Ariana's P.O.V.
We arrived at the courthouse and walked inside, with our lawyer. We took our seats and court was in session. I was called up to the stand. "Miss. Grande. Is it true that you are now one of Lexi Hale's legal guardians?" The judge asked me. "Yes. Yes it is true." I replied. "My name is Chloe!" Chloe shouted. I saw Luke giggle slightly and shush her. Everbody in the courthouse giggled. "Erm, excuse me. Chloe. Anyways Miss Grande you may now go take your seat. Mr. Hemmings. Time to sit at the stand." The judge said. I got out of the chair and walked back to my seat. "Hi." I said grabbing Chloe from Luke. He walked up to the stand. "Now. Mr. Hemmings. Is it true that Miss Grande legally adopted Miss Chloe." The judge asked. "Yes. Uh, well when I first met Ariana she had already taken Chloe in. I recall her telling me how she came to be Chloe's legal guardian. She said that uh..." He kept talking but I tuned out remembering the day I met Chloe and Lucy.
-Flashback-
I was walking outside to go to Starbucks when I saw a little girl who looks to be about 4 or 5 and what looks to be her mother get out of the car with suitcases. The mother hugged her daughter tightly to her chest. I heard her say, "I love you baby. I'm sorry I have to do this but I can't provide for you. I can hardly provide for myself. Please never forget who I am. I promise that when I can I will come get my baby when I can provide for you. Here take this and never let it leave your side. I love you so much. If you ever miss me take it out and hug it close to you. I'm gonna try and contact you when I can. Awe please don't cry baby. Remember Mummy loves you." I feel so bad. I try to talk over but I end up getting mobbed. I get angry and start yelling for them to make a path for me. By the time I get there the mother and daughter are hugging. I tap the mother on the shoulder. They look up with a surprised, but excited face at the same time. I'm guessing they know who I am. "Hi I'm Ariana Grande. I overheard you talking and I felt so bad I can take her until your able to get back on your feet for you. I have a stable job but I travel alot for it. I'm a singer. She will see lots of places though so that's an upside. I promise that if you let me take her under my wing she will be living like a princess." The mother looked at me then her daughter and nodded. I knew she was saying yes that I could take her. She grabbed her daughter and hugged her tightly. She whispered something into her ear which caused the girl to get very upset. "No mummy! Please I don't wanna leave you! Come with us! Oh please, please miss can my mummy come with us please!" She started crying. They shared another hug and something was whispered in her ear which caused her to calm down and hug me. I hugged her back, than I bent down. "Hi sweeite. I'm Ariana and your gonna be living with me for a while okay?" She nodded. "Don't look so down. You'll see your mommy again someday I promise. I will make it the first thing I do. So, don't look so down."
-Flashback Over-
I just couldn't handle it. I burst into tears. I can't bare living without Chloe. She's my daughter. I've taught her a lot. I've signed her up for gymnastics and dance and she might have to quit both in case Lucy can't afford it. I remember the week after I signed her up for dance her teacher called me and asked me to come and watch her dance.
-Flashback-
It was 3:00 in the afternoon and Luke and I were walking around the park on a date eating ice cream while Chloe was at dance. I got Chocolate and Luke got Cookies and Cream. Luke and I had just finished our ice cream, and we had gotten a call from Miss Diana, Chloe's dance teacher. "Hello?" I picked up my phone. "HI! Ariana it's me Diana! We want you and Luke to come and watch Chloe dance! She's improving so much and we want you to see how much she's improved and how you can help her improve even more!" Diana chirped down the phone line. "Oh okay! Well Luke and I just left our date so we should be there shortly!" I chirped back excited to see my daughter dance. "Okay. See you when you get here. Bye." She said. "Bye." I replied and hung up the phone. Putting it back in my purse. I looked up at Luke and said, "We have to go see Chloe dance." He nodded and we walked to the car hand in hand. We drove all the way to Chloe's dance studio and when we walked in we were immeadatly attacked with a hug from all of Chloe's teammates. "Hey girls. Be careful for baby Hemmings in there." Luke said. The girls faces broke out into grins. See, the thing is they didn't know that I was pregnant. They didn't even know that we were together, let alone having a baby together. They would always say that we would make a cute couple and stuff. "AHH! You guys are dating finally! On top you that your having a baby together too! It's like a dream come true! I call being the favorite aunt!" One of Chloe's friends, Taylor, from her extra tap class for Strut N' Stuff group. I giggled and we said goodbye and headed inside. "Luke! Ariana!" Diana chirped walking over to us after explaining something to the assistant teacher. "Diana!" We chirped back. "Okay so Chloe is just about finished with her tap class now and you can watch the rest and than she will go and change into her ballet clothes and Ariana, I hope that you wouldn't mind putting her hair in a bun so we can see her spine and shoulders." She said. "Yeah, no problem. Come on Chloe!" I said holding my hand out for her to grab. She skipped over to me and we walked into the den and sat down. "Okay. You need to change for ballet. Do you want me to help you?" I asked her. "No mommy i'm a big girl now. I can do it by myself. I will tell you if I need you though." She said. I nodded and grabbed her leotard and tights, and we walked to the bathroom . I stood outside of the stall while she got dressed and she soon came out. I grabbed her hand and we walked back into the den. I grabbed the brush and took her hair out of it's pigtails. I began brushing the knots out and eventually I was done and she had a perfect ballerina bun. We both walked into the studio her going over to the bar, me going over to Luke and Diana. "Alright ladies. Today we are gonna warm up with something simple. Please do 2 a la seconds in your pointe shoes." she said. "So Diana. How's life?" I asked trying to start up a conversation. "It's great how about you?" She asked in reply. "More than amazing." I watched Chloe for the rest of class until suddenly she fell out of one of her turns and hit the ground. "Mommy, Daddy! Help!" She screamed for us. Luke, Diana, and I ran over to her aid. "What happened Chlo? What hurts?" I asked her. "I was doing an a la second and than I twisted my ankle and fell and now it hurts very badly." She explained. "Okay well do you think you can get back up and dance again or do you need to go to the hospital and get it checked out? Rate the pain on a scale from 1 to 10." Luke said. "I want to stay at dance daddy and than after we can go and get it checked out. Right now it is at maybe a 5 1/2." She told him. He nodded and agreed with her.
