Forever & Always

4. Light of My Life

Isla POV

As I pick out an outfit I find myself once again thinking about Joe, about what I had felt when I saw him through the door of gym. It had taken my completely by suprise, how had I never noticed before?

Joe is a handsome man he always has been, he's always been able to have his pick of the girls but I was always the lucky one. I knew him better then any of his girlfriends ever did, there way nothing he didn't tell me, nothing he didn't confide in me, and I got to learn that some of popular pretty girls had some fairly annoying habits.

Of course they would always flock to me wanting to know how to wn him over but I never told them a thing, I never betrayed his trust.

"Mama" a little voice calls out shaking me from my thoughts

I turn to find my one year old stood up in her crib beaming at me and my heart just melts. Maddie has been the light of my life this last year, she wasn't planned, she wasn't supposed to happen but then neither were we, but I don't regret her. She is the best thing in my life, well besides Joe.

"Well good morning sunshine" I say lifting her up and hugging her "let's get you dressed and then we'll get you some breakfast"

I lay her down on the changing table and remove her pj's, I clean her up and put on a fresh diaper before dressing her in the outfit I picked out.
Picking her up I head downstairs and place her in her high chair while I get breakfast ready.

While I have no regrets about having her, my heart breaks for her becuase the only male figure she has had in her life is my dad and well who knew how much longer he would be with us.
If I could have chosen a father for her without a shadow of a doubt it would be a man like Joe, he would never have............he would always be there for her and he would never let her down.

"Good morning my angels" my mom beams as she walks into the kitchen "how are we today?"

"We are good thank you, just about to have breakfast" I say placing a bowl of oatmeal and mashed banana in front of Maddie

"Gan gan" Maddie beams and just like me my mom melts

"Then I'm just in time, can I share this with you? Gan gan is starving?" She asks sitting down in front of her and Maddie gives her a big grin showing off the few teeth she has

"So where is Joe taking you tonight?" She asks with a side glance and a smile

"I don't know" I say "you know he asked me yesterday if I had kids and I didn't answer him, I avoided the question"

"You know damn well he'd have no problem with you having a child" she says looking at me "and as for the other thing, I know how much he cares about you, he'll understand"

"Of course I know" I sigh "Maybe, or maybe he'll never want to speak to me again"

Joe POV

Pulling up at the school ready for my second day with the wrestling team my mind is on one thing and one thing only......Isla. I had expected things to be awkward between us but it had been so easy, almost as if I'd never left and we'd never been apart.

Just ad I get out of the car I see her pull up, she checks herself in the rear view mirror not that she needs to becuase she always looks good. Grabbing her bag she gets out of the car and her eyes land on me. She gives me a beautiful smile and I swear my heart skips a beat.

I walk over to her and she greets me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Good morning superstar, ready for day two?" She asks

"Always ready butterfly" I smile "um, did you have an accident this morning?" I ask motioning towards her blouse and the stain just above her breast.

"What?.......oh god damn it I forgot to change before I left the house" she gasps before rushing to the trunk of her car, I watch flabbergasted as she just removes her blouse without a care for whose looking and puts on a clean one.

I notice a group a boys watching her and I get there attention by clearing my throat "show a little respect and keep walking" I say and they nod before scooting off.

"What was that?" She asks looking up as she tucks her blouse in

"Just some horny teenagers ogling at you" I say trying to hide my annoyance

"What......oh fuck me, I'm sorry I didn't think I just stripped off in front of you didn't I" she sighs making me chuckle "today is going to be one of those days isn't it" she laughs

"I didn't see a thing" I wink and she shakes her head

"Sure you didn't superstar" she smiles "well that's what I get for rushing my oatmeal"

"You used to hate oatmeal" I say raising an eyebrow

"Oh yeah I did but you when you add stuff to it it's not so bad" she says "any way I need to get to class, I'll see you tonight Joe" she says giving me another kiss on the cheek

"See you tonight butterfly" I call after her and she lifts her hand in subtle wave.

Truth was I was looking just as much as those boys were, I had taken in every inch of her body, she looked incredible and I couldn't wait to spend some more time with her tonight.