*𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐕.𝐈𝐈*

twenty-six

MALEAH

4:45 AM

"Next time we're planning our flights"Mary says going through the TSA. "You act like you're sleep at five am." I say walking through the scanner. "I'm not but I rather be laying down instead running through LaGuardia airport"She says. "Aww, big baby. Sleep on the plane." I fake pout and grabbed Giannas hand. "Mommy?" Gianna says. "Yes babe?" I say looking down at her. "Im hungry." she says kicking her feet. "Of course you are." I mumble. "Okay, lets go" I say walking towards our gate. "What do you wanna eat Gigi?" Mary asked her. "Pancakes!" She jumps. "Pancakes? Where are we gonna get pancakes from ma?" I asked her. She pulled me to the long McDonalds like and looked at me. "We can get pancakes here!" She says looking at me. "Fine, but we have to wait until we get on the plane babe." I say. "Okay babe." She says hugging my leg.  I looked at Mary. "She's your child man." She says shaking her head. I laughed picked Gianna up.

My phone vibrated and Gianna grabbed it out of my pocket. "It's Daddy." She gasped and answered it. "Hi princess" Bryce says. "Hi babe" Gianna says. "Where are you guys?" He asked her. She tried to show the McDonald's line and dropped my phone. "Oh my god Gianna." I sighed while putting her down. "Im sorry." She pouts before she starts crying. I picked up my phone and looked at my phone. Its shattered. "Good morning beautiful." Bryce says. "Morning." I say trying to get the little pieces of glass off my phone. I looked down and Gianna is silent crying. "Where are you guys?" He asked me. "In line at McDonald's while waiting for them to call out gate." I say. "What time is your flight?" He asked. "Six thirty. Next time tell Josh's cheap ass to not schedule the earliest flight just because its the cheapest." I say. "I'll let him know. But what I called to tell you that Griffin is staying here for an extra few days." He says. "What? Why?" I asked him. "Alisha" He says. I nodded and looked at Gianna again and she's still crying. "Bryce your child is crying talk to her." I say handing her the phone.

"Babe, why are you crying?" He says. "I broke mommy's phone and she's mad at me." She says now bawling. "Hey, stop crying. She's not mad at you." He says. "Yes she is." She says crying. "Gianna..." He says. "hmm?" She barley gets out. "Breathe baby, it's okay. Aren't you about to eat?" He says trying to get her to stop crying. She nodded. "Okay, well you cant cry an eat... it wont taste right." He says. "Okay." She says. "I love you." He says. "I love you more." She says. "Impossible, give the phone back to mommy." He says. She pouted and handed me back the phone. "She thinks you're mad at her." Bryce says "Im not, im just annoyed that it's shattered." I say and she went insane. She was screaming at the top of her lungs. "Oh my god, Bryce I love you but I gotta go." I say hanging up the phone. "Gianna please, im not mad at you." I say scooping her up and covering her mouth with my shoulder so everyone doesn't stare. "Yes you are!" She screams in to my shoulder. "Baby im not. I can get a new one." She says. "Hey, I got the food, will you stop crying now?" Mary says holding up the bag and drinks. Gianna nodded and grabbed my hand.

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9:45AM

"Aww it's so nice of you to think of me to pick you guys up... You're coming with me." Myles says as we approached the truck. "To where?" I say getting in the front seat. "Your mothers." He says and my heart dropped. "Please tell me she didn't buy a house down here?" I say slowly covering my mouth. "She's looking." He says. I screamed into my hand and looked back at Mary. "We're fucking moving. You like the sound of New Mexico?" I asked her. "What the hell is there to do in New Mexico?" She asked. "Exactly, so she wont have to visit." I say in a duh voice.

"But seriously you need to help me with this baby shower." He says. "So moms not moving here?" I asked him. "I don't know maybe, are you gonna help me?" He says looking at me. "Myles..." I say with a straight face. "I heard her and pop talking about how most of her grandkids are gonna be across the country" He shrugs. I shook my head "She can't move. Not for our sake for her sake she is not ready for California" I say. "The street would be broken- hold up" Mary jumps in. I pointed at her and nodded "I don't know man, you think it's time for her mid life crisis?" He asked. "Not hers moms only forty something. I think it's dads!" I gasped "How old is he?" Mary asked. "No idea" Myles laughed. "Sixty four" I say. "Damn he's that old?" they both say at the same time. I smacked my lips and looked at them. "Uh yeah dad likes em young." I say. "No wonder where you get it from." Myles says turning up his music