Chapter Eight: The hardest part-II

Night falls and Aiden and I put Amy to bed "night baby" he kisses her forehead "night daddy" I fix her hair one last time "sleep tight Amelia" "I love you mommy" I kiss her cheek and we go to our room. "I heard everything" "I know, why didn't you tell me sooner?" "you weren't ready to talk about it…" I sigh loudly, he knows me so well "can we get into bed first?" "of course". While I change I think about all the things I was nervous about, but my daughter surprised me again… she's so smart, she reminds me so much of Annie. Aiden sits on the bed and I go right into his arms, I lean on his body trying to get as comfortable as I can… "so, ready to talk about it?" I nod, "I was expecting something…totally different you know?" "I guess but why?" "I really don't know… I actually expected her to scream or something" "you're her mom Emily" He whispers in my ear, "maybe I'm waiting for that awful day when she finally decides I'm not good enough" I can feel the tears streaming down my face, I know that someday Amelia will want to get away from us… or at least that's what my mind screams at me every night, Aiden holds me tighter "you will always be her mommy, Emily… Always! You don't have to be waiting for something that won't happen" "how do you know that?" "because we are her family, and yes she obviously will have questions about her birth mother but that doesn't mean she's pulling away from us" I wrap my own arms around myself, "I don't want to lose her Aiden, I couldn't live without any of you" he kisses me "I couldn't live without any of you either" I kiss him now "Aiden.. I love you so much, thank you for being with me every step of the way" "I wouldn't be anywhere else my love…only with you" we kiss, slowly, deeply… it feels like magic. I love the way he makes me feel like the only one in the world, how we always seems to be inside our own bubble, how he just makes me feel.

"Mommy?" I hear the soft voice of my baby calling me "Amy, what happened baby?" she wipes her tears and runs to my arms "I had a nightmare" I rub circles on her back, "Shush baby, I got you ok?" "the monster took me away" she sobs and my heart breaks all over again "I got you Amy, I got you" I repeat softly "I don't want the monster to take away from you" A lone tear rolls down my face "no one will ever take you away from me, no one Amy" "Can I sleep with you and daddy?" she asks with her face hidden in my body "of course, come here" I hold her as tight as I can, and wait until her breathing calms down before closing my eyes.

I wake up to the most beautiful sight, my husband and my daughter looking at me, happiness radiating from their pores, with a tray full of delicious things to enjoy a nice family breakfast. "good morning beautiful" Aiden says while I sit on the bed "morning mom!" Amy says excited, I kiss her cheek "good morning my loves" Aiden sits beside me and kisses me, I smile into the kiss when I hear Amy giggling, Aiden smiles too "what's so funny young girl?" she laughs now, "nothing" Aiden raises an eyebrow "nothing huh?" "I like when you show mom you love her" I smile too, "guess what? I love it too" I take a small sip of my coffee and Aiden pulls me near him "we have an idea" I look at them "let's have a picnic today!" "let's do it!"

The beach is quiet and the day is perfect for our family picnic "there!" Amelia says and runs to the place, I try to stop her but Aiden grabs my arm here "let her, we can still watch her" I have to work on that, I want her to be an independent woman but it's still hard to let her go… I know understand what my dad really meant when he told me you will always be my baby girl. I'm beside her in no time "perfect". "Amy do you want to do the honors?" every time we do something special together, one of us speaks about all the things that we're grateful about, Amy nods "dear God, I know you don't hear a lot from us but I just wanted to say thank you for everything that surrounds me, but most importantly thank you for my mommy and daddy" "amen" Aiden and I smile, our girl is growing up so fast.

We watch Amelia playing with the waves; Aiden has his arms around me and I can't feel better "look at our girl" he says, and I nod "soon she'll be a teenager" and now I can see where the conversation is headed "Aiden we're still a couple of years away from dating" he looks at me "she's going to drive me crazy" I just laugh, "my poor husband, you still won't have to worry about boys chasing Amy" He huffs "again, look at her she's drop dead gorgeous… I'm gonna have to buy another gun" I push him and laugh harder "you're right, she's gorgeous" he kisses me, "just like her mother". We spend another couple of hours at the beach; it's been a while since we had a family day… just the three of us.

"I was thinking…" Aiden says later in the night "yeah? You seem to be doing a lot of that today" I say bringing two glasses of red wine, he smiles softly at me "we should go away for a couple of days" "all of us?" "no Ems, just the two of us" I kiss him "I love that idea" he stands up and goes to our room "Aiden where are you going?" "close your eyes" he whispers in my ear, and before I do I can see he's hiding something, I can hear papers "now open them" he says softly and when I do he hands me two tickets "Italy?" I say surprised "don't you think it's time we start enjoying our villa?" I kiss him senseless "what did I do to deserve you?" I ask him, my voice barely above a whisper, he looks at me "I ask myself that every day" we kiss again "I love you so much" "I love you too Emily Mathis".

~A&E~

Short chapter again, but I needed some Aimily fluff since from now on will be almost all about family dealing with Carl and the girls growing up, I think I have two or three left but you never know what could happen tomorrow so… hope you enjoy it!

Kisses, Cami