Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 63

Ariana

Tuesday, 11:29 am

Aviella squeals as Justin splashes her with water, and Alexa laughs.

"You're next." Justin tells her.

"No!" Alexa squeals.

"Mommy! There's something wrong with my tooth." Aviella gets out of the pool and walks to me.

She sits on a towel that's laying on my chair and faces me.

"It's moving." She says, sticking her finger in her mouth.

"Let me see." She wiggles her tooth with her finger and I smile.

"I think you have a loose tooth, princess."

"What does that mean?" She asks.

"It means it's gonna come out soon. Then a new one will grow in."

"Why?"

"The teeth you have now are baby teeth."

"So when the baby teeth fall out, then I'll get big girl teeth?"

"That's exactly right."

"Well, when is it gonna come out?"

"When it's loose enough, we can pull it out."

"Will it hurt?"

"No. It doesn't hurt at all."

"I can't wait!"

"Daddy, Alexa! I have a loose teeth!" Aviella jumps into the pool and Justin looks inside her mouth.

She's literally the cutest thing.

12:58 pm

"I'm hungry!" Aviella says.

"Well, it's a good thing we're going to eat, isn't it?" Justin says.

He lifts her onto his shoulders and holds Alexa on his hip. I don't know how he does it. I can barely hold one of them.

We find an Italian restaurant to eat lunch at, then we sit down for a few minutes, trying to figure out what to do next.

"We can go on a walk." Alexa says.

"That's a good idea. We can walk to the pier. There's plenty to there." Justin adds.

"Pier it is." We all stand up and exit the restaurant.

2:38 pm

"I love cotton candy!" Aviella squeals.

"Of course you do. It's sweet." I say.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asks.

"Nothing." I laugh.

Justin wraps his arm around my waist as the girls walk a little in front of us.

"How are you?" He asks.

"Tired."

"Me too. But they'll probably be whining soon so we can go back to the room and take a nap."

I giggle, laying my head on his shoulder.

We walk down the pier and let the girls ride a few of the kiddie rides. Then they wanna leave the pier and go play on the beach. The play in the sand until they slowly ease into the water. They still had their swimsuits on from the pool earlier.

3:48 pm

"Are you two ready to go? We've been here for fifty years." I say.

"I'm tired." Aviella says.

"Thank God. Let's go." I reply as Justin picks both of the girls up.

We walk to the hotel and Justin lays the girls in their bed. I collapse onto our bed and Justin does the same.

"I'm so tired." I say.

"Why do you think we're in bed?"

"You're such a-"

"Shh. Sleep, baby girl."

"I don't like you."

"Of course you like me. No, everybody else likes me. You love me. Don't you?"

"Maybe." I mumble.

"That's what I thought." Justin kisses my cheek and I lay my head on his chest before falling asleep.