Repeated Mistakes

SARAH'S POV

I push my cart leaving the aisle when a little girl comes in running. Her soft and sweet laughs echo in the hallway, and a tall guy comes running and calling after her "Sophie please don't run, it's dangerous," He yells trying to reach her. I smile softly at the image, but soon the voice starts to sound familiar, too familiar.

Is it that my imagination is running wild now? Once the guy grabs the little's girl hand, he turns around and his eyes land on mine, those teal blue eyes, I could recognize them anywhere. His eyes widen when he sees me, he is carrying a tiny baby in one arm and holding the girl with his other, now I know why it was such a familiar voice.

"Sarah," He says in a weak whisper.

I didn't know he had another kid, sure I heard he was back with Emily, but... oh. The baby looks so tiny, and cute. I turn to Sophie and her eyes widen like her father's and she runs up to hug me.

"Sarahhh," She cutely extends my name.

I kneel to hug her back, chuckling. She looks bigger compared to the baby that Dante is holding but she is still small, if I'm not wrong she must be around 4.

"How are you, Sophie?" I ask with a smile.

She starts giggling and smiling at me.

Dante clears his throat, I turn around to look at him, he looks surprised and confused, I put the kid down and she runs to his side. "Daddy, I don't want to go to Trevor's today, can I stay with Sarah instead?" She asks with a pout.

The words leave her little mouth and Dante looks uncomfortable. Carefully readjusts his baby and leans to the girl, "Sweetie, you know I can't take care of you today... So you have to stay with Uncle Trevor, just a while, okay?" He starts explaining to his little girl with a soft tone.

I internally chuckle, he once used to talk to me like that when he tried to convince me of things. My heart races at the memories.

My memory is quickly interrupted by the girl's tantrum, she starts shaking her head, "No, I don't want to go to Trevor's," She starts crying, "Why can't I go to Sarah's?" She asks again making small jumps. 

Making my heart shrink.

I'm surprised at Sophie wanting to go with me, Dante's mom, Laura, told me she was quite distrustful, so I'm a little touched at her wanting to be with me, Dante sighs as he kneels to her, "Baby... we can't ask Sarah to... wait- to all this, how do you even remember Sarah, you were too little when..."

"I play with her when I go to grandma," The girl interrupts his dad.

I was never sure if Dante knew I still visited his mother, even if we broke up, I had grown so close to his mom and she kept asking me to visit her, so I did, and that's where I continued to see Sophie, which was also nice.

"Please, daddy." His daughter asks again.

He kneels in front of his kid. "Sweetie... please don't insist."

"Dante," I say touching his shoulder, he turns to look up at me, "I wouldn't mind looking after her today..." I say a little unsure, I don't want to cross any lines with him, but there is a weird sensation in my chest thinking of the girl going with someone she doesn't feel comfortable with. I'm guessing maybe Dante and Sophie's mom were going out or something. "I mean, if it's okay with you and Emily I-"

Dante looks at me with an uncomfortable expression, "No, Sarah, come on, I already have someone to look after her," He answers looking at Sophie with a harder expression, "Besides... Mia will also be there, don't you like her?"

Sophie shakes her head again, "No, I don't like Mia, she is rude to me, she doesn't play with me, she makes fun of me or ignores me," She goes off, I guess is Trevor's girlfriend, I'm not that surprised that Dante and Trevor are still in touch, those two were always so close, he sighs running his hand over his face in desperation.