Child Of A Bus Driver

Chapter three- Stan's day

I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to start the day. I leaped out of bed and made my way to the bathroom that was just a cross the room. From there I jumped in to the shower and the warmish water hit me in the face, it felt lovely. Dried and dressed a walked down the hall to my daughters bedroom and knock on her door " Katie, sweetheart its time for school" but there was no answer, I called again and still no answer so I opened the door and walked in, she had the covers up to her head so I gentle pulled it away " blimey, what happened to you?" I asked in surprise , her eyes were red and score, her face was pale and was sweaty and her nose was all runny " jack! Jack!" I called " come here" he ran in to see what was wrong, he took one look at Katie and his conclusion was " oh dear, Katie you don't look well" " no no I'm fine" she replied " are you sure you want to go to school?" I asked  " yes I'm sure, now let me get in the shower" she demanded " ok, love, give a shout if you need a hand" and I left her room and shut the door behind me.

After I comed my hair back to stop me looking like Justin Bieber, I headed downstairs to the kitchen , where jack was sitting at the table reading the newspaper " she alright mate?" He asked " yeah, yeah she's gone to get in the shower, I'll make her one of my special breakfast" I replied and started to make  breakfast. Just as breakfast was ready Katie came down " you alright after you had a shower?" I asked she nodded and sat down at the table " here you go, daddy's special breakfast" I said holding the plate and putting it down on the table " I'm not hungry" she said and pushed the plate away " can you take it away" Katie added " whys that?" I replied " its making me feel queasy" without hesitation I removed the plate but it was quickly grabbed out my hand by jack " well you gotta eat" " blimey he's always thinking of his belly, isn't he?" " yep" Katie replied " I'm going to get ready of school" she then added  " ok, darling". I looked at her as she walked out the kitchen " I've really missed that girl" " yeah, I'm glad mate" jack replied " come on, better get ready  for work" jack added.

Driving to school and the whole car was quiet, Katie was asleep in the passenger seat next to me and jack, well, I don't know what he was doing. So I turned the radio on and listened to many adverts until we arrived at school. " Katie, Katie love" i said nudging her, she opened her eyes " what?" She grunted " we have arrived at school" she got out of the car and stretched, I meanwhile had gone to the boot and gotten her school bag out and walked round the car " does it match the color of my eyes?" I said speaking in a funny voice " no, it doesn't" Katie replied giggling. Once in the school grounds Katie and I walked up to the big blue doors, she stood on the step, turned round, faced me and said " dad" "yes, darling" " I love you" " I love you way more" I gave her a big hug and a kiss " have a good day" " I will" she replied.

From one set to the other occupied my day and it was soon time to pick Katie up. After the episode was complete jack and I jumped in to the car and made our way to school, once arriving at school I parked in the playground and went in to the office, everyone was everywhere all racing to get there phones to see if they have messages and standing in the middle in groups to exchange numbers. I was waiting there for what felt like hours but eventually Katie finally appeared and when she did she hadn't improved from this morning, in fact I think she looked worse. Her eyes were still score and red, her face as pale as paper, her teeth were chattering and she was shaking " here, are you alright?" I asked, she shook her head, luckily I had my big coat on so I removed it and put it over her shoulders. The teacher came out and approached me " are you mr Stanley Butler?" She asked " yeah, who's asking?" I replied a little confused " I'm Katie's science teacher, mrs stable" I said nothing but looked at Katie, who look just as much confused as I was  " as you can see Katie isn't well, she has spent my lesson in the bathroom being sick" mrs stable said in an angry voice " ok there's not a great deal I can do, its not my fault she was sick" I replied " yes, I can see that, I see your a man who gets drunk on a daily basis" " lying little basket, don't ever speak to me or my daughter like that again, come on, darling we are going home" I answered and opened the door. Waiting upon our arrival was jack, who was eager to know what took so long, as I was helping Katie in the car I filled him in on the latest Butler news and he was just as much shocked as I was.

Arriving at home couldn't have been more happier, I walked round to the back to help Katie out but she had fallen fast asleep so I carefully undone her seatbelt and carried her inside, where I put her gentle down on the sofa, covered her up and gave her a kiss and went to get a cup of coco. The hours went by and still she was asleep jack and I even had dinner but as we both sat down to watch some television Katie finally woke up " where am I?" She questioned, sitting up and looking round " you're at home on the sofa" I replied, grabbing her hand to calm her down " oh" she went " would you like something to eat?" Jack asked " no thanks" " what about a cup of coco?" I added " no, I want to go to bed" she said getting up from the sofa and walking upstairs to her room.

Midnight and we were ready to bed. We climbed the stairs and after I said goodnight to jack  I walked in to Katie's room and sat on her bed " I love you so much" I whispered, she suddenly shoot up " blimey, Katie!" I shouted " you love me when I'm ill?" She questioned " I love you all the time, baby, even when you're poorly" I replied " love you more daddy" " get some sleep and I'll see you in the morning" I said and kissed her on the forehead.