Miranda woke up to a little body climbing on top of her. Her eyes fluttered open to see her little blonde haired blue eyed four year old cuddling next to her with his favorite blue moose she bought when she found out they were having a little boy.
She noticed he was sniffling "Masy, baby what's wrong?" she said as he cuddled more into her. Ever since the divorce he has been more snuggly and clingy.
"My tummy hurts momma" Mason said with a small voice.
Miranda pulled him onto her chest and felt his forehead.
Its not warm she thought. Maybe he just needs to sleep it off.
"Baby sleep a little more with momma and we'll see if it passes okay?" She said looking at his sad blue eyes.
He nodded slowly snuggling into this favorite person.
Miranda woke up again an hour later and looked at her little boy sprawled all over her bed. His messy blonde hair going in all different directions and his moose still under his arm. She kissed his little nose and watched as his face scrunched up and a little smile appeared on his face.
"You feeling better sweetheart?" Miranda asked in her sweet voice she reserved only for Mason. Mason nodded and stood up on his momma's bed with his arms out to be held.
"How about breakfast?" she asked and laughed when Mason immediately agreed and nodded excitedly.
"Pancakes?!" Mason asked looking at his momma with his best pout and puppy dog eyes.
"Hey mister you learned that from me!" She said tickling him.
After pancakes were made in the shape of mickey mouse and cowboy boots and eaten, Miranda sat on the couch with her little boy. "What are we gonna do today baby?" Miranda asked looking at Mason who was intrigued by the Mickey Mouse theme song. He finally turned his head to his momma and said "Swimming!!" Miranda always let Mason do whatever he wanted the day before he left her house and went to his dad's.
Mason was only 3 when Miranda and Blake decided to end their marriage. The constant fights and late night arguments were not working for them and was making it harder to raise a toddler together. Miranda had taken a break from touring and Blake quit The Voice after winning his last season. The fights started when Blake was asked to do a reunion on The Voice with all the original judges. Miranda agreed to it at first but soon realized how little time Blake was spending at home and it all came crashing in when Blake agreed to sign onto more seasons and little 2 year old Mason said "Thanks for visiting me daddy" Blake shouldn't be visiting, he should be staying. Miranda gave Blake a choice. Them or The Voice.
As she sat alone on the edge of the pool and watched her son swim around she couldn't believe the choice Blake made.
They sold the house in Oklahoma but Miranda kept the house in Nashville and Blake kept the house in Los Angeles. Blake would fly down and pick up Mason once every month and Mason would stay with him for two weeks. Those two weeks were always the toughest for Miranda. She had to keep herself distracted. She had put her career on hold to be a single mother and was slowly going back into it. While Mason was with Blake she would write for her album and listen to pitched songs.Things were gonna get tough once Mason started school in a year. Then the decision of who moved where would be complicated.
Miranda spent the rest of the day by the pool with her little man. After dinner she was snuggling with Mason on her bed watching Cars when Mason looked up at her with little tear filled eyes and said "Momma" he timidly looked down. Miranda squeezed his chubby thigh to reassure him
"Sweetheart you can tell me anything" Said said kissing his forehead
"I dont wanna go with Daddy, I wanna stay with you"
Miranda's heart broke into a million pieces hearing her little boy say this with such sorrow.
"Baby it's only for two weeks, I'm sure daddy has many fun things to do with you! you're gonna see uncle Adam and Aunty Christina and play with Carson's kids. I'm sure daddy will take you to disney. Doesn't that sound fun?" she asked hoping that uplifted his sadden spirits.
"Yeah Its fun" Mason said as he snuggled into his momma. Miranda fell asleep with a little body on top of hers.
