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DEAN:
"What are you up to?" asks Ana as she's getting ready to go out for the day to get her hair and nails done for a surprise I have for her later tonight.
"I can't tell you that," I say with a smile. "It's a surprise."
"You're so unfair," she says crossing her arms.
"But you love me. Maybe I just want you to enjoy the day and have the day to yourself. You deserve a free day. You deserve a chance to go out and have fun. You deserve to take time for yourself you are taking finals for school and worked really hard this year. You deserve this."
"Dean, thank-you," she says with a smile.
"No need to thank me," I say with a smile, "go get your nails done and get your hair done. I have a dress picked out for tonight for you."
"Ooh, You got me a dress? Tonight must be a special night."
"I want it to be," I say with a smile, "now go have fun. Talli and I will be all right."
"Okay," she says, "I love you."
"I love you too," I say before she kisses my lips softly. "Have fun. I promise everything will be fine here."
"Okay," she says with a smile. "Enjoy your day with Talli. I hope that you have a good Daddy Daughter Day."
"Thanks," I say with a smile as I walk her to the door of the apartment. I give her a soft kiss before she opens the door and walks out to start her day while I go to get Natalia ready for our day together. It is one of my days off and I want to spend it with Natalia.
Becoming a father to my little girl was the best day of my life. I wish I could have been there when she was born and held her shortly after she took her first breath but circumstances had me elsewhere. I walk into the nursery and see her standing up in her crib. She gives me a big smile showing her four teeth in her mouth; two top and two bottom. Her wild strawberry blonde hair all over the place as she starts to babble at me. "Dada, Dada, Dada," she yells with a squeal making me smile. Dada was the first word she said then Mama. It melted my heart.
"Good morning, Talli," I say with a smile as I pick her up out of the crib. "You're happy this morning," I say before I kiss the top of her head. "Let me get your diaper changed and get you dressed for the day then I'm going to give you breakfast," I say with a smile as I lay her down on the changing table to change her diaper before I get her dressed in a pink sleeveless dress. I sit her up and grab her hairbrush to brush through her hair before I pull some of it up into a fountain ponytail on the top of her head. "You look beautiful," I say with a smile before I kiss her cheek softly. I pick her up from the changing table and then throw the diaper away and wash my hands. I carry Talli out to the living room and put her into her play yard area so she can play while I get her breakfast ready. I go to the cupboard and pull out a box of banana cereal and pour some into one of her bowls. I grab a pack of yogurt melts for her to eat also. I mix the cereal and formula together before I get Talli from the living room. "We're going to get have some yum yums," I say with a smile as I put her into her high chair as she smiles at me. I pour a couple yogurt melts onto the tray as I get some formula into a sippy cup for her as she devours the yogurt melts. "All right here we go," I say as I get the spoon into the cereal. "Open up," I say as I play airplane with the spoon. I make airplane sounds as she laughs at me before she opens her mouth to eat her breakfast. "Is that yummy in the tummy?" I ask before getting her another spoonful of cereal. She opens her mouth for more. "I bet there's a party in your tummy so yummy so yummy," I say with a smile as I continue to feed her breakfast giving her a sip of her formula occasionally. Just looking into her beautiful eyes and seeing that smile on her face makes my entire day.
After breakfast Talli and I spend some of the morning reading books together more like me reading to her and her listening to me before I put her down for her morning nap which is followed by some play time and lunch of chicken and rice with peaches for desert. When lunch is over we make our way to the park for a little bit before her afternoon nap. I'm pushing her in the swing at the park as she laughs and giggles. It melts my heart. It's the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. It is music to my ears as she giggles and laughs as the wind blows on her as she swings back and forth. I take her out of the swing and carry her over to the slide. "You want to go down the slide?" I ask her. I sit her on my lap and slide down the slide with her. Her musical laughter fills the air once again making me smile. We go down the slide a few more times before she gets fussy so I take a seat on the bench to give her a bottle before we head home for the afternoon. "She's cute," says a blonde woman as she sits down next to me. "Is she yours?" she asks me with a smile.
"Thank-you," I say with a smile. "And yes she's mine," I say as Natalia looks up at me with her blue eyes as she drinks her bottle as I hold her in my arms. "I'm Dean."
"Rachel," she says with a smile. "You never see too many dads here with their children."
"I know. Her mom is away for the day and I wanted to bring her out for the afternoon before she takes a nap."
"That's awesome of you," she says with a smile. "How old is she?"
"She's almost 8 months old," I say with a smile.
"Aw, I remember those days. Is she your only child?"
"For now," I say.
"I have 3 kids 4, 6 and 8," she says. "They keep me busy but I love being a mom. Enjoy these days with your baby girl," she says, "because time goes fast a lot faster than we wish. One day you're feeding them a bottle and reading stories to them the next moment they're feeding themselves and reading to you. Life goes a lot faster than you think. Enjoy these moments with her every time she cries, every step she takes, every moment cherish it because it won't be like this for long."
"I will," I say with a smile as I think about the moment I found out Ana was pregnant with Natalia. I was scared to death. I didn't know what to do or say. I just saw my entire life and my entire future disappearing before my eyes. I thought that becoming a father was going to ruin my life but in all actuality becoming a father made me a better person. It made me want to be better and do better things. Becoming a father was my turning point in life, it's what I needed to keep me straight. There isn't anything that I won't do for Natalia and there is nothing I won't give her. She's the most perfect thing in my life. I want to give her the world and I will love her forever.
Later that evening I am at Ana's dad's house dropping Natalia off. He's keeping her overnight for us so that Ana and I can have time alone tonight. We need some time alone. I love Natalia and so does she but we need a little time for ourselves. "Does Ana have any idea?" asks Rod as I am fixing my tie.
"She has no idea. I laid a dress out for her and told her I would be home in a little bit I was out running an errand with Talli. I have the whole basement decorated."
"I think she's going to love it," says Rod.
"Me too at least I hope that she does."
"I'm sure she will," he says. "This is something that she's really wanted. She deserves this night."
"Yeah," I say as I shrug into my dark blue jacket to match my dark blue tie and dark blue slacks. "Do I look all right?"
"You look very handsome," he says with a smile. "What color is Ana's dress?"
"It's an aqua color. It's really beautiful. She's going to look beautiful in it."
"I'm sure," he says with a smile. "I hope you two have fun tonight."
"I'm sure we will," I say, "I'm going to get ready to go," I say as I check my text messages to see Ana asked where I was at. "She's asking about me. I already made all of Talli's bottles. Ana is really pushing the sippy cup thing she's doing well with the sippy cup. She gets formula in cup at breakfast, lunch and dinner other times you just give her a bottle. I have a couple jars of baby food in the bag for you. She really likes bananas and Hawaiian delight. She can have Puffs or Yogurt melts. She loves Chicken and rice and she loves sweet potatoes as well. She likes it when you play airplane with her when she eats. If you give her a bath she likes when you sing to her it's the only thing that keeps her from crying. She doesn't like water being poured over her head," I say.
"Dean, I know I got this. Natalia is in good hands."
"I'm just nervous this is our first night where she is staying away from home. I just want her to feel at home. When you put her to bed she loves her pink blanket. She can't sleep without it or her pacifier."
"Dean," he says as he puts his hand on my shoulder. "Welcome to fatherhood but I have had three children and while Talli may look like you she is all Ana personality wise. I have this under control. Don't worry about a thing. Go enjoy your evening with Ana and have fun. Talli will be fine. I promise."
"Okay," I say. "Thank-you." I give Talli a thousand kisses before I finally leave. It doesn't feel right leaving her overnight somewhere else but I want this time with Ana. On my way to the apartment I stop at the flower shop to pick up the bouquet of red and white roses I ordered for Ana along with an aqua corsage. I pull into my parking space and get out of the car. I make my way up to our apartment. I stop outside and ring the doorbell waiting for Ana to answer the door.
"Coming," she says as I hear her walking toward the door. I hear the chain slide open and the door unlock before she opens the door. My breath is taken away when I see her in her aqua sleeveless dress, giving off the perfect amount of cleavage that sparks in the light from the glitter on the dress. It falls to her ankles as it meets the clear high heels she has on that remind me of Cinderella's glass slippers. Her once long dark hair is now cut to her shoulders and straightened and she now has bangs. She looks beautiful. I love her new look. "Dean," she says with a smile as she looks me over with her dark brown eyes. "You're wearing a suit. You look good."
"You look beautiful," I say with a smile. "These are for you," I say as I hand her the roses.
"Thanks," she says with a smile. "Do you like my hair?"
"I love it," I say with a smile. "It looks beautiful."
"So what are we all dressed up for?" she asks as she lays the roses down on the table by the door.
"Well, you know how you've been asking about going to prom and saying how you wished you could have gone to prom?"
"Yes," she says with a smile. "What about it? Prom is over."
"Maybe for your cyber school but YOUR prom didn't even start yet."
"What?" she asks with a smile.
"Will you be my prom date?" I ask with a smile.
"If there's a prom to go to then yes," she says with a smile.
"There is a prom," I say, "will you go with me?"
"Yes," she says with a smile.
"This is for you also," I say with a smile as I pull out the corsage and place it on her wrist. "I'm going to make sure you have the best night of your life."
"The best night of my life was falling in love with you," she says with a smile. "It always will be."
"Mine too," I say with a smile before I kiss her lips softly. "So are you ready to go to prom?"
"I guess," she says with a smile as she steps out of the apartment. I hook her arm in mine. We make our way downstairs to the basement or storage room of our building. I open the door for her allowing her to go in before me as I turn on the light showing a beautiful decorated storage room. It looks like an actual prom setting. "Dean," she says, "you did all this for me?"
"Yes," I say with a smile. "I wanted you to have a prom since you missed yours. I think this one is more special because it's just you and me."
"Me too," she says with a smile. "It's beautiful," she says with tears in her eyes.
"Why are you crying? Did I do something wrong?" I ask.
"No," she says, "you didn't do anything wrong. You did everything right. You're amazing, Dean. You remind me every day how lucky I am to have you in my life. When you see true love in front of you it's hard not to cry. I just love you so much it makes me cry."
"Ana," I say before I give her a hug. "I love you."
"I love you too," she says with a smile before she kisses my lips softly.
"So are you ready to dance?"
"Whenever you are," she says with a smile.
"I'm ready," I say with a smile as I turn on the CD of songs I picked out for us to dance to together some of them fast and some of them slow. We spend the evening dancing the night away without a care in the world. The happiness in her eyes makes me feel good. She's having the time of her life dancing to songs like The Cupid Shuffle, The Electric Slide and some fast songs. I have to admit I am having fun. I could dance with Ana all day. "I had fun tonight," I say with a smile.
"Me too," she says with a smile.
"Can I have one last dance?"
"Absolutely," she says with a smile as she takes my hand. I pull her close to me as I wrap one arm around her waist as her arms snake around my neck. My other arm makes its way around her waist. I kiss her lips softly as the music begins to play. "Because you Loved Me?" she asks with a smile. "I love this song. It's one of my favorite love songs."
"I know, Baby," I say with a smile, "I listened to it and I am dedicating it to you."
"You're dedicating me a love song?" she asks with a smile as the words are sung.
"Yes, Ana," I say with a smile as we dance. "You're the one who saw me through it all," I sing to her in her ear as we dance. "You were my strength when I was weak…. You saw the best there was in me. Lifted me up when I couldn't reach. You gave me faith cause you believed. I'm everything I am because you loved me," I sing in her ear.
"Keep singing to me," she whispers. "I love your voice."
I smile as I continue singing to her. "Maybe I don't know that much but I know this much is true. I was blessed because I was loved by you." I kiss her neck softly. "A light in the dark shining your love into my life. You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth, my world is a better place because of you… I'm everything I am because you loved me," I sing the last line of the song we dance as the music fades to an end.
"Dean," she says with tears in her eyes. "I love you so much. That was beautiful. This whole night was beautiful," she says with a smile. "Thank-you so much."
"You're welcome," I say as I wipe the tear falling from her eye. "Don't cry, Ana."
"It hurts how much I love you. You're so sweet. You get me," she says, "you're the only person that gets me. You're my person. You're the love of my life and I never want that to change."
"And it's not going to," I say. "You're the love of my life. Ana when the world was seeing the worst in me you were the only one seeing the best. When the world didn't believe in me you were the only one that was. You made my life better. You gave me a reason to be who I am today. You believed in me more than anyone else ever has. I don't know what's going to happen or where we're going but I do know that we're going through it together. I love you."
"I love you too," she says with a smile before she starts to loosen my tie before she takes it off of me. Wrapping her arms around my neck, she looks into my blue eyes and kissing my lips softly. "Maybe we should go up to the apartment," she whispers against my lips.
"Yeah," I say with a smile before I scoop her up off her feet.
"What are you doing?"
"I figured we would get there faster if I carried you," I say with a smile.
"Good point," she says with a smile as I carry her upstairs to our apartment.
I carry her into our bedroom and gently lay her down on our bed as I tower over her, kissing her lips softly and passionately as she works with the buttons of my shirt, skillfully unbuttoning them quickly before my chest is exposed. Her soft hands rubbing my chest, tracing every line with her fingertips as our kiss grows more passionate leaving me wanting more. Her hands reach the top of my slacks. She unbuckles my belt with easy skill and slides her hand into my slacks making me moan against her lips as I feel her stroking me through my briefs. I feel myself harden with each stroke. Her lips part from mine and find my neck. She kisses me softly making a trail of soft kisses around my chest. She kisses every inch of my chest, every inch of my abs as she continues to stroke me. She pulls her hand out of my slacks and unbuttons them. She pulls them down as I'm on my knees in front of her. She pulls my briefs down exposing my erection. I let out a soft growl as she strokes me once again as her lips are on the tip of my penis. She sucks and strokes softly driving me wild. She takes more of me into her mouth, softly sucking me and pleasuring me. I take my hands through her hair as she continues to suck gently. Groans and moans of pleasure escape my lips as she takes most of me into her mouth. "Yes, Ana," I say with pleasure as she continues her pleasure. I close my eyes and lay my head back. I feel it building deep inside of me, I can't hold back as the passion tears through my body. With a groan I release myself in her mouth. "FUCK ANA," I say as my seed fills her mouth as she swallows before licking up what is left after I finish my release. "Damn, Ana," I say with a smile. "I need more of you," I say, "let's get you out of that dress."
"Okay," she says with a smile as she gets up on her knees, turns her back to me so I can unzip her dress. She stands up letting it fall. I take in the sight of her naked beautiful body. It's perfect. She slides her panties off before she climbs into bed again. She presses her body up against mine as I cup her cheeks and kiss her with passion, softly and deeply.
"I want to make love to you all night, Ana," I say with a smile as I stroke her cheeks.
"Okay," she says with a smile before she kisses me again wrapping her arms around my neck. My hands slide down her body as I rub my hands up and down her sides as we share a deep kiss. I lay her back onto the bed never breaking the kiss. I spread her legs with my knee as I feel her hands in my wild hair. I slide into her softly and slowly. A soft moan escapes from our lips as I sink deeper into her. "Dean," she whispers against my lips. "Make love to me," she says with a plea. I bury myself deep inside of her as I start to move, slow, soft and gentle. Taking my time with each movement, cries of pleasure in my ear as I make love to her. Softly sliding in and out of her, taking my time, making it last. Her hands pulling at my hair as my tongue takes over hers as we share a soft and deep kiss as I continue to make love to her. Her hands leave my hair and slide down my back, her nails digging into my back, a soft moan against my lips as she tightens around me. A cry of pleasure against my lips as she finds her climax, her hot release covering my erection, making my movements slide deeper within her, I feel the ecstasy and the passion ripping through me as I move. I slide into her one last time as I find my release. I fire my hot seed deep inside of her as we ride out my climax and again I bring her over the edge. I keep my promise and make love to her all night long. Taking my time, being gentle and sweet with her, after our final climax together the sun is starting to rise in the sky. I reluctantly remove myself from her, pull her into my arms as I lay beside her. I kiss her lips softly. No word needs to be spoken as I hold her in my arms as we both drift off to sleep. We needed this night and I would do it over and over again if I could. I love Anastasia Eve Bennett and the day is going to come when I make her Anastasia Ambrose but right now I'll settle for the promise of commitment between us. True love can last a life time and if it's true love we'll still love each other 10 years from now.
*A/N: What did you think of Dean spending time with Natalia for the day? Did he do a good job with her? What did you think of Dean's surprise for Ana? What did you think of Dean dedicating the song Because You Loved Me to Ana? Was it sweet? What did you think of Dean's final thoughts on true love? Is he right? There is one more chapter left of There Goes My Life but there is a sequel. I will reveal the name of the sequel in the final chapter and get it started in the next week. Please review and thank-you for reading.
*A/N2: I just want to let my readers know that I have at least 5 more stories, 6 if you include the sequel in the works and hopefully soon I will be publishing them.