Love will remember

The drive

'Please read A/N it is actually quite important thanks! Involving some news
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'Wake up princess' I say softly to the beautiful precious girl who's currently sleeping, laying on Brads chest as he holds her tightly. I can't help but admire how protective he truly is. I decide to leave them for 10 minutes while I jump in the shower and call Jimmy.
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'Hey Madds, how are you?' His calm and relaxed voice fills my ear through the phone
'Hey Jimmy, yeah I'm good, are you? And I'm heading to Miami today, driving. We won't get there till roughly 2 am but was wondering if you could book me and my friends a hotel to stay in as you know which is best'
'Yeah I'm just peachy. And oh right that's a long drive. Be careful. And yeah sure I will call my mate and book it, though you will be in different rooms not in an apartment like you currently are. There's 8 of you right?'
''Yeah that's fine, and no there's 9 now. 8 adults and 1 child. So four rooms will be fine. Put them all under name'
'I see your picking people up on this little adventure of yours. Okay I will call him and let him know, I will then text you okay?'
'Okay thanks Jimmy'
'Love you'
'Love you to' just as I hang up I hear his quietened voice on the other end I barley make it out as he says 'I'm sorry Madds' what is he sorry for? I decide to just leave it. Probably talking about my father again, right?
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I jump in the shower and when I've washed my hair and jumped out I realised I had not brought any clothes in with me. Urgh. I walk to my phone to see a text from Jimmy to let me know it's all sorted and sent me directions to 'Lockwood Spa Hotel'
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I walk into the bedroom still wrapped into a towel. I now know everyone else is awake as I had already seen them, when me and James nicely went and woke them earlier this morning and by nicely I mean we threw water over each other them. There faces where priceless.
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I gently lift Jessie off of Brad, so he is able to get ready. I kiss him gently on the lips and he instantly wraps his arms around me. 'I could get used to waking up like that' he laughs as his eyes flutter open
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'Come on, we gotta get ready. We leave in 20 minutes. Get up'
He quickly jumps up and I'm surprised at how wake he is, probably from the excitement. How cute.
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I look around and chuck on my denim shorts and Brad's white and green baggy 'Michigan' jumper, that hangs over showing my right bare shoulder.
I feel two arms wrap around me as his lips reach my bare skin, slowly placing kiss' along my shoulder blade and up to my neck. 'Your making it very difficult for me right now' his voice filled with desperation and love
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I can only giggle. 'Come on we gotta go' I walk to the bed and pick Jessie up in my arms, she quickly cuddles into my chest as I carry her down stairs. Everyone greets us and begins discussing the day ahead of us. It was decided in each car it would be Brad, James and Con driving for the first 7 hours before swapping so they could have a break.
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'Mads why don't you place Jessie on the sofa before your arms fall off' Con jokes but I just shake my head
'No, she might wake up if I put her down to just pick her up to put her back down' he nods understandingly and we all wait another few minutes before hearing the familiar Birmingham accent 'let's go'
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He grabs mine and his suitcase as we all file into the lift. I still holding Jessie as she nuzzles her self In to me more. Once in reception I tell Brad to go take Jessie to the car and place her down while I check out. He delicately takes her in his arms and she quickly buried her face into his chest as he walked towards the car.
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'Hello, we have been in the penthouse and I would like to check out'
'Certainly, have you got the keys we gave you?'
I hand the keys over and she smiles typing into her computer
'Okay just sign this and your all ready to go'
I quickly sign and run to the car where Brad is waiting in the drivers seat and Jessie is still sleeping, Brad had placed a blanket over her to keep her warm and secure. I can't help but smile and realise just how amazing and caring he is not just to me and his mates or even to Jessie but to everyone. He would be a great dad.
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'So James these are the directions and this is where we are staying' I hand over the paper I'm holding and I also give it to Con as well, before running back to Brad. 'Ready?'
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I look to him before smiling 'always, let's go' I look back to Jessie who's still fast asleep. As Brad pulls out of the hotel parking and on to the main road to begin the dreaded 20 hour drove to Miami.
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6 hours in to the drive and Brad looks exhausted. His eyes are watering from him trying to keep them open. He is constantly yawning but refuses to swap. Jessie's now woken up and is currently doing her maths homework. I had just woken up as well, so I am now singing along to the radio.
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'Aunty Maddie. I'm stuck?'
'What are you stuck on?' I turn to see her struggling with her maths
'What two same numbers add up to 16?'
'You know this one Jessie. When you half 16 sweets to share between me and you. How many do you get?'
She thinks for a little while before replying '8?' She says almost in a questioning way
'And how many do I get?'
'8'
'So what two same numbers added together gives you 16?'
'8 and 8'
'Told you, you knew it. Why don't you take a break from that for a little while'
'Okay'
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'Are you sure your okay to finish the drive?' I ask with concern throughout my tone.
'Yeah I'm fine baby'
'The others are gonna pull into McDonalds up ahead, and then we all change okay?'
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With another half hour driving we pull in to McDonalds, running in to order a lot of unhealthy food. Even James and Abby had it. Once we spent about 20 minutes eating and going to the toilet we head back to the cars. I jump in the drivers seat and tells Brad to sleep which he does immediately as well as Jessie. Which leaves me with my own thoughts.
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I begin to think back to my dad. And I remember what the women had said 'he just didn't expect it so quickly' what does that mean? Did he know he was going to die? Is that why he worked so hard to get the money and business? Why wouldn't he tell me? And why did Jimmy say sorry? What's he sorry for? I'm probably overthinking this right?
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With out even releasing I have already driven 6 and a half hours. Shit it's time to swap but Brad looks to peaceful and fast asleep. I pull up and take Jessie in the gas station to go to a toilet.
'Wheres Brad?' Tris asks not seeing Brad asleep
'He's asleep , I'm gonna let him sleep'
'No! You can't drive the rest of the journey you've already driven 6 hours straight. Wake him up, it's to dangerous for you to keep driving and it's getting dark now'
'Okay okay calm down, I will wake him up when I get back to the car alright?'
'Okay'
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I head back to the car with every intention of waking him up but when I saw how peaceful and sleepy he looks I just couldn't do it. I put Jessie in the back and she falls back asleep, all this driving has taken it out of her. I get back in the drivers seat ignoring Tris and begin driving once again.
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That was the last stop before the hotel. So I have to keep awake. 5 hours pass and I am feeling completely drained of all energy and concentration. I once again begin to think about my dad and my mum.
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How she treated me shattered my heart. It was already damaged from the passing of my dad and she was the string holding it together, but she cut the string she stopped the love and the care. My hear is shattered into pieces and although Brad is bringing all of the pieces back together, it will never be the same. I'm hurt. Im tired. I'm exhausted. I'm not okay. Without realising I feel tears rush down my face, as I quickly wipe them away. I look to Brad who is still sleeping as well as Jessie in the back. Half hour and I will be at the hotel. I just need to sleep. I need to get these thoughts out of my head. The words that she said when kicking me out 'worthless' 'not wanted' 'irrelevant' 'stupid' the words played around in my head. She never truly cared and that hurt. It hurt a lot.
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I pull in to the parking lot, quickly followed by Tris and Lena. I park and look to Brad. I shake him gently. 'Brad wake up' he opens his eyes. 'Is it my turn to drive again?' He looks and sounds tired, his eyes bloodshot and his voice low.
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'No, we are here. We're at the hotel, help me with the luggage'
'What?! How long did I sleep for?' His tone annoyed
'13 hours give or take, now help me with the luggage, Jessie is still sleeping'
He looks around to see her and calms down.
'Fine, but I can't believe you drove for 13 hours straight. You must be exhausted. You should have woken me. Some thing could have happened'
'Its fine Brad. Nothing happened and we are here, stop being stroppy'
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We jump out and walk to reception, Brad is holding Jessie in his arms. Talking to Tris, no doubt about me driving 13 hours. I can see them both shaking there head and looking at me.
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I'm brought out of my thoughts by a young gentleman speaking to me
'Hello how can I help you?'
'Hey, I have a booking under Maddie Horn? Should be four rooms'
He types for a while before speaking again
'Yeah there's four rooms, double bed in each and in the fourth room there's a double and single for the child, here's you keys. Your in rooms 432, 433,434,435. If you lose any keys come back and we will replace them. everything you need to know is in this booklet as I expect you are all tired and just want to sleep. So take the lift on the left and go to the fourth floor, when out of the lift turn left and it will be down there, enjoy your stay and have a good sleep'
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'Thank you' it's all I could really muster together as I'm feeling unable to talk due to tiredness. 'Fourth floor, here's your keys, Jessie is in our room Nat, and we will see you all later, probably in the afternoon'
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We walk out of the lift and left towards our room. As we enter Brad lays Jessie down and I quickly take my shorts off and my bra, leaving me in Brad's jumper. I jump in the bed and instantly fall in to a deep sleep.
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*Brad's Pov*
'She drove 13 hours straight, just because she didn't want to wake you?' Tris questioning what I had just told him, we look towards Mads shaking our heads in disbelief. I don't quite know how she done it.
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'I know it's crazy. I can't believe she was able to do it but do you know what else?' My voice lowers into a near whisper
'What?'
'As I was laid there I could hear sniffling, so I opened my eyes to see Mads crying, the tears just flooding her face, she didn't even notice and after a while she wiped them away and looked towards me to see if I had seen. I pretended to be asleep. I have no idea why she was crying. I don't know what to do'
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'Do you think it's something to do with her dad and mum?' Tris points out as if it's a fact
'Well obviously, I just want to hold her and take the pain away but I can't'
'I know man, but we are all here for her. We will all hold her. It's okay your not alone' I hear sadness in his tone as we both look back to Mads who's should be an actress as she's fooling everyone but us. God how does she do it?
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One I laid Jessie down, I look back to see Mads already in bed, still wearing my jumper. I'm never gonna get that back. I strip off to my boxers and gently slide in, wrapping my arms tightly around her. Terrified that if I don't hold her close then I will lose her. She begins to stir and I slowly kiss her head as she nuzzles into me, now facing me with her head into my chest and her legs wrapping around mine. 'Everything will be okay baby. I'm here. I'm always here. I love you' I whisper into her ear before I let the sleep take over.
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So first sorry about the crappy filler but it was needed! The DRAMA is beginning soon so hold on, as a lot is going to happen at once.
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Okay second- I am writing another fan fic. It is a one d fanfic and I'm not sure what to call it or anything yet so any idea let me know.... But I will post on here when it is up. What I want to do is write a few chapters and post them all at once so your not just getting one chapter. You will get at least five to start with. The story will be quite dark and contain a lot of swearing, some violence and intimate scenes. If you have any ideas or story lines you want me to consider for either the new fan fic or this current one list them in the comments and I am also thinking of a new vamp fan fic more details will come in the next few weeks about that. So yeah sorry about rambling on haha
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