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Billie

"Oh my you must be Cassie so nice to meet you," My mom said when I decided to introduce her to my parents before we go out on a bowling date.

"It's so nice to meet you too"

"Such a beautiful young lady no wonder why Billie spoke so highly of you"

"Oh did she?," Cassie smiled and I broke eye contact, my cheeks staining pink.

"I'm Patrick nice to meet you," My dad went to shake Cassie's hand.

"Nice to meet you too"

"Where are you guys going tonight?"

"Bowling and then we're going to come back for dinner"

"Oh perfect okay you guys have fun and be safe please"

"We will mom,"

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"Oh my gosh you're a natural blonde?"

"Yeah I am"

"You're lying Billie no way"

"I'll show you some pictures of me before I started dying my hair"

"I would love to see that but now it makes sense, Isis wasn't blond but Eloise came out a blond"

"Yeah no she wasn't"

"I'm sorry is she a sensitive topic?"

"No I'm over her, if anything I feel bad for my daughter"

"Well at least she's got you"

"Thanks," I smiled and ate a fry. We were taking a snack break before bowling and then we were going to play one more game before heading back to my place.

"Does Eloise have a middle name? I know you have Three Billie"

"Yeah Eloise Magnolia O'Connell is her full name.

"That's beautiful"

"I planned out her whole name, I knew she was going to be beautiful"

"She adores you"

"I'm afraid of her growing up, she's my baby and I'm going to always see her as my baby, this world is so fucked up and I'm afraid that if I mess up she's going to slip right through my fingers, parenting is so hard, no book can tell you how it works you just have to go with it"

"I get it Billie, but I believe your love is enough, showing that you care and showing that you pay attention to her needs and wants and who she is as a person in the future, if you're scared of messing up well everyone messes up, it'll teach her a great lesson that everyone isn't perfect but it doesn't mean we can't treat people equal and with love and kindness, I say you got this"

"You have no idea how much I needed to hear that, thank you"

She smiled and cupped my cheek pulling me into a long kiss. Once we pulled away from the single kiss we attached our foreheads together and she tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.