Bulletproof Love (Jaime Preciado)

Chapter 15

Ashley’s POV

“Bella what are you doing still in your clothes and wide awake?” I ask as I walk into the kitchen.

“me and Mr. Jaime are making cookies for you!” she says and I walk over to her.

“when are the cookies going to be done?” I ask and pick her up.

“about 10 minutes.” Jaime reply’s.

“that gives me just enough time to get you in the shower and in your pajama’s. You can eat one cookie tonight and you can have some more tomorrow.” I tell her and she nods.

“be right back.” I say and take her upstairs and get the shower ready.

“are you going to have a cookie sissy? We made a special cookie just for you.” she said and sat on top of the toilet while I got the bath ready.

“you did? I might just have one then.” I say and she smiles.

“okay munchkin, time to shower.” I say and take off her clothes and set her in the bathtub.

“is bubby at practice?” she asks.

“yeah, he will be back by the time you are in bed and asleep. So you wont see him until tomorrow.” she frowns.

“I want to see bubby more.” she frowns again. She does only get to see him for less than 4 hours every day. She is awake when he gets up for school, we drop him off at school then she sees him again at 3 until 630 when we leave for practice. She loves him and I can understand why she would miss him so much.

“I know sweetie. He wants to see you more too but he has school. And so will you next year. And dance, so while you are away, he will be away too. Tell you what. Tomorrow night I will take you with me when we take Brady to practice and we can watch him for awhile. How does that sound?”

“okay.” she smiles and plays with her toys while I wash her body and hair.

About 5 minutes later I am done and I drain the water and dry her off.

“what pajama’s would you like to wear tonight?” I ask and set her on her bed.

“I want Princess Belle Pajama’s because she is pretty and you look like her and I love you.” she says and I smile.

“you look like Cinderella. Just with brown curly hair. And princess Cinderella is very pretty and so are you. And I love you too.” I say and pull out her Princess Belle pajama’s and put her in them.

“let’s go see if the cookies are done yet.” I say and we both walk downstairs, well, she runs down the stairs, and into the kitchen.

“are dey done?” she asks.

“yep. But don’t touch them, they are hot. Believe me.” he says and shows us his right hand. On his thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger he had a hello kitty band-aids.

“awh, my poor baby.” I cooed and kissed each of his fingers. He frowns and I kiss his lips and he smiles. I jump up on the counter next to him and he puts his arm around my waist.

“dis is the cookie we made you.” Bella points to one of the cookies and I smile.

“awh that is such a cute cookie, thank you guys.” I kiss Jaime’s cheek then jump off the counter and hug Bella from behind and kiss her cheeks too. She giggles. The cookie is just a flat square cookie that has a picture of Jaime and I holding hands, then Bella holding my hand and Brady holding hers. It’s a family portrait.

“when will the cookies be ready to eat?” she asks.

“let me check so neither of you get hurt.” I say and pick up a small cookie and eat it.

“they aren’t really hot anymore. You can have one, then you are off to bed got it missy?” I say sternly and she nods and takes a cookie off the plate and takes a bite.

“we did a good job.” she says and Jaime and I laugh.

“yes you did.” I say and eat the rest of the small cookie.

“are you going to eat the cookie we made you?” she asks.

“I guess, but I think I should take a picture of it first.” I say and get out my phone and take a picture of the adorable cookie, then put my phone away and take a small bite of the cookie.

“that is a really good cookie, what did you put in it?” I ask. It tastes a little like vanilla and mint.

“we found some of the different flavored stuff and we put mint and Vanilla in it because we know you like chocolate mint and vanilla.” Jaime said and I smiled.

“thank you guys, this cookie is really good.” I take another bite and finish the cookie.

“okay off to bed missy.” I say and point to the stairs.

“awh I don’t want to.” she pouts.

“I said you can have only one cookie then you go to bed.” she frowns.

“get in bed and I will be up there in a minute.” she nods and runs up the stairs.

“thank you for making cookies and not destroying the kitchen in the process.” I say and grab a zip-lock bag out of the drawer and I carefully put all the cookies in it then put the plates and bowls in the sink.

“you’re welcome.” Jaime says and hugs me from behind.

“what did Brady’s coach say?” he asks.

“well, I had to tell him about our parents, which was kind of hard, and he said if Brady misses another practice, he is off the team. So I promised him he will not miss another, and then that’s really it.” I spin around and put my arms around his neck.

“I’m sorry you had to talk about your parents.” he says and frowns.

“it’s okay. I-”

“Maybe were just having too much fun, maybe you can’t handle your self staring at me with your lips and tongue-”

“really?” Jaime smirks.

“yes, Brady wanted that as his ringtone, it’s his favorite song.” I take my phone out of my pocket and answer it.

“hello?”

“a-Ashley?” I hear him mumble.