Ashton smiled as he looked across the table at the two little 6 year olds that sat across from him and Michael. They laughed and giggled as they dipped their chicken nuggets into their assortment of sauces.
The little girl, Destiny, looked at her twin brother and giggled shyly, " You have sauce on face!"
Ashton's smile got bigger as he reached across the table to wipe His son's face. "Ezekiel, be careful, don't get any square on your shirt, we don't have time to go home and change." Ashton said sweetly to the small boy.
"Yes Daddy, I be airfull. I pwomise." The boy promised truthfully, as he continued to eat his McDonald's happy meal, this time being very careful not to get sauce on himself.
"Ashton are you listening to me?" Michael said in an irritated tone.
"Sorry what?"Ashton said, not tearing his eyes off of his children.
"Ashton, I was trying to tell you about the delivery that you have to have to make in 20 minutes. The one with Matt,I was saying that I can't go because I've got to go check the security cameras at home." Michael said with a sigh.
I nodded at him, " Okay, I got it Matt. Can you take the kids, or do I need to?"
"Ash I know you don't like taking them to these type of things, but I'm walking and you know it's not a good idea for them to walk around the city with me, without protection." Michael sighed.
"It's okay, I've got the guns in the van, take one, call me if anything bad happens, immediately this time!" Ashton told him as he started to clean up the little ones mess.
"Daddy, can we get frozen juice?" Destiny asked her father, sweetly.
"Yes babygirl, we will go get smoothies. But first Daddy has a job to do. So we have to go." Ashton said with a smile.
"You need to hang on." he told her through his tears. "I need you." She nodded. "You come back to me alive." he whispered. He leaned in and gently kissed her forehead.
"I love you."
"I love you to."
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After being born prematurely, Isabella's parents were told she wouldn't survive. And if she did, a lot of things would be wrong with her. That she'd never walk or eat without a tube. So she was abandoned by them on the side of the road in a cardboard box, in the middle of winter. A younge couple passing by, takes notice to her, and immediatly bring her home.
Now years later, Isabella is 16 years old. She can walk, run, and even eat by herself. She lives with her parents Marcel and Janette Ferguson, and her four siblings. Jackson and Jared, the twins. Erin, her younger sister, and her older brother Logan. She thinks nothing of her real parents because of what they did to her.
Because she was born prematurely, Isabella lives with multiple complications. She has Epilepsy, a weak heart, is constantly tired, etc. Isabella normally spends her time alone, aside from the company of her four friends, not wanting to get attached because she's afraid to be thrown away. Until she meets a boy named Luke, who just moved to town.