Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 76

Ariana

Thursday, 6:48 pm

"You're so tiny." Justin says to Bella.

"Duh, daddy. She was just born." Aviella says.

"She has a point." I say, nodding my head.

"Ariana, you're supposed to be on my side."

"I'm not on anybodies side. I'm just saying that Aviella has a point."

"When is somebody gonna let me hold my baby sister?" Aviella asks before Justin can respond.

"Whenever you want. You haven't said anything about holding her." I answer the question.

"Well can I hold her now? She's happy."

"Of course you can hold her. If you do it right."

"I will do it right. I promise."

"Okay. Justin, sharing is caring." I tell him.

"But I don't care."

"You're not funny. Give the baby to Aviella."

"I'm not just gonna give her the baby. She must be properly-"

"Justin."

"Fine." Justin sits next to Aviella and he tells her how to hold Bella before gently placing the baby in her lap.

Justin makes sure Aviella holds Bella's head up, but I can immediately tell that Bella is gonna cry.

"No, Bella. Don't cry. I'm your big sister, Aviella. I just wanna hold you."

Instead of listening to Aviella, Bella starts crying and Justin laughs.

"She doesn't like me." Aviella says as Justin takes the baby.

She stops crying immediately and I smile.

"It's okay, Avi. Bella will love you, once she's old enough to understand who you are." Justin says, giving Bella to me.

"Are you sure, daddy?" Justin nods and pulls Aviella into his lap.

I lay Bella across my legs and rub her back.

"Are you trying to put her to sleep?" Justin asks.

"No. I'm just trying to calm her down."

"Oh." Aviella was content on Justin's phone, playing some stupid game that they both liked.

She didn't have soccer today because it just started raining out of nowhere about two hours ago, and although it stopped, it was toi late to have practice and nobody was sure if it would start again.

"I want to play a game." Justin says.

"What kind of game?" Aviella asks.

"I don't know." He shrugs and I laugh.

"How do you wanna play a game but you don't even know what game you wanna play?"

"Can we play Monopoly?" Aviella says, completely losing interest in Justin's phone.

"You are gonna lose so bad." Justin says.

He gets up to get the game and Aviella follows him, leaving me with Bella.

"Do you wanna play too, Bella?" I kiss her head, smiling.

"You are too cute."

She was only wearing a white onesie and white socks with a lavender bow, which was my favorite color, which was why she looked so cute. I'm surprised one of the socks wasn't off yet because whenever she was wide awake, which she was not, she loved to move around and kick her feet.

"Whose ready to lose?" Justin and Aviella walk in, Aviella carrying the game.

"That rhymed." Aviella says, placing the box on the coffee table.

Justin starts setting the game up, with a little help from Aviella.

"I'll be back." I say, standing up.

I walk to the bedroom and grab Bella's blanket from the bed before returning to the living room and sitting on the floor, my legs stretched out under the table.

"Alright, I am the master of this game, so get ready to be disappointed, by yourselves and your gaming abilities." Justin says.

"It is going to be so funny when you lose." I laugh, placing Bella's blanket on top of her.

"I'm not gonna lose." Justin says.

He finishes giving out the money and I smile.

"The youngest goes first." Justin says.

Aviella smiles, rolling the dice.

She rolls a six and places her car on the correct place on the board.

"A chance card." Justin says.

Aviella picks up a chance card and gives it to Justin so he can read it.

"Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."

"That sucks." Aviella places her car on the jail spot and sits back.

"My turn." I say.

I roll the dice and move my piece, the dog, of course, three spaces.

"Ariana, you suck." Justin says.

"I don't control what happens when I roll the dice."

"I know, I'm kidding. I love you." He leans over to kiss me and Aviella groans.

"They always do that, Belle. Get used to it." She says.

"Who is Belle?

"It's Bella's nickname?"

"Oh. That makes sense." I nod.

8:24 pm

"How long is this gonna take? I'm hungry." Aviella whines.

"Daddy is making dinner." I say.

Justin was in the kitchen making dinner, but he came in to play his turn every time it was his turn. Aviella was definitely tired and ready for bed. I was feeding Bella before she went to sleep, because she was getting tired too.

"Come on, Avi. We can finish tomorrow." We both stand up and walk into the kitchen.

"Welcome to Chef Daddies Restaurant. On the menu today, we have food." Justin says.

"Finally." Aviella sighs.

She's way too young to sigh.