Ariana's ex-boyfriend is moving back to Arizona, leaving her and their daughter alone in California. Ariana doesn't know what to do since her family is back in Florida. She's raising her daughter by herself, until she meets Justin. He comes into her...
"Alexa, Sascha! I missed you guys so much!" Ariana runs to a group of two girls and a boy standing by the mall doors and she hugs both of the girls.
I follow her, pushing Lilia in her stroller, and wait for her to be done with her reunion.
"I can't believe I haven't seen you two in almost 2 years."
"I know, right? It's been forever." One girl says.
"By the way, this is my boyfriend. His name is Tyler and he's great." She adds, smiling.
"Hi, Tyler. I'm Ariana. Nice to meet you." Ariana smiles.
"This is my mans, Justin Drew Bieber. Babe, this is Alexa and Sascha. And Tyler." Ariana says, taking Lilia from her stroller.
"You guys haven't met this brat yet, have you?" Ariana says.
Alexa and Sascha both start squealing about how cute Lilia is, then argue over who gets to hold her first.
"Babies, huh? They know exactly how to steal all the attention." Tyler says.
"Yeah, especially that little girl. She can keep people's attention for hours."
"So she's your daughter?"
"No, actually. But her dad is kind of an asshole. I think so, at least."
"Oh, that sucks. But I guess it's good she has you to fill that spot then."
"Yeah, and I'm happy to. Do you think we'll ever actually go inside the mall?"
"Probably not. They'll just be happy out here playing with her."
"We can hear you. And yes, we're ready to go inside." Ariana says.
"Oh, cool. Let's head inside then." Tyler goes to open the door, allowing Alexa, who won the argument about holding Lilia to go in first, then Sascha and Ariana.
I follow Ariana with the stroller and Tyler comes in last.
"Where to first?" Sascha asks.
"It doesn't matter to me." Ariana says.
"I wanna go to Gucci!" Alexa beams.
"I'm not buying you shit in there. Don't even think about it." Tyler says, causing me to laugh.
"I wasn't expecting you to. You're not invited anyways."
"I didn't think I needed an invitation to go inside a store."
"They remind me of us." Ariana says.
"I wonder why." I laugh, leaning down to kiss her head.
We make our way to the Gucci store, where Alexa finally decides to let Sascha hold Lilia, but only because she wants to look around without the baby.
"Your daughter is heavy." Sascha says while Alexa and Tyler argue about what Alexa should get for her birthday.
"You can put her in the stroller if you want. Justin's always giving her something to eat."
"Lies. You're the one who does that. I only give her what you tell me to." I say.
"I believe you, Justin. I'll push the stroller though. I'm sure you need a break."
"You don't have to do that, Sach." Ariana laughs.
"But, I'm going to. No ifs, ands, or buts from you, ma'am." I allow Sascha to take the stroller from me and we wait for Alexa to get done.
"Okay, I've narrowed it down to the slides and a jacket or a purse."
"Alexa, you do realize your birthday happened like two weeks ago, right?" Ariana says.
"When's your birthday?" I ask.
"Christmas. Her birthday is Christmas. She gets double the presents, therefore she doesn't need anything until her birthday comes again." Tyler says.
"That's sounds about right to me." I chuckle.
"Boys. They don't understand the struggle." Alexa shakes her head and we leave the store.
Sascha picks Charlotte Russe and Ariana picks Zara, then they all decide that it's time to eat.
"I'm getting Chick-Fil-A." Ariana says.
"That sounds like a delicious plan." Alexa agrees.
"I'm gonna go to Panda Express." Sascha says.
"You three have fun with that. Us men are getting Taco Bell." I say, seeing as me and Tyler had already agreed on that.
"Whatever. Goodbye." Ariana says.
They walk off in two different directions while me and Tyler make our way to Taco Bell.
12:13 pm
"Taco Bell has the best nachos. Don't @ me."
"This is not social media, baby." Ariana laughs.
"I was just making fun of what you people say on Instagram. That's so stupid. If you tell someone not to do it, that's just gonna wanna make them do it even more."
"You're looking to far into it. It's the internet." Alexa says.
"What my bestie said. The in- Lilia what the fuck are you doing?" Ariana drops her chicken nugget and reaches over, grabbing both of Lilia's hands.
As proven by the honey mustard in her hair, she must've thought it was some type of hair product and she was rubbing it all into her two pigtails, and a little on her face.
"Oh my God. You really have issues." Ariana sighs.
I grab Lilia's diaper bag from her stroller and get the wipes, taking some out for Ariana. She cleans her own hands first, then Lilia's hands and her face. She attempts to wipe some of the sauce out of Lilia's hair, but it really doesn't work.
"I'll be back." She says, standing up.
She picks Lilia up and I stand up to follow her.
"Where are you going?" She asks.
"With you. They have a family restroom."
"Cool." We walk to the bathroom and try to figure out how we're gonna clean Lilia's hair.
"I'll wash it when we get home. I just wanna get the sauce out." Ariana says.
I nod, turning on the water. I carefully wet her hair, getting as much as the honey mustard out as I can. When I'm done, Ariana finishes with the water and we return to our table.
"Welcome back." Alexa says.
"Thank you." Ariana dries Lilia's hair with a towel from the diaper bag then finds a brush to make her look a bit more presentable.
She finishes by putting her headband back on and returning her to her high chair.
"No more honey mustard for you, you little troublemaker."
We finish eating, then do some more walking around and shopping before leaving the mall.
Ariana and Lilia's Outfits
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