Jordy was laying in her new bed surrounded by the familiar comforts of her new room. She was glad to have Randy and her mom. It seemed that life would be even better than it had been in the last two years. Her Mom and Randy had come and set a new set of rules and they were at lot easier to work with. Now she was waiting for someone to come and say goodnight, she was starting school tomorrow. She looked up to see both her mom and Randy in walk into her room. They seemed really happy they were holding hands. Jordy sat up on her bed and looked at them. "Hey," she said softly. Randy grabbed a chair and pulled Emily onto his lap.
"Hey Kix, we've been thinking, how about if I take you to school tomorrow while your mom gets set up at work?" Jordy shrugged it didn't matter to her. She just wanted to get the first day over with.
"That's fine." Emily fidgeted uneasily on Randy's lap. Causing Jordy to wonder what was up.
"Did I do something wrong?" Emily shook her head and smiled. She walked over and sat on Jordy's bed and pulled her close.
"No Sweetheart, actually you've done everything right." Jordy looked at her mother with confused eyes. "See what we wanted to tell was that, since Mommy has changed her name we thought that you might like to change your name too." Jordy frowned.
"I wouldn't be Jordanna anymore?" Emily and Randy laughed. Randy got up and walked over and sat next to her on the bed then pulled her into his lap.
"Actually Kix, I wanted to give you my last name. That way you'd be my daughter legally and I'd be your daddy." Jordy looked at the ground for a while as Randy and Emily looked at each other holding their breath. She didn't know what to say, she heard her mother taking deep breaths, Jordy didn't want to stop her happiness.
"Ok, I'll take your last name. I always wanted a daddy anyways." Randy smiled and pulled her close.
"And now you've got one." Randy set Jordy down on her bed and pulled the covers backs so that she could get under the covers. He kissed her on the head and then walked out of the room. Emily came and sat on the bed next to Jordy and smiled.
"Which book do you want to read tonight?" Jordy shook her head.
"I'm too old to read books." Emily smiled, she loved how opinionated Jordy was. "So if Randy adopts me does that mean that I have to call him daddy?" Emily pulled her child close.
"Not if you don't want to. I think he would like it if you did, but you don't have to." Jordy nodded. "Jordy baby, I'm sorry for the other morning. I should have given you a chance to explain yourself before I punished you." Jordy looked at the green blanket covered with stars and moons.
"It's ok Mama." Emily smiled, Jordy was so sweet.
"Jordy, are you still scared of what happened with Leon?" Jordy turned away quickly causing Emily to take a deep breath. Randy had told her how skittish she was in the store and it was all her fault. Leon was her most recent boyfriend and he was a two faced liar. He was a saint in front of Emily, but he was the devil to Jordy. The least little thing got her hit or at worst locked in a closet. It was six months before she realized what was going on. That had been two years ago, but it broke her heart to know that she had failed her daughter. Jordy changed visibly from an extroverted fun loving child, to a skittish dreary mini adult. Emily's tears were coming in droves now, causing her breathing to rapidly intense. She gasped for air. Jordy looked at her mother with big eyes and jumped off of the bed and ran into her mom and Randy's room. Randy watched her in a panic look in the nightstand for her inhaler. She turned to Randy with tears in her eyes.
"Daddy! Mama can't breathe where's her inhaler?" Randy's eyes grew and then quickly ran into the bathroom and came out with her inhaler. He rushed into Jordy's room, where Emily was now staring at the floor trying to get air. Randy handed her the inhaler and watched her slowly return to normal breathing. By this time Jordy was practically crying on Randy's shoulder. Emily finally got her breathing back to normal and wiped her eyes. She walked over to Jordy and pulled her out of Randy's arms.
"Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're not special." She was stroking Jordy's hair. "I'm ok Sweetie, see?" Jordy looked at her and nodded. Although it made her feel better to know that she was fine, it still always scared her when her mother had these attacks. What if she didn't get to her in time? Jordy pushed the thought of her mind. Mama would always be here. Jordy stayed perched on her mother's shoulder for a few more minutes before Emily put her to bed. Emily kissed her.
"Goodnight Mama," she said yawning. Emily smiled and walked out of the room leaving Randy there. He sat down.
"You're really a brave little girl, Kix." Jordy smiled. "I'll bring you something from the show tomorrow, would you like that?" Jordy nodded. He kissed her on the forehead.
"Night Kix."
"Night, Daddy." Randy turned around to see her smiling at him and then turn over. Daddy? He liked how that sounded.
Alright guys it was a bit of a short chapter, but wait till you see what happens next. As always reviews and ideas are welcome.