Daddy's Girl

Prologue: Just Like Daddy

I've always wanted to be like my dad, my dad was my hero. It was hard growing up without him being around all the time but I knew that dad loved all of us, I know that he still loves us. It was really hard when he died, I was eleven.

When dad came back from tour he always brought us back presents and candy from other countries. Jason, Zoë, and I would stay up as long as we could listening to him tell stories from the road but we'd always fall asleep, dad would carry us upstairs then tell us a bedtime story. Dad always took time to teach us drums too.

I didn't know he had a problem with alcohol until I was sixteen. I guess it wasn't really a secret but I didn't really realize. It doesn't change my opinion about him but I hate alcohol for taking him away me and the rest of my family.

Jason and I have wanted to be drummer like our father since we were little but mom and dad had their stipulations. We had to finish high school first and we did! Now I'm going to be nineteen years old and I've made the decision to move to Los Angeles to further my dream. My family doesn't really want me to go but it's what I have to do.

"Bella, are you sure you want to do this?" Jason asks as he helps me carry my boxes down stairs.

"Yeah, I'm sure." I agree. "You have a great set up here, I think this is what I need to do."

"You're only going to be nineteen, Bell." My brother grunts as he drops the box he was carrying. "What the bleeding hell is in here?"

"Books." I answer. "And when dad was eighteen he was a father."

"Ever think you read too much?" Jason asks. "I think your books gave me an aneurysm."

"I think you mean a hernia, maybe you should read a bit more, Jason." I offer and he shoves me.

My older brother and I fall into a silence that isn't normal for Jason and I. We usually always have something to talk about. I think it's because we don't know how to say goodbye to each other, we've been inseparable since we were kids.

"Do you ever wonder what dad would think about our life choices?" Jason asks awkwardly.

"All the time." I admit.

"What do you think dad would think about this?" He wonders. "You moving to LA and all?"

"I think that he wouldn't want me to go but you know that dad was always for us following our dreams." I say and smile. "He'd tell me that if I thought going to LA was what was best for me than he'd support me."

"Just make him proud, would you? You've got a big name to live up to." Jason reminds me with a laugh.

"I'll try but John Bonham is some pretty big shoes to fill." I remind my older brother and we laugh.

Drumming is in my blood, it's what I was born to do.