CHAPTER THREE – MEMORIES
(LILLY'S POV) (6 MONTHS LATER)
I'm lying in Kat's bed wearing sweatpants and a white tank top whereas Kat is wearing a pair of black boy shorts and an oversized basketball t-shirt which she looks extremely sexy in. She rolls over onto her side so that she is facing me and rests her head on my chest the picks up my hand and begins to play with my fingers making her look cute and childlike. Right know I couldn't be happier and to make things even better we have today off so that means it's just Ronnie (Veronica or 'V'), Kat and I.
I've already been up and took us through coffee after deciding that it was too early to get up and on my way back in I left the bedroom door open a little. Kat decided to make up a rule that if the bedroom door was shut the Veronica had to knock and wait for an answer but if the door is open the she can knock and walk straight in that way we aint going to get caught that my scar her for life plus we don't want her seeing us engaged in adult activities.
After a while Kat puts down my hand and lifts up my tank top to reveal my stomach and begins to trace all different kinds of patterns on it including the three of our names, a smiley face and other random pictures and words while my hand that is resting on her hip begins to rub gentle smoothing circles on it.
Suddenly there is a knock on the bedroom door before Ronnie comes wondering in dressed in butterfly pyjamas clutching the stuffed pink bunny rabbit I gave her for her birthday a few years ago. She wonders over and climbs in with a little difficulty since she has to pull herself up but she is determined to do it all herself so I leave her be. When she finally does manage to climb in she smiles at me like she just won a trophy before she lies down next to me and snuggles into my spare side so that both of my girls are snuggled into me. Ronnie lays her head on my shoulder using it as a pillow as my arm wraps around her middle protectively just like I do with her mother.
"Good morning mommy, good morning mamma Lilly" Ronnie says taking me completely by surprise at the fact she just called me mamma.
"Mamma Lilly?" Kat questions smiling.
"Yeah, Lilly's here all the time, I like her and she is just like a second mom so I am going to call her mamma" Ronnie responds like it was nothing new making Kat look up at me and smiles before she leans up and places a sweet tender kiss on my lips.
For a while the three of us lay in a confortable silence snuggled up together with Ronnie pink rabbit firmly wedged in-between us not that I mind.
"Mamma, when you were little did you have a favourite teddy just like Hop?" Ronnie asks referring to the pink rabbit.
"I did. I had a rabbit just like yours. He was soft with long floppy ears and had a red jacket" I replied looking down at her with a smile.
"What was his name?" she asked looking up at me with the same beautiful brown eyes and button nose that her mother has.
"His name way Ray. I got him from my next door neighbour whose name was also Ray so because he gave me the bunny I named it after him. I got it when I was five and I was waiting for my mom to come home. What about you Kat?" I respond looking at Kat wondering what her favourite stuffed toy was when she was little.
"I had a dog named Rover. I got it from my dad the day that I was born the first night I was in the hospital a sort of welcome into the world present from him" Kat responded smiling remembering the stuffed toy.
Once again a confortable silence falls over us as we lie in bed cuddled up together enjoying the feeling, closeness and warmth coming off of each other.
Kat's hand began to still no longer tracing lazy drawing or words on my stomach as she places it on my chest and snuggling in a little closer if possible so that there is not enough room for a sheet of paper between us even if it tried. Ronnie has now taken over her mother's job of tracing patterns and word on my bare stomach.
If you would have asked me eight months ago if I ever actually had a chance in hell with Kat other than just friends with benefits then I would have laughed in your face and said no way in hell. How wrong was I because know I am lying here in bed beside Kat and her daughter in an actual relationship that is not just for the sole purpose of sex and for a change I am truly happy. I don't want to be at the office all hours of the day. I am more than happy to leave at five to go and see my girls.
"What was your favourite thing to do when you were little mamma?" said a little innocent voice breaking the silence that had engulfed us.
"Catch the fireflies outside in a jar and use them as a night light and read under my bed covers. What about you Ronnie?" I asked interested in what her favourite thing to do is.
"I like this. Laying her the three of us snuggled up together" she replied. I swear to god that is the sweetest thing that have ever heard.
"You do?" Kat asked looking at her smiling.
"I do. What about you mommy what was your favourite thing to do when you were a little girl?" Ronnie asked making me turn my head to face Kat.
"My favourite thing to do when I was little was play the piano and sing along" Kat responded as a confused look crosses Ronnie's face.
"But you don't play our piano any more mommy" Ronnie stated.
"I know sweetie. Favourite songs" Kat responded gently changing the subject pretty smoothly.
"Mine is Ray Lamontagne, Let it be me" I respond.
"Mines is Amazing Grace but mommy hates that song and usually changes the channel or turns off the radio when it's on. Yours mommy"
"It's a cross between Let Loose, Crazy for you and Dougie Maclean and Caledonia" Kat responds with uncertainty in her voice.
"I got one favourite book mines is Princess And The Frog" Veronica says happily.
"Mines is Sing You Home" Kat says referring to the book by Jodi Picoult that made her shout at one of the characters in it that she hates.
"Mines in the Velveteen Rabbit" I respond smiling as I remembered the book.
The three of us lie in bed for a little bit longer before we finally get up and have a breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast with fresh coffee for Kat and myself and orange juice for Veronica. Then once the dishes have been done Ronnie goes to get changed while I go for a shower and get ready for the day before Kat does.
Later on the three of us head to the park and while we are walking there Kat takes my hand for the first time in public and to my surprise Ronnie comes around to my free side and takes my hand causing me to look down at he and smile.