Empire ♔ h.s au

10

10

//flashback//

It was a normal day, Sunday afternoon Ellie and her mother Kimberly sitting together in their family room watching a classic Disney film.

The both of them curled up on the black couch with their limbs tangled in warm fuzzy blankets and hot mugs of hot chocolate cupped in their small hands. Five year old Ellie glancing over at her mother with a wide smile across her small pale slightly chapped lips.

"Father comes home today, Mother." She smiles warmly over at her mother, she gave her daughter a small nod in response and let out a soft laugh shortly after. "Yes sweetheart, and he said he's coming home with a surprise. Isn't that exciting?" Ellie gave her mother a quick nod and bright smile before taking another sip of her hot chocolate. "Yes mother I'm very excited to see what fathers surprise is!" She giggled and cheered almost spilling her drink but her mother was quick to grasp the mug before it could fall over and spill.

Kimberly chuckled and gently took the mug from her daughter placing it on the dark brown coffee table that sat in front of them. Normally where Ellie's father would set his feet and get scolded by Kimberly. She chuckled once again softly to herself at the thought. She missed him dearly, her and Ellie both. He works constantly and never around, Ellie needed a man in her life to look up to and have someone protect her, something her mother couldn't exactly do.

After the two ate dinner and yet watched another film her mother knew it was time for Ellie to go to bed.

"Ellie it's bed time sweetheart." Her mother told her quietly. Ellie pouted and shook her head, crossing her arms over her small chest. "No mommy, I can't go to bed until I see father and the surprise!" She begins to whine. Her mother sighed and picked up the five year old taking her to her room and to bed.

After Kimberly finally gets Ellie to settle down and go to sleep she makes her way downstairs and to the kitchen to tidy up the house for when her husband gets home. After about twenty minutes or so Kim hears a knock at the door.

She jumped slightly at first but then relaxed and smiles to herself knowing it's just her husband. She rushes towards the front and opens it quickly, a smile on her face as she sees her husband standing in front of her. They hug and say sweet nothings to each other about how they both missed each other and how they've been. They share a loving kiss and Greg slowly pulls away then laughs lightly. "Gonna let me in or am I going to stand out here all night?" He teases playfully. Kim blushed lightly and moved out the doorway and Greg smiles walking inside knowing he still has the same affect on his wife.

She frowns slightly watching her husband come inside dragging many bags and suitcases behind him. "What's with all the bags?" She laughs slightly watching him, tilting her slightly in confusion. She didn't remember him leaving with that many bags.

He glances back over his shoulder at her and smiles. "Oh it's apart of the surprise" he pauses, "well it belongs to the surprise I guess." He breaths out chuckle. She nods.

Seconds later walks in a teenage boy, around the age of fifteen carrying another large suitcase. Kimberly furrows her eyebrows in confusion at the sight of the teenager standing in her living room. She glances from him to her husband waiting for an explanation of what is going on. Greg smiles and walks over to the teenager draping his arm around the boys shoulders.

"Kim, this is Harold. Harold this is my wife Kim. But you can just call her mom." Greg smiles at the two. Kim gives him a small waves then glares towards her husband.

Harold is a strange boy. He didn't move, only stood there and looked around the room quickly taking everything the first floor of the house had to offer. His face held a stern and serious look, his eyes began looking at the walls and ghosting over the family photos. He looked at the pictures of the young girl on the wall and spoke lowly. Catching the couple off guard.

"Who's the little girl?" He said, keeping his eyes on the picture frames that laid out across the walls.

Greg was quick to speak, still taken back by Harold talking for the first time. "That's uh, Ellie. Our daughter and I guess your new sister." He nods slowly, stealing glances from his wife shifting around on his feet anxiously. He didn't really have a reason to feel anxious but he did.

Harold nodded then looked to Greg. "Where's my room?"

Greg and Kim showed Harold his room and brought all his bags up. They didn't unpack yet because they figured he'd be tired and want to go to bed.

After that being done the couple sat down in the living room and talked and talked about what has happened between them in the past couple of months. A little while later a topic came up they both actually wanted to address and talk about together.

"Why did you bring this Harold boy into our home without telling me?" Kim said with furrowed eyebrows and her arms crossed.

Greg sighed then spoke, "I figured he'd be good to have around the house. Ya know a male to keep around the house. I adopted him and he could be kinda like the protective older brother Ellie needs." He shrugged.

Kim nodded a bit. "Hm, alrighty then."

"But," He pauses.

"But what, Gregory?" She asks sternly.

"Harold's got a bit of crooks and parts that need to be fixed..." He says quietly and looks at his lap nervously. "He's not exactly perfect. He takes medication and has a couple, mental issues."

She nods again and frowns, staying quiet. Without another word she quickly gets up and starts making her way upstairs.

Greg follows after her frowning slightly. "It's not that bad honey, he'll be fine."

"It's not just him I'm worried about Gregory.." She says walking towards Ellie's room. She stands in front looking at the half opened door. She didn't open it, she closed it after putting Ellie to bed.

She didn't open the door, but stayed right there and watched through the crack. She watched as Harold sat down on the young girls bed and gently caressed her cheek, mumbling to himself. "Aren't you just lovely, kitten."

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{unedited,short,boring, im sorry}