Midnight x F.P.

𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚡

May 12th, 2023

James POV

It's been just over a week well actually closer to two weeks since I had arrived in Los Angeles. It's been fun, and it's been interesting. I went from never expecting to be an uncle to now being an uncle to an amazing, but definitely a sassified niece and an uncle to two new precious little Bettany babies in a few months.

I also won't lie, I have been spoiling the shit out of Aurora since I missed out on seven years of her life. I took her on so many adventures so far and so many more to come. I always dreamt of having a niece or even a nephew and well those wishes came true.

I do wish I knew back when she was born, but then again I get why Anastasia kept it so hidden. I understood why she hide this from me as well. I wasn't the best brother to her, I was also manipulated and I knew what I was doing was wrong. But I never dared to speak up, which is my biggest mistake.

I never hated Stasi, I never disliked her. I didn't think she was weird for being intersex, I thought it was cool to have a brother/sister in one. I wish our lives weren't so shitty, that our parents weren't so hypocritical.

I knew that Paul would have the hardest time adjusting to me being in her life. Paul and her mother never could see eye to eye, nor could he with my dad. But now our parents are in a completely different time zone, completely blocked from any access to either of us.

We both had discussed this the night I came, the night I moved in. I didn't want anything to do with our parents and well she walked away years prior so she already had them blocked. I think we're working well on healing our past wounds, she's trusting me and I know that because she wouldn't have let me get close to their daughter.

I looked at my niece as she ate her breakfast in peace, her mums still peacefully sleeping as it's now my task to do drop offs and pick ups at school. It's been nice having a car ride buddy, someone to scream to Taylor Swift with and yes I am a Swiftie.

I haven't figured out a rental yet, but I was offered to stay here for the next year if I wanted to since they'll be living at their house in Oxford. So I have a year to figure that out, I also want to make some friends here. I don't really know anyone other than my sister and sister-in-law.

"Uncle Jamie", I hear Aurora ask softly as she looked at me now fully ready for school and I smiled as I replied, "Is it already that time?".

She giggled as I got off the chair and followed her giggles down the hall to the front foyer. I put my shoes on as she did the same before I disarmed the house with my own code. I opened the front for her and we both stepped outside before I set the alarm again and locked up.

"I can't wait for Speak Now Taylor's Version", she says as we got to my car and I nodded immediately in agreement.

I had already pre-ordered the cd for my car as I had bought a Lexus UX the other day, only because Lexus still has cd player options and also has Bluetooth. I opened the back door for Aurora before she climbed in and I shut the door carefully behind her.

I walked around and got into the driver's seat before she asked, "Since we're talking Speak Now, could we listen to the stolen version on the drive to school".

I connected my phone to the Bluetooth since I don't have other CDs yet and I typically put CDs in as I don't like the distraction of having my phone connected to a car. I pressed shuffle as Never Grow Up playing through my cars speakers.

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Anastasia POV

I won't lie, I was very skeptical of James staying here, but he has shown us both that he is not a bad person. I now realize that he never was an asshat, but more so was just manipulated by his father and my mother for years.