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chapter four; ours A hand against his face dragged Luke from his sleep as he opened his eyes and was faced with a wide awake toddler who was using his chest as her seat. Lexi grinned behind her pacifier as she noticed Luke had woken, so Luke matched her smile tickling her sides and watching her smile grow through laughter.
Her short blonde hair was placed in tiny pigtails, and she wore a Minnie Mouse print onesie making her look positively adorable.
"Good morning to you too, Lexi." Luke chuckled as she fell face forward against his chest, reaching up and grabbing a handful of his curls as she did. He tried not to wince as he shifted her slightly, looking down at her bright blue eyes.
After his fight with Ashton last night and Ashton storming out, Lexi had been impossible to get back to sleep. He even tried Ashton's tactic of singing pink floyd to calm her down, but even that failed. So he had placed her in bed beside him, wrapped her up in a bunch of cushions and had fallen asleep beside her.
And now? He would have to start getting ready because court was today which would see Lexi be placed in Luke and Ashton's care permanently. Or at this rate, it would only be Luke who was going for custody after Ashton made his feelings clear the night before.
"Breakfast?" Luke asked Lexi who rolled on her back laughing as a reply. He'd take that as a yes.
While Lexi ate her breakfast, rather messily, Luke changed into an attire that can be considered respectful for heading to court. After all, if they were going to give him custody of Lexi he wanted to look like he could dress himself, so there he stood in a pair of black pants and a white button up that was a little too big for him.
"Opinions?" He stood in front of Lexi's high chair and did a little spin, smiling when the two year old clapped in response, clearly impressed by Luke's style choices.
"Right, we're outta' here." Once Lexi was dressed in a pinafore dress and yellow converses, picked the toddler up and headed towards the car, waving in the direction of one of the neighbours who was gardening at 9am. Fuck, Luke really needed to get to suburban life.
"Now remember." Luke started as he looked through the rear view mirror, making eye contact with Lexi who was sat in the back in her car seat, distracted by Luke's phone. She had already dropped it at least six times, he was just thankful he was almost at the end of his contract. "We have to smile. Act like you're really happy with me, because I don't want to lose you okay? I've already lost too many people, and they are not taking you too." Lexi just carried on smiling, clearly amused by the phone instead. "Thanks for the vote of confidence Lexi."
Somebody wish him luck.
Ashton groaned into his pillow as his eyes adjusted to the light and his headache made itself aware. He glanced around the room, feeling it was little weird that he had woken up in his own bed and not in the spare room of Erica and Isaac's. It also felt weird that he couldn't hear Luke's laughter as he tried to entertain Lexi and the toddler crawling into his room to wake him up.
