Same Mistakes

18. Wrong Idea

18. Wrong Idea

Danielle.

Turns out neither Perrie nor Samantha could come over today. Samantha wasn't feeling well, and neither was Perrie. Liam said he'd call me when he had thought about everything, and he hasn't. I've been clutching my iPhone for the past two weeks for nothing. I bet he decided that I don't matter and Olivia is his no. 1 priority.

The kids are sleeping over at Niall's apartment tonight with Mason. Therefore, giving me the night off. Madison got a tummy-ache today at breakfast, so Niall might take her home if she feels like she's going to throw-up. I hate it when my kids are sick. I don't like seeing them hurt.

My phone buzzed, making me jump. I quickly removed the phone from my back-pocket and looked at the brightened screen. A message from Mum.

Mum: Hello my Danielle. Want to arrange to meet for lunch sometime this week with the children? I was thinking we could take them to McDonalds to play.

Danielle: The kids are in school at lunch-time now, Mum. I could bring Megan, but I'm going to be quite busy this week getting all the Halloween decorations out. Max has been nagging me about it for months already, and it's only the end of September. Maybe some other time. Love u.

I put the phone back in my pocket in discouragement. I was hoping it would be Liam. I really want to know what he's been thinking about. Maybe, just maybe, Liam will dump Olivia and join back into my, Max, Madison and Megan's lives. That'd be a miracle in itself. Its crazy how much I'm missing him...

*

I danced around the kitchen while making chocolate chip cookies. Max and Mads love cookies, and the kids love having them in their school lunches. I have a Best Of Disney CD blasting from Madison's pink CD player in the corner. Right now Let It Go is playing.

I've already listened to I'll Make A Man Out Of You from Mulan, Happy Working Song from Enchanted, Whistle While We Work from Snow White, Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid, When Will My Life Begin from Tangled, and You Got A Friend In Me from Toy Story.

I dumped some chocolate chips into the batter, and then dumped the rest of the bag into my mouth. I put the empty bag down on the counter, picked up the light blue mixer, and began stirring the batter around. After a few minutes, I swallowed the dozens of chocolate chips and turned off the mixer.

I put it down carefully on the counter-top, before dragging my finger through the freshly-mixed cookie dough. I lifted my finger to my mouth, licking off the delicious dough. Smiling, I bent over to grab a metal cookie-tray from the cupboard below the sink. I dug around until I found the right tray.

Standing up, I put the pan onto the counter. I spread some butter over the tray so that the cookies wouldn't stick to it. I picked up a table-spoon and began putting little balls of dough onto the tray, spacing them out evenly. After the tray was covered, I put on my oven-mitts and put the cookies into the oven.

Once I'd put all the dirty dishes in the sink, I turned off the CD player, and walked into the living room. I flopped down on the sofa, and turned on the TV. I pulled a soft blanket over my legs and decided I'd watch some Ellen Degeneres, laughing at all her jokes.

My mind wandered for a while, wondering what it would be like if I had a talk-show where I got to hang out with celebrities and play fun games. Maybe I should consider that for the future... Haha, no. I have my dancing, and I have the kids to take care of. They're my number 1 priority. Since Liam won't make them his number 1 priority, I definitely have to. The kids have to be somebodies no. 1 priority.

After about 12 minutes, the oven buzzed. I climbed up and took the cookies back out of the oven. I put them on the counter, and waited for them to cool down before dropping each cookie into the glass cookie jar. Smiling, I put the jar on the counter. Looks perfect. And Max and Mads will definitely love it.