Her Favorite - Jordan Poole

forty-eight

"Mommy! Mommy!" Aria says running into the kitchen with Lily following behind her in princess dresses. 

"Yes, baby?" Lydia asked as she and Thea were in the kitchen talking. 

"Can Lily sleep over? I want her to see my new pretty room!" Aria says excitingly. Lydia looks over at Thea and she nods with a smile. 

"Yes, baby," Lydia answered and Aria jumped in joy before looking over at Lily who does a little dance. 

"You have to be on your best behavior Lily. I don't want to hear anything back from Aria's mommy and daddy. Okay?" Thea sternly said and Lily nodded before she and Aria ran out of the kitchen. 

"I swear they are like sisters," Lydia says while picking up her wine glass. "I know and I love that for them," Thea says as they clink wine glasses. 

"Your home is absolutely beautiful," Thea says looking around their new home that had been ready just in time for the holidays. 

"Thank you so much!" Lydia says with a big smile. "We wanted to make this place our home. We won't be moving anytime soon." Lydia says and Thea nods. 

"Plus we are hosting our first Christmas here and you are always welcome to join us!" Lydia says with a smile. 

"You are so sweet," Thea says as she watches Lydia sip her wine. It had been eating Thea up knowing what she had done. She had felt so guilty but did not want to ruin the relationship that she and Lydia had. 

"I try." Lydia jokes and Thea cracks a smile. "When you do good in life, good always comes back to you. I am a firm believer in that." Lydia adds while looking at Thea. 

"Where is Mr Poole?" Thea asked sipping her wine. "He flew out early this morning to visit his family for the Holidays but he is coming back tomorrow because he has a game the next day," Lydia explained and Thea nodded. 

"You are in this big ass house by yourself?" Thea said and Lydia smiled. "Only for a night and the girls are having a sleepover so I'll be fine," Lydia added. 

"Thank you for letting Lily stay," Thea says with a smile. "Of course! Anytime!" Lydia says. 

"And Jordan should be home by tomorrow morning so we can all have breakfast when you come to pick her up," Lydia suggested and Thea nodded. Thea watched as Lydia continued to talk. Guilt had been eating her up inside. Lydia was such a good person and Thea was the one that caused all of this on her. 

I can't possibly tell her, Thea thought to herself. 

I can't. 

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The sweet aroma of pancakes, eggs, and bacon hits Jordan's nose the second he walks in. He rolled his suitcase to the laundry room on the first floor before walking to the kitchen. 

"Aria say wassup gway," Crystal says as they all sit at the dining table getting ready to eat breakfast. Lydia had placed the plates of pancakes down before sending a look over to Crystal. 

"Aria don't," Lydia says and Crystal laughs. "I swear between you and Olivia... I don't know who is worst." Lydia adds. As Lydia walked back into the kitchen she saw Jordan set down his keys. 

"Baby!" Lydia says with a big smile before quickly running over to him. He wraps his arms around her waist as her arms wrap around his neck. 

"Hi baby." He says breathing in her scent. She always smelled so good! "I missed you," Jordan says and she smiles as she pulls away before placing a gentle kiss on his lips. 

"You were gone for less than a day." She says and he smiles. "Too long." He says pecking her lips once again and soon looking around to see food on the kitchen counter.