Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 105

Ariana

Monday, 4:33 am

"Ariana, wake up and feed your daughter so I can sleep." Justin says.

"You always find a way to get on my nerves, don't you? 'Wake up and feed your daughter I can sleep'." I mock him and he laughs.

"That is not funny. " I sit up, yawning.

"Okay, but seriously. She's hungry."

"I don't hear her crying."

"And you want to wait until she is? She's been making her hungry noises for the past five minutes. And I cannot sleep."

"Her hungry noises?"

"Yes. That's what I call it when she's not crying but she's making noises. It's almost always because she's hungry, so I made that name up."

"You're so stupid." I giggle.

"But you love me. And all my stupidness."

"I do." I smile and Justin leans over to kiss me.

"I love you." I whisper.

"I love you too, Queen. Now will you please feed my lady bug before she starts screaming?"

I take Bella out of her bassinet and place her in my lap. I didn't hear any of the 'hungry noises' Justin was talking about, but he knows better than to wake me up for no reason.

"I'm so thirsty." Justin groans.

"We have a kitchen."

"I'm jealous of my ladybug. She gets to eat/drink whenever she wants. I have to use my two legs whenever I want to eat anything."

"She's two months old, Justin. She has no legs to use."

"They're literally right there. I can see them with my own eyes."

"Whatever."

Justin gets up and walks out of the bedroom while I feed Bella.

"One of these days, neither of us will have to wake up in the middle of the night just so you can eat. Am I allowed to sleep while I feed you?"

"Yes, you are. And as soon as Bella starts to fall, I'll be there to catch her, because of the awesome daddy I am." Justin walks with a full glass of water and I roll my eyes.

"Don't pee in this bed."

"I won't. I'm not four. Or six in Aviella's case."

"Aviella has not peed in her bed for months."

"But she was six when it happened, wasn't she?"

"Yes, she was."

"Exactly."

I place a pillow under Bella so I don't have to hold her as much before grabbing my phone. I scroll through Instagram and Twitter for about ten minutes before placing my phone back on the night stand.

"I'm so tired." Justin mumbles into his pillow.

"Go to sleep."

"But I have to stay awake in case you fall asleep."

"I'm not gonna fall asleep."

"Whatever. I'll jam st play Color Switch."

"That game gets on my last nerve. You get on all the ones before that."

"I see how it is. I'm still gonna play it."

"Do what you want. I don't care."

"I'm sure you don't." Justin lays his head on Bella's pillow and starts playing his stupid game.

5:36 am

"We've been awake for an hour. Why are we not sleeping?"

"I told you to go to sleep 45 minutes ago. That's your fault. I'm awake because I'm waiting for Bella to go to sleep. Which just happened a couple minutes ago. So I'm going to sleep now."

"Why now if she went to sleep a couple minutes ago?"

"Don't question me. Just let me sleep."

"Whatever you say, Queen. I'm not gonna tell you good night because it's not really night, but sleep good, for the next couple hours that Bella will allow you."

"Well thanks." I  lay down, allowing Justin to kiss my head.

He pulls me closer to him and I smile, taking in his scent, which never seems to go away.

"I love you so much, Justin."

"I love you more, Ariana."

"No you don't."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't."

"Yes I do."

"Stop preventing me from going to sleep."

"Okay, but I win."

"You're so silly."

I rest my head on his shoulder and fall  back asleep.