love at first sight?

jealousy

*Charles*

Her mum? What the fuck? How did she find us? To be honest I'm more worried about Ivy. From what she told me earlier today it's easy to guess that she must be scared of her. I still can't believe a mother would do something like this to her daughter.

Ivy grabs for my hand and holds it tightly. She doesn't move. It's like she's stuck to the ground. Her face is a mixture of shock and scared.

"Oh, there you are. Finally. I've been waiting for hours", her mum scoffs and walks towards us. Neither of us answers. Ivy holds my hand even tighter which signals me that she's scared so I step a little forward so that I can protect her if anything happens. My thumb draws circles on her hand to calm her a little. "Mum", she gulps, "what are you doing here?"

Her mum looks just like Ivy, she's just an older version of her. I can't read what her face tells which scares me a bit. "I wanted to see you", she smiles and steps a little closer which makes Ivy step back. "I think it might be better if you would come back another time, Ivy is very tired and it's already late. We both need to work early tomorrow. She will text you when you can meet her", I say to Ivy's mum and try to be polite even though that's quite hard after what Ivy told me about her. I look at Ivy to see if what I said was okay and see her nodding. "And you are?", her mother says rudely. "Charles Leclerc", I say sternly and look deep into her eyes. She takes another look at Ivy who fakes a yawn. "Alright, I'll come back another time then. Text me, sweetie", Ivy's mum smiles and turns around to leave. As soon as she's out of our sight I lose my hand out of Ivy's grip and turn to her to hug her. She starts to cry silently. I carefully pick her up and carry her into the apartment in case her mum comes back. After I sit her down on our bed I quickly lock the door and run back to her. She still sits at the edge of the bed where I placed her, looking at her hands. I kneel in front of her and take her hands. "I'm here, Ivy. It's okay, she's not here", I whisper and kiss her hands. She starts to cry again. This whole day must have been a little too much for her. First she had to be there for Elena, then she told me about her childhood which was everything but easy for her, then she had to watch those videos about my family and I could tell that she wished to have had something like this too and now this encounter with her mother.

Ivy doesn't say anything which worries me a lot. "We don't have to talk about it now, mon cœur. Please just tell me what you need from me", I softly say and lift up her chin so that she looks at me. Her face is stained in tears, I can see that even though it's dark outside and I haven't turned on the lights in the room. "Can you please do this thing where you let me forget everything else?", she sobs. I know what she means because she told me one time that when I hold her and strike her hair and some other things she forgets her worries and the only thing that matters is us. I nod and kiss her forehead before I get up to get her some of my comfy clothes. I help her put them on and take off her make up before I lay her down in our bed. "I'll be with you in a minute", I tell her and quickly get ready for bed myself.

I snuggle into bed right next to Ivy and pull her closer to my body. My arms are both tightly wrapped around her and my finger draws hearts on her skin. My other hand gently strikes her hair while I plant some kisses on her neck. "I love you, mon cœur. We will do this together and I will protect you with everything I got", I whisper into her ear. "Thank you, Charlie", she whispers back and turns around to face me. "I don't know what I would do without you", she gently kisses me and weakly smiles at me afterwards. "I love you", she whispers and puts her head on my chest again. In this moment I forget everything I ever worried about. She makes me forget all the negative things in my life. She's my happiness and she'll forever be it.

"Charlie?", she asks sounding half asleep already. "Yes, mon cœur", I say still drawing hearts on her skin. "I want to have a baby with you", she mumbles. A grin appears on my face immediately. It seems like watching these videos got her into baby fever. I also know that she doesn't mean right now but a little in the future because it's a bit too early yet. However, that she wants to have a family with me makes me incredibly happy. "I want to have a baby with you too, Ivy", I smile but she's already asleep. I kiss her cheek one last time before I drift off to sleep too.