A gift of magic

Chapter 5: The bond

At home

"Where have you been?" Tom asked.

By just hearing the way Tom spoke Beatrice could tell that he was really worried again. It was getting a lot annoying. It was seven, not midnight.

"At the drama club." Said Bea

"Rehearsal ended at Five. It's seven now." he said With disbelieve

"Mrs Nanking decided to take us to the dressing room to pick out the outfits we are going to wear for the talent show." She tried explaining without shouting. She didn't want to shout with him. Not now when she couldn't figure out why her necklace wasn't magical no matter how much she tried to wish something and not now when the talent show was tomorrow.

"Why don't you ever call me?" He sounded pissed which was unwonted of him.

"Why can't you stop worrying so much about me? You know mom wouldn't want us to he fighting like this and I think the only way for us to stop fighting is if you stop treating me like a five year old kid." Screamed Beatrice not able to control the anger riding inside her now. He was pissed? She should be the one that's pissed.

Tom could really see that she was irritated by his concern about her. But he was sick and tired of the way Beatrice was always treating him. And he had tried so much to be the best father he could to her. But Bea just kept on hating him even more. There was a sudden silence in the room.

Beatrice was standing up and Tom was sitting on the couch. She was staring at him expecting him to say something. After what seemed like minutes instead of seconds, he said.

"The only reason why I am so over protective is because your mom asked me to take care of you if something bad ever happened to her."

Bea stood frozen for what seemed like ages rather than seconds from hearing him bringing her mom up. It all made sense now. Why he was so overprotective. She felt her heart swell with guilt, like it was suddenly sinking in the coldest and deepest water. She started to understand everything.

The feeling of anger and annoyance she had, changed to a feeling of regret and sympathy and she did have to admit that she was really treating a person who cared about her so badly and she was sick and tired of it.

She was sick of feeling angry and always fighting. It wasn't healthy.

"She did?" She sauntered closer to Tom and sat down besides him.

"Yes and I am sorry of I am being too over protective but I am just doing what I promised your mom. She told me to try and be a good father to you. And I apologise if I am being too overprotective."

Beatrice also respected her mom's wishes. She kept on thinking about how mean she had been to Tom ever since she met him and how she was never thankful to have him as a father who cared so much about her. And deep inside her she knew that Tom would have still looked after her even if her mom didn't ask him to. He would just have not been so overprotective. At least she thought so.

After a couple of seconds thinking, she said to Tom, "Please forgive me for always being so mean to you all this time. It was just that I always thought that you wanted to replace my dad. My mom told me a lot of wonderful stories about my dad. I just wish that he wouldn't have died before I got to know him."

Well that was most of the reason she was so mean to him. She wanted her real dad and Tom stepping in her life and trying to play the part made her irate. But the other reason that she started to be mean to him especially after her mom died was because he was the only parent that she was always going to have. The pain of losing her mom so tragically had made her to have so much anger, and she took out on him.