Life All Over Again.

Chapter VI | Jaw Breaker.

E L O U I S E ' s   P . O . V .

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After thing one had fled the scene dramatically raving his engine, thing two had disappeared back into his house without any further exchange with me. I decided to linger outside a little bit longer, granting myself my own corner to digest the jumble I had unfortunately been a bystander to.

When I later re - entered the house, Leonidas was just appearing from his sacred quarters with a peacefully sleeping Josephine in hand. As I sheepishly grabbed my belongings I had dumped earlier by the console, I watched as the pair ascended the stairs. I followed upstairs planning on taking my drained ass straight to bed, but instead I crossed paths with him as he was just exiting my assigned bedroom.

What the hell ?

We both paused and he abruptly forced a ' goodnight ' before scraping past me. Oh. He had laid Josephine to rest on my bed. I smiled to myself as a sort of magnetic bond drew me closer to her. I bent down to pucker a kiss on her forehead. Quickly, I swapped Rainbow's attire for something cosier, crawling in shortly after to snuggle with my Josephine for the night.

I did not want to face the music the next day, but for an avoidable circumstance I had to rise.

There was not such a thing as a break from being a parent and I had no short end of the stick that morning. Josephine had strangely woken up earlier than the usual. As we tackled breakfast and the normal getting her ready for day care routine, I caught up with the crazy load of drama and excitement she had going for her toddler self since the increased introduction of her and Leonidas' ' making up for lost time ' activities. I think it was the possessiveness and jealously all mixed up that made it feel almost as if I was being daylight robbed off precious moments ...

Before I had even gotten the chance to console myself, Leonidas struck again as he stirred her away, taking over after me. Really, it was Josephine's demand that he solely drop her off, and that I stay at home to do and I quote ' boring mama things. '

I always knew she had some sort of nerve, but I dismissed it for that time being as my hangover I had somehow managed to ignore in the back of my mind was beginning to sip through heavily. I decided it was for the best I get back under the covers to attend to it so I could later prove my point that I could be as fun as Leonidas. Whatever that meant. Obviously, she had forgotten who spoiled her rotten even when it proved close to impossible for the first four years of her life till now. She clearly needed a little reminding ...

Just when the drowsy feeling had started to settle, my phone commenced annoyedly vibrating against the bedside table. During the first few buzzes, I did try my hardest to ignore it with my head under the pillow, index fingers to my ears to block off the sound, but whoever it was blowing up my phone was persistent and dedicated to getting my attention.

Could it be Lukas ? No ... No. After his erratic episode and the manner in which he had mishandled me last night, why did he still have this effect on me to be first on my list instead of joining many others in the pre - blocked section ? What if it was Leonidas with an emergency that had come up with my daughter ? The idea of Josephine in trouble was all it took. I groggily reached for it, registering the caller ID before accepting the call, pressing the phone against my ear.

" Adonis ... " I groaned.

" Elouise. What's the matter with you ? You're the very last person I expected to call regarding such mediocre behaviour. Words cannot actually fully explain the extent to which you've disappointed your old man. Tell me why a normally careful soul like yourself was found orchestrating a fight between my boys for ? Have you honestly lost the plot ? Cause I can work on it with immediate effect to remind you of your rightful place ? I swear to your god, Lou, if you carry on with your ' I'm invincible ' shit, being reckless and messy, I'll drop you so quick and forget you even existed even quicker, you'll choose to remain miserable for a very long and I mean long while. Am I understood ? "