"Finally I can see, honestly, I've got the guts to say anything." ~Guts by All Time Low
We were thirty minutes early; I didn't know how this encounter was going to go, but I wanted to enjoy the California sun for a little longer. I had Alex's small hands clasped in mine, laughing while she shrieked at the incoming waves. She seemed to think that slapping the cold ocean would do some good.
It was times like this I could let reality fade away, all the simple, hurtful facts mean nothing. In this moment, Alex was my daughter, in this moments, I didn't have to worry about a boy who seemed to pay more attention to clouds than me. In this moment, everything was okay.
Alex gave me another loud squeal, this time not because of the cold water. I had place my old straw hat on her before leaving, and now it was currently floating along side a sea gull. "How did I not notice that?!" I thought to myself, feeling my jaw drop. I had two options, leave Alex on the beach and swim like hell, risking the possibility she's either A) swallow buckets of sand or B) try and follow me and drown, or stay and wave good bye to an old friend.
"Say bye to our hat Alex!" I exclaimed, waving to the hat from the wet, sandy shore. Alex waved with a chours of byes before laughing. Somehow, I have the inkling she did that on purpose. I lifted her up and placed her on my shoulders.
"Remind me to never let you borrow anything of mine again, Alex!" I chided, twirling slightly. I recieved a smack on the head for that.
"Bad Rawr Rawr!" Alex shouted, continuing to pound mercilessly on my poor head. I groaned playfully, trying not to burst in hysteria. I didn't want to be called mom considering I wasn't Alex's mother, and while struggling to find a name for myself, she came up with one for me. She had deemed me "Rawr Rawr" after Sam made the mistake of calling me monster Rawr Rawr. Wonderful name, I know. Somehow, the term was more endearing than any plain old mom to me. I settled for tickling her sides as pay back, all the while not noticing how time seemed to fly by.
"Rawr Rawr!" Alex began howling, laughing so hard she started into a coughing fit. In a blink I had her back in my arms and was patting her back. Soon her breathing went back to normal and she was already trying to climb back to my shoulders.
"No, no monkey girl!" I tried to contain my laughter to make my voice stern, but she was just too darned cute! With a slight struggle, Alex was soon on the beach and blabbering to me in gibberish. I nodded my head, acting as if I understood whatever the heck she was saying. Big mistake. Apparently I wasn't supposed to nod and got a punch from my toddler.
"No hitting Rawr Rawr!" I scolded, grabbing her hand and giving it a light slap. Alex just huffed. Oh great, now she was acting like me. Wonderful.
"Rose?" a familiar voice called. I felt my throat close, was I really ready for this. I picked up Alex before I turned around. I gasped, how could he bring her here too?
Kylie was standing behind Oliver, wearing a too big sweat shirt over what I could assume was a bathing suit. Her expression was one filled with nerves, her eyes wider than I could have ever remembered. Oliver's curly blond hair was buzzed, and his eyes avoided mine. I felt my blood boil.
"Excuse me Oliver, but who's the girl behind you? You, know, she looks like that bitch who left me to take care of Alex. Oh wait, or is it the girl that stabbed me in the back? Want me to turn around to you can do it all over again Kylie? Huh?" I questioned, my voice raising with my blood pressure. Oliver's stance went from somewhat relaxed to frigid. His green eyes locked with mine and narrowed to a glare.
"You have no right to say that to her!" Oliver countered, crossing his arms. I laughed, I couldn't help it. I didn't have the right?
"Oh, that's funny! Hilarious, excuse me while I catch my breath from laughing so hard!" I giggled despite my efforts to calm down. Alex was holding onto me tightly, not comfortable around strangers and our words. Kylie was on the verge of tears, I could see them in her eyes. Good, she deserved it after all the tears I wasted on them.
"Rose you know-" Kylie began, tears falling as she haistly tried to wipe them away.
"What I know is that I never should have come here, much less with Alex. She doesn't know either of you, and that's the way it should be. Contact me again and I'll inform my lawyer of your custodial rights. Both of you kissed them goodbye when you ran away from your responsibilities. I'm her sole guardian, you two are more or less as good as a third cousin twice removed. Now, excuse me, you're scaring my daughter. I have to go now." I refrained from yelling, my voice stayed strong and even. I didn't want to scare Alex, she didn't deserve this.
She didn't deserve any of this, yet because of them, she was stuck in the middle.
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AN: Forgot to do this for the last chapter! Anyways, thanks for reading! I'm glad Kylie and Oliver are in the story now. Now I can get the show on the road! Untill next time~
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Broken Me
RomanceI loved him, I stayed by his side as his best friend. But then he knocked up my best friend and left for the army. Now I'm stuck raising a baby that's not mine while my best friend ruins her life. Oh, and that boy? He's back. Maybe I feel too much...
