Protect Me

Chapter 11

Paris' pov

I woke up and found London jumping on my bed, all dressed except for shoes. I grabbed her, pulling her down into the blankets with me. Clare came in and said,"London, come now dear, time to go to school!" She ran and said,"Bye mommy!" Before running out the door. She didn't realize the mistake but I did. I froze, looking at Clare with big eyes. Her eyes matched mine. London came back and said,"Come on grandma, let me do something real quick." She came over, jumped on the bed and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "I know what happened to mommy, and she's in a better place. Now your my mommy, right?" I didn't want to disappoint her, and I hope this is the right decision. "If that's what you want to call me." My voice was horse from not being used. She hugged me and said,"Bye mommy!" Before running out of the room. Again. I told Clare goodbye. I made sure they were gone. Then I cried my eyes out. At one point, Liam came in and asked, "What's wrong?" I sniffled and said,"London woke me up this morning and when she said bye, she called me mommy." I started crying harder. He held me and I continued. "She came back into the room and asked me if it was ok for me to be her mommy now. I didn't know what to do so I said if that's what you want to call me." He nodded and said,"Paris, I have an idea!"

Liam's pov

"We should adopt her!" Paris' jaw dropped. "Do you think she would like that?" I shrugged. "I think she would." Paris froze. "But we would have to contact Kendrick." I thought about this for a moment. "I'm not willing to risk you, so we won't adopt her. Yet." Paris nodded, looking relieved. We decide to clean up around the house, just to get it cleaned. What happened, is a surprise to me.

Paris' pov

I went down to the garage to sweep and dust. When I went to sweep, I found ripped up clothes down there. I picked it up and took it to Liam. "Do you have some kind of pet?" He froze and said,"I was playing outside with some kids, got a little out of hand." I nodded, not believing him, but not drilling on the subject. We decided to stop for today, and continue with the yard work later. We made some lunch and ate everything, before going to get London. As we walked up, I saw them waiting on the front porch. London got up and ran to me, screaming,"Mommy!" She jumped into my arms and I spun her around. I sat her down before I fell on the ground from being dizzy. Liam practically flew over to my side knelling next to me. "Are you alright?" I nodded and said,"Just a bit dizzy... How did you get here so fast?" He froze up and finally said,"I ran.." It looked like he was lying but I decided to ignore it. For now. We got London and her book bag, walking back home. I helped London with her homework, getting through it easily. London is mature for her age. She has a slight speech problem, but she's very observant and catches onto things easily. We put it away and came down stairs to find McDonald's on the table. We all ate and joked around until every piece of food was gone. I took London up, bathing and dressing her, before tucking her into bed. "Night mommy." I smiled down at her and said,"Goodnight baby girl." I walked out of her room, getting ready for bed myself. Then I laid down with Liam, and passed out.