It was only a few minutes till it was lunch. Madi couldn't stop staring at the clock. She hated Math, even though she got good grades. She was the kind of person that didn't like usual classes but still managed to read to a test or a presentation and still get good grades. Even though she wasn't interested. Beside her sat Cameron Boyce, her crush. They started talking a few weeks ago and she started liking him more and more. And the best part is that Cameron lives near her. That's one of the reasons why Madi was so excited to move.
Cameron nudged gently on Madi's shoulder. He showed her something he wrote in his math book. Madi chuckled, and so did Cameron. The brown-curled-haired boy drew something in his book. Madi studied his face. He was perfect. He had freckles that made him look cute. He had curls, beautiful eyes, and skin. Everything about him was just perfect. Cameron turned his head to face Madi. They locked eyes for a few seconds. But the moment was interrupted by the bell.
Everyone hurried out of class. They talked so loudly that it was almost annoying. Madi put her book in her backpack and picked up her lunch. She was just about to leave the classroom when Cameron suddenly grabbed her hand. She had butterflies in her stomach. There were so many butterflies that it spread through her whole body. She felt her heart began to beat fast, and every heartbeat made Madi warmer.
"I was just wondering if you maybe wanted to walk home today? With me, I mean" Madi smiled at Cameron. "Yeah, sure. That'd be nice. But I have to pick up my foster brother in kindergarten" Madi said and smiled a little as she noticed that Cameron hadn't let go of her hand yet. "I'll come with you" Cameron smiled. "I love little kids," he said with a huge excited smile. Madi chuckled.
They locked eyes again. It wasn't awkward. It wasn't uncomfortable. It was… nice. It felt good and sent shivers through their whole bodies. Madi finally found someone. Someone who's nice, thoughtful, funny, brave, tall, full of love and someone who sends her shivers and butterflies just by the way he looks at her. They were so busy with looking at each other that they didn't notice a group of guys walked past the classroom but stopped as they saw Madi and Cameron holding hands.
"olala! Look they are holding hands. Madi and Cameron are together!" the tallest of them teased. It wasn't a good diss and it wasn't even funny. But the other guys thought so. They laughed. Cameron shook his head, but he still didn't let go of Madi's hand. "and what if we were together?" Cameron turned to face the guys. The other guys looked at the tallest one. He didn't come up with anything to say. "Then lucky you, cause Madi's hot. But she's too good for you man. You don't deserve her"
Cameron looked at Madi. Completely ignoring the other guys. "I know," he said with a smile. It didn't look like he was hurt by their words. He just looked happy. The other guys laughed and just followed the tallest guy as he found another innocent person to bug. "Hey… do you have any plans after school on Friday?" Cameron asked. It kind of looked like he was nervous. "No, I don't think so. Why?"
Cameron waited a few seconds to answer, but he smiled at her. "there's this beautiful park nearby that think you should see. And since itis fall the leaves on the trees are like orange, red and yellow… it's just beautiful. And after that, I could show you my favorite café!" Cameron suggested. It was like he wanted to guide her around. "That sounds nice! And fun. I'll have to ask first but I think it's okay" They shared a smile. "Great. It's a date. Then" Cameron smiled as he rose to his feet. He whispered a little bye to Madi before he left the classroom.
Lexa looked at the clock. She could soon go home to Clarke. Lexa had completely forgotten about asking Clarke if it was okay if her mother and father, and Abby and Kane could come over for dinner and meet Aden. Lexa picked up her phone and pressed the Clarke button.
"Hey, love" Clarke said. Lexa smiled. She loved it when Clarke called her love. "Hey, babe. I was just wondering if it was okay if Abby and Kane and my parents could come over for dinner today. You know so they can greet on little Aden"
"Yeah of course! It's going to be nice to have all of them over here"
"Great! What time should they come?" Lexa wondered.
"em… 5 pm?" the blonde answered.
"Perfect. I'll text them" Lexa smiled. "Bye"
"bye"
Lexa hung up on the phone and texted her parents, then Abby and Kane to come over at 5 pm. There was actually little to do at the office at the moment. And she was going to take the offer and move to France. She just had to ask Clarke if she wanted to go with her to France. But there's no way she would've left without Clarke. Speaking of Clarke. Lexa's feelings were only growing bigger for each heartbeat. She wanted to propose to the love of her life on their anniversary. Lexa decided that after work she could go and look at engagement rings.
"You may go home now" The teacher smiled as the school belle stopped ringing. Everyone hurried out of class. Madi waited for Cameron then they headed out together. "So, how's your foster brother?" Cameron wondered. He had never heard of him before. "Well, he's cute and funny. He moved in a yesterday or the day before I can't quite remember" Madi chuckled.
The kindergarten was just a few minutes away from school. And lucky for them, it wasn't raining outside. "You have actually never told me about your foster parents. Are they nice to you?" Cameron wondered. He asked many questions lately. But that must be because he wants to get to know her. "Yeah, they are really nice. I love them" Madi smiled. "That's good" he pressed his lips to a thin line.
"And how's your little sister? Do you get to see her or talk to her?" Cameron asked. Wow. He really was curious. "We text, face time and sometimes meet. I think she's fine" Madi smiled. "That's nice to hear" Cameron smiled. "There's just a week till your birthday, right?" the boy smiled. Madi nodded. "I don't know who I want to invite yet but if I'd invited you would you home?"
"I wouldn't have hesitated. Not even a little. Of course, I would come" Cameron kicked a little stone piece out of the way and it landed it the grass. They were standing in front of the kindergarten. Both walked inside and asked for Aden. The boy came running to Madi and embraced her. "Hey, little man" Madi smiled. He wanted to hold hands with her.
"Who is this?" Aden pointed at Cameron. "oh, this is my friend Cameron" Madi smiled at Aden then at Cameron. "Hello, you're Aden, right?" Cameron asked and gave held up his hand waiting for a high five. Aden high fived him. "yes" he confirmed. "Nice to meet you, bro" Cameron walked beside Aden. "Nice to meet you too, bro" Aden answered. Madi just had to laugh because he was so cute. Aden wanted to hold hands with Cameron too.
"Do you go to the same school?" Aden looked up at Cameron then at Madi. "Yes, we're in the same class. We have all of our classes together actually" Madi smiled at Cameron. "Cool," Aden answered. "Cameron where do you live?" Aden asked. Cameron was a little surprised by how fluent he spoke at that early age. But in united states, kids at age two usually talked fluently in this generation. "Not far from where you live" the older boy answered. "Cool!" Aden smiled widely. It looked like he loved getting to know new people.
On their way home, they stopped at a park. Aden found a ball. "Can we kick this round thing? I've seen other kids do it" Aden picked up the ball and threw it to Cameron. Madi chuckled. "Sure thing, bro. Do you play soccer?" Cameron asked as he did tricks with the ball. Aden shook his head. He gaped as he watched Cameron do tricks. "You're amazing! Can you learn me some tricks?" Aden asked. Cameron looked at the clock he had on his arm and stopped dribbling the ball. "oh sh-sugar" Cameron said instead of swearing. "I'll have to go home now, but I promise I will learn you some tricks another time. Okay, buddy?" Cameron carefully passed him the ball. Aden sighed but still managed to look excited for the next time they would meet. "okay." Cameron waved at Madi and Aden. "Bye," he smiled at Madi. "Bye" Madi waved back.
A few hours passed, and she was already out of the building and drove right to the first shop with engagement rings. Lexa, of course, didn't care about how much it costs. She could have bought all the rings, even the shop and she would still not have lost 1 % of her money. Almost every ring was beautiful but there was one special ring she couldn't take her eyes off.
"Sir, may I please look at this ring?" Lexa asked the man behind the rings and pointed at the ring that caught her attention. He nodded, picked up the ring and gave it to her. Lexa breathed out a little 'wow' as she held the diamond ring. It was the most beautiful ring in the world. "I'll take this one" Lexa smiled and gave him the ring. "You decided very fast" he let out a short silent laugh. "Well yeah. I know this is the one. It gives me butterflies just by looking at it" Lexa smiled.
"This is the most expensive ring in this shop" The man informed and show her a piece of paper with how much it costs. Lexa just smiled and shrugged. "No problem," she said. He put the ring inside a ring box and put the ring box in a paper bag. Lexa paid him right away and thanked him.
She drove right home. It smelled food out in the hallway. Lexa smiled. Clarke was such a wife material. She noticed Madi and Aden were home because of the extra shoes but Clarke and Lexa's parents hadn't come yet. Lexa followed the good smelling smell straight to the kitchen. "hello beautiful" Lexa hugged Clarke from behind and kissed her neck. "Well, hello love" Clarke smiled. Lexa let go of Clarke and looked at the dish she was preparing. "Smells very good, honey". Clarke smiled. Madi just walked into the kitchen. "Hey" Madi smiled at Lexa and gave her a hug. "Hello, cutie pie" Lexa hugged Madi longer than usual. "You're in an awfully good mood. Not that it's a bad thing"
Madi smiled at Lexa as she let go of the hug. She looked at Clarke and Lexa. "em… I was just wondering if we have plans on Friday. Like, if we don't have any plans could I go hang out with a friend?" Madi wondered. "Of course you can" Clarke smiled. Lexa, on the other hand, looked a little skeptical. "Who's this friend?" she smirked. "Well if you have to know. His name is Cameron" Clarke and Lexa looked at each other. Clarke smiled for herself as Lexa folded her arms in front of her chest. "hm… and what are you two going to do?" Lexa wondered. As is she was terrified they were going to watch a movie on his bed or something.
"Well, he suggested that he'd show me a park nearby. He said it was beautiful, especially at this time of the year and then he wants to show me his favorite café. Well not just show, but order something too" Madi pressed her lips to a shy smile. Clarke and Lexa looked at each other and exchange smiles. "Sounds like a date," Clarke said with a cute voice. The little brunette nervously played with her fingers while she chuckled. "Well he said it was a date…" she looked up and smiled at her foster mothers.
"Well, of course, you can go on a date!" Clarke smiled. "and one more thing" Madi began. She looked at Lexa only. "I was wondering if I could invite some guys over at my birthday party?" Madi bit her lower lip. Lexa looked at Clarke. Clarke nodded and tried to convince Lexa to say yes. "If I say yes, will Cameron come to your party too?" Lexa narrowed her eyes in curiosity for a few seconds. Madi nodded. "If he can, yes" Madi tried to smile. Lexa sighed. "Well, I suppose it's okay. But remember to take responsibility because we won't be here" Lexa said with a firm voice. Madi nodded with a big smile. Surprised that she actually said yes and was so chill. "okay, thank you so much!" she hugged the brunette.
"Why can't we be here while Madi is having her birthday party?" Clarke asked Lexa. The brunette just looked at the little brunette. "Because they are teenagers. And it's not 'cool' to have adults around" Lexa smiled. "oooh, right" Clarke chuckled. Madi rolled her eyes with a smile. "Where's Aden?" Lexa wondered. "In the living room" Madi pointed at the direction of where he sat.
Lexa made her way to the living room and smiled as she saw his little head as she leaned over the couch. "Hey, little man" Lexa smiled and sat beside Aden. "Hi, Yexa" the little boy answered. He was curled up in the couch while he watched a cartoon. He told Lexa that it was his favorite. Lexa thought the cartoon was funny because animals and food could talk, and they were acting like human teenagers. Lexa sat beside Aden and kept him with company.
Clarke and Madi entered the living room and sat down on the comfy couch. Clarke sat beside Aden and Madi sat beside Clarke. The blonde threw a warm blanket over Lexa and Aden, then grabbed another warm blanket and threw it over Madi and herself. As all four of them watched the cartoon Clarke came to the realization that this was what she has always wanted. A family. Watching a cartoon, she didn't think was her kind of entertainment but just sitting here with Aden, Lexa and Madi were enough. She didn't care about what they watched. As long as they watched it together.
All Clarke could do was smile at her family as they laughed together. Lexa faced Clarke with the most beautiful smile glued to her face. They locked eyes for a moment. "I have to check on the food" Clarke rose to her feet and hurried to the kitchen. "I totally forgot our parents are coming "Lexa chuckled. "Lexa and Madi, could you set the tables?" Clarke asked as she was a few meters away from the couch. Although they knew it wasn't a question. Lexa and Madi rose up to their feet with a sigh.
"Madi, could you set the tables while I just go and do something really important?" Lexa asked. Madi thought about it for a few seconds before she answered. "Fine, but you have to set the tables next time," Madi said with a serious, yet just a joking, strict voice. The brunette raised both hands in the air and promised that she would set the tables next time. Lexa had to sneak through the kitchen without Clarke noticing, and since it was such a big kitchen, Clarke didn't notice her. Lexa half-ran to the hall and pulled the paper bag out of her purse. She half-ran to the kitchen and made sure Clarke was standing with her back to her. When Clarke didn't look she took her chance and ran through the kitchen and through the dining room. Madi looked suspicious at Lexa when she saw the adult ran up the stairs while holding a paper bag.
Lexa walked into the walk-in closet and opened another door. Behind that door was two safes', Clarke's and hers. She dialed her code to her safe and opened the metal door and put the paper bag inside the safe.
Lexa hurried downstairs down to the dining room and hoped Clarke didn't notice that Lexa was gone. But the blonde stood beside Madi and helped her set the tables. "Why didn't you help Madi set the tables like I asked you to do?" Clarke asked Lexa. Lexa's palms started to sweat. She was a bad liar. "ugghh…" was all that came out of her mouth. Madi rolled her eyes. "I asked her if she could go and get my charger. My phone is almost dead" Madi pressed her lips together and looked at Clarke. "oh well then. Sorry, I accused you of being lazy" Clarke looked at Lexa with an apologizing face expression. Lexa just smiled at her girlfriend. She was so cute. The way she apologized with her cute little voice and her adorable face. Lexa just wanted to throw herself at Clarke and kiss her everywhere if it weren't for the kids that were in the same room as them.
Lexa followed Clarke to the kitchen and sat on a bar stool while she watched the blonde wash the benches. In ten days. Lexa thought to herself. Just a few meters in front of her was this beautiful blonde with wavy soft hair and sparkling ocean blue eyes. Who had the most beautiful smile on earth… she is the one. Lexa thought. As the blonde turned around Lexa's heart froze. It was like it almost stopped. Clarke was so beautiful that it was breathtaking. Lexa slowly inhaled and exhaled. "I love you so much"