Half life

Yesterday Not Today

***Next morning***

I woke up quite late today with a severe margraine. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I slept late yesterday night.

Rubbing sleep off my eyes as my head pounded with a throbbing head ache, I staggered to the washroom to take my bath.

And then after some minutes I walked out of the washroom with my body dripping wet with water and a towel tied loosely around my head feeling a bit relieved from the head ache.

If it were to be other days I would have just sit back at home and rest my head but then not on a day like this, when all my mates will be in school learning how to recycle waste into a useful products.

Besides I can't stay all alone in this big house because it will be so boring.

The house back then use to be so lively when Mum was still around as she be neve seizes to lighten up everyone's mood with her witty fairytales.

If I decide to stay back at home now, Dad will definitely go to work and leave me behind to deal with boredom.

I sat in front of my dressing table and took out my body lotion to apply and after applying the lotion, I quickly got changed into my school uniform. Then applied a little make up to my face, combed my hair and styled it to my favorite pony tail.

When I was through, I stood up and took a good look at my reflection in the mirror then picked my backpack and walked out of the room after smiling in satisfaction.

I made to walk past Dad's room on my way towards the sitting room but stopped and decided check up on him first.

So I walked to his door and knocked on it but got no response.

Then decided to go in after knocking on the door for the second time and still not getting a response.

When I entered the room, I listened quietly for any sign of Dad but didn't get any.

Probably he may be busy in his study and wouldn't want to be distracted.

Mum told me many a time that Dad wakes up early everyday to read books in his study before beginning his daily activities and never liked it whenever she interrupted.

So I walked back quietly out of his room and headed back for sitting room.

As I plodded the stairs, I kept staring at every corner of the doorway leading to the study, hoping Dad will just prop out.

An uneasy silence greeted me as I entered the sitting room causing me to become perturbed as I wondered about where Dad could be or must have gone to this morning if not the sitting room.

Then an idea crept into my mind to go check the kitchen as well so I lowered my backpack on to the sofa then headed for the kitchen.

On getting to the dinning area, I heard footsteps tudding about about in the kitchen so I slowed down a bit and began to plod quietly to find out who was in the kitchen.

With him facing the counter and his back turned and backing the door I realized it was no one else but Dad cooking in the kitchen so I calm my nerves and confidently walked in to the kitchen.

"Good morning Dad" I greeted, drawing his attention since he appeared to be so much into what he was doing and didn't notice when I walked in to the kitchen.

"Am… Amanda" Dad called out obviously startled by my voice as he turned to face me.

"Yes Dad" I said

"How are you?" He asked

"Fine sir and you?" I said

"Well as you can see I'm good" Dad said

"I see" I said

"Yeah. How was your night? Trust you had a good rest?" Dad asked

"Yeah. How about you?" I asked folding my arms across my chest.

"It was great" he replied

"Someone's fixing something for breakfast I guess" I teased letting out a short chuckle

"Ugh… yeah. Thought I should make breakfast today for my beautiful daughter" Dad said coldly

"Wow that's lovely of you Dad" I complimented.

"Probably" Dad replied and then went back to what he was doing before I came.

"I have been looking for you everywhere. I checked your room and didn't see you so I thought you were in your study but didn't check since I didn't want to distract you. But somehow felt like you weren't there but in the sitting room then I got to the sitting room and still didn't get a single glimpse of you either. So I got quite worried but then decided to check the kitchen as well before I finally saw you here" I explained after taking in a deep breath.

"Oh. Sorry about that dear." Dad said

"I have been right here in the kitchen for over an hour and half now." He added

"Ok" I said

"Probably you thought I must have been kidn*pped huh?" Dad teased

"Not really but something close to that" I replied.

"Something close like what?" Dad asked as he continued with what he was doing

"Something as wild as you running away and leaving me behind" I said while Dad listened on quietly

"No. That's not possible" Dad said

"No one is leaving you behind. Daddy is always here for you ok?" Dad added smiling broadly.

"Okay Dad" I said.

"I can see you are already dressed for school" Dad said as he walked away to the kitchen sink then returned back with a kitchen knife.

"Yes." I replied stealthily adjusting the collar of the uniform I was putting on.

"Why not go over to the sitting room and just wait while I prepare breakfast" Dad suggested

"No. I'll just stay here with you and help out with minor minor chores" I replied

"I'll soon be through. You don't need to help out in the kitchen. I've done everything that needs to be done already" Dad said

"Then I'll just keep you company. Or I shouldn't do that too?" I said walking over to the other side of the counter.

"I didn't say so. It's just a harmless suggestion dear" Dad said defensively.

"Fine. You can stay then" He added resignedly in a low register.

"Hurray. I won" I exclaimed jumping up in celebration.

"Naa . You didn't" Dad said

"C'mon I did man" I replied.

"Whatever" Dad muttered in resignation.

"What are you cooking?" I asked raising my head to see what Dad was preparing.

"A condiments of various types of grasses" Dad replied turning towards my direction.

"Ugh…." I growled

"What?" Dad asked

"Nothing." I said sighing in irritation

"Are you sure?" Dad asked picking up an egg lying on the counter.

"Yes" I replied

"Ok" Dad said emptying the egg content in to a bowl after breaking it.

"It's just scrambled eggs and french fries." Dad said

"I don't want to know again" I retorted

"Well you now know. Any problem with that!?" Dad asked walking towards the steamed vegetable oil in the frying pan that was placed on the burner.

"Not sure if there's any" I replied.

Then Dad simply nodded his head and continued with what he was doing on the burner.

"Finally it's now a done deal" Dad announced minutes later after he finished preparing breakfast.

"Well done" I said as I walked out to the dinning table with a plate of sauce while Dad trailed behind with some other dishes.

On reaching the dinning table, Dad and I placed the dishes on the table while he backed into the kitchen as I pulled out a chair to sit down on.

Dad walked back to the dinning table with a bowl of scrambled eggs the sat down and began to dish out the french fries into the two plates that were lying on the table.

And handing me a plate, I quickly collected it and began to devour in a hurry while Dad walked out and returned shortly.

"Let me go and shower first. I'll be back in a jiffy" Dad said walking away while I nodded in affirmative

The meal tasted really great no exaggerations. I guess Dad must have done a little bit of research for him to have come up with something as nice as this.

Unlike the dinner we had many nights before that was so gross.

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When I was done with my breakfast, I sat quietly waiting for Dad to come down stairs.

It didn't take quite long before Dad came rushing down the stairs and running to the dinning table since we were already running late.

Sitting down quietly, Dad ate his meal and beckoned on me to get up let's get going.

And with that we walked out of the house with my backpack hung on my shoulders and headed towards the parking lot, and after Dad opened the car, I crept in while he started the engine, reversed and we soon did hit the road at top speed heading straight for school.

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