Teach Me, Daddy

Chapter 12

When Amber dropped me off at my house, she apologized and explained that she had to go somewhere after school. She said it was important and that she would explain it to me later. I accepted her apology and headed inside my home. Thomas and Sarah were home, watching some cartoons. I ruffled Thomas' hair and stood beside Sarah.

"I know the two of you have not done your homework." I make an overdramatic 'serious' face. They giggle and I nod my head. "I thought so. Go do your homework, and then you can watch your cartoons." Thomas whined a little bit but they both walked to the table and took the homework out of their backpacks. I plopped down on the couch and reached for the remote. I looked for something to watch, but nothing good was on so I went back to the cartoons that they were watching. It must've been a new cartoon because I don't remember watching it when I was little.

I tried to focus on the show that was being shown in front of me but I couldn't help thinking about Amber. I felt like something bad was happening, besides her parent's divorce. It had me worried. She has never been this distant from me. We were like sisters.

"Sammy." I felt a small finger poking my shoulder. I looked up to see Sarah looking at me. "Are you okay?" I smile at her and nod.

"Yeah, silly monkey. Of course, I'm okay." My fingers dance across her belly and she laughs wildly at the tickling feeling. I join in on her contagious laughter and then we tackle each other in hugs. "Okay! Get up, get up. I gotta take a shower. If you finished your homework you can watch T.V." I stand up and walk upstairs and into the restroom.

I was about ten minutes into my shower when I got a phone call. I was in the middle of washing my face, so I hastily rinsed my hands off and dried them on my towel. I slid the bar to answer it and put it on speaker. "Hello?" I spoke.

"Hey, Pumpkin." I smiled a little bit and turned off the water.

"Hey, Mr.Porter. What are you doing right now?" I asked him.

"Oh nothing, I just have a couple of errands to run, and I was wondering if you wanted to tag along." I thought about it. A normal day in the life of a future with Mr.Porter. It could be fun spending some alone time with him. But then the kids are gonna be home alone. "Samantha?"

"Yeah, okay it sounds fun." I bit my lip, tasting some of the face cleaner that ended up on my lip.

"Okay cool, I'll pick you up in 15. Hurry and finish your shower." I giggled a little bit.

"Yes, sir." Then I hung up and continued taking my shower.

I tried my best to take the quickest shower in my life and got dressed and ready in under five minutes. While I was brushing my hair I called Chad.

"Hey, Chad! I have a huge favor to ask. Can you come over watch my siblings for a few hours?" I eagerly asked.

"Yeah, sure, why?" He replied and I sighed in relief. I had some really good friends.

"Something came up and I can't talk about it. But thank you so much! Can you come right now?"

"Yeah, I'll tell my mom to bring me, but you're gonna have to bring me back. You know she hates driving me back and forth when I tell her things last minute."

"I know, thank you so much!" He hummed his response and hung up. I sat back in my chair in front of my mirror. I applied minimal makeup. Just some mascara and highlighter. I heard a car pull up outside my house and it was Mr.Porter. I shot him a text.

A friend is coming over to watch my little brother and sister. He'll be here in like 10 minutes. I watch him as he looks at his phone and then he pulls out of my driveway.