Angel Face

Chapter Six

13th January 2014.

Harper.

"Sienna please don't do-" Within seconds the sandwich was on the floor, both buttered sides of the bread face down, the ham beside them.

Sienna had been in a testing mood all day from when she first woke up. It took me half an hour to get her dressed, she refused to eat breakfast until I gave in to letting her have a small sprinkle of sugar on her cornflakes, and when it came to putting her shoes on.. her tantrum was so bad I put them in her bag and she walked into nursery in just socks.

"Right, no more sandwiches for you. Have a banana." I peel it for her and place it on her plate.

"No like nana."

"Yes you do Sienna,"

"Don't."

That was when I decided it was time for her nap. This only resulted in more drama and upset.

When she finally gave in and fell to sleep I let out a relieved sigh and headed back down to clear up the sandwich she'd left.

I made myself a vitamin shake and sat down to read my book when my phone rang.

"Harper! What are you doing tonight?"

"Um, I'm at home? It's Wednesday Edie."

"I know but few of us are going for drinks."

"I can't, I have Sienna."

"Send her to your mums?"

"I can't just send her to my mums Edie," I sigh.

"You're no fun,"

I look down at my book and vitamin shake. "No, I'm not."

"Call you at the weekend then?"

"Yeah, enjoy tonight,"

"Oh I will," She jokes before ending the call.

. . .

"Hi, how are you? I brought pizza,"

I smile at Harry as he holds two boxes of pizza and a Pepsi bottle, Sienna was on my hip playing with my necklace.

Harry follows me into the kitchen where I sit Sienna in her highchair, Harry opens the boxes and I get out some plates.

"Ham Sienna?" Harry smiles holding up a piece.

She nods as he puts it on her plate, she tried to pick it up but fails.

"Sorry," He laughs starting to cut it up for her.

I watch on with a smile, as Harry cuts up her pizza. Sienna beams at him before saying thank you.

"What would you like?" He asks pointing to the boxes.

"Any, I literally eat all toppings," I laugh.

"Like a girl who loves food," He jokes handing me two pieces.

"You'll love me then because I love food,"

He laughs taking a seat beside Sienna who is loving the pizza.

"What have you been up to?"

"Tidied around, nothing really. Madam over here chose to be difficult with me all day,"

He laughs wiping some pizza sauce off of Sienna's face. I smile as she giggles at him before eating another piece and messing up her face all over again.

. . .

Sienna refused to put on her pyjamas. It took me around ten minutes just to catch her, she then of course screamed and wriggled out of my grip and carried on running around.

That was until Harry walked in.

Sienna stopped still, a vest and nappy the only things she's willing to wear.

"What's going on?" Harry playfully gasps. He instantly sweeps her up and tickles her. "Why aren't you wearing your pyjamas?"

"No like 'jamas."

"I like pyjamas," He pouts. "And do you know who else likes pyjamas?"

Sienna's eyes widen in curiosity. "Who?"

He brushes some hair out of her face. "Peppa Pig."

"She does?"

"Oh yeah, Peppa loves pyjamas. And if you put yours on, I'll read you a quick story?" He looks over at me and I smile with a nod.

Sienna quickly grabs her pyjamas from me and puts them on with a little help from me. She climbs into her bed and grabs her most prized possession; her Peppa Pig collection of stories.

"I'll only read one okay?" Harry bargains.

I nod and stand tidying her room as he reads the story. By the time I had finished sorting her room Harry had stopped reading, and Sienna was fast asleep.

Heading downstairs I smile. "She never does that for me, usually she wants to sleep in my bed,"

Harry shrugs. "I've done it a few times for my hair stylist,"

"Well, thank you. She's going through a phase right now."

Heading into the living room I tell Harry to choose something to watch as I get us some drinks.

I place our drinks on a tray with some biscuits and head back in, Harry was texting frantically but stopped when he saw me and put his phone away.

"If I didn't know any better Harper, I would think you're trying to impress me," He laughs taking his drink.

"Oh please I just couldn't be bothered to carry it all in my arms," I laugh sitting on the sofa. I only have one sofa as it's only ever me and Sienna so I've never had to own more than one, but now I see why I could possibly need one more.

Harry put on a film called Just Go With It with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, I had never seen it but we were both laughing by the end of it.

"This is a good film,"

Harry smiles over at me before a frown appears. He must have seen my uncomfortable position because he reached out and grabbed my legs bringing them across his lap. "That's better,"

I wanted to protest but I was far too comfy, my back slipping lower, my eyes closing every so often, it was inevitable before I fell to sleep.