3rd person
"They have a visiting day today," Bella told Luke, "Want to come visit Ricky with me?"
"Visiting day is for people who are looking to adopt, Bella. It's not an open house." Luke stated facts she already knew. She sighed.
"No ones called me, I don't know how he is." Bella complained sadly. Luke frowned, cupping Bella's face in his hands.
He brought his lips to her, locking them in a kiss. His lips lingered for a minutes, their foreheads pressed together soon after the kiss.
"I know he's fine, I can't see how people wouldn't get along with him." Luke attempted to reassure Bella, but she'd been through the hole orphanage situation...twice.
It sucked.
Suddenly Bella's phone began vibrating on the coffee table. She was quicker than she ever had been to pic it up.
"Hello?" She asked quickly, not bothering to read the caller ID.
"Hi, is this Ms. Irwin?" A voice asked.
"Yes it is, who is this?" Bella asked. She glanced up at Luke who was looking at her questioningly.
"This is Ms. Maria from the orphanage, would you like to come by and visit Richard. He's been talking about you and your husband non-stop." The older lady laughed softly into the phone.
Bella's eyes lit up and Luke immediately knew something good happened just by her expression. "I'd love to, we'll be right over."
She clicked off the phone and jumped off the couch, grabbing Luke's arm.
"C'mon! Ricky wants us to see him!"
***Meanwhile****
Ms. Maria chose not to tell Ricky that Bella and Luke planned on seeing him because of the slight chance they wouldn't show up, and that little boy was hurt enough.
Honestly, she wasn't even positive that having them come would be a good idea, maybe it was more of a tease, but Ricky wanted to see them badly.
"Ricky!" Maria called. The six year old came running down the stairs dressed in the his assigned visiting day clothes.
"Yes?" He asked quietly.
"Could you go help clean up the lounging room?" She asked him. He sighed, nodding slightly before disappearing into the designated room.
***Meanwhile(again)***
"Where are you going?" Ashton raised a door as he bumped into Bella and Luke who were racing out the door.
"Going to a cheese factory," Luke said.
At the same time Bella told Ashton their real destination. Luke's face turned red as he looked over at Bella.
"Really Luke?" Ashton rolled his eyes before turning to Bella, "You shouldn't go there."
"Why? Because I might hurt someone? Clearly, Ashton, someone's going to get hurt no matter what I do in life, so I might as well do it." She snapped at him.
"Don't be stupid," Ashton muttered.
"I am stupid." Bella flailed her arms, "I'm stupid, life's stupid, everyone's stupid! Fucking deal with it, stupid."
"If you come home with that child-" Ashton muttered, shaking his head.
"What?" Bella teased. "What are you going to do, Ashton?"
Her eyes widened, she wasn't expecting this. Ashton's large hands were placed on her shoulders as he shoved her back sending her into Calum who just turned into the hall.
Calum grabbed Bella's arm to steady her as he stumbled into the wall of balanced.
He didn't have time to ask her if she was okay before Bella marched up to Ashton and slapped him across the face. His eyes widened and he want to apologize, but it was too late. Luke and Bella were walking out of the apartment complex hallway hand in hand asking Cal of he was okay on the way out.
