She woke up a couple hours after to Benjamin poking her cheek and saying "mama" over and over.
"Good morning baby."
"Morning mama."
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes, I'm hungry." he smiled.
"OK let's go eat some breakfast."
She carried him to the front of the bus and poured him some cereal and cut up an apple. She made herself some coffee and sat at the table while he ate. Carol joined them a few minutes later.
"Good morning."
Val smiled at her. "Morning."
Carol sat next to Val with her own cup of coffee.
"So?" She asked.
"What?"
"You stayed with Noel last night?"
"Yes."
"Care to share any details?"
She smiled as she remembered the night.
"I had a great night. Thank you so much for watching him for me."
"So did you and Noel.....you know."
"Yes we did, if you must know." She grinned.
Val's phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi is this Val Peters?"
"Yeah, who's this?"
"I'm Sam with the local paper. I was wondering if you could do an interview with me today?"
"An interview?"
"Yeah, I would like to feature you as an up and coming artist."
"Oh. Ok. Um, we are supposed to leave today but I'll see if we can leave later."
"Ok great, call me back at this number."
"Ok."
"Thanks."
"Bye."
She put her phone down and looked at Carol.
"That was someone form the local paper. They want to do an interview with me today. Do you think we could leave a little later?"
"I don't see why not, I'll go tell John."
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Val called.
She looked over at the door and saw Noel step onto the bus. She smiled at him and he smiled back. He walked over to her and sat next to her and kissed her. Then he looked at Benjamin and smiled.
"Ello Benjamin. How's it goin mate?"
Benjamin smiled back and giggled.
He looked at Val.
"What time are you guys leaving?"
"Uh, I'm not sure. Some guy just called me and wants to interview me today for the local paper."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"I'll go with you if that's ok?"
"Yeah, sure. You want something to eat?"
"Yeah sure."
He poured himsf a bowl of cereal and ate. Carol came back and sat at the table.
YOU ARE READING
Under the Influence
RomanceVal Peters has been writing songs and performing at small clubs for the past ten years. She has a wild streak and loves her life on the road, but a chance meeting will soon change her life in ways she never imagined.
