Tayvin | Better Than This

27》 Breakfast date

Leah's POV

He gripped onto my wrists tightly and lead my up the front steps of the house.
There were other people in the house too and some of them were even bigger and scarier than he was.

The house smelt strongly of those bad drinks. The ones that come in the green glass bottles. I didn't like those drinks because they made people angry and when people are angry they do bad things.

The man leading me inside shouted "I've got the kid back!" I started to cry. I didn't want to be here. Not again. Not ever.

"Where are my m-mommy and daddy? I want Taylor and A-Adam back!" I cried. The man snickered and looked down at me.

"They don't want you anymore. Their new baby is better so they got rid of boring and annoying you." I started to cry harder at this. I wanted to go back home where I had my mommy and daddy and kitties and princess dolls and dress up clothes and choc-bars and I felt safe.

He continued to lead my through the house. The familiar faces and rooms I knew too well gave me chills and made louder sobs escape my quivering lips. I wanted to go home.

I started screaming at the top of my lungs, desperately hoping mommy or daddy would hear me and come save me. Did they actually not want me anymore? Was the new baby better than me? Despite these thoughts I continued to scream for them, my little body shaking and knees starting to feel numb to the point I felt like I would collapse any second.

Taylor's POV

I was awoken by piercing screams coming from Leah's room. I immediately panicked and ran to her room. Somehow Adam was still sleeping. He was one deep sleeper.

I got to Leah's room to find her crying and shaking violently in her toddler bed.

"Leah...Leah honey it's mommy...you're okay, you're safe... I've got you" I said softly, trying my best to get her to calm down. "What happened? Was it a bad dream?" The little girl nodded her head. "Do you want to tell mommy what it was about?" The small sandy-blonde figure hesitated before shaking her head. "Okay...well just remember it was only a dream and it's not real." I say softly into her ear.

"B-but it was all s-so real, mommy." She cries. I hold her in my arms and rock her back and fourth. I hum softly into her ear in an attempt to calm her down.

"If the new baby is b-better than me, will you g-get rid of me?" She asks, breaking the silence. My heart shatters.

"Of course not baby! You'll always be my little girl. Always."

"E-even when I'm b-big?"

"Even when you're big." I confirm.

I lift my head to look at the clock on the wall, reading 6:45am.

"How about mommy and Leah go out just the two of us for breakfast. How does that sound?" Leah nods her head but stays in the position she is, curled into my chest.