love at first sight

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Fatima pov, 4:15pm

I just pulled up to the house after shopping for Adaya. I know she would only be staying just for tonight but I did go overboard with the shopping at Target.

I got everything and Adaya inside and I heard footsteps getting closer.

"Hey- who's child is this?" I heard Zac ask.

"It's Adaya boy, she'll be staying the night." I said.

"Why?" He asked.

"I'll fill you in later, can you put all these clothes in the washer please?" I ask.

"Damn, all these clothes dude!" He said. "And I just put clothes in the washer."

"I went overboard, I couldn't help it." I shrugged. "Can you put them in the laundry room then?"

He nodded and headed upstairs. I soon headed upstairs to the room also and sat Adaya on the bed.

"Are you hungry pooh?" I asked her and got no response. "You don't wanna talk to me anymore?"

"It's not that." Adaya mumbled.

"What's wrong then?" I asked and she shrugged. "Do you wanna play with my daughter and her brother?"

She shook her head and I sighed.

"Do you want something to eat?" I asked and she nodded. "What do you want?"

"Cereal."

"What kind of cereal?" I asked.

"Cinnamon toast crunch."

"Okay, let's get you some cereal." I picked her up and went downstairs to the kitchen. "Do you want it dry or with milk?"

"Dry please." She said. I sat her on the counter as I went into the pantry and grabbed the cinnamon toast crunch and a ziplock bag.

I put some cereal in the bag and handed it to Adaya as Zac was coming downstairs.

"Baby, I wanna talk to you about something." He grabbed my waist.

"Can I get out of my work clothes first?" I asked and he nodded. "What are my kids doing? They're too quiet."

"Them kids sleep, melatonin will do it everytime!" He exclaimed.

"Why'd you give them melatonin?" I asked as I made sure to pay attention to Adaya and Zac.

"Well first, the nurse gave them a lot of candy which wasn't a good idea. Then, they wanted to color on on the walls instead of some damn paper then messed up my game." He huffed.

"Seems like you were going through it while I was gone!" I giggled.

"I did! I wanted to whoop they asses." He said.

"Why didn't you? I would've." I shrugged.

"Cause I'm a gentle parent, I don't whoop my kids." He said. "That's not right."

"Gentle parent my ass! You've popped them kids plenty of time but now you're a gentle parent?" I squinted.

"I'm a change parent." He shrugged. "You should start gentle parenting with me!"

"I tried to be a gentle parent but then, Mori called herself trying to clock my tea so I had to give her a couple love taps." I smiled.

"Maybe try a little harder?" He suggested.

"Maybe eat my- nevermind." I said as I noticed Adaya squeezing her legs together. "What's wrong?"

"I have to pee." She mumbled.