My Everything-Adopted by Ariana

Lies.

       The rest of our dinner was silent. Well, not exactly silent... The only thing that was heard was the sound of Piper's fork being raked back and forth against her plate. Yup, that's right. She didn't even take a full bite of her food. In fact, when I looked at her, she would pretend to scoop up some of her dish into her fork, smell it, and then hold it near her mouth. Every time , I would look away to make the moment less awkward and eye her from the corner of my eyes just to see her put the food back into her plate.

     The house felt empty. After dinner, Piper declared that she 'felt like an oompa loompa from eating so much' so she kissed me goodnight and went straight to her room. I on the other hand, was sprawled out on my bed with a big bowl of strawberries watching the rumours about me on TMZ.

    'Grande might be one of the most successful pop stars in the world right now but, with that diva attitude, she's going nowhere'

   I grabbed the remote to change to channel to something less aggravating. From the claims of me being a diva, to the annoying paparazzi that follow me around waiting to get some juicy gossip on Piper, I just couldn't stand any of it. Without a second passing, I grabbed one of my fancy throw pillows from the side of the bed and release a high-pitched scream into the pillow. I couldn't help but to release some tears that arrived because of the stress I was experiencing. I'm twenty-one, have a child who probably is hurting inside, and on top of everything, I'm alone.

  Two small hands wrapped around my waist and embraced me into a small- yet comforting hug. I slowly lowered the pillow from my face to see the small hands belonging to Piper. A wave of guilt came over me for waking her up. 'Step up your game Grande.'

    I quickly wiped my face with the sleeve of my shirt and ran my fingers through Piper's hair. It was nice and silky and reached the middle of the t-shirt she wore to the restaurant.  That's when I realized that she didn't change and put her pajamas on.

"Piper..?"

    She slowly raised her head off of my stomach and propped herself up on her elbow. Man, she was so adorable when she did just the littlest of things.

 "Please don't cry...People like you don't deserve to be hurt," she blurted out.  Her eyes became a little cloudy with the tears that were beginning to form. My newborn motherly instincts kicked in and told me to hold her close to me and to pretty much never let her go. Unsure of how to respond to what she just said, I took a deep breath for what I was going to say next.

" Piper, how come you didn't eat at Toast?". I felt her body tense up in my arms as her breathing was increased up to a faster pace. I myself tensed up. I didn't want to scare her just yet. I mean, I knew this whole experience made her a little nervous.

" I did eat.. I loved my salad."

Lies.

Lies.

Lies.

    "Piper, I know you didn't eat. Now, I want to know why," I said sternly. I sounded like the typical mom. 

    Piper slowly straightened her back up looked at me . She twiddled her fingers and avoided my gaze.

   "Im sorry," was all that she choked out. I slowly reached for her hands and held them in mine. She was just too innocent to be the slightest of mad at.

  "It's okay hun .. Just please,please dont lie to me."

    She nodded before throwing her hands back around my waist. Her legs went up to her chest as she curled up into an adorable ball. As on cue, I pulled her small body towards mine and grabbed the soft blanket I kept at the end of the bed. I gently pulled the blanket to cover both of our bodies and threw my arm around Piper. 

   " It's late baby girl... We have a big shopping trip to attend to tomorrow. Good-night Piper. I love you."

"Love you too," Piper mumbled before nuzzling her head into my side. And with this, my heart nearly exploded.

Author's Note

   Im so so so sorry for the long update . I will try to update every two weeks. Byee my lovelies!