Mommy Daughter Awakening
Everyone in this story is over the age of 18!
This involves some abusive words so be warned!
18
th
Birthday
Danielle wakes up to her alarm blaring. Groggily opening her eyes, she grabs her phone and turns the alarm off.
8am.
Urgh, as if I forgot to turn that off.
She thinks, remembering that she's officially finished school and doesn't need to get up early anymore.
Lying back down, the light pouring in through her curtains won't allow her to fall back to sleep though.
"Wake up!" She hears her mum shouting as she opens the door.
"Urgh Mum!" Danielle moans, "I don't need to be up so early!"
"Not every day that you turn 18!" Her mum says with glee in her voice walking into her daughter's room.
Danielle had almost forgot that she is turning 18, however it is met with joy. Finally, being an adult, she can go on a night out, actually buy alcoholic drinks and she has been saving herself for her boyfriend to have sex. Something she is extremely excited about.
"Fine." Danielle says with a cheeky smile, sitting up from her bed she sees her mum is holding a present for her.
"This is for you." She says handing over the small box.
Danielle joyfully unwraps the present, opening the box she sees a car key inside of it and looks up at her mum in shock.
"What's this?" She asks although she's hoping it's what she thinks it is.
"I got you a car!" Her mum shouts.
"Oh my god mum! I love you so much!" Danielle shouts giving her mum a hug.
Pulling back, Danielle brushes her blonde hair away from her face and she's unable to stop herself form smiling ear to ear.
"Can I see it?" She asks and her mum gives her a nod.
Running downstairs, she looks out the window and sees a red car sat there. It's nothing amazing but it's perfect for her.
"Thank you so much mum!" Danielle says again and gives her mum another hug.
"You're welcome my angel." Her mum says, "Right, get changed and I'll make us some breakfast." Her mum tells her.
Running upstairs, Danielle puts on some jogging bottoms and a baggy t-shirt and goes back downstairs to see her mum making a full English breakfast.
Sitting on the sofa, Danielle pulls out her phone and texts her boyfriend.
"Tony! You won't guess what mum got me for my birthday!"
Before getting a reply, Tony tells her, "Hey! Happy birthday!"
"Thank you! Guess what mum got me?!" Danielle says back in pure excitement.
"Go on tell me!" He says.
"A car!!" Danielle shouts.
"That's amazing!! When can I see it?" Tony asks.
"I'll come round to your house today and we can go for a drive!" Danielle tells him, already hatching a plan in her head to start their new sexual relationship.
"Perfect, well you have a great morning. I'll see you later. I love you." Tony says and Danielle tells him she loves him back and puts the phone down.
"Breakfast is ready." Danielle's mum calls from the kitchen and Danielle goes to meet her.
They sit down in the dining room and start eating.
"Now you're 18 and finished school, it's time you start looking for a job." Her mum tells her.
"I know, can't I enjoy my birthday first?" Danielle asks. Even though she's excited to be 18, the idea of starting work doesn't thrill her.
"Of course." Her mum says with a smile.
They eat in silence and Danielle's mum takes the plates away before returning with a letter in her hands.
"Now, we need to talk." She says sitting next to her daughter.
Danielle panics a little, her mum never looking this serious before.
"Your dad wrote this letter when he was ill. He wanted me to give it to you on your 18
th
birthday." Her mum tells her.
Oh my god, I don't know if I can handle this.
Danielle thinks, already feeling her emotions coming to the surface.
"Now, I can read it with you if you want? Or would you rather be alone?" Her mum asks.
Thinking for a minute, Danielle doesn't want to cry to much in front of her mum so she takes the letter from her hands.
"I'll read it in my room if that's okay?" She asks.
"Of course, I'll be down here if you need me." Her mum says.
Danielle gives her another hug and goes upstairs.
Sitting on her bed, she opens the letter and reads it.
"To my little sunshine.
So, you're 18. I'm so sorry that I can't celebrate it with you, God knows what I would give to be there. My biggest regret is not being able to watch you grow up and grow into the beautiful woman I know you will become inside and out.
Being 18 makes you a woman now and with me not being there I need you to help your mum. She will always say that's she is fine because that's her way. But I need you to do whatever you can to help.
Your mother and you and the greatest things that ever happened in my life and I thank my lucky stars every day that I got even the small amount of time I've had with you both.
Have an amazing birthday, I will be looking down on you.
All my love,
Dad."
Danielle wipes the tears that are streaming down her face and sniffs her nose. Folding the letter she puts it into her drawer, knowing she will always have a piece of her dad close to her.
For the next hour, Danielle sits on her phone looking at the pictures of her dad, crying and remembering all of their good times.
Eventually, she decides to not spend her birthday in sadness. She jumps in the shower and heads downstairs.
"Hi sweetie, is everything okay?" Her mum asks sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea.
"I'm good, thank you mum." Danielle says sitting next to her mum and giving her another hug.
Holding onto her, Danielle is loving the warm embrace from her mum and doesn't want to let go. Eventually bringing herself to do so, she looks at her mum who is smiling back at her but her eyes look sad.
"I'm going to see Tony if that's okay?" Danielle asks.
"Of course, have fun." Her mum says.
Getting in the car, Danielle drives over to her boyfriend's house with excitement. Reaches his house she pulls up to his drive and heads to the door.
After knocking, his dad answers.