𝑳𝑨 𝑭𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑬 𝑨𝑼𝑿 𝑭𝑳𝑬𝑼𝑹𝑺

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February 23rd, 2019
LITA

"SO HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?" Someone asks. I wasn't really sure who though, if I'm being honest I wasn't really paying attention to the conversation happening around me until now. I glance at Scarlett who I catch already looking at me with a small smile. The room fell silent and everyone turned to me.

Oh, great!

Scarlett intertwines her hand with mine, her finger brushes over my knuckles softly, putting my nerves at ease.

"You wanna tell the story or should I?" Scarlett asks me softly. However, before I even get a chance to open my mouth to reply, Rose cuts me off.

"I WANNA TELL IT!" We all laugh at the girl's eagerness. She's so excited that she keeps bouncing on her chair and Scar and I have to hold her down. "I love that story" she continues.

"You do?" I'm no gonna lie, I'm a little surprised. I didn't think she'd remember. Or perhaps Scarlett told her at bedtime or something.

Aw that cut-

I need to stop. Everything she does is cute.

"It's my favourite." Rose tells me.

You know what, never mind what I just said...

Aw that's cute.

"You wanna know a secret?" I whisper, and she nods dying to know. "It's my favourite story too." I swear her eyes lit up, with little sparkles and everything.

"Can I tell the story now?"

"Go ahead Rosie." Scarlett kisses her forehead, looking fondly at her daughter who was getting ready as if it was the news or something.

"Mama and Lita's story..."

Blank.

Don't tell me she forgot already?

"Oh yeah! Mama said it was because of me because we bought flowers at Lita's shop because it was someone's day and then we saw Lita a lot and that's all!" To say the kid was proud of herself would be an understatement. But as I look around the room, everyone looked heavily confused. I don't blame them, but that didn't make it easier to hold back my laughter.

"That was great honey." I let Rose know, "But do you mind if mama, or I, tell our guest what you can't remember?" She shrugs and went back to eating her fries.

Priorities I guess.

"Well," Scarlett started, I had just gone through a divorce, it was my first Valentine's Day alone with Rose. All I wanted to do was stay in bed all day and eat ice cream, but the little lady decided she wanted to go to the par-"

"ICE CREAM ALL DAY!" When I tell you I gasped... This kid is ready to trade me for ice cream! But honestly, if I wasn't too busy pretending to be hurt, I'd probably be laughing along with the others.

"Rosie sweetheart, we would have never met our Lita if we had spent the day eating ice cream at home." Scarlett tells Rosie softy. She's pouting a bit and I know she'll be asking us for ice cream later tonight to 'make it up for it'.

"But... but it's ice cream mama." I mean... she's 4. Nothing and no one can compare to ice cream when you're four. She huffs and falls back into her chair. I notice she starts to get a bit cranky and whiny. It may be because it's getting pretty late, and we're nowhere close to finish dinner, or perhaps she's just bored.

I lift her off her chair and sit her down on my lap. As soon as she's settled, she reaches for my fries, and she starts smiling again.

Food is the way to this kid's heart. Give her something eatable and you'll become her favourite person I swear!

"So where were we? Oh yes, well the park was fun..." I let Scar talk.

"Lita." Rose turned around to face me and I focus on her. She beckons me closer to her, I lean in. I can already tell she wants something. I look around and see that everyone is busy listening to Scar.

"Yes peanut." She grabs my face with her hands squish my cheeks together. She does this a couple of times, I guess it's entertaining and funny since she's laughing her ass off.

"Can we get ice cream after dinner?" She whispers once she's done with my face.

See, what did I tell you.

She puts on her best doe eyes, she pokes her bottom lip out in a pout, not that she really needs to do all of that anyway. It didn't take me too long and consider and cave. Scarlett is going to scold me for this but oh well.

"Of course we can! I can't say no to this adorable face." I kiss her temple and Rose cheers a little bit too loudly. I tried to shush her, but it was too late, all the attention was on us. I hear Scarlett clear her throat, and she chuckles when I turn to look at her. "What?"

"She has you wrapped around her little finger." Scarlett laughs.

"She does not."

Yes yes yes she does. Even I know it, why am I picking a fight?!

"She does." I see everybody around the table agreeing, hearing a chorus of 'yes' and some are just nodding.

"Yes I do!"

Seriously?!

I look down at Rose who has a big cheeky grin on her face which turn into a smirk similar to Scarlett's. Good to know she knows what she's doing. I blink a couple of times, processing what just happened. Even I can't stop myself from laughing.

"You little traitor! Whose side are you on?" I tighten my grip around Rose and pepper her face with kissed. She squeals and tries to wiggle her way out, but it's not working. I eventually stop and Rose lets her body slump against mine.

"Darling..." Scarlett couldn't even form a proper sentence, she just couldn't stop laughing.

"Okay fine, but it's not my fault you made a cute kid, is it? How can you say no to this face?" I said, referring to Rose on my lap who was leaning on my chest, her face turned towards her mother. She poked her little bottom lip out again, proving my point.

"You do have a point. Now hush, I have a story to tell." She shushes me, putting her finger over my lip. But nope, she had her chance, now it's mine!

"No, you had your turn, and now it's mine. So buckle up because this is how it starts..."

AUTHOR'S NOTE
hello hello & welcome to this new book!!
first chapter, how was it? what do we think? are yall excited?
well, i am!! i've been working on this for over a month now and i'm so happy it's finally here! so please vote, comment, give your opinions and leave suggestions or your question about the story!
i'm not gonna remind you to drink water, eat something and take care of yourself... that's imfinekxx 's job so im gonna go!
have a great day/night!
love, alexis :)