Baby, baby.

T W E N T Y S I X

"You're daddy's princess, my sweet angel." David sits on the edge of the bed with Maria in his arms as he whispers to her quietly, her cries growing softer.

The way she calms down almost instantly with him never ceases to amaze me. The connection they formed together so quickly shocks me every day and I'm constantly reminded of how lucky I am to have to most beautiful family in the world. I'm constantly reminded of how extremely blessed i am.

But I wouldn't call it a 'Family' yet. Not while me and David aren't officially together, and while the fear that our 'family' could be ripped apart any day stays idle in the back of my mind, I never stop thinking and that's one of the things that is most often on my mind. But i push it away most of the time, keeping my focus on the two in the present.

The moonlight shines through my window and hits the side of David's face as he coos and coddles Maria who continues to lightly fuss in her sleep. I try my hardest to push away the light stinging in my eyes due to being woke at two in the morning by Maria screaming in pain about a new tooth. David happened to have fallen asleep in the chair beside my bed.

Bzz. Bzz.

I look to my side to find the screen of David's phone lighting up with Liza's name running across the screen. It takes a lot of willpower to not chuck it at the wall, instead I answer it quickly and hold it to my ear.

"Hello?" I question quietly, trying to keep the worry in my voice at a minimum level. Why would she be calling David at two in the morning? they haven't had an actual conversation since before David hired me. He cant even stand her these days.

"I need to talk to my ex-boyfriend, not the maid." She answers quickly.

"That's hilarious, he's a little busy right now. He wanted an early morning snack if you know what I mean." I fake a chuckle and David glances at me with a wink and mouths something along the lines of 'I am a little hungry.' which causes me to scrunch my nose up slightly and stick my tongue out at him. The playful exchange the two of us have causes me to nearly forget that Liza is on the phone.

"That's disgusting. Let me talk to him, maid. It's important." after a deep sigh and rolling my eyes for a moment me and David switch off and i hand him his cell phone, and the baby is placed in my arms gently. I watch as he hums into the phone at whatever she's saying while I cuddle maria tightly under the blankets and she falls asleep quickly.

I let my eyes close for a moment and im awoken again to David placing a kiss on my forehead and pulling a sweatshirt over his head. "W-what are you doing? You're not going to her are you?" I sit up quickly. Im thankful to find that i didn't awake maria from her sleep.

"I'll be home in the morning before we meet with your family. I promise I'll be here before we leave for disney." i cross my arms tightly over my chest and shake my head.

the thought of David and Liza together alone again makes me wanna barf. shes ruined a lot of moments with David and his friends that i could have enjoyed a lot. Its not that i don't trust david- i do. I don't trust her. I don't trust her to not try and take away what ive tried to build with him so far. I don't want her to take Maria from me.

"Im not okay with this." He sighs deeply and takes a seat beside me.

"Honey, she needs me. She has problems that only i understand. Shes having a hard time and i dont think anyone needs to go through anything alone. ill be home in the morning." i roll my eyes and nod slowly before hugging him tightly.

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"Where is david, princess?" My father questions and finishes adjusting anas mickey mouse ears with a wide smile. I glance at my phone to find that its noon now- three hours after david was supposed to leave the house with me and maria.

thoughts have been swirling in my mind about him and Liza and i feel like he's broken my trust before i even know what happened. "Why dont you go to lizas house?" i turn to Maria and find her staring up at me from her car seat with her beautiful bright eyes and in that moment i find myself rethinking being mad at david. if i find him doing what i think i will then i risk losing her, and i decided i never want that to happen.

"I don't know, I trust him. I do." I nod quickly and crouch beside Maria in her seat.

"Baby," My father crouches beside me and places a hand on my shoulder. "It doesn't matter if you trust him or not. He promised you he'd be here and he's not. I want you to go find out- you need this."

after thinking through the situation i decide to go get David, there's still the chance that he didn't do anything and i owe him the benefit of the doubt. But that doesn't stop my hands from shaking the entire way there causing me to almost crash my parent's car.

im not surprised to pull up to lizas apartment complex and find Davids tesla parked outside, but thats where he said he was going. I ignore the stabbing pain in my chest as i slowly walk down the hall, only to find her door cracked open.

My father always told me that if some horror movie type of shit happens to me i need to turn around and go home, thats not what i need to be doing. But being me, naturally, i shove the door open.

the type of quiet thats settled in the apartment is insane and tears begin welling in my eyes as i make my way towards the bedroom where i assume the two are.

When i shove the door open i see david sitting on the end of the bed completely naked facing away from me and liza tangled in the sheets on the bed. I watch with my hand over my mouth as davids shakey hands type on his phone before bringing it to his ear.

The defult ringtone erupts from my handbag as he turns to me quickly. His swollen red eyes meet mine and the tears stream from my face. "Baby.." david trails off as i back out of the room quickly, my feet carrying me towords the car as quickly as possible.

"Layla!" i hear david yell as i exit the apartment and i dont stop until he grips my arm tightly. "Layla, stop. Dont leave me. Please." he pleads and i furrow my eyebrows before pulling off my handbag and throwing it at his car along with the balenciaga shoes and the iphone david recently bought me.

"My family will be out of the house by the end of the week. Ill move out tomorrow, maria will be home within the hour. I dont owe you a single thing." I hiss and slam the door shut before driving away from him as quickly as possible.

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I have no idea what this is but I'm upset so I'm probably gonna be writing sad stuff the next few chapters. I'm gonna update in the next hour again tho :)