*𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐕.𝐈𝐈*

twenty-four

BRYCE

7AM

Maleah and I ended the night on a bad note and she didn't pack anything. I hope she changes her mind. I walked into Giannas room and she was still sleeping. I guess I was too loud she woke up to the sound of my foot steps. "Daddy." She says sleepily. "Good morning princess." I smile while walking towards her bed. "Where's mommy?" She asked. "She's still sleeping." I say. "She still sleeping?" She asked. "Yeah, you wanna go lay with her?" I asked her. She nodded and got out of bed. "Come on" I say picking her up and walking to our room.

"Mommy wake uppp" Gianna says as we walked into our room. Maleah was knocked out. Gianna and I looked at each other. "Breakfast?" I asked her. She nodded so hard she almost fell out of my hands. "Alright lets rock and roll kiddo." I say walking out the room and down the stairs. My phone rang and it was a Group FaceTime with Blake, Griffin, Josh and Cam.

"Hello?" I say stopping on the stairs posing with Gianna on my hip. "Damn you are a daddy." Griffin says. "Goodmorning Bestie!" Mary and Blake sing to her. "Goodmorning Marty and Blakey Bear!" She sings back to them. "Wow you're actually up." Cam says. "Why is he here?" Mary says. "Because clearly I have to make sure you guys are up." He says. "We're up. This is a family call my brother. We'll be at the airport on time." I say to Cam. He sighed out of annoyance and left the call.

"Okay Daddy." Josh says to me. "Shut up" I laughed while putting Gianna on the counter. "Where's Mal?" Mary asked me. "She still sleeping" Gianna answers. "Ohhh Okay..." Mary says. I shook my head because i know Mary is about to yell at her. "Good job G." Griffin says. "Hello?" I hear Maleah sleepily say. "Get the fuck up! We have to go in two hours!" Mary yells. "Like I said last night im not going, now get off my phone." Maleah says. "Bryce, get her up." Mary says. "I tried. She'll get up eventually." I say shrugging while making breakfast. "She really isn't coming?" Josh asked. "She's coming."Mary and I say at the same time. "Good. I need someone else to talk shit to other than Mary." Griffin says. "Okay one, fuck you. And two im the only one in the house who listens to you." Mary says. "No you don't you walk away five minutes into a conversation." He says. "You have the attention span of a worm!" He adds on. "Okay Maleah!" Mary says. "We'll catch yall in a few we gotta go wake Mal up while Blake and Mary finish packing." I say looking at the open suitcase in the background. "Thats Blakes, dummy over here doesn't know what to pack." Mary says. "Maleah packed my stuff for me." I say handing Gianna a plate as she sat down. "Mary wont!" Blake sighs. "Because im your girlfriend not ya mama." She says. "Period Mare" Maleah says coming down.

"Mommy!" Gianna says with a mouthful of French Toast. "Good morning princess. Hi Bryce." Maleah says not looking at me. I looked at the phone and they were all silent. "On second thought. Babe lets go pac we gotta go." Mary says hanging up and everyone else left the call. She started walking to the fridge and I leaned on it. "Good morning love." I say looking at her. She didn't say anything and just walked away. Gianna looked at me. "Is mommy okay?"She asked me. "Yes, she's just upset with me right now." I say. She nodded and continued back to her food.

I went upstairs to our room and she was in the bathroom. I walked to the bathroom and it was locked. She never locks the door so something is really bothering her. "Mal baby what's wrong?" I say knocking on the door. "Bryce just leave me alone." She answers in a low tone. "Okay." I say walking to my side of the bed and grabbing my wallet. I grabbed my card and walked back to the door. I jammed my card behind the lock and it unlocked. "Wha- You're lying and crying im not gonna go somewhere with you like this." I say scaring Mal by accident. She looked at me and broke down. "You don't believe me when I say Liliana and Lori are back in California and its so frustrating try to explain that im not lying to you." She says bawling into my chest.