Post by Dix C. Martin on May 7, 2009 22:05:12 GMT -5
Pt. 1.
A Time Honored Tradition
Memorial Park
"Daddy! What are we doing? C'mon we gotta get the chicken fingers home before they get cold!"
The young girl sighed, exasperated and clearly impatient, but nonetheless curious and amused as she glanced up at her father, who seemed bent on getting to their final destination sooner rather than later.
"Oh where is the trust!!"
He sighed, feigning utter heartbreak as he brought his free hand to his forehead, all the while carefully guarding the bucket of chicken resting in the crook under his arm.
Until finally he ended the dramatics and knelt to meet his daughter at the level of her gorgeous baby blues and gave her a smile reserved just for her.
"I promise ya sunshine, once we get where we're headed, this cluck cluck's gonna taste better then it ever has."
"Cross your heart?"
"Cross my heart."
He said making the gesture before brushing her golden hair out of her porcelain face and sealed the deal with a reassuring kiss on the forehead, before standing up, scooping her up in his arms and carrying her to a familiar, sentimental bench.
"Daddy you sure you're alright? Normally you're happy when we eat chicken fingers together, now you look sad."
Kathy observed as she put her tiny hand on Tad's cheek, something that warmed and at the same time broke the grown man's heart.
"I'm not sad sunshine, I'm just...remembering."
"Remembering who?"
"Someone. A..a very special someone, who, I haven't told you nearly enough about."
"Oh. Well can ya tell me about her now?"
"How'd ya know it's a lady I'm thinking about?"
"I can just tell. I know 'cause ya get that sad smile on your face when you are thinking about her."
"Gosh when did you get to be so observant?"
Tad chuckled a bit as he stroked Kathy's hair.
"Since always Daddy. Now c'mon, tell me about the special lady, please?"
Kathy asked earnestly with a mouthful of chicken.
"Ah, patience little liebchen. Daddy's trying to decide where to start..."
"How 'bout the beginning. How'd ya meet her? Did ya know right away ya liked her, what was her name?"
The girl asked speaking a mile a minute like she always did when she was excited. And seeing how there was a sparkle back in her father's eyes, got her excited all the more. Especially now that she was finally gonna learn how it got there in the first place.
A Time Honored Tradition
Memorial Park
"Daddy! What are we doing? C'mon we gotta get the chicken fingers home before they get cold!"
The young girl sighed, exasperated and clearly impatient, but nonetheless curious and amused as she glanced up at her father, who seemed bent on getting to their final destination sooner rather than later.
"Oh where is the trust!!"
He sighed, feigning utter heartbreak as he brought his free hand to his forehead, all the while carefully guarding the bucket of chicken resting in the crook under his arm.
Until finally he ended the dramatics and knelt to meet his daughter at the level of her gorgeous baby blues and gave her a smile reserved just for her.
"I promise ya sunshine, once we get where we're headed, this cluck cluck's gonna taste better then it ever has."
"Cross your heart?"
"Cross my heart."
He said making the gesture before brushing her golden hair out of her porcelain face and sealed the deal with a reassuring kiss on the forehead, before standing up, scooping her up in his arms and carrying her to a familiar, sentimental bench.
"Daddy you sure you're alright? Normally you're happy when we eat chicken fingers together, now you look sad."
Kathy observed as she put her tiny hand on Tad's cheek, something that warmed and at the same time broke the grown man's heart.
"I'm not sad sunshine, I'm just...remembering."
"Remembering who?"
"Someone. A..a very special someone, who, I haven't told you nearly enough about."
"Oh. Well can ya tell me about her now?"
"How'd ya know it's a lady I'm thinking about?"
"I can just tell. I know 'cause ya get that sad smile on your face when you are thinking about her."
"Gosh when did you get to be so observant?"
Tad chuckled a bit as he stroked Kathy's hair.
"Since always Daddy. Now c'mon, tell me about the special lady, please?"
Kathy asked earnestly with a mouthful of chicken.
"Ah, patience little liebchen. Daddy's trying to decide where to start..."
"How 'bout the beginning. How'd ya meet her? Did ya know right away ya liked her, what was her name?"
The girl asked speaking a mile a minute like she always did when she was excited. And seeing how there was a sparkle back in her father's eyes, got her excited all the more. Especially now that she was finally gonna learn how it got there in the first place.
