Life With Trent Harmon

Part 33: Day of Elvisfest Part 2

You pull up in your drive way and Clay and ashley climb out of clay's truck and follow you inside.
"I can't believe you came back on time.." Clay smirks at you and you roll your eyes
"Yeah I had stuff to do and all we were doing is watching them interview Trent..."
"Did you ever get to talk to him?" Ashley asks as you walk up stairs into your room.
"Yeah I did. We snuck like five minutes. But that's it. But he's staying home a week so that made me feel a little better."
"Good!!" She says as she lays down on your bed. "We were looking at the radar and it looks like rain is about to hit.. what are they gonna do if it rains tonight."
"No idea." You say back quickly as you fix your makeup. "If this gets cancelled, Trent's gonna be heartbroken."
A few minutes later, you and ashley walk back down the stairs and see clay sitting on the couch with Katie.
"Sissy!" Katie says as she jumps up and runs over to you and grabs your legs "I haven't seen you in forever." You bend over and pick her up and suddenly realize how big she has gotten.
"My word, kiddo. You're getting so big..."
"I know." She says as she wraps her arms around your neck and hugs you "is Trent here?"
You pull back and smile "he's in tupelo."
"Did you get to see him already without me?"
You glance over at ashley and try to hide your laugh "I saw him for like five minutes. He told me to tell you he'd see you tonight."
Her eyes light up as her smile grows. "Really sissy?"
"Yes." You laugh and put her back on the ground and bending down to her level. "He's singing tonight."
"I finally get to go to hear Trent sing again? On a big stage? Like in California?"
"Well kinda.." you say and she interrupts you.
"Is Porsha gonna be there too?"
"No. This is gonna be a few people and then Trent. But laporsha won't be there.."
She sighs and leans close to your face and whispers loudly "good. I didn't like porsha too much. She was too loud and her voice went up and down too much. But different than Trent.." she says quickly "cuz Trent's voice is pretty."
You bust out laughing and pull her into a hug and she looks at you, confused. And then another thought hits her and she smiles as a little red rushes to her cheeks.
"Is dalton gonna be there??"
You fight down another laugh and say "no Katie. Dalton isn't gonna be there either.."
"Awww man..." she says as a sad look crosses her face. This time you can't hold back your laugh and she giggles too. You hug her again and stand up.
"Can I go with you?" She says, almost instinctively as you walk toward Clay and Ashley.
"Katie..." you say as you turn back to her.
"Please sissy?" She begs and you sigh.
"Not today, Katie bug.. I promise you can go with me and spend time with Trent before he leaves again.."
"But sissy..." she says and you see tears form in her eyes "I haven't seen Trent in almost years. I promise I'll be good. And I'll stay out of the way. Please take me with you...."
"Katie.."
"Please?"
"We are going to be there a long time. And there may not be places to sit down the whole time...."
"I promise I'll be good and I won't complain."
"It is gonna rain. And then you're gonna be all wet."
"I like playing in the rain."
You fight back and laugh and say "if you start complaining, I will make clay bring you back home and you will have to stay with mama and daddy the rest of the night."
"Okay!!" She says quickly, looking at you waiting for you to say okay.
"Go put on your shoes and get your rain jacket. I'm gonna go tell mama you're going with me."
"YAY SISSY THANK YOU!!!" She says and hugs your legs. Your phone buzzes in your back pocket and you head into the kitchen and pull your phone out to read the message.
"Hey sweetie. This is so surreal. Thank you for letting me do everything I need to do today. I can't wait to actually get to spend time with you this week-hopefully. And I have something to ask you sometime!! Anyway, I love you. My phone is about to have to be turned off, so you don't have to respond. See you soon. -T"
Your breath catches in your throat and you read the message again. "A question?" Before you can think more into it, your mom says "I figured you'd be down at Fairpark already. Waiting in line."
You laugh "I'm not waiting in line. I'm a VIP. Speaking of, let me know when y'all get there. I'll come get y'all so you can watch from the wings with us"
"Okay." She says.
"I'm taking Katie with me. I made her promise that she would behave."
"Are you sure yall can put up with each other that long?" Your mom laughs.
"We will survive. Besides, RK will keep up with her most of the day, I'm sure."
"Whatever. Make sure she has her coat! It's supposed to rain in a little while."