow. Once Emma is settled in she runs up to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek and a big hug before going back to playing. Aunt Jo tells me everything will be fine and pushes me out the door. I wave goodbye to Aunt Jo before getting back into my car and driving to school.