Selena's POV
Alyssa fed Lucy then took her upstairs to dress her. They both walked back down the stairs after about ten minutes but Lucy was dressed in a red t-shirt with two stars on and light blue jeans.
"Right, do you want me to take you two back home now then?" I offered to Alyssa as they walked down the stairs. Lucy heard what I said and shook her head violently.
"No! I wanna stay with 'Lena and Mandy." She protested to Alyssa who just looked confused at what she was saying. She mentioned before that I shouldn't be offended if Lucy acts coldly to me because she doesn't like many people.
"We have to go home sweetie, but I'm sure we'll see them soon." Alyssa explained to Lucy once they reached the bottom of the stairs. She tried to pick her up but Lucy wouldn't let her, she ran over to me and put her arms up to me. I didn't really know what to do but Alyssa nodded at me so I picked the small girl up. Lucy smiled and buried her head in my neck.
"'Lena can I stay with you?" She asked me in a sweet and irresistible voice.
"You don't have to go yet you know, we could go and do something." I suggested to Alyssa who looked completely shocked that Lucy had just let me pick her up.
"If you want to, I kind of figured you might have had enough of babysitting for now." Alyssa said with a chuckle as she walked over to Lucy and me. She wrapped both of her arms around my waist and kissed my head, followed by Lucy's.
"Oh no, she's sweet, and I haven't had enough of you yet." I said with a subtle wink in her direction. Lucy didn't pick up on it but Alyssa did and gasped in mock horror.
"Should I be worried that there's a 'yet' on the end of that?" She asked with fake offence in her voice.
"No, of course not, I was kidding." I told her with a smile. Alyssa smiled back and pecked my lips quickly. Lucy was too preoccupied playing with my hair to notice.
"Good. I… I really like you… I want you to be my girlfriend, if you'd like to?" She asked me shyly as she scratched the back of her neck. I didn't really have time to think, I just kind of said yes without realising. I liked her though, so I figured it was a good thing. Sure, I had a mad crush on Miss. Lovato, but come on, nothing's ever going to happen there because she's a teacher. Being with Alyssa could be good for me.
Alyssa grinned massively when I said yes and pecked my lips once again. I grinned back at her then turned to Lucy who was still messing with my hair.
"Lucy?" I asked to the little girl who looked up at me when I said her name. "Do you want to go and play at the park?" I suggested with a small smile. Lucy looked at me and tilted her head before nodding happily.
"Will you push me on the swings?" she asked me sweetly.
"Of course I will if you want me too. Right, I'll put you down and you can put your shoes on then we can go, okay?" I asked Lucy and Alyssa. They both nodded and I lowered Lucy to the floor. "Right, me and your mommy are just going to talk to my mommy and then we'll go. You put your shoes on." I told her as I took Alyssa's hand and led her into the living room where my mom was sitting.
"Mom, we're going to take Lucy to the park. We'll probably go for lunch of something as well, so just call or text me if you need me or anything. Love you." I told her before kissing the top of her head.
"Okay girls, have fun." She said and she flashed a smile in our direction. I turned round and walked out of the living room back to where Lucy was sitting on the steps trying to do her laces up, never once letting go of Alyssa's hand.
"Here baby, let me do that." Alyssa said as she pulled away from me and bent down to do Lucy's short white laces up for her. Lucy looked up at me and smiled at me, her small milk teeth gleaming white up at me. "There we go." Alyssa got up and put her hand out for Lucy. She took it then put her other hand out for me to take. I did as she wanted and smiled at the feeling of her small and soft hand wrapped in mine.
"Right then, let's go." I said as I put my Black McKenzie jacket on. I put my iPhone, keys and keypad in my pockets and we went out of the house, each calling out a goodbye to my mom before I closed the door behind us.
We all got in the car and Alyssa strapped Lucy in after having to reason with her that she could have an ice-cream at the park if she let her do the seatbelt up. Lucy soon stopped struggling after this was offered and let Alyssa do her belt up so that we could go.
When I drove straight past the park Alyssa looked at me with confusion on her facial features.
"I thought we were going to the park?" She asked me with her brow furrowed.
"We are, but we're not going to that one, we're going to a better one." I told her before quickly reaching across and squeezing her hand. I carried on driving down the road and made a sharp left when I almost missed a turning. I pulled into a pretty much empty car park that was opposite a huge park with swings, a climbing frame, a roundabout, one of them zip-wire things, racing slides, bumper-cars, donkeys, a bouncy castle, canoe boats, a hook-a-duck, and a small café sort of thing which I knew from previous visits served ice-cream.
"Wow." Lucy exclaimed as she tried but failed to loosen the seatbelt so she could get out and go play. Alyssa turned round to see what she was doing and chuckled at her daughter who was desperately trying to undo the clip on her seat.
"Hang on a second, I'll do it." Alyssa instructed Lucy as she got out of her side of the car and went round to the back to let Lucy out of her restraining car-seat.
"Thank you mommy. Can we go on the Donkeys?" Lucy called as she ran excitedly toward the grey, brown and white donkeys which were saddled up and eating from a feeder. There were twelve of them and three people to guide them when someone wanted a go.
"Lucy come back here!" Alyssa called to Lucy who was running as fast as her little legs could carry her. She stopped when she heard Alyssa call and walked back over to us, panting slightly and a little pink in the cheeks.
"Momma I wanna ride the donkeys." She panted with an excited grin on her little face. "This is the coolest park ever." She gushed excitedly. As she jumped up and down with a tight grasp on her mom's hand. Alyssa looked saddened as she bent down so that she was level with Lucy.
"Sweetie I haven't brought any money with me so you're going to have to stick with the swings and the free things." She told Lucy whose face fell from sadness. She looked so upset.
"I have about fifty dollars in my car so we can use that to go on the donkeys and things if you want." I suggested as I remembered about my emergency stash of cash. Lucy's eyes lit up and she jumped at me. I only just caught her in time and lifted her up so she was our height.
"Yes 'Lena! Please?" She added quickly with a huge smile, not unlike her mothers, plastered on her face. I chuckled at how alike their smiles were and looked to Alyssa to quickly check it was okay. Her facial expression told me it was.
"Okay then honey, I'll go and get my money from my car and we'll go to the donkeys. You and your momma can go over now and I'll come and meet you." I told Lucy as I lowered her gently down onto the floor. She giggled and ran off, grabbing Alyssa's hand and dragging her with her as well. Alyssa turned round and directed a grin at me whilst she was being dragged towards the donkeys that Lucy desperately wanted to go on.
I went to my car and noticed a truck parked next to it. This park was the best in my opinion but it was always extremely empty because it wasn't in a very well-known location. I looked at the truck again and realised the woman who was getting out of it was Miss. Lovato.
"Miss. Lovato? Hey!" I said happily as I typed my passcode in to get into my car.
"Hey Selena, how're you?" She asked. I couldn't help but notice that she didn't really look to happy. I was shocked when she took a cigarette out of a packet and lit it.
"I'm good. I didn't know you smoked?" I told her in a questioning tone. Miss. Lovato looked down at the cigarette in her hand and shook her head as she blew out the smoke.
"I don't, I only do it when I'm stressed." She said as she took another long drag on the death-stick. I shook my head, slightly disappointed that she smoked.
"Penny for your thoughts?" I offered as I sat against the front of my car. I slipped the fifty bucks into my pocket with my iPhone and watched as Miss. Lovato released the smoke from her lungs. She shook her head and looked down at the floor, clearly deeply in thought.
"It's stupid," she muttered as she hopped onto the bonnet of her own car. I looked up at her, we were facing each other and our knees were almost touching from how close the cars were parked. I didn't say anything in reply, from speaking to her for over an hour every day for over a month and a half, I knew that she would carry on. "It's Kristen. I think she's cheating on me but I'm not sure because I might just be paranoid about it because of what Lindsay did to me. I'm really confused and stressed out."
I didn't know who Lindsay was or what she'd done, but I assumed that she had cheated on her in the past. I smiled sadly at Miss. Lovato and hopped down off my car onto the floor.
"I'm sure it'll all be fine, and if it isn't then it just wasn't meant to be." I told her as I looked around the park to the donkeys where little Lucy was stroking one whilst Alyssa held her up so she could reach properly. "I need to get back to Alyssa, I'll see you in school on Monday though." I said as I looked over at them again.
"Oh yeah, how was your date?" Miss. Lovato perked up to try and change the subject.
"It was really nice. She stopped at mine after because her mom chucked us out after she caught us kissing. We decided it'd be nice to come here this morning so I'm just about to go and find her again." I said with a smile. Miss. Lovato smiled back and nodded.
"I'm really happy for you… hey; I was thinking maybe you and your mom could come to mine for dinner tomorrow to finally return the favour for you inviting me over last month. I know it was a while ago but I've been so busy with Kristen that I haven't really have time." She offered as she looked down at her phone which had just buzzed. After reading the message she rolled her eyes and put it back in her pocket without replying. "What do you say?" she asked again when her phone was back in her pocket and the cigarette she was holding was nearly finished.
"Uh… yeah sure that should be fine, I'll have to check with my mom when I get home but I can let you know… is it okay for me to have your cell number?" I asked cautiously; I wasn't sure if teachers were actually allowed to give students their cell numbers.
"You can do but be careful you don't let anyone other than your mom know that you've got it. I could get questioned and possibly even fired for giving it to you since I don't properly know you out of school. Especially don't give it to any other students, I don't want prank calls and all that crap." Miss. Lovato said as she pulled her phone out again and started to type a text.
"What's your number; I'll text you so you have it." She asked with a smile. I recited my number to her and quickly felt my phone buzz. I saved the number under Demi with a smiley face and then suddenly felt small arms wrapped around my legs. I looked down and saw Lucy smiling up at me, followed closely behind by Alyssa who wrapped her arm around my waist.
"Hey there, sorry I got distracted talking. Are you ready to go on the donkey's honey?" I asked Lucy who I lifted up to our height and sat her on my shoulders with one of her legs either side of my head. I held her hands and she laughed happily.
"Yeah 'Lena, let's go!" She exclaimed happily. Alyssa chuckled at the look on her face but I couldn't see because she was above my head.
"Aw, who's this?" Miss. Lovato asked me as she looked up to Lucy who was eyeing her suspiciously and holding onto my head.
"This is Lucy, she's my daughter." Alyssa said nervously. I think she probably got judged quite a lot for having a daughter from the fact that she's always careful when she tells people from what I've seen so far. Miss. Lovato just smiled at Alyssa sympathetically then looked up at Lucy.
"She's very sweet. She looks like you." She told her with a chuckle. Lucy giggled and started kicking me softly.
"Come on 'Lena, let's go!" She whined with a sort of happy tone to her voice. I chuckled at Lucy and nodded.
"Okay, right, I'll let you know about tomorrow when I ask my mom. See you later." I said with a small wave as we walked off with Lucy on my shoulders and Alyssa's arm wrapped around my waist so that she was hugging me. I heard Miss. Lovato giggle quietly and she started walking in the opposite direction to us. I felt bad for leaving her on her own, she seemed to have cheered up a bit since she first arrived.
"So what's tomorrow?" Alyssa asked me with her head rested on my shoulder. We got to the donkeys and I paid the man who was running them. I lowered Lucy to the ground and she followed the man to a small grey donkey.
"I think my mom and I are going to Miss. Lovato's for dinner tomorrow. She came to ours before so she invited us round for tomorrow." I explained as we watched Lucy be lifted onto the donkey. She was led around on it with a huge smile face and Alyssa and I couldn't help but smile at how happy she was.
"Oh that's cool. So I won't get to see you tomorrow?" She asked slightly saddened. I wrapped my own arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
"I'd have thought you were getting sick of me by now anyway." I said with a slight chuckle as I started running my hands through her hair. The sun was shining really brightly and it was so warm, there was the occasional September breeze but it was more than welcomed. I looked over and saw Miss. Lovato sitting on a bench with what I assumed was a tear rolling down her cheek. I figured I would ask her about it tomorrow.
"Of course not. I really like you and Lucy seems to love you. Can I see you before you go?" She asked hopefully as Lucy was led back towards us on the donkey which looked tired.
"Yeah of course. Shall we just stay at mine and watch a movie?" I asked with the thought of us sitting snuggled up on my couch watching some romantic comedy. A warm feeling settled at the pit of my stomach.
"I'd love too." She said with a grin. I looked over to where Miss. Lovato was sitting again, but she was gone.
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