Fourth of July

Chapter 13

"Daddy, where's foldy Evan?" Gee asked, shaking me awake.

"What the hell is foldy Evan?" I mumbled, yawning softly.

"The Evan that folds," he said.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.

"Foldy Evan that we played the game on," he said.

"You mean my laptop?" I asked.

"No, foldy Evan," he pouted.

I sighed and went to the bedroom to grab my laptop.

"You mean this?" I asked.

Gee nodded excitedly and I turned it on for him.

"Fuck, is that the time?" i asked.

I quickly got dressed and gasped when I looked at the white wall in my living room. There were scribbles on it and I looked at Gee.

"No! No drawing on the walls!" I exclaimed.

Gee whimpered as he looked at me.

"Time out," I ordered.

Gee ran to the corner as he sniffled. My mom was supposed to be coming over to watch Gee but she was running late so I called her.

"Hey, I'm stuck in traffic but I promise I'll be there in five minutes," she said.

"Alright, I have to go now," I said. "When you get here can you take Gee out of time out and give him a lecture about drawing on the walls?"

"Of course, good luck, sweetheart," she said.

I hung up and sighed as I pulled on my shoes.

"I'm leaving now but my mom will be here in five minutes," I said.

Gee looked over at me as he cried quietly.

"I'll be back soon," I said, kissing the top of his head before running out to my car.

I drove to the studio and saw everyone was waiting for me.

"Sorry, I accidentally fell asleep," I said.

They all looked at me before they burst out laughing.

"What?" I asked.

Evan took a picture of me and then showed it to me. My face was covered in colorful scribbles that Gee most definitely did while I was asleep.

"Today Gee discovered the wonders of Crayola," I muttered. "He had his first marker experience."

They chuckled as I rubbed my cheek but it didn't smudge at all.

"Nevermind, let's just ignore this," I said. "Sorry I'm late."

We started out in the studio recording one of the songs on our album. It started to get late as we spent a lot longer there than I had originally hoped. This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I've gone through the first verse about a million times now. We listened to the demo and I smiled. This was really it, this was real. The real deal. We were actually recording our first actual studio album.

"You heading home?" Evan asked when he finished.

"Yeah, I should probably relieve my mom of Gee," I said.

"Alright, good, I'll see you later," he said before walking off.

"Good?" I mumbled quietly to myself.

I got home and smiled when I saw Gee on the ground in front of the tv playing. I kissed his forehead, tossing my coat onto the armchair.

"Wow, did the color monster get you?" My mom asked.