Surviving The Aftermath [Book Three]

Seven

Demi

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"So, the album comes out Wednesday 7th, Saturday 10th you're flying to New York and then from there you'll be off to Canada" I suddenly clocked in on the date.

"I-I'll be in Canada on Valentine's Day?" Scooter nodded.

"Will that be a problem?" I chewed down on my lower lip, forcing a smile onto my face as I shook my head.

"It-It shouldn't be" he nodded and gave me a smile, glancing back down at his iPad.

"From Canada, you'll have a few days off, and then on the 20th, you'll be flying to London."

"And throughout all this, is it alright for the girls to come?"

"Yes, Demi" I nodded, releasing a breath. "Are you interested in going on tour?" the question stumped me slightly but I didn't even have to think about my answer.

"Yes."

"We'll start looking at dates for all that. When is your wedding again?"

"July 20th."

"Okay, we'll look at late this year or early next year" I nodded. "You got any plans for the rest of the day?" I shook my head.

"Nope, just trying to think of how I'm going to tell Kobe that I'm not going to be here for Valentine's Day. I'm hoping he didn't have anything planned" I glanced down at my hands that lay in my lap.

"You can get out of here, Dems" I gave him a small smile.

"Thanks. I'll see you Friday" he nodded. He gave me a one armed hug before I left. My stomach filled up with butterflies as I pulled into the driveway, my mind running a mile a minute as I tried to think of a way to tell Kobe that I would be in Canada for Valentine's Day. I would suggest he come with me but with work, he won't be able to. The thing is my life runs like this. I can't always plan so far ahead, especially because those plans change.

"Mommy" I smiled down at Ayla who ran at me, closely followed by Kyra. They crashed into my legs and I lightly giggled.

"Hi Babies" Batman and Ella darted into the room, their tails wagging in excitement. "Oh, all my babies together" Ayla and Kyra loudly giggled as I sunk to the floor and wrapped them both into my arms, Batman and Ella bouncing all over us. "Alright, you two" I lightly moved them away, my fingers scratching beneath Batman's chin which satisfied him enough to walk away. "Were you both good girls for Bebe?" Ayla nodded in reply.

"Yeah, we had I cream" I lightly chuckled.

"Do you mean ice cream, Peanut?" her cheeks reddened slightly as she nodded. I pressed a kiss to her cheek causing her to giggle. "What ice cream did you both have?"

"Vanina" translation: vanilla.

"And did you have sprinkles?" she nodded. "Well, you were both very spoilt then, weren't you?" I lightly tickled them both causing the most amazing sound to fill my ears. "Where is Bebe, Peanut?" Ayla pointed in the direction of the kitchen. "And what were you two doing before mommy got home?"

"We paying."

"You want to go back to playing before we have bath and bedtime?" she nodded, and gently took Kyra's hand, guiding her back into their playroom. Today must be a good day for Ayla and Kyra. I slipped off my shoes and headed towards the kitchen, smiling at the sight of Kobe but then the memory of Canada and Valentine's Day completely ruined my mood all over again. I just stared at him as I tried to think of how to tell him. Would he even mind? Would he be bothered that I won't be here?

"Hi Baby" I jumped, glancing up to meet his eyes and I was met with his adorable and handsome smile. "You okay, Beautiful?" I nodded, plastering the best smile I could onto my face.

"I'm good."

"No, you're not, what's up?" I rolled my eyes at how well he knew me. He knows me better than anyone.

"I..."

"Baby?" his eyebrows raised slightly.

"I-I'm going to be in Canada on Valentine's Day" I didn't even want to see his face so I glanced away.

"Right, okay" my eyebrows furrowed.

"I..."

"Don't worry about it, it's fine" he turned away from me and continued to clean the countertop.

"Kobe?" he just shook his head.

"Thanks for the heads up, now I can get a full refund on what I had planned" my heart dropped into my stomach.

"What-What did you have planned?"

"It doesn't matter" he rinsed off the cloth and drained it out before he turned to face me but he only glanced at me briefly before he was walking out of the kitchen.

"Kobe" he stopped and sighed, his hand running over his head as he turned to face me.

"I-I was going to take you away, just us two, somewhere romantic. A week away so we could just spend time together."

"I'm sorry" I felt so incredibly guilty. "Why didn't you tell me? If you had of I could have..."

"Because I wanted it to be a surprise, Demi, okay? I wanted to do something to surprise you" I nodded, glancing down as I played with my fingers, my eyes welling up with tears at the slight raise in his voice. "Don't worry about it. It's not that big of a deal" I chewed down on my lower lip as tears slowly rolled down my cheeks. "Baby, why are you crying?" I shrugged my shoulders and sniffled, quickly wiping at my fallen tears.

"I-I don't like when you're mad at me" Kobe doesn't get mad at me often. In our 2 years of dating, we've only had one major argument, the rest were just little disagreements.

"Baby, I'm not mad at you. Come here" he lightly pulled me towards him, his arms wrapping around my neck as I clutched at the back of his shirt. He released a sigh and pressed a kiss to my temple. "I-I'm not mad at you, Demi. I just-I wanted to do something special for you" I cuddled myself more into him.

"Well, next time make sure that you tell me. You-You don't need to tell me where you plan to take me, but tell me, so that I can tell Scooter" he nodded. I pulled from him and stared up at him.

"I will do that next time. Now, stop crying" I lightly giggled as he kissed away my tears.

"I love you."

"I love you too, Baby" he pressed his lips to mine, the kiss sweet and slow.

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