Delilah
I never would've thought, coming home from being with friends I'd see Lily and Daniel napping together
yes I know they're father and daughter but Daniel never does that with her
I wonder what happened while I was gone
I put all my stuff down and walk over to them, tapping Daniel on the shoulder
he wakes up and yawns
"Hey babe," he says smiling
"hi. how long have you guys been napping" I say with a laugh
"only like 30 minutes. did you have fun? you look beautiful by the way"
"oh thank you and yeah I did. why are you being so nice"
"what do you mean?"
"in our 6 years of marriage, I don't think you've ever called me beautiful"
"yes I have"
"no, you call me pretty and hot but never beautiful."
"well, you are. are you tired?"
"Actually yes. oh thank you for giving her her nap she'll stay awake all night if she doesn't get one"
"I know that Delilah she is my daughter too"
"I'm not going to reply to that. anyways are you hungry what should I make"
"you don't have to make anything for dinner tonight. I'll do it"
"Okay now, this is getting scary. YOU will do something for ME"
"yes, babe I will. so what do YOU want for dinner. or do you just want to fight with me"
"Hey there's the Daniel I know"
"I'm trying to be nice but you're just being- nevermind"
"what daniel, am I being a bitch? you never cared about calling me it before say it now"
"I don't want to fight with you anymore. I love you and I'm trying to make our relationship happy again. so please just make this easy and tell me what you want for dinner"
"I really don't care. I'm not even hungry I just want to lay down"
"okay well come here and lay down. better yet go upstairs and bring Lily with you"
"But I want to hang out with you"
"then hang out with me. Delilah, you're being difficult"
"Sorry I just had a bad day"
I lay down on the couch and put a pillow over my face sighing
he stands up and places lily where he was, putting the blanket over her
"what happened," he asks sitting next to me and putting his hand on my leg
"They were rude. I don't want to talk about what they said"
"why not?"
"It was about you. Daniel can we not talk about it please. just cuddle with me" I move the pillow off my face and pull him next to me
"do they talk about me a lot," he asks
"mhm. they don't like you. they want me to look for someone new"
"someone new? your friends are trying to get us to divorce?"
"I don't know what they want us to do. they just want me to be happy... and they probably don't want me to cry to them every night"
"baby I didn't know you cry about me"
"of course I do. you never want to sleep in the same bed as me which makes me sad. makes me feel like you don't love or want me anymore"
I sigh and look down
"look at me, baby... I love you okay. it was just painful when we would but now that I have my medicine it will be okay. I promise you, I'm going to change. I don't want you thinking I don't want you anymore cause I do. I don't just want you, I need you okay"
I nod and kiss him
"I'm sorry I'm mean to you, it's probably my fault our relationship became like this," I say sadly
"don't blame yourself. we get nowhere if we start blaming people. do you still love me"
"mhm. I love you a lot"
"I love you too. we're gonna get better okay"
I nod and lily starts to wake up
"momma!" she says happily yawning
"hi, baby!" I stand up and hug her
"I missed you"
"aw princess I missed you too. did you have fun with daddy"
"yeah, we watched tv and took a nap together. I wanted to play with charlie though so I did. did you have fun"
"yes, I did. I'm really tired though"
"oh, you wanna take a nap?"
"I do"
"Okay, momma I help you okay. lay down"
I lay down and she puts a blanket on me
"aw mommy you look so cute goodnight" she kisses my cheek and smiles
"daddy I love mommy"
"I love her too"
