"Wivia?"
I rolled out of Fitz's arms onto my side.
"Hey Wivia?"
I took me a few moments to realize Lily was standing by my side of the bed. I couldn't hear her very well over the constant buzzing on the fan.
I took the blankest off me and got up careful not to wake Fitz. She watched me as I slipped my feet into my slippers and walked to the fan to turn it off.
"Is everything okay?" I asked squatting down to her eye level. She shook her no and looked somewhat embarrassed.
It took a little coaxing but after promising her that everything was okay, she finally told me what was wrong.
"I had accident. I sworry." Her little face scrunched up as tears began to fall from her fac. It was at that point that I noticed that the shirt she was wearing had aa dark wet stain.
"Hey, it's okay don't worry about we will get you all cleaned up?"
"You waren't mad?" Her lip started to quiver, and her eyes were brimmed with a fresh round of tears.
"No, I'm not mad at all honey accidents happen" I gave her a warm smile and took her to our bathroom.
"I'm going to run the bath for you, and we can get you all washed up okay?"
She shook her head yes but still looked upset and scared. I didn't really know how to act. I have always known I wanted kids but I always thought I would get the practice when they were babies, so I knew how to work when they were toddlers. With Lilly I was just thrown into it all. No practice to make me perfect.
I ran the water keeping it at a warm temperature. I even added some of my lavender scented bubble bath. I turned around when she stripped my shirt off her tiny frame suddenly feeling awkward. I waited until I heard the water sloshing to turn around. Once she was in her lower half was covered by bubbles. I watched her play with the bubbles for a few minutes before I spoke.
"You know when I was little girl not much older than you, I used to wet the bed when I was scared. My mom would just hug me and tell me that I was okay. She never got mad at me and before I knew it, I wasn't peeing the bed anymore." She still looked uncertain.
"Do you think my dwaddy won't want me because I messed up his bed?" she had tears rolling down her face and my heart physically slit at the sight. Fitz and I both underestimated how much Lilly understood. It was in that movement I knew that even if those tests came back negative. Lilly was our daughter.
"No matter what you do Lilly, no matter where you are your Daddy is going to love you. He will always want you no matter what. I promise you that" I rubbed her back and gave her my best smile. She seemed to except my answer.
"You are weally pretty Wivia" She splashed some of the bubbles onto her face.
"Thanks, you're really pretty too" I smiled again wiping the bubbles off her face.
"Do you wove my Dwaddy, are you gwuys married?"
I smiled somehow even brighter when she mentioned Fitz. When she was around it's like I couldn't keep the smile off my face. "I love him so so so much and yes we are married." I Flashed her my ring finger and her eyes lit up.
"Wow its pwetty. I bet it cost a whole lot of money. How come you don't have a bwaby. My mommy said that when two people weally woves eachother. They have babies." She continued to splash the water and bubbles around. She didn't know that what she was asking was breaking down the walls I had spent the last year trying to reinforce.
"Your mommy was right. We had a baby once but she was rally sick in my belly and she passed away." I said trying hard to mask the pain in my voice. She went quiet for a few minutes.
"Im sworry Wivia" she grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
"You can be my new mommy if you want too. I pwomise not to get sick and I will be good." She didn't look at me her attention went back to the bubbles.
"You have a mommy already sweetheart." I went to the cabinet and grabbed her a towel.
"My mommy is dead" she responded void of emotion. I dropped the towel and turned to look at her. She was still playing with the bubbles. "Who told you that?" I inquired.
"My mommy did, she said I had to come live with dwaddy cause the bad men where going to kill her. So, she had to do it first."
I didn't know what to say. What could I say? I decided to wait and address it until Fitz was awake.
"You ready to get out?" she shook her head yes so, I picked the towel off the floor and opened it up for her. I lifted her out of the bathtub and sat he on the ground before pulling the plug in the bath.
"I am gonna grab you a shirt give me one second." I quietly opened the bathroom door revealing a sleeping Fitz. Since I got out of the bed he had shifted over into my side. Not that we really had sides we mostly slept on top of each other anyway. His unruly curls were sticking up everywhere. He looked so handsome and at peace. I grabbed one of his old navy shirts. I happened to glance at the clock 3:30. There was no telling at what time Lilly had waken me up. I went back to the bathroom and made sure she was dry and turned around as she slipped on his shirt.
"This smells like my dwaddy" she let out hands down the cutest laugh I had ever heard.
"It does I wear it every time he leaves. It reminds me of him." I smiled back at her.
Her curls reminded me of Fitz's. The shirt had about three inches hanging on the floor, but she looked comfortable in it. She was a beautiful girl, Bright blue eyes and full lips. She had cute little freckles that spread around her face. She was the spitting image of Fitz.
She reached her hand up for me to grab. "Can I have some apple jwuice?"
"Sure, and then back to bed" I grabbed her hand and led her out of the bathroom and then the bedroom. We made a quick stop so that I could strip the blankets and sheets of her bed and throw them in the washer.
I got her the apple juice she requested and sat her on the bar stool so she could finish it. "Where does dwaddy go when he goes bye bye?"
"He goes away for work, but he always comes back." I assured her.
"All done" she smiled and handed me the cup. A yawn slipped from her mouth.
I put the cup in the sink and lifted her off of the barstool. She gripped my neck tighter and snuggled her head into my chest. She smelt like lavender and her hugs were magical. I went to put her down, but she held on even tighter sending me the message that she didn't want to be put down. I carried her up the stair and back into my room. The spare bed would have to be deep cleaned and I didn't feel like getting into all of that this early in the morning so she could sleep with Fitz and me. I put her down in the bed and she crawled under the blankets. She Snuggled into Fitz side. Fitz on instinct wrapped his arm around her and snuggled her right back. They were cute together. I grabbed my phone and snapped a picture before I crawled into bed myself. She turned in Fitz's arms to look at me.
"Owivia"
"Yes baby?"
"I wike it here. I weally do." She yawned again.
"I'm glad you do. Now get some sleep."
She whispered a good night before she was fast asleep. She left me with a lot to think about. She was already calling Fitz daddy. I had a lot to work out within myself but Lilly she didn't deserve this. I watched the rise and fall of her tiny chest for a while before my eyelids got to heavy and I fell back asleep.
