This Love

Meeting the Family

Sydney's POV 

Vince grabbed my hand and helped me off of the couch. We walked to the front door and he opened it. There stood a tall brunette with tan skin: Emma. A shorter brunette with lighter skin: Anna. And a short light brown hair and light skin to match his sister's: Logan. And then there was the tall brunette that had tan skin and piercing blue eyes. 

Julie.

I had to admit, she was really pretty. Her daughters looked exactly like her and Logan had her same blue eyes.

Emma, Anna, and Logan ran in and hugged Vince. "Hi dad!" They all exclaimed. "Hi guys," He said as he kissed each of their heads. "Hi Vince," Julie said. "Hi Julie," Vince said. For a couple seconds there was a weird silence in the room. 

A couple moments later, Vince broke the silence. "Emma, Anna, Logan, this is Sydney, my girlfriend." He said. "Hi Sydney!" Emma exclaimed. "Hi Sydney!" Anna and Logan soon after shouted. "Hi," I said as I smiled at them. "Sydney, this is Julie, my ex-wife. "Hi Sydney," Julie said as she reached her hand out. "Hi," I said as I shook her hand. 

"So, I'll be back in a week to pick you guys up. Behave for your dad and Sydney please." Julie said as she hugged each of her kids and kissed their heads. "We will," They all said as they waved goodbye to her and she left.

"Who's hungry?" Vince asked as he led the kids to the kitchen. "Me! Me! Me!" Anna and Logan exclaimed. While Vince was in the kitchen with Anna and Logan, Emma and I sat down in the family room.

"So how far along are you?" Emma asked. "About 30 weeks," I said. "And the baby isn't my dad's?" She asked. "No, the baby is Adam's," I said. I watched her facial expressions as she was trying to hold back from asking about Adam. "If you don't mind me asking, if you're pregnant, why did you and Adam get a divorce?" She asked. 

"Well, about 9 months ago, Adam and I got into a car crash with our daughter Emily and I was pregnant with our other daughter. Emily and our unborn daughter died." I said as I felt tears starting to fall down my cheeks. "Adam told me that some guy ran the red light and that guy caused the crash. But, I found out that Adam was the one who ran the red light and caused the crash. The morning I was going to divorce him, I found out that I was pregnant. I wasn't going to stay with him just because I was pregnant. So we got a divorce and I left him." I said.

"Wow, I'm sorry I asked. I didn't mean for you to cry." Emma said before she hugged me. "It's ok, I cry when I tell everyone." I said. "I like your bracelet," She said referring to the bracelet that Adam got me that had Emily and Adalyn's names on it. 

"Thanks, Adam got it for me." I said. "Who's Adalyn?" She asked. "That was supposed to be our daughter's name." I said. "Oh, that's a beautiful name." She said. "Thanks," I said as I smiled at her. "If it makes you feel any better, I like you better than my dad's past girlfriends." She said. "They were all blonde-headed bimbos who only wanted my dad's money. And they always called us brats." She said.

"Wow, well thank you. I like you guys. I used to kids because of Adam's half siblings." I said. "Thanks, I can see it in my dad's eyes that he really loves you." She said. "Well I can assure you that I love your dad very much." I said. "Does it bother you that I am a huge fan of Maroon 5 and that I have a crush on Adam?" She asked me. "No, I still talk to the guys, except Adam, but my friends still like him. It doesn't really bother me." I said. 

"Really? Wow. I promise I will try to not talk about him," She said as she giggled. "It's ok Emma, you can talk about him. If you want, I could probably get the band to meet you." I said. She stood up and started screaming. "What!? Really?!" She exclaimed. "Only if you want to," I said as I smiled at her excitement. "I would love to!" She screamed as she hugged me. 

"What would you love to do?" Vince asked as he walked over to us and handed me a water bottle. "Sydney is going to get me to meet Maroon 5!" She screamed. "Syd, you don't have to do that," Vince said as he wrapped his arm around me. "I know, I want to," I said before I kissed his cheek.

Adam's POV 

I walked inside after finishing my yoga and found Jesse sitting at the counter staring at his phone. "Hey man," I said. "Hey," Jesse said, not looking up from his phone. "What's wrong?" I asked him. "Look at the text Syd sent me." He said as he slid his phone over to me. I picked it up and looked at the message.

Hey Jesse, Vince's oldest daughter Emma is a big fan of Maroon 5 and I was wondering if it was possible for her to meet the band. It would mean a lot to her and me. Just if you guys could like autograph stuff for her and take pictures with her, that's all I'm asking for. Let me know! xoxo Syd 

Her boyfriend's daughter is a fan? She wants us to meet her?

"So?" Jesse said. "What am I supposed to say? Her boyfriend's daughter is a fan." I said. "Should we do it?" Jesse asked me just as James, Matt, and Mickey walked in. "Do what?" Mickey asked. "Syd's boyfriend's daughter is a big fan of Maroon 5 and Syd was wondering if we would meet her." I said. "Syd has a boyfriend?" James asked. "Yeah," I said as I sat on the couch in the living room. 

"Did you find out if you were having a boy or a girl?" Matt asked as he sat down next to me. "A boy," I said. "Man, I'm sorry," Matt said. "It's my fault. I blew the red light, I killed our daughters, and I fucking lied to her!" I shouted at I shot off the couch. "Calm down," Jesse said. "No, I won't calm down! I want my wife back! I want my son to be with me and not her fucking boyfriend! I love her!" I shouted as I slammed my fist on the counter. 

The guys stayed silent for a while. "I'm sorry guys. Just knowing that she is happy with some other guy makes me really angry. I just want to see her." I said as I sat at the kitchen table. "If we say yes, Syd is probably going to come with her boyfriend's daughter." Jesse said. "That's true, so you'll get to see her and maybe you can talk to her," Matt said. "Afterall, she is carrying YOUR son," Mickey said. "So is that a yes to meeting this girl?" Jesse asked. All the guys looked at me.

"Tell her that we'll be ready in an hour," I said.