Maya POV:
Emily came home and she looked frustrated. "Em what's wrong?"
"Where is Gabby?"
"She's upstairs in her room playing. Babe what's wrong?"
"I'm being transferred—to Atlanta."
"What?"
"They want me to move to Atlanta and work at their firm there." I just shook my head and looked at her blankly. "Maya say something."
"What do you want me to say? its your job Emily I'm not going to say no."
"but if you don't want to leave I will say no."
"I cant do that. is the job better in Atlanta?"
"Yeah I'll be making more money and they are putting me in civil law instead of family."
"I thought you-"
"only studied family law no I did family and civil." I nodded my head because I never knew that. Almost five years and I still found new things out about her.
"Tell them yes. I can work in Atlanta."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure. I been a few times to record."
"okay thank you." Emily walked outside on the porch to call her boss and tell her she accepted the offer. Gabby came running downstairs and stood in front of me.
"Mami?"
"yeah Gabs?"
"Can I play on you phone?"
"What you want to play?"
"Subway surf and temple run." I reached in my back pocket and pulled out my Samsung Galaxy lll handing it to her. "Thank you." she said running back upstairs before I could protest.
"Its done." Emily said walking back inside. "She said I will get more information tomorrow but she needs me to go to Atlanta this weekend to go to a meeting there."
"We can all go. I can show Gabby around since we are going to be living there soon."
"yeah I would really like that I don't want to go alone." I kissed her and she pulled back. "How was your day?"
"good nothing special just went to the studios."
"record or make anything interesting?"
"make, probably, not sure, but record, no I just listened to some beats they wanted me to hear."
"well lets order some pizza and go to bed I'm tired."
"go take a bath and I'll call the pizza in." she nodded and went upstairs. the pizza will be her In twenty minutes so I started to clean up downstairs when Gabby came back down.
"mama look at my score."
"Gabby you're so close to beating my high score."
"that's the plan to beat you."
"you keep on and you going to beat it."
"yes!"
"are you trying to make mama sad?"
"yeah if that means winning."
"Gabby!"
"I love you though."
"no you don't."
"yes uh." she whines grabbing my hand. I lean down smiling to kiss her forehead when she lifts her head up and pecked my lips. she wrapped her around my waist and hugged me. "what's for dinner?"
"mommy wants pizza."
"okay, where is she?"
"upstairs taking a bath." Gabby leaned her body into me as I watched TV waiting on the pizza to arrive. the door bell finally rung and I handed him twenty-five dollars and grabbed our food tell him to keep the change. "Gabs go tell mommy the pizza here." she took off running towards the stairs. "No running Gabrielle!" I yelled at her and she started to walk. she comes back down shortly after and sit at the table. "What have we told you about running on the stairs?"
"don't because I could fall and hurt myself."
"exactly, we don't want you to get hurt."
"I'm sorry."
"okay hand me the phone and eat you food so you can take a bath afterwards." Gabby was on her second slice of pizza by the time Emily came downstairs. Gabby starts to tell Emily about her day at school and how she learning her time tables. she pretty much knows them all except her eight, nine, and twelve time tables. one thing about her she is smart and talented. we finish eating and I took Gabby upstairs for her bath. as I was running the water I heard her humming this old song I love.
"Gabby what are you singing?"
"this song I heard on the radio today."
"sing it for me."
I will cross the ocean for you
I will go bring you the moon
I will be your hero your strength
anything you need
I will be the sun in your sky
I will light the way for all time
I promise you
for you I will
I started to sing the next verse
For you I will
lay my life on the line
for you I will cry ooh
for you I will die
with every breath
with all my soul
I give my word I give it all
put your faith and me
and I will do anything ooh
"That's one of my favorite songs. it by this lady named Monica."
"what's the name of the song?"
"for you I will. I'll download it on my phone so you can listen to it okay?"
"okay I really liked it but that's the only part I know."
"you sing beautifully."
"thank you." she said blushing getting into the water. I washed her hair as we went through her time tables. I'm going to miss the days when she's not going to need me to bath her. I know she doesn't need help now but she still young enough for me to do this. this is the special time I get to bond with her, just me and her. I let her bath herself and then she gets out. I brush her hair braiding it back into a French braid. we walk out my bathroom to Emily laying in bed. "Can I sleep in here with you?" she asked looking up at me. I looked at Emily and she shrugged her shoulders.
"yeah lets go get your PJ's then we can go to bed." I go get her pajamas putting them on and putting her up on our bed. "I'll be right back I need to go take a shower." I jump in and out the shower putting on a pair of shorts and a tank top laying down in bed. Gabby is laying with her head on Emily's chest. I smiled and take a picture of them before I put my phone on the charger. I lean over and kiss Emily lips softly saying good night laying my head on my pillow. Gabby turned over laying her head on my shoulder.
"Good night mama I love you."
"I love you too sweetie."