Alone No More (Rogue Cheney)

Chapter Four

Lexi's P.O.V

I stood by the door and listened to them argue. "You just got back, can't you pretend to be happy?" I sighed and went back to getting ready for bed. I sat on my bed and was about to fall asleep when I heard those words,

"Than just leave."

I stared at the door waiting for more, but they went quiet. I grabbed my frog and looked at him. "She did it Frosch, she finally did it." I lied down and hugged my frog.

'You can be happy again mommy.'

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Rogue's P.O.V

We stood outside Ashe's door and waited for her to answer. We knocked and rang the door bell about 5 times and still nothing.

"Ugh... What's taking her so long?" You could tell sting was irritated, we had woken up earlier just to take them out today. After a few more rings and knocks there was rustling on the other side of the door. When it opened Ashe showed herself in her pajamas with messy hair. She stared at us like we had two heads and then waved us in.

"Is it that time already?" She yawned getting out tea cups out and heating up water.

"Yeah, but why don't you get dressed first." She looked down and blushed when she realized she only wore a shirt that went to mid thigh. She excused herself and went to the room. Sting and Lector sat on the couch and picked up Lexi's coloring pages. Frosch and I went to the kitchen and made the tea for her. We took the cups to the coffee table and sat on the couch looking over the coloring as well.

The pages are filled with pictures of magic types with short descriptions. This is probably why she's so into magic at the moment, most of her school work had been on the topic. They had the usual fire, water, and script magic, along with some magic from the wizard saints and the dragon twins.

"Do you like it?" We looked up and saw little Lexi standing in front of us looking nervously over at us. "Mommy says it good, but I wasn't sure if she was telling the truth."

"Of course, these are incredible Lexi." She smiled and crawled in my lap, explaining each page we came across.

"Oh, you made tea?" Ashe grabbed a cup and sat next to me on the couch. She took in its aroma before drinking. "You always made the best tea." She laughed, leaving a reminiscent smile in its place.

"Are we ready to go?" Sting got up and heading to the door. Lexi and our cats ran after him and we followed behind.

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"We're here!" Frosch and Lector ran towards the entrance followed by an eager four year old. We finally arrived at the Flower Festival, of course this wasn't my kind of thing but Lexi and Ashe had wanted to go, and considering the recent circumstances, we decided we would take them.

"Uncle Sting?" Little green eyes ran our way. "Frosch and Lector want to get fish. Can you take us?" Sting agreed and took them. I sighed, "uncle." Why did get that title? I've always been there for her. He just met her, maybe 6 months ago.

"Don't think about too much." Ashe spoke up leaning forwards and looking at me. I turned my head and mumbled under my breath. She laughs and shook her head. "You were always terrible at keeping things from me."

Since Sting and the others were still gone we figured we'd go around and check out the festival. "Wow, look at all the flowers." She admired every barrel and stand that was filled with flowers. We walked into a room that had flowers from all over Fiore growing everywhere from the door to the ceiling. "Who knew there were so many kinds of flowers." She whispered and her light pink eyes sparkled in the dark room.

She looked around like a child in an amusement park. I hadn't realized I was staring until our eyes met. She smiled and moved a strand of hair away. "What? Is everything ok?"

"Nothing, everything's fine." I mumbled and looked away. I silently thanked the room for being dark so she couldn't see my warm cheeks.

'What the hell is wrong with me?'

Yay another update! I'm really hoping I can update regularly... maybe like 2-3 times a week... Considering I don't have school and I can't find work.

So I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you for reading :) it really means a lot <3 and of theres any suggestions please tell me so I can improve where I need it.