"Lisa?" Howie asked as Samantha, Howie, and I all walked up to a woman and a little girl in the mall's food court.
"Howie!" she exclaimed jumping up. She embraced him in a hug and kissed his cheek.
"Wow, she's gotten big," she said looking down at Samantha.
"Who's this?" she asked, looking hurt as she looked at me.
"Hi, my name is Marissa," I extended my hand and she took it.
"Marissa and I are seeing each other," Howie said bitterly.
"Oh, nice to meet you," she glared.
I looked away, a little uncomfortable.
"Dont be rude to her. You're the one who left," Howie snapped. Oh jeez, maybe it wasnt a good idea that I came.
"I know. Howie it was just so hard for me to stay, but after living three years in pure misery, I decided to call you and explain to you," she started.
"Explain to me?" he asked.
"Or just make excuses for yourself?" he followed.
"Howie, please this is really hard for me," she said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Would you like me to take the girls for some ice cream?" I asked Howie.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Howie said, glaring at Lisa.
"Hi, Stephanie. My name is Marissa," I said kneeling down so I could look into the eyes of the shy little girl. She had Howie's eyes.
"Do you want some ice cream?" I asked. She nodded, still shy.
"Come on," I said holding my hand out for her to take. She took it and we walked off to the near by ice cream shop.
"What kind do you want?" I asked Stephanie.
"Chocolate," she said looking up at me.
"Ok, what about you Samantha?" I asked.
"Vanilla with sprinkles," she answered.
"Hi, can I get one chocolate cone and two vanilla's with sprinkles," I told the woman behind the counter.
"Are you Marissa Daniels?" she asked as she scooped our ice cream.
"Yeah," I chuckled.
"Would you mind signing something for me?" she asked smiling.
"Not at all," I replied.
"Thanks, my brother is like obsessed with you," she laughed.
"Aww," I blushed.
"You would think he's a 12 year old girl and not a 16 year old guy," she laughed.
"Aww," I laughed.
"Do you think if I called him you could stick around for him to meet you?" she asked.
"Sure, Im going to be right over there," I said pointing to a table across from the shop.
"Oh, that's so cool of you, ok," she nodded handing me the ice cream. I handed Stephanie and Samantha theirs. I payed for the ice cream and the three of us walked off to the table, I told the girl we would be at. I looked over at Howie and Lisa and didnt even realize I was glaring at how intensly they were talking.
"Mommy says she wants me to live with my daddy," Stephanie told me.
"Really?" I asked looking at her now.
"She told me my Daddy was nice," she continued. I smiled down at the little girl.
"Well, he is, I promise. Wait, she wants you to live with him?" I asked.
The little girl nodded, the chocolate mess on her face made me giggle.
"You're a mess," Samantha scolded Stephanie.
"Huh?" Stephanie asked looking hurt.
"You just have a little ice cream on your mouth, here," I said wiping it off her face, the paper napkin sticking to her face a little. I laughed as she made a face in annoyance.
"Hi Stephanie," Howie said walking up to the table and kneeling down next to Stephanie.
"Hi," she blushed.
"Im your daddy," he told her.
"I know, Mommy told me," she nodded.
"Did your mommy tell you that you would be staying with me for awhile?" Howie asked.
"Uh huh," the little girl continued to lick her ice cream which was now dripping down her arm.
"Are you ok with that?" Howie asked.
"Yep," she smiled.
"Ok," he nodded.
"Marissa Daniels?" a boy, about 16 exclaimed coming up to me. I looked up at him and figured he was the girl from the ice cream shop's brother.
"Yeah," I smiled.
"Can I have your autograph?" he asked pulling out my CD cover.
"Yeah," I laughed, pulling a pen out of my bag.
I signed the CD cover and handed it back to him smiling.
"Thank you so much. I love you," he told me.
"Aww, thanks," I said.
"I brought my camera, can I take a picture with you?" he asked.
"Of course," I nodded. He looked at Howie and with a glare, shoved the camera towards him. Howie took the camera and we posed.
When we were done taking the picture, Lisa walked up.
"You ready?" Lisa asked coming up to the table.
"Yeah," Howie nodded standing up.
We're going to get some of Stephanie's things from Lisa's car," Howie told me.
"Ok," I nodded.
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
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Howie Fanfiction Index
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