October 2nd, 2014
"Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday my beautiful." I go into Alyssa's room singing. I have a small cupcake in my hand with a candle lit.
"My cake." Alyssa sits up smiling.
Alyssa is always happy. Even when she is sick and isn't feeling too well, she is still happy.
"Yes, baby. Make a wish and blow out the candle." I sit beside her on her bed.
Alyssa stands up, holding onto my shoulder to keep her balance, closes her eyes, and blows out the candle.
"What did you wish for?"
"A swing." was her short reply.
Will stayed over last night. I kept saying I wouldn't allow him to stay until I was more certain on how things would go between the two of us, but we both fell asleep at some point. When I woke up he was laying in between my legs with his head on my stomach. Will really was a good-looking guy. He may have cheated on me before but I must admit he is doing everything he can to prove how much he has changed and how much he wants to be in our lives.I look over at the monitor and see that Alyssa is still sleeping. That girl can sleep. It's already 8:30 and she is still knocked out. It wouldn't surprise me if she didn't get up till 10 or so."Good morning"I look back down to see Will glancing up at me. I smile at him."Good morning."
"I still can't believe you and Will got back together and didn't even bother to tell me! That bit of information could have stopped me from walking in on the two of you" Becca groanedI couldn't help but laugh. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Will and I have been working on us for the past 6 months now. I held out on the sex for that long. This morning, it just got the best of me and I couldn't hold out any longer. I needed that."Becca's mouth fell open, "6 months!?!? And I am now just hearing about this?""I'm sorry. No one really knows about us. Except for my parents and his. We have been keeping it on the hush-hush. Honestly, last night was the first night he has even stayed over. He usually stays until Alyssa is gone to sleep and then he comes back before she wakes up. But last n
The ride to the restaurant was quiet. Will wasn't talking. I knew right time Katie mentioned JP's name things would go downhill. I had to figure out a way to get our night back on track. Things were going way too good for Katie and her big ass mouth to ruin our night.I glance over at Will to see his face all wrinkled up. He was overthinking everything right now. What could I do to reassure him? I know sex would be good, but I don't want him thinking that that's all I want. I want things to work out with Will. I want my happily ever after with him. JP and I have had many chances to make us work and every time it just didn't. I don't want to have to go through that again. JP has a part of me, like I've said before, I know I'll never get that back but I can move on without that part."Will," I say his name.
My date with Olivia, last night, was great. My feelings towards her grow stronger with each passing day. She completely threw me off when she told me she loved me. I honestly didn't think I would ever get back to that point with her. Not only because of the fact that I cheated on her but because of JP.I can't help to wonder if Katie would have come around sooner, telling us about JP if she would have still told me she loved me. I can't help but wonder if she regrets it. Last night ended on a good note and she did say she would not be going back to JP, but that uneasy feeling is still lingering in the back of my mind.My phone dings. I look up at the clock on my wall to see that it is only 6. Who would be texting me this early?Olivia: Are you awake?
"Mommy!" Alyssa comes running and jumps on me."Hey, baby. Where did you leave your daddy?""He's coming. He's a slowpoke." She laughed as Will made his appearance."Get off of my mama." Will laughs as he plops down on the couch beside me."Daddy. This my mama. Yours is at home." Alyssa throws her arms around my neck and hugs me as tight as she can."When did she become so smart?" Will asked.I laugh and shrug my shoulders, "Seems like it happened overnight.""Mommy. Can we go to the zoo?" Alyssa asks sitting back so she could see my face.
"Did the two of you not learn your lesson the first time around?" His mom folds her arms across her chest.I look at Will, who in return looks at his mom. "How about you and dad take Alyssa up to her room? This is none of your concern." Will passes Alyssa over to his dad."I can't believe this shit. Why would you even be having sex with her?!?! Or why not be careful. Why was protection not used?" His mom argues."Mom now is NOT the time. Go." Will growled."Ok, so first things first. Why are you here?" Will looks at JP. But continues before JP can respond. "Oh yeah, your fiance broke up with you so now you're coming back to try and claim Olivia. Am I right?""Will, calm down, please. I handled this. JP is leaving. He has no business here now." I grab onto Will's arm trying to calm him down. I didn't want these two guys fighting here.Will looks down at me, I can see the questions written all over his face.
"Olivia. Please wake up, baby. Wake up." I hear as I slowly open my eyes."Where am I?" I manage to ask."You are at the hospital, honey." My mom says.In the hospital? I think to myself. Why am I in the hospital? I don't understand. Then it hits me. JP. Will. His parents. Alyssa. My baby. I grab my stomach and try to jump up but I try too quickly which causes my head to begin pounding."Lay back, Liv. Let me go get the nurse." My mom says and heads towards the door."Mom, wait!" I plead for her to turn around.She stops with her hand on the door but doesn't turn around."Please, j
It has been almost two weeks since my hospital visit. Two weeks of having only myself and Alyssa to worry about. I'm not going to lie, I miss Will like crazy. Falling in love with him for a second time has really hurt me."Olivia!" Becca and Nick come into my room.How in the hell did she even get into my house. I don't even bother sitting up or looking at her. "What?""You have got to get out of that bed and get back to life. I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you, but you are better than this." I feel the bed shift as Becca sits down."Look, I'm fine. I don't want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to be left alone.""Too fucking bad. I have allowed you to be lik
It has been almost 9 months since JP and I announced to our best friends and my parents that we were married along with me announcing that I am pregnant. Surprisingly, they were super excited that I'm pregnant. JP was the happiest of all. We were both hoping for a little boy and guess what? I am having a boy.You are probably wondering how Will and Maggie felt about all of this. Let's just say we were both in court fighting for custody of our children. Of course, JP and I won all the way around. They had nothing on either one of us. Which there was nothing to have on us, to begin with. We are both fit parens plus we are married. Therefore we have the girls the majority of the time but we still let them go stay with their other parent. We are not the type of parents to keep them away from their mom/dad."Mommy! It's time to get up. Me, J
"Good morning, Mrs. Price." I open my eyes to see JP lingering over me.I smile at him, "Good morning, Mr. Price."Flashback to the beach" I don't want to push you. I know what you said about us. I know you said no labels. But Liv, I don't want anyone else but you. We hand out. We go out. We have amazing sex." He stops and turns me so that I am looking at him. "We do everything that a couple does. Hell, we even have two children who are like sisters to each other. McKayla loves you. Alyssa loves me. Why can't we just make this official? I'm not asking you to become dependent on me. I know you can handle yourself. I know that better than anyone else. I love you, let's get married."
"When are you just going to give in and be with him?" Becca asks as we are sitting on the beach watching the guys and kids play in the water."I am with him. What do you mean?""Come on, Liv, you know what I mean. It's been a year and you still haven't given in to him.""I told all of you, I will do this on my own terms. Right now, I am enjoying what we have. I don't want to put labels on ... who is that girl?" I sit up looking out at this chick who currently had her hand on JP's arm.Becca sits up to look. She then smirks at me. "I don't know, but it shouldn't matter. Right?"I could feel the jealousy hitting hard as I sit back and try to act like it isn't bothering me.
It has been nearly 2 months since that night at the club. Ever since that night, JP has been coming to my house every weekend. Some weekends we just hang out with the kids and then other weekends, we are kid-free and you know what that means. You are probably wondering how the emotional part of this is going. That part is very complicated. Of course, we are catching feelings with all the time we spend together but I refuse to become dependent on any man again. I know at any minute JP or myself could meet someone. No, I'm not looking. Is he? That I can't tell you. I don't ask because I don't want to know.Alyssa has been staying with her dad and Kasey a good bit. She tells me all the time, "Mommy, I love you but I want to go to daddy's." What am I supposed to do? Tell her no. Tell her I want her here with me? I think she likes going over there so much because Kasey keeps her niece a lot.
I look around, trying to find the guy from earlier. At first, I didn't see him but then I found him. I frowned realizing that he and another girl were making out in a dark corner. Oh well."Hey." JP comes up."Hey" I smile at him feeling the alcohol go through me. I was already a little buzzed. So as I'm standing here looking up at him, I have all kinds of feelings running through my body. And of course, he knew it."Let's dance."I grab his hand and follow him out to the dance floor. At first, we are just swaying to the music, not touching. I needed to feel his hands on me. I step closer to him just as he grabs my hands and pulls them up and around his shoulder so they were wrapped around his neck. We sway to the music looking at eac
This past year has flown by. In a couple of months, Alyssa will be 3 years old. Will, has moved on to someone else. He asked her to marry him last month. So now he is currently engaged. Does it hurt? Of course, it does, but I have become fine with just focusing on Alyssa and myself. Alyssa goes to daycare and I work in a doctor's office now. There are times where I want to pack up our things and move far away, but that's just not possible. For one, my parent's bought me this nice house for Christmas 2 years ago. Then, Will is here. I can't take Alyssa from her dad. The two of them have this bond that I can't even explain. Alyssa asked me a few days ago if she could go stay with her dad. I know she didn't mean permanently. I mean she's only about to be 3, but just her being able to ask me that broke my heart a little.The front door opens and Alyssa comes running in, followed by Will and
It has been almost two weeks since my hospital visit. Two weeks of having only myself and Alyssa to worry about. I'm not going to lie, I miss Will like crazy. Falling in love with him for a second time has really hurt me."Olivia!" Becca and Nick come into my room.How in the hell did she even get into my house. I don't even bother sitting up or looking at her. "What?""You have got to get out of that bed and get back to life. I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you, but you are better than this." I feel the bed shift as Becca sits down."Look, I'm fine. I don't want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to be left alone.""Too fucking bad. I have allowed you to be lik
"Olivia. Please wake up, baby. Wake up." I hear as I slowly open my eyes."Where am I?" I manage to ask."You are at the hospital, honey." My mom says.In the hospital? I think to myself. Why am I in the hospital? I don't understand. Then it hits me. JP. Will. His parents. Alyssa. My baby. I grab my stomach and try to jump up but I try too quickly which causes my head to begin pounding."Lay back, Liv. Let me go get the nurse." My mom says and heads towards the door."Mom, wait!" I plead for her to turn around.She stops with her hand on the door but doesn't turn around."Please, j
"Did the two of you not learn your lesson the first time around?" His mom folds her arms across her chest.I look at Will, who in return looks at his mom. "How about you and dad take Alyssa up to her room? This is none of your concern." Will passes Alyssa over to his dad."I can't believe this shit. Why would you even be having sex with her?!?! Or why not be careful. Why was protection not used?" His mom argues."Mom now is NOT the time. Go." Will growled."Ok, so first things first. Why are you here?" Will looks at JP. But continues before JP can respond. "Oh yeah, your fiance broke up with you so now you're coming back to try and claim Olivia. Am I right?""Will, calm down, please. I handled this. JP is leaving. He has no business here now." I grab onto Will's arm trying to calm him down. I didn't want these two guys fighting here.Will looks down at me, I can see the questions written all over his face.