Adopted By Dove Cameron And Ryan McCartan

Chapter 13

Peyton's P. O. V.
I stand in the door way and hear my parents talking. They are talking about my dad. He tells my mom that he got a job thingy in Canada. My mom says Canada's super far away. He says he's leaving for 3 and a half months. My mom tells him it's ok to leave, but I'm not OK with that. I start crying. Turn around and look at me.

"Daddy's leaving me?" I yell and run away. I run downstairs and hide behind the couch.

I hear my mom come running down the stairs looking for me. She walks over and picks me up, out of my favorite hiding spot.

She puts me on her lap and rubs my back until I stop crying. My daddy comes downstairs a little bit later. My mom gets up to make dinner as my dad walks towards me. I dodge his arms and hide behind my mom.

"I don't wanna talk to him no more. He's leaving me!" I tell her as she picks me up. Her and my dad eat some casseroley thing my mom made and I eat fruit, again. It's already 7:30 by the time dinner is over.

My dad cleans up dinner and my mom takes me upstairs and gives me a bath. She helps me out on my PJs and puts me in her bed with my blankie, and goes back downstairs. But I can't fall asleep. So I just hug my blankie and cry.

Ryan's P. O. V.
Dinner was awful. Dove's casserole was delicious, but I could barely eat thinking about how much my daughter must hate me right now.

Dove takes Peyton upstairs and gives her a bath. I clean up dinner and go to sit on the porch swing. I can't even think straight. My daughter hates me for leaving, but my wife tells me it's ok to go.

A couple minutes later, Dove joins me on the porch and rests her head on my shoulder as she holds my hand.

"She hates me now Dove." I whispered.

"She doesn't hate you Ry. She's just upset. She knows she's going to miss you too much. She'll be fine, and so will you." She tells me, and I know she believes what she's saying.

Dove's P. O. V.
I'm almost asleep in the porch swing with Ryan when I hear Peyton crying. We go inside. I go upstairs to check on P, and Ryan goes to the kitchen to do dishes.

When I get in our room she's sitting up, crying. I figure I'll lay down with her because it always makes her feel better. She ends up falling asleep on top of me like usual. Ryan comes up a little later and changes into his pajamas. He kisses me and P's foreheads and climbs into bed next to us.

I wake up the next morning and hear Ryan downstairs. P is still asleep on my chest. I pick her up and carry her downstairs. She is a pretty heavy sleeper these days. I lay her on the couch and meet Ryan in the kitchen for coffee.

I talk to Ryan about Canada. He says he would have to leave in a week. I tell him to call his agent and take the job. I figure I'll make P some breakfast.

She's been able to eat some new things lately. Oatmeal, light soup and stuff like that. I feel so bad for her though. She can't eat any sugary treats, but she seems to be eating more now.

She wakes up and walks over to me, rubbing her eyes. It's about 8:50 ish. I set out some oatmeal and lead her to the table. She eats a couple bites and pushes her bowl away.

Ugh. I jinxed it.

"Do you want anything else P? Apple or some oranges?" I ask but she shakes her head and goes to the living room to play.

Ryan comes back in. He tells me he's leaves in 6 days, on June 2nd. That means he's going to miss P's birthday on the 10th. I tell him it's fine and he shakes his head and walks to the living room.

Peyton stops what she's doing and runs into Ryan's arms like nothing ever happened. He hugs her tight, but you can see the sadness in his eyes. He's going to miss her more than she's going to miss him.

We all play together for almost all day,  until about 4:30, when I leave to go to the store. Ryan said he wanted some alone time with P and we needed more bread anyways so I left.

When I got back Ryan and P were cuddled up on the couch watching some Mickey Mouse show. Ryan's eyes were red, so I knew immediately he told P he was leaving.

I put away the groceries and started making dinner. It's 6 now, dinner will be ready by 6:30, but the time we convince P to eat it'll be 7:00 and by the time dinner's over it'll be 7:30.

I made P some chicken soup and Ryan and I some pasta. It took quicker than I expected to get P to eat so dinner ended at 7:15. I did the dishes while Ryan gave P a bath and got her ready for bed.

At 9 I figured Ryan fell asleep with P, so I head up anyways. When I get into our room I see Ryan passed out and P sitting in his lap watch TV, trying not to fall asleep.

I get ready for bed and turn off the TV. I kiss P goodnight and tell her to go to bed.

"I love you mommy." She said to me as she cuddled up into my side.

"I love you too P." I say as I put my arm around her.

I fall asleep thinking about how great my life is.