her•tythan

one

Ethan walked quietly home. He was a little stressed today so took a chance to take a walk. It was almost around eight and the sun was setting. The sky was a pinkish orangish color. It looked beautiful.

The streets were practically empty. Just a few cars passing by. I continued walking down the street in the way of the house. My body stopped when I seen a little girl on the curb. She looked no older than three. She had on a pastel pink colored pjs. I looked around and noticed no shops open nor anyone near the area.

"Hey are you lost?" I ask bending down to her height. She shakes her head. "Then why are you all alone, especially really late at night?" I asked trying to get some sort of verbal response from her. "I saw Daddy hurt Mommy really bad and it scared me." She said in a hushed tone. I felt bad for her. "What do you mean by your Daddy hurting your Mommy?" I asked.

She used the PJ sleeves to rub her eyes, clearly tired. "I went downstairs to ask Mommy to play with him when Daddy put a shiny metal think in Mommy's chest." My heart sank as she spoke. Her father killed her mother and she was to innocent to know. "Did you run out right afterwards?" I ask and she nodded her head.

"Stand up." I say. She gives me a confused look as she stands up from the curb. "We're going to head to my house for the night and we'll talk about your Mommy and Daddy okay?" She nods her head. "Can you carry me? I'm tired." She asked letting out a tiny cute yawn. I nod picking her up and placing her on my back.

I start the walk back home while the girl falls asleep on my back. I smile as I hear little snores come from her. I adjust her a little to grab my keys out of my pocket. I unlock the door and close it with my foot.

Tyler hears me and comes into the lounge when I set my keys on the stand. He gives me a questioning look when I put my fingers over my lips signaling him to be quiet. He glares up to see the little girl on my back, her black hair falling off my shoulders.

Tyler gives me an even more questioning look. I hold up one finger saying I'll be back in a minute. I head into the guest room and lay the little girl on the bed. I turn the nightstand light on low just in case she's scared of the dark. I cover her up with a blanket before leaving the room.

I walk back into the lounge where Tyler was waiting for me. "So why did you come in after eight with a little girl?" Tyler asked me. I explained to him what the little girl told me. Tyler looked extremely sad once I finished. "And she had no clue what it actually meant?" Tyler asked. "Nope. All she said was when she seen it she was scared and left the house." I said.

Tyler sat there for a second before speaking. "So I'm assuming you want to keep her?" Tyler asked. I gave him puppy dog eyes and nod my head. "Fine but we have to explain to her what actually happened." Tyler said. "How are we supposed to tell a girl who probably isn't even three yet that her mom is dead?" Tyler shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know but you have to figure it out." Tyler said standing up from the couch.

I stand up and follow him to the room we share. "How about we have Mark help us tomorrow?" Tyler suggested. "Oh that's right we have to go to the studio tomorrow. So we have to bring her huh?" I said questioning myself. Tyler replied with a hum. "Now go check on her before we head to sleep." Tyler says. I nod heading into the guest room.

I open the door to see her sitting up on the bed with the blanket wrapped around her. She seen me and hopped out the of the bed hugging my leg. "Hey what's wrong?" I ask patting her head. "Monsters." She said before burying her head into my leg. "Monsters you say?" I questioned pickling her up.

She nods her head. "Can I sleep with you Mr. Blue Boy?" She asked. "Sure and my names Ethan." She nods her head and the lays it on my chest. I leave the guest room and walk into Tyler and I's room. "This is my boyfriend, Tyler." I said to her. She looks at my curly haired boyfriend.

"He looks like a tree!" Tyler laughs at her. "What's your name?" He asked her. "Y/N!" She said happily. "Well nice to meet you Y/N. I assume you want to sleep with us?" He looks at me and I nod my head. "Yeah Tree! Eten said I could!" Tyler let out a little laugh at the way she said our names. "Okay well then let's get to sleep!" I let her down and she hops on the bed.

Tyler sits on the bed with her while I grab something off the shelfs. I hand Y/N Gizmo. "Here you can have him." I said. "Really?" I nod my head. "Yay!" She shows Tyler who smiles at her. I sit on the bed with them. Tyler lays down and Y/N lays her head on his chest almost instantly falling asleep.

I grab my phone and send Amy a quick text.

Ethan- Hey do you still have those little girl clothes left at your house from when your cousin visited?

Amy- Yeah why?

Ethan- Could you bring them to the office tomorrow? You'll see why tomorrow.

Amy- Okay

I lay my phone on the nightstand and head to sleep like the others.