Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forgetting

Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forgetting: Part 19

"I'd love to meet him"

"I'm sure he'd love to meet you. I'll be seeing him soon, We'll have to arrange something"

"I'd like that" He said.

We then continued to talk about other things. I don't think we stopped laughing, he was so funny and down to earth. I didn't feel uncomfortable when talking to him, I just felt like I'd known him my whole life. When he had to go, we paid and walked out of the café. Stood at the door, we hugged one last time and agreed to meet up again sometime in the week.

"Bye..Dad" I said.

"Bye..Daughter" He replied as he hugged me again, jumped into a taxi and headed home.

As I stood outside the coffee shop, JJ's mum came and put her arms around me.

"It went well then?" she asked.

"Better than I could have ever imagined" I replied and we walked home. I stayed happy for the rest of the night. When we arrived at the house, I ran upstairs and into my room, immediately logging onto my laptop. On Facebook my dad had sent me a friend request. I laughed and immediately accepted labeling him as my father on my profile. When I logged onto Skype, I instantly got a call from George. I accepted, turning my camera on and sitting with my legs crossed on the bed. All four boys appeared on screen waving. I waved back. Suddenly, Otea came running into the room.

"Is it JJ, Is it JJ?" She asked.

"Yeah, come here" I said, putting her on the bed next to me.

"HEY PRINCESS" JJ said, waving into the camera.

"Hey JJ" Otea replied.

The boys then started to make a fuss over Otea, they were so good with her. They were like her other big brothers, she loved them and they loved her. Jaymi kept making her laugh and we all sang the theme tune of Victorious because that's what JJ always did with her. 

"Otea, bedtime now" said JJ's mum, standing at the door.

"Hey Mum!" said JJ.

"Hello trouble" She replied.

"Goodnight JJ, Goodnight Jaymi, Goodnight Georgey, Good Night Joshy" Otea said into the camera, blowing four kisses to the four boys.

"Goodnight Princess, sweet dreams" JJ replied, all four of the boys blowing her kisses back.

I laughed. I received a goodnight kiss and and hug from Otea and watched her walk out of the room with her mothers arms wrapped around her.

"Sooo how'd it go today then?" JJ asked.

"Amazing, JJ he's lovely, He's just...just....he's everything I wanted him to be"

"Did he tell you why he did what he did?" Jaymi asked.

"He explained everything, I understand now, Oh and JJ.."

"Yeah?"

"He wants to meet you"

"OOOOOOHHHHH" All the boys chorused.

"Awkward meeting with the Father" Said Josh, ruffling up JJ's hair.

JJ smacked him off and they started to play fight, making me laugh.

"Cheered up now then Mr Grumpy?" I asked.

"I was tired leave me alone"

"Well back to the subject of your dad, I'd be honored to meet him" JJ said.

"Really?"

"I'd love to!"

"I'll make arrangements then!" I said with a huge smile on my face.

The conversation between the boys and I continued for hours. We laughed, cried with laughter and just laughed even more. Those boys were my best friends and I couldn't ask for any better. It was getting late and the boys had a big day ahead so I let them go to bed. I said goodnight to them all and blew a kiss to JJ through the screen and he did one back, the boys copying him, just to make the situation awkward. I laughed, blew them all kisses too and turned my camera off. Then, I clicked back onto my Facebook news feed to see I'd received a message from my dad. I opened it. It said that he'd loved meeting me and that he'd love to see me again. He sent me his address so I could go round anytime I wanted to. I smiled, I had a father! I replied, agreeing to meeting him again. Shutting down my laptop and closing down the lid, I snuggled into bed. I lay thinking, just thinking about the things I wanted in life. One thing that I'd love is for my mum and dad to meet again and hopefully fall in love all over again. 

For the next few days after our meeting, I spoke to my dad everyday. We spoke about regular things and we even spoke on the phone. Our relationship was growing day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. I was sat in the living room. Otea on the floor playing on her games console, JJ's parents watching the television. All of a sudden, the phone rang. Otea jumped up to answer it.

"Hello...JJ...I'm fine, how are you" Otea carried on her conversation with JJ on the phone for around 10 minutes, that was until he asked for me. Otea handed the phone to me and we began to talk. He was telling me about how Jaymi had walked into a mirror and how Ella and George's relationship was growing. I kept laughing down the phone, he always knew how to cheer me up and make me laugh, not that I needed cheering up of course.

"yeah...yeah...really....oh my gosh that's brilliant....thankyou so much....." JJ was saying to someone.

"Babe can you put my mum on the phone please, it's important"

"Sure" I said, as I handed the phone to his mum.

"Hello" she said.

"Oh my gosh really? that's amazing" she said down the phone, as she walked out of the room and stood in the kitchen. She beckoned JJ's father into the kitchen with her and they both began laughing. Something was going on. Otea nudged me.

"Yes sweetheart?" I asked.

"What's going on?

"I don't know, most likely nothing, you carry on playing that"

I turned my hearing towards the kitchen.

"That's so brilliant JJ, I'll tell them, I'll tell them both right now!"

I heared the beep of the phone as it was put down.

"Girls, come here a second please" His mum shouted.

I stood up and walked into the kitchen, sitting down on one of the chairs around the table. Otea came and jumped onto my knee. I put my arms around her making her feel safe.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"What would you do if I said that...."

"Said what?" Otea asked.

"you're going to see JJ..."

"WHEN" We both said simultaniously.

"This weekend, The X Factor first show, Were going to watch the boys, We're leaving tomorrow and staying until Monday! Otea can have the days off, it's near to Christmas so she wont be missing much"

"So you're saying that tomorrow, we're travelling to see JJ, stopping in the same hotel and we're gonna see the boys peform?" 

"Oh, and you get to go backstage!"

Otea put her arms around my neck and we both started to squeal with excitement! I couldn't believe it, I'd be seeing JJ tomorrow. I ran straight over to JJ's parents, grabbed them both and huged them as tight as I could. I laughed, picked Otea up and twirled her around.

"Come on, lets go get some stuff into a bag" I said.

I think I was acting Otea's age. We both ran up the stairs and I helped her to pack her things like she helped me. That night, Otea slept in my room with me but I couldn't sleep, I was so excited. During the night I got a text from JJ.

"Can't wait to see my princess' tomorrow, goodnight, sweet dreams, I love you"

I smiled and turned over. I don't think my life could get any better!