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This chapter will start the same night of the previous chapter. Some of you asked, so, I'm thinking that in this story, the girls are very little: Aria & Hanna 5 while Spencer's 6 years old.
Note: Remember that everything in bold italic is the thought of a character, what is in its mind.
Do you believe in magic? - CH2
*** Allison's narrative ***
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is: love. For me, love was just a word till I met Emily and, now, now that I have true love, I refuse to love anything else, anyone else because we fear the thing we want the most and, I'm so afraid of losing something I love, that I refuse to open my heart to another person besides Emily… but that is the thing with love, no matter how much you push it away, it always finds its way to your heart…
Holding the hand of Mary, Aria gets inside of the house which will be her next home for the next couple of days. She is scared, she is always scared of everything, especially of the unknown… the shy little brunette looks down and, hides behind Mary when someone, she doesn't know, approaches to them…
Alison. - "Is she afraid of me?"
Mary smirks. - "You can't blame her, you're a terrifying person…"
Alison squints her eyes and says with a sarcastic voice. - "Ha-ha-ha… Very funny…"
Mary and Alison keeps talking and, Aria is curious to see who has this sweet voice so, she looks up and, the little brunette gasps surprised when she sees Alison for the first time…
Aria. - "Ah ! A barbie!"
Alison blushes a lot, a smile wants to appear in her face but, she bites her inner cheeks in order to don't show how happy she is with the compliment…
Mary. - "Are you blushing?"
Alison. - "No… "
Emily smirks while she walks towards them. - "Off course she is blushing…" (smirks) "You should have seen how much she blushed too when the other little girl called her 'princess'... "
Alison.-"I did not blush! And her name is Hanna, no 'little girl'..."
Emily happily hugs her wife and, says. - "Awww… You call them by their names already!"
Alison rolls her eyes and, Mary chuckles, she's happy to see that Alison isn't so cold-hearted like her mother was. They keep talking and teasing Alison till Emily receives a message from the hospital…
Emily looks at her phone and says. - "They need me back…"
Alison.- "But you just came back home! It's very late too… "
Emily kisses Alison's cheeck and replies. - "There's no schedule to save a life… " (She grabs her jacket and, her car keys when she says) "I've to go, don't wait for me awake..."
Alison crosses her arms above her chest and pouts angry, Emily smiles, she loves Alison's pouts…
Emily says while she opens the door. - "I'll try to be back soon… "
Mary. - "Emily, can I go with you? I still have lots of paper work to do in the hospital…"
Emily nods. - "Yeah sure… "
Mary kisses Alison's cheek and says her goodbye to the little girls…
Mary. - "OK girls, I have to go but Spencer knows my phone, if you need anything, call me, I will be back as soon as I get a new home for you…"
Alison mumbles. - "Hopefully very soon…"
Mary gazes at Alison by the corner of her eyes and, says with a teasing voice…
Mary points out towards Alison and says to the girls. - "And, don't be afraid of this Queen Bee; she's pretentious, arrogant and with an awful swing of moods but she doesn't bite… "
Alison pouts angry. - "Hey!"
Emily and Mary chuckle, amused by Alison's reaction. Hanna, in other hand, the little blonde smiles big while she says…
Hanna. - "Queen Bee? Ah ! She is a Queen!"
Once again Alison blushes and, tries very hard to hide her happy smile. Emily looks at Hanna and, gives her a thumb up, thinking…
Emily's mind. - "Awesome! Keep flattering her, that's a way to win her heart…"
Hanna has no idea of what is a Queen Bee neither why Emily is giving her a thumb up but, little Hanna smiles and shows too a thumb up…
Mary hugs the girls and says with a smile. - "Alison is a lots of things but despite all her defects, she is a lovely person with a noble soul…"
Alison blushes
Mary smirks. - "She just has an awful way to show it… "
Alison rolls her eyes, Mary smirks and, gets out of the house first, Emily was going to follow her, when someone stops the brunette in the door. Emily raises an eye-brow when she sees Alison, gripping on her, with panic in her eyes…
Emily. - "What? "
Alison says in low voice while she points out towards 3 little girls. - "You can't let me alone with them!"
Emily. - "Why not?"
Alison. - "Emily! I'm awful with kids! So much as hold 'em, they start wailin'!"
Emily rubs Alison's arms and says. - "It's going to be OK, Ali…"
Alison.-"I agreed with this because you said you would take care of them, and, I would have to do nothing at all… "
Emily.- "And, I will be back and, take care of everything... "
Alison huffs.-"And what I'm supposed to do till you get back home?!"
Emily. - "Well, you could give them something to eat, prepare the guest room for them… "
The brunette keeps making a list of thinks to do, and Alison doesn't look happy with it…
Alison mumbles.-"I agreed with do nothing… "
Emily.-"Come on Ali, don't be like that…"
Alison.-"I can't take care of another human being, Emily!"
Emily. - "It is not so hard Ali, mmm… it's like… Mmm… it's like… " (she remembers something and says) "Oh! You had a bird once, it is something similar… Just remember what you did for your bird… "
Alison.-"Do I need to remind you that the fucking bird didn't last even a week?! It died before I could name it!"
Emily.-"Oh, yeah… right… So, do the opposite of what you did with the bird.. "
Alison rolls her eyes.- "Emily that doesn't help!"
Emily receives another message from the hospital and, even if Alison is reluctant to don't let her go, the brunette has to leaves…
Emily kisses Alison's front-head and says. - "You will be okay… call me or text me if you don't know what to do… "
Emily leaves with Mary and now, Alison is alone with 3 kids.
Alison hits her head against the front door and sighs hard. - "Great… just great…"
Recalling her yoga classes, the blonde makes some breathing exercises till she hears something…
(Stomach rumbles)
Alison mumbles. - "Is tht a stomach growl?!"
The blonde looks at the girls, but the three of them, avoid eye-contact, they feel ashamed of the noises of their stomachs...
(Stomach rumbles)
Alison. - "You're hungry… "
Spencer says no but her stomach is the one being more louder than the others…
Hanna giggles. - "It is roaring like a lion…"
Spencer pouts. - "Shut up!"
Alison & Aria chuckle and, Alison says while she walks towards the kitchen…
Alison. - "Come with me… "
While Alison was alone with the 3 kids; in the hospital, Emily was getting ready to work, the brunette doctor was spacing out while she changed her clothes, Emily was also a little worried for leaving Alison alone with the kids but when she receives a text, her worries disappear and they are replaced by a happy smile…
Alison's text: "I forgot to tell you that I cooked 🍕 pizza for our anniversary dinner…"
Emily sends a text: "Can't wait to taste it 😍!"
Alison replies with another text: "Oh darling, u will not taste it since I gave it to the girls.. "
Emily's text: " ️😥 ️you didn't save a slice of pizza for me?"
Alison replies by text. - "Nope…" (she attaches a picture and writes) "They ate it all… "
Emily opens the file and she chuckles with happiness when she sees the picture: Alison, blowing her a kiss while, in the background, the 3 girls are happily eating the pizza. The photo brings so much happiness to Emily that, despite her tiredness, she's boosted to work without stop…
A nurse asks. - "Doctor, are you ready? We need you in trauma 2…"
Emily replies with a smile while she sets up the photo like her wallpaper on her phone. - "Yes… I'm super ready!" (big smile) "It's a beautiful night to save lives…"
Back in EMISON house, two little girls were getting comfy in a bed...
Spencer scolds. - "Hanna ! Don't jump on the bed!"
Hanna pouts.-"Oh... U are no fun!"
The blonde stops jumping and, a big smile of victory appears in Spencer's face. The tall brunette looks around and says when she notices something...
Spencer.-"Where's Aria?"
*** Aria's narrative ***
All I ever want is a place I can call home, a place I can feel safe & loved. All my life I've been scared of everything and, I wish... I wish there could exist one spell to eliminate all my fears...
Coming back from the bathroom, the little Aria gets lost in the big house, thinking it was the room where Hanna & Spencer were, she opens a door and gets inside a room; the little brunette gasps, surprised, when she enters in a room filled with books. The little brunette is amazed, she has never seen so many books in her life. Looking around, a golden book catches her eye and, a little bit hesitant, she stretches her little body and, slowly approaches her hand, trying her best to touch the book and, in that moment...
Alison says while she walks towards her.-"You like books?"
Aria jumps backwards and says. - "Ah?!"
The little brunette curls her feet, grips hard on her clothes and, looks down because she thinks that she did something wrong. To answer Alison's question, she just nods without being able to see her into the eyes.
Alison stays at her side and, says while she touches the golden book. - "I remember reading this book..." (a nostalgic smile) "It was my favorite when I was little..." (She grabs the book and, open it) "I remember that every time I felt lonely, I could find happiness reading this book..." (She turns the pages and, smiles while she recalls her memories) "I loved to read this, it was my favorite fairy tale..."
It was her favorite book? I tried to grab her favorite book! Aria thinks on what to do, run away or wait to be punished for daring to touch such important book... Scared, like always, Aria worries and, waits for the worse but then, something unexpected happens... Something magical...
Alison. - "It has been years since I read this..." (She says with excitement) "Lets read it!"
Aria. - "Ah ?!"
Contrary to Emily, Alison didn't grew up in a warm family; Alison's parents were cold; their business and social events were their priority and, Alison was most of the time alone in that big house. That's why, Alison fell in love with the books; books never lied to her, never left her alone, books always brought her to magical places, they were there for her when there was no one else... Books are precious friends for Alison; the delivering of such beautiful and raw emotional dialogues is what made Alison have a special place for them. And, without thinking in her actions, leaving her body to move alone by itself; Alison picks up Aria and holds her into her arms tight while they sit in a big sofa, to read the book...
Alison smiles. - "You will love this, it has beautiful illustrations..."
The blonde wasn't lying, the cover of the book looked very nice but, the inside... the content of the book was beautiful, so colorful, so full of magic... Aria maps the illustrations with her tiny fingers and, smiles...
Alison starts reading. -"Once upon a time, in a land faraway, a mermaid..."
Aria was scared but, the blonde starts reading the book with such sweet words that Aria feels compelled to relax and, lean her head over Alison; mesmerized by Alison's sweet voice, by the warm closeness and, by the sweet vanilla aroma of the blonde, Aria wraps her arms around the blonde and, closes her eyes and listens to Alison attentivly; Aria lets oneself gowith each word that Alison says, each word open a new magical world , full of color... full of hope... full of love...
Aria mumbles. - "I'm not scared anymore..."
Alison looks at her, their eyes meet and, once again, love knocks the door of Alison's heart when Aria looks at her with deer eyes...
Alison. - "You have no reason to feel scared, nothing bad will happen to you... No, on my watch..."
Aria smiles and without hesitation she softly kisses Alison's cheek and hugs her with lots of affection. Alison smiles too, she replies the affection with a tender kiss in the front-head and, when Alison kisses Aria's front-head, a big wave of happiness spreads inside Aria's heart.
*** Aria's narrative ***
The mark of fear is not easily removed… but, that doesn't mean that you can't do it… and, I never imagined that the spell... the home... All I ever wanted, I could find it in just one person...
It was late when Emily came back home, she got upstairs and, she frowns when she finds her bedroom empty. The brunette walks around, looking for her dear wife, she inspects each room till she finds her, in the last place she could imagine...
Emily smiles. - "Awww..." (She says while she looks for her phone) "I need to take a picture of this..."
And, she did... the brunette took a picture of what she never thought she would see: Alison, sleeping with a book into her hands and, three little girls around her...
Emily mumbles. - "What a beautiful picture..."
Being a parent isn't how you're made, it's a thing that happens to you. And, these 3 little girls, all they want is a home... a mom... they are far from imagining that they will be loved in gigantic quantitites and with unbelievable quality by a Queen Bee and, her dear mermaid...