104) Growing Up

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NOAH; guess what baby [squats down to Rylee]

DIXIE; what?

NOAH; we're gonna go on all the rides tomorrow!

RYLEE; yayyy!

[time skip----- later that night]

(In the bathroom)

NOAH; [getting Ry ready for bed]

DIXIE; are you ok with putting her to bed babe? i was gonna go to sleep....

NOAH; [kisses her head] of course! sleep well babygirl

[dixie kisses Noah, leaves the bathroom and goes to bed]

RYLEE; dada..... i sweep wif you and mama?

NOAH; youre gonna get me in big trouble..... of course you can sleep with us!

RYLEE; yayyy!!

NOAH; [brings her to their bed and lays beside her]

RYLEE; [lays on his arm]

NOAH; [rubs her face with his thumb] whispering* do you know what day tomorrow is baby?

RYLEE; umm..... no....

NOAH; its your birthday! youre 3

RYLEE; [holds up three fingers and thinks to herself for a while] [looks at noah] that's big number!

NOAH; it is isn't it.... youre growing up so fast baby.... [tears up]

RYLEE; [giggles]

NOAH; [chuckles through tears] can you promise dada something?

RYLEE; mhm!

NOAH; promise to never leave dada baby girl....

RYLEE; i pwomise [holds out her pinkie]

[they pinkie promise]

NOAH; Ry.... [sighs] youre not always gonna be dada's girl.... dada's not always gonna be your favourite boy, but you'll always be tied number one in dada's heart, with mama!

RYLEE; you'll always be my favewit!

NOAH; [smiles] i know you say that now baby.... but someday... you'll find a boy and you'll make him so happy..... hopefully as happy as mama makes me....and you guys will never wanna leave each other because you're gonna be so in love, like me and mama, if mama ever left me, i dont know what I'd do and it would probably something really stupid [crying]

DIXIE; [hears everything/the whole conversation]

NOAH; now go to sleep babygirl, we have a big day tomorrow [gives her back scratches until she falls asleep] good night baby girl [gets up and goes to the bathroom]

DIXIE; [follows him and knocks on the door]

NOAH; [crying his eyes out silently and opens the door]

DIXIE; [embraces him with a hug]

NOAH; [picks her up and cries on her shoulder]

DIXIE; i heard everything

NOAH; i-im scared....

DIXIE; of what baby.....?

NOAH; [sighs] the thought of her ever being too old to get a hug from dada or a kiss from dada or the day she can form full sentences and not stumble over words and when she calls me dad and not dada.... or when she's asking to go to he boyfriends house, or asking if a boy can come over or when her boyfriend asks me for permission to marry her and then she has a fiancé and when i have to walk her down the aisle and hand her off to another man that's not me..... [crying] she's gonna break my heart... isn't she.....

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