Hey guys! This is a lighter, fluffier continuation of the last chapter dealing with Skye's separation anxiety. This is Skye on a good day (where as the last chapter was her on a bad day) and I just wanted to be able to touch on how varied separation anxiety can be :)

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Skye had kind of forgotten how her parents were going to have to leave her again but now that the day had arrived, it was the only thing on her mind. Jiaying was supposed to come over and take her to the park for an hour so that her parents could go and do whatever they did while they were away from her. Even though everything had turned out okay last time, that didn't mean that everything would turn out okay this time. The thought of her parents leaving her was making her tummy feel weird and she didn't like it.

Right now, her mom and dad were both sitting at the table looking over papers for work and she kept walking between them. She left her mom's side and wandered over to her dad. She stood on her tiptoes and leaned on his thighs so that she could see what he was looking at.

Skye pointed to the large stack of papers in front of her, "That looks boring."

Her dad turned to look at her, "It is boring."

Scrunching up her nose, she said, "Then why are you reading it?"

"Because I have to. You, on the other hand, do not." He poked her tummy and she squirmed away from him, "Why don't you go play sweetheart?"

She shook her head, "I don't wanna play."

Making her way back over to her mom, she ducked under May's outstretched arms so that she could climb onto her lap. She heard her dad let out a breath but he went back to reading his boring papers. She leaned back against her mom's chest and watched her scribble some notes onto a legal pad.

They sat in silence for a little while and the unsettling feeling in Skye's tummy increased the more time passed. She hadn't realized she was squeezing her mom's thigh until her mom gently pried her fingers off of her and pressed a kiss to her knuckles.

Her mom set her pen down and Skye could tell that she was staring at her but she didn't look up, "Jay will be here soon."

Skye nodded reluctantly. She loved her therapist but she would be very happy if she didn't show up today.

Her mom gently patted her thigh so that Skye would look up at her. Her mom's forehead had the little lines on it that only appeared when she was concerned, "You guys are going to go to the park right? That'll be fun!"

May's overly enthusiastic voice did nothing to calm her nerves, "You can come too and we can all have fun."

Her dad glanced up from his work and gave her a firm look, "Nice try sweetheart but you know that we have to go."

"But why?"

"Because it's going to help you?"

She tilted her head, "Why?"

Her dad glanced at her mom before focusing back on her, "Because it'll help with your separation anxiety."

"Why?"

Her dad gave her a warning look, "Skye."

She leaned further against her mom, "Yes?"

Grinning, her dad reached over and tickled her sides. She pushed his hands away and wrapped her mom's arms around her and used them as a shield. Phil said, "You're doing that thing where you ask a lot of questions because you think it's funny."

She shook her head, "No I'm not."

Her dad made a silly face, "Yes you are."

She leaned towards her dad, "Nuh uh!"

Her dad leaned towards her, "Uh huh!"

Skye laughed because her dad was being funny and acting like a little kid. Her mom waved a hand between them, "Okay you two."

Grinning, she forgot all about Jay until the doorbell rang a few seconds later. Suddenly her good mood disappeared and she turned around in her mom's lap so that she could wrap her arms around her neck and her legs around her waist.

Standing up, her mom tried to set her on the ground but Skye just held on tighter. She heard her mom sigh but she just readjusted her grip so that Skye was more comfortable and walked towards the door. Jay was here and her parents were going to have to leave and there was a giant knot in Skye's tummy.

Turning her head, she saw her dad open the door to reveal a smiling Jay waiting on the other side, "Hey guys!"

Her therapist surveyed the scene in front of her and focused on Skye, "You ready to go have some fun?"

She stared blankly at Jay. Her therapist had to know that she was one hundred percent against this, didn't she?

Jay looked back to her dad and the focused on her again, "I'm going to take that as a yes. Skye, say goodbye to your mom and dad okay?"

She hugged herself closer to her mom, turned her face so that it was pressed against her neck, and shook her head.

She felt her mom comb her fingers through her hair and it made her feel a little better, "Skye, this was how you felt the last time we left but everything turned out fine, remember? Everything will be fine this time too."

Mumbling, Skye said, "How do you know?"

Her mom pressed a kiss to the side of her head, "Because I'm your mom and I know everything."

Skye couldn't help but smile a little.

Picking her head up so that she could see her mom's face, she said, "You don't know everything mommy."

Tilting her head, her mom spoke seriously, "Oh yes I do, and I know that you're going to be fine."

Her dad walked up and stood beside them, "Why don't we go get some ice cream when we get back?"

Skye would never say no to ice cream, "For real?"

Her dad nodded, "For real, but we have to leave so that we can come back and go get it."

While the thought of ice cream was enough to get her to loosen her grip on her mom, she still wasn't happy about her parents having to leave her, "I don't like it when you guys leave."

Her mom hugged her close, "I know baby."

This time when her mom went to set her on the ground, she let her. Rushing forward, she hugged her dad and pressed her face against his stomach. He wrapped her in a tight hug and patted her back, "You be good and have fun alright? I love you."

Her voice was muffled by his shirt when she said, "I love you too."

Walking over, her mom smoothed a hand over her head, "I love you to the moon and back-"

She unwrapped one arm from around her dad so that she could take her mom's hand off of her head and hold it, "More than all the stars in the sky."

Her parents stepped back and she looked up at them. They smiled at her, said goodbye to Jay, glanced back at her one last time, and walked out the door.

Running towards the living room window, she peered outside and watched her parents get in the car and drive away. Her heart was aching and she felt her lower lip start to wobble but Jay didn't give her a chance to be sad, "Let's go to the park Skye."

She took Jiaying's offered hand and let her therapist tug her out the door and down the street. Even though it felt like there was a hole in her chest, Jay never let her dwell on it. If they weren't swinging on the swings, they were climbing across the monkey bars or making castles in the sandpit. Skye didn't even notice that an hour went by until Jay was telling her it was time to go home.

She held her therapist's hand as they made their way back home and Jay said, "Did you have fun?"

Skye nodded, "Yeah, you're fun to play with."

Jay grinned, "Thanks Skye, you're fun too.

Smiling to herself, Skye swung their interwoven hands between them.

They were quiet for a little bit and Jay was the one to break it, "How're you feeling?"

Skye surprised herself, "I'm okay."

"See? You're mom told you that you'd be fine."

Skye scrunched up her nose, "Maybe she does know everything."

Jiaying laughed and they made their way down the street and towards her house. When she saw her parent's car parked back in the driveway, she pulled on Jiaying's hand and started jogging towards her house. Reaching the door, she let go of Jay's hand and pushed it open.

Her parents were sitting in the dining room so she ran towards them and crashed into her dad's legs. He wrapped her up in a hug and she jumped up and down until he pulled her onto his lap, "You're back!"

Her mom reached over and caressed her cheek before sitting back, "Did you have fun with Jay?"

Skye nodded, "Yeah, but I still missed you guys."

Jay sat down across from her mom, "Skye it's okay to miss your parents when you're away from them, that's normal, we're just trying to help you get rid of the anxiety that comes with being apart from them."

Skye cuddled close to her dad and leaned her head back against his shoulder, "Okay."

Her mom looked surprised, "Okay?"

She nodded again. She didn't like being away from her mom and dad, hated it even, but Jiaying thought that this was going to help her. Jiaying had helped her work through so many different issues that she trusted her to help her with this, even though she hated it.

Hopefully looking up at her dad, she gave him a smile, "Ice cream?"

"I think it's well deserved."

She looked back to Jiaying, "Can Jay come too?"

Her dad stood up with her in his arms and nodded, "If she has time, she's more than welcome to join us."

Jiaying laughed and stood up from her seat, "I'd love to come."

Skye tapped her dad's shoulder, "Let's go, let's go, let's go! I want chocolate chip!"

What'd you guys think? I know it was short but I think it was cute :) If you guys have any prompts for me, you can send it in either on here or on my tumblr and I'll add it to the poll!

Special thanks to storybuyer, memorysdaughter and charlotteredmond99 for letting me bug you guys with sequel ideas. Hopefully I'll have it planned out soon so that I can start writing it! Thanks for reading xx -Ariel