Sofia Robbin Sloan-Torres POV
I may be a child, yes, but I also know more than I should for my age. I know something important is happening. My mommies aren't happy & they haven't been talking recently. Well, they are but they always end up arguing. I don't like listening to them, it makes me sad.
Mama and mommy have both been sad for a long time. They had a divorce - I didn't know what that was until recently - it means they split up, they cancelled their lives from each other because they didn't feel love. Which is silly because I know mama loves mommy and mommy loves mama. They've both told me. I watch Disney movies, I think love is a magical feeling and I don't know why my mothers cancelled theirs, their love was like a Disney film! They are two princesses in love! Princess Arizona and Princess Calliope!
The past few months mama has been super upset, I think it's because of Penny, mommy's girlfriend. Mama keeps calling her "Perfect Pretty Penny" and pulling a funny face which makes me laugh but we don't tell anyone. Penny is ok but I don't really like her. I think she is why my moms are more sad. So for that I don't like her!
Someone is knocking the door.
"Sof can you get that, it's mama!" Mommy asked me, I jump up from the sofa and open the door.
"Mama hiiii!" I reach up to Mama for a hug, she gives the best hugs!
"Hey my baby girl! How's my little superstar?" Mama asks me whilst spinning me in the air before squeezing me tight.
"I'm ok, just been thinking!" I tell her and she looks at me funny.
"Oh really?! What has a 6 year old got to think about?" she asks me.
"A fairytale!" I tell her back.
"oh and who's Prince Charming this time?" mama asks me.
"It's two Princesses in love actually!" I inform her and she smiles at me.
"Hi" says Mommy who just came in from the kitchen with some coffee and a hot chocolate for me! Yummy!
"Hi" says Mama to Mommy.
I feel sad because they don't smile at each other anymore.
"Are you ok?" I ask to them both, they look at each other, then at me.
"Sof lets sit down because we need to tell you some things" says Mommy.
I wait for Mama to sit on the sofa then sit on her lap. Mama looks like she's starting to get a tear.
"Sof honey, you know how much me and Mama love you and how you're the most important thing in the world to us right?" I nod to Mommy's question.
"Well some things have changed over the past couple of weeks which could affect all our futures so we need to see how you feel about the changes ok?" Says Mama and I nod along again.
"You know that Penny has got a new job starting next month in New York yes?"
"Yes mommy"
"Well what would you think of going to New York with Penny?" Mommy asks me.
"Like a holiday?!" I reply excitedly and quickly turn to look at Mama whose tears were on her cheek, I wipe them off "Mama what's wrong? You're crying" I wipe her face again.
"I know baby I'm sorry. I'm just missing you already!" Says mama.
"But I'm right here silly!" I say to mama and she squeezes me in her lap and shakes her head.
"Sofia, it would be like a really long holiday, like for a whole year. Would you like that?" Mommy asks.
"Mama would you come on holiday with us?" I ask.
"No baby girl, this holiday would just be you, Mommy and Penny. I'd stay here at home" she tells me.
"You don't want to come with us on holiday?" I ask her and she shakes her head again.
"It wouldn't be like a holiday really sweety, it means you'd be moving to New York with Penny and I. We'd have a new house to live in, a new school and new friends but Mama stays here in Seattle" says Mommy.
I've gone very sad and I start crying as well as Mama.
"Have I been bad?" I ask them both.
"God no Sofia, why would you say that?" asked mama.
"Because you want me to leave my friends and my school, I must have done something wrong" I cry more and mama pulls me in for a hug.
"Baby I'm so sorry. I want to stay with Penny but for that to happen I need to move with Penny and you would have to come with us to New York" explains Mommy.
"But what about Mama? Nobody will be here with her. I don't want to go to New York, I want to stay with my friends and with Mama so that she has someone!" I say holding onto mama's arm and looking at her.
"Mama can I stay here with you and my friends?" I ask her.
"Yes baby girl of course you can! I would love for that to happen! We'll have so much fun, but, if you stay with me in Seattle, it means you wouldn't see Mommy and Penny for a year. How would that make you feel?" Mama asks me.
"Mommy why can't you stay here with me and Mama?" ask Mommy.
"Because I'm in a relationship with Penny and need to support her. I really want you to come with us because I couldn't go a year without you and just see you in the holidays" mommy tells me.
"Well if mama can't come with us then I don't want to go anywhere please?" I ask, I'm crying again.
"Oh baby girl, I love you so much!" Says mama kissing my head.
"Mama and mommy you are the best mums in the world! If daddy was here, he'd say that too and that we should all be together as a family forever so I want us to stay here together, not in New York. We are a family, Penny isn't. Penny can go on her own she's a grown up!" I tell them. They look a bit shocked.
"You miss daddy?" Mommy asks me.
"Every day. I look at his photo every night before sleeping. I can't see daddy or hug him or watch a film with him when I want but I can with my mommies and if we go to New York I won't be able to see Mama or hug her so no Mommy, I don't want to move!" I say, crossing my arms to make a point.
"I miss daddy too, we all do" says Mama.
"Mommy you still love Mama and Mama loves you, please can we move back to our old house with the big garden and live together again so you can both be happier?!" I ask both my mommies who look at each other, then at me, then back to each other...