Fourth of July

Chapter 18

Gee woke me up by shaking me and I muttered unhappily.

"Daddy, there's something outside," he said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I don't know," he said. "It's coming from the sky."

I could hear the pitter patters of rain and I sighed.

"It's just raining, Baby," I said.

A loud crack of thunder shook the ground and Gee screamed.

"Baby, Baby, I've got you," I whispered.

I wrapped my arms around him, hearing him sniffle. Gee cried quietly and my alarm went off, making him scream again.

"Alright, we have to go out now to the van," I said.

I got up and got Gee dressed. I put a nice, fuzzy, warm sweater on him, a black skirt, solid, warm black tights and warm black boots. I put his hat on him and he giggled. He grabbed his stuffies and I opened the door but Gee refused to step outside.

"What's wrong now?" I asked.

Gee shook his head and I sighed as the others came out of their rooms.

"Gee won't come out," I said. "He's too scared of the rain."

I held his hand, pulling him outside. I picked him up, carrying him down to the van as he sobbed. We got into the back and I started the car before the others joined us. Gee sniffled as he curled up in my arms.

"The next show is closer to home," Jamia said. "And unfortunately the last show."

"I thought we had one more," Evan said.

"It got cancelled, a pipe burst at the venue," she said.

Gee and I watched videos on my phone until we got to the new venue. It was already late when we got there and we set everything up.

The show seemed to go by quickly and soon we were at my house with beers to celebrate. I tapped glasses with the others as we smiled.

"Okay, so you know how I told you we wouldn't really make any money and how we'd barely break even?" Jamia asked and we nodded. "I kind of lied because I just didn't want to get your hopes up since I didn't know how much we'd actually make."

"Okay, how much did we make then?" Matt asked.

"Well, after all the expenses and cuts, you each made almost eighteen hundred dollars," she said. "Lucky for you we don't have an actual crew to pay or booking agent or a separate tour manager or anything like that."

"Oh, that's fucking great," Evan said.

"Oh, d-don't swear in front of him," I said, gesturing to Gee. "I'm trying to stop myself, he's starting to repeat me and I don't want him to start cursing all the time because he doesn't know what it means."

"Wow, there's not as much cheering as I thought there would be," Jamia said.

I smiled, giving her a hug. We played music as we partied, drinking for hours until they had to leave. I smiled, shutting the door as I giggled.

"Daddy, I'm sleepy," Gee said. "You never put me to bed."

I giggled, holding his hand and bringing him back to the bedroom..

"Why are you acting silly?" Gee asked.

I opened the dresser, taking a handful of clothes and tossing it over my shoulder. I got Gee changed and he frowned.

"Daddy, this is a bathing suit," Gee said.

I looked around and got him changed.

"These are good," he said.