Wicked Love 3 (Kyle Kuzma)

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Friday, June 4th, 2021

Kyle 🏀

"Is that the last box?" I ask Ari when she walks down the hallway of the now empty apartment with a box in her hand.

She nods, then places it on top of another box and puts her hands on her hips. "That's it."

I pick up both of the boxes and carry them downstairs to the U-Haul trailer. Everything from their apartment was packed into this attachable trailer and let me tell you, it's not much stuff.

About five minutes later, Ari is getting into her Range. I get into my car and begin the drive back to my house. There was slight traffic, so I beat Ari to the house.

When she was pulling into my driveway, I was closing the trailer door. She turned off her car and I walked over to the drivers side. I open the door for her and she gets out.

"Thank you." She said.

"No problem." I reply, closing the door. I walk to the back door and take Violet out.

I follow behind Ari, carrying Violet on my right side. We get into the house and I take Violet into her room. I put her down, watching her run and crawl into her bed.

"You don't want to help mommy and I unpack?" I ask.

She shakes her head and giggles when I squint at her.

"Well, when mommy makes cookies today, I'll tell her not to give you any." I tease, walking to the door.

"No daddy!" She exclaims.

I soon feel a force on my leg. I look down and she's holding onto my leg like a Koala; legs and all. I walk downstairs with her just like that, going into the kitchen.

"Why are you limping?" Ari asks, unpacking a box. When I get into the kitchen completely, she chuckles and shakes her head. "She caught you in the grip of death huh?"

"Yep." I reply, looking down at Violet.

"What did you say to her?" She asked.

I look back up at her. "I said you wouldn't give her any cookies if she didn't help unpack."

I wink at her and she laughs, understanding the hidden code.

"Well, I guess we're going to have all the cookies to ourselves." She grins.

"Mama nooo!!" Violet releases my leg, crawling around the counter to Ari. "No mama."

"Are you going to help us?" I ask.

She nods vigorously. I grin and look back at Ari, who smiles at me.

*****

"Done?" I ask Violet, who nods. "Okay. Let's get ready for bed."

I take her off the kitchen counter and place her down on the floor. She goes to hug the dogs, who get along very well by the way, then grabs my hand and pulls me up the stairs.

I laugh at her anxiousness, following behind her. She leads the way to the bathroom. When we get inside, I turn the light on and sit her on the counter. She turns to face the mirror as I get her toothbrush ready.

"Hold this chocolate mouth." I tease.

She takes the toothbrush from me and waits as I get my own ready. When I finish, we both stand in the mirror and brush our teeth. She sings to herself and dances a little.

Once we're done, I use the cloth to wipe any excess toothpaste off her mouth. She makes faces at me as I do so and it makes me chuckle a bit.

"Quit it girl." I grin.