10 Years

12 - Visit

Asher's POV

"Mum, I don't want to go" Lily sulked, she was sitting on my lap on the bed, while Amara fussed around packing her suitcase, Lily's head was in my chest, her little hands clutching my shirt - she was tall for her age but her body size compared to mine was still little

"Its only for a little while princess Ok, I'll be down to see you on Friday" I ran my fingers over her head and down her long dark hair, her big blue eyes meeting mine as she pulled her head back,

"Why can't we just stay here?" She asked me, Amara paused, walking over and sinking to her knees in front of us, God knows I wanted them to stay, I had only just got Amara back, only had Lil in my life for a week and I wanted them with me forever - But Amara was right - that beautiful creature was so level headed and there was a bit of stuff that needed organising before they completely uprooted themselves,

"Baby, We want that too Ok, but there are things we need to sort out first. Like where you can go to school, where I will work, your dancing and a place to live"

"Why can't we just live with Dad" - I looked at Amara whose eyes were locked with mine, we had jumped straight into conversations about her moving back here with Lil, finding a job and us being together, but we had managed to dance around the living arrangements - Of course I wanted them with me, in the house I built for us, but I also didn't want to push to hard or to fast,

"Well, thats one option baby" Amara spoke to her softly "You will see your Dad on Friday and he will have the whole weekend with us ok"

"Its only 5 sleeps ok princess, I'll tell you what - how about you draw me a picture everyday I don't see you about something that has happened in your day and I'll do the same ok"

She lifted her head fully, a beautiful beaming smile on her face, she nodded

"I like that idea" Lily spoke, Amara smiled over at me, mouthing a thank you.

It was definitely something Lil and I had bonded over in the past week, we both had a love for art and drawing, watching the way her hands moved across the paper though I could tell she was going to be much better than I ever was.

"Come on Lil, I need you to finish packing please"

"Ok Mum" My baby girl sighed as she walked back to her room.

I pulled her mother to my lap, allowing her to fall across me, her hips on either side straddling my waist,

"You Ok Babe"

"Yeah, I wish we didn't have to go either"

"I know, I really don't want you to, I will miss seeing you both everyday"

"We will figure this out Ash, Ok - as quickly as we can"

"I know baby, I want phone calls every night too - we are going to be having a lot of phone sex"

"I love you Asher" she smiled wide at me,

"I know you do, I love you too Amara"

Taking them to the airport, watching the plane leave the runway was like having my heart ripped out of my chest, No one could have prepared me for this feeling, shit if anyone had of told me 2 weeks ago how things were going to play out I would have told them to pull their head out of their ass. Letting Amara go knowing she was going home to Hunter made it even worse, that guy had always had a thing for her and he knew how to play the game, but I had to trust her and I knew she wouldn't do anything to jeopardise our family.
My only saviour to get through the next week was work, If I could keep my focus on work for the week it would be Friday before I knew it and I would be on a plane to see my girls.