Alex POV
I wait patiently inside the court room. I've been here way too often and now here I am again. Although now it's in a different city and a different judge. I await next to Elizabeth until they call our case number. I hate waiting it makes me get nervous but Ellie wanted to be here early just in case so we've been here for about 30 minutes without doing anything. I keep scrolling through twitter and for some reason no one is posting anything.
"Case 0473?" A tall man walks out of a room calling. I get up and Ellie follows close behind. We take our seats next to the lawyer and wait for the judge to walk in and say all the boring stuff like making us pledge to say the truth and only the truth. We begin with the case and we start. I would be in Los Angeles right now but now I'm glad my flight canceled because or else I wouldn't be here fighting for Elizabeth's custody. Her aunt on the other side of room. I've been in a situation like this too many times but one more time won't hurt. I'm fighting for Elizabeth's custody even though her aunt already gave it to me I still need a judge to give it to me through a piece of paper. I know it hurts Ellie to see her last relative give up on her like that but she's going to be in a better place with me. She won't have to cook everyday or worry about me coming home drunk. I pat Elizabeth's back when she starts to cry and then it's time for the judge to ask her where she wants to be. She gets up shaking and wipes away a couple of tears.
"I want to be with my family," she says and I'm in shock. I thought she wanted to go live with me?
"I want to be with my brother Ethan and my sister Alex, I don't want to be with my drunk aunt even though she's my last blood family member left," at this point the tears are streaming down her face faster and the judge nods.
"I understand your moving back to Los Angeles?" He asks and I nod my head.
"Will Elizabeth be joining you?" He asks and I know that this is a test. If I say the wrong answer he won't give me her custody no matter what Ellie's aunt says.
"If you give me her custody then yes she will be joining me in Los Angeles," I reply trying to keep it short. He nods and I think I've said the right answer. Great now I'm nervous. I sigh and stay in my seat waiting for the judge to say something reassuring. He soon dismisses the room and I have Ellie's custody. I feel proud and decide to celebrate with ice cream. I tell Becky to meet us up at yogurt land and head there with Ellie.
We get home and start packing Elizabeths things and booked a ticket for her to fly with us. All the paper work is going to be sent to my address in LA so thats no problem. I began hauling all the things and putting them in the truck waiting outside. I think Elizabeth knew that the judge was going to give me custody because she was done packing her things in 20 minutes, either that or she has a little bit of things.
"Okay ladies, we have a long flight ahead of us so we should rest," Becky says picking up Ethan and handing him to me. I take him in my arms and head to my room where an inflatable bed awaits me and Ethan. I lay him down and scroll through twitter while he drank formula from his bottle. I stop at a tweet and take my time reading it.
_Hope the plain your girlfriend takes crashes and that everyone survives except her_ I stare at the tweet and decide to turn my phone off for the night.
