Jill Malik P. O. V


    “Happy birthday, Amari!”


    I can’t believe that my baby girl is three years old today. She’s growing up so fast.


    She looked so beautiful in her pink dress that Aunt Lydia bought for her as a present. She even wore heels. Zhoya and Roger bought those for her. They were so cute, pink heels with fluff in the front. I was so against it in the beginning, butter on I insisted. It’s her birthday after all and I wanted her to feel special.


    Zhoya made a threeyers red velvet birthday cake with a lot of whip cream. She and Roger decorated their house so Amari could feel extra special today.


    Early in the morning Flynn and Mn went out. They are still not back yet and it was already nine. In a half hour we would have breakfast.


    I was worried. Both of them were so suspicious this morning. Flynn tried to sneak out of the room, but when he opened the door I immediately woke up.


    “We’re home.” I heard from the living room. Amari immediately ran towards them while I followed her. I let out a loud gasp as I saw what was now in the living room. Unicorn balloons, roses, and a whole bunch of designer bags.


    I was about to say something when my eyes caught a movement outside. “Is that a—,”


    I couldn’t finish my sentence, because of how shocked I was. Completely and utterly shocked. I can’t believe my eyes.


    “A pony?” Flynn finished my sentence for me and grinned sheepishly, “Yes, it is. Isn’t she beautiful?” He looked outside the window and stared at the pony in awe. “Her name is rainbow.”


    “You… you bought a pony for her?” I stuttered, I was still shocked.


    “No, I mean do you want me to buy it for her? I just rented this one for a couple of hours.” He said nonchntly. As if normal dads would do that for their daughter’s third birthday.


    “Oh god, no. And are those Gi bags?” There were at least fifteen Gi bags on the floor. And the roses. And balloons. Oh and also the pony.


    “Yes, pudding. You will totally like the clothes on her. It’s the from their new collection.”


    I let out a deep sigh and shook my head. It’s not like I could do anything about it. “She will be so spoiled. Look, she’s already wearing heels.”


    Flynn chuckled and walked over towards me. He nted a kiss on my forehead. “You are a great mommy. Thank you for everything you do for her.”


    “It’s my duty. But oh my god, is it really necessary to buy her all these expensive stuff?”


    Flynn ced his finger on my lips to silence me. “Shh pudding, let’s go have breakfast. Amari baby girl, let’s eat.”


    “But I wanna y with the pony.”


    “You can y with the ponyter, baby girl.” Flynn said and carried her to the kitchen. Zhoya had already prepared breakfast for us all. Croissants and Toasts.


    “I also made scrambled eggs and fried eggs.” She said, “Dig in guys.”


    Breakfast was delicious. Zhoya was a really great cook.


    We went back to the living room to open the presents. Even Mn got a present from Flynn. He got an Xbox. Amari got clothes, dolls, and an intable castle.


    “Thanks daddy.” She jumped on Flynn and hugged him tightly, burying her head in the crook of his neck.


    I watched them inplete awe. They were so cute and perfect and… oh how I wished I had told Flynn earlier about her. He wouldn’t had to miss her first birthday or her second. And he would be there when she said her first word, which bytheway wasn’t mommy or daddy, but cake. Her first word was cake.


    “Mommy?”


    I looked at Mn who was sitting next to me. My handsome little boy. “Yes mi amor?”


    “If i’m in High school can Ie live with you?”


    I nodded my head at him and ruffled his hair. “That’s what I promised you. You will attend High school in America.”


    He smiled widely. “Yes!! I’ll see Ariana grande and I’ll marry her!”


    Flynnughed at that. “Ariana grande? She’s way too old for you, bud.”


    “No,” He said, shaking his head, “She is twelve. She looks like it.”


    “I don’t know how to tell you this.” I said,ughing nervously. “But uhm, she’s already engaged.”


    “What?!” Mn’s eyes widened in shock and surprise. “To who?!”


    “To some guy. I don’t know his name.”


    “Well,” Mn shrugged his shoulders. “That doesn’t mean that I don’t have a chance. A goal has a goalkeeper, but that doesn’t mean that I cannot score.” Mn said, making the whole roomugh. He’s way to smart for his own good.


    “Mom,” He said. “Do you know I’m the best defender in the football team? I want to be a professional footballer. I would be the best defender ever and Ariana Grande would love me.”


    Iughed. “Well, it doesn’t matter what you want to be in the future. As long as you’re happy.”


    ……..


    Several hourster


    “Flynn, oh my god. Slower. Slower… Why did you go faster?! Are you crazy, I was so close!,” I cried out, trying to keep my voice down. It was alreadyte at night and everyone was already asleep.


    “Pudding, sshh, you’re making so much noise.” He whisper yelled, cing one hand on my mouth.


    “Vasilios!” I cried out silently, removing his hand from my mouth. “Please let me. Pleaaasee…”


    “Pretty please?” He asked with a smirk, still not slowing down. Oh god, I was getting so frustrated.


    “Yes, yes… Pretty please. I’m tired already and I want to sleep.”


    “Fine, I’ll let you win… Just this one time.” he said, as he slowed down his car on the screen.


    “Yes, thank you!” I said as my car easily passed his. Momentster it passed the finish line and I jumped on the bed from joy. “Yess! I finally won!”


    Flynn who sat down next to me watched me with an amused expression on his face. “Does it feel good to win after fourteen losses?”


    I red at him. “Shut up. You’re such a jerk.”


    “What?!” He yelled out offended. “I let you win.”


    “After fourteen losses. Yeah.”


    Heughed and stood up to put the Xbox back in the right ce, which was Mn’s room.


    After everyone went to bed, Flynn and I got the Xbox out of Mn’s room to y with it in our own room. It would be so much fun, if I actually knew how to y.


    Flynn was just silentlyughing at me the whole time instead of teaching me how to y with that goddamn thing.


    Flynn came back from Mn’s room and crawled under the covers with me. It was already three in the morning. We only had a couple of hours to sleep.


    “Pudding?” He suddenly asked.


    I turned around to face him. I couldn’t see him, but I could feel the warmth of his body. “Yes?”


    “Do you want to go on another a date?… With me… obviously.”


    “Only if you will teach me how to y on the Xbox.”


    I heard himugh. “Sure, totally.”


    A smile crept on my face. I don’t think that he could see it since the room was so dark. “Then the answer is yes.”


    Jill Malik P. O. V


    I took onest look at my outfit in the mirror and I couldn’t help but feel proud of myself. It was a long red satin dress with a high slit that Flynn bought for me as a gift. It fitted me like a glove and I wondered how Flynn knew my size even after all these years.


    Amari was sleeping over at Ximena and Rodrigo’s tonight. Three weeks ago we came back from France. We dropped Mn and aunt Lydia in Barcelona and then we immediately flew back to the states, because Flynn had a lot of meetings to attend.


    Even I had to catch up on work. We were both very busy the following weeks. asionally Flynn came over for dinner after work or I dropped Amari at his to spend the night. We haven’t really talked yet about ‘us.’ Simply, because we didn’t got the chance to.


    My phone buzzed on the nightstand and I walked over to see who it was.


    Flynn: Open the door, pudding.


    A smile appeared on my face and I walked over to the living room to open the door. Flynn stood there, dressed in a ck suit, with a big smile on his face. What a handsome man he is. “Hey gorgeous,” he greeted, hugging me and kissing both of my cheeks. “I brought you red roses to match that pretty dress of yours.”


    Iughed. “Thanks, Vasilios.” I took the flowers from him. “So where are we going?”


    “I thought of staying at home tonight. I brought dinner, wine, and dessert. We will have a fancy stay-at-home date night. What do you think?”


    “Sounds like a n.” I moved out of my way so Flynn could step into the living room. Thank goodness I cleaned the house earlier. “What do we have for dinner?”


    I followed him into the kitchen and he ced the stic bags on the table. He turned around to face me and said,” I broughtsagna, ravioli, and meatloaf. For desert there’s chocte cake.”


    “That sounds delicious. Did you made all of it yourself, Vasilios?”


    He let out augh and shook his head. “I wish I could, but i’m not Rodrigo.”


    I sat down on the bar stool and watch as Flynn moved around the kitchen to set the table. “Do you need help?”


    “No, I’m good. You should sit and watch the boss do the magic.”


    I chuckled. “Whatever you say, Vasilios.”


    I watch him light a candle and cing tes on the table. He then opened the wine and beckoned me to sit down at the table.


    “So,” He said, sitting down in front of me. “Are you impressed?”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    “Actually yeah. It’s better than I imagined.” I answered honestly, taking a sip of my wine. It tasted delicious. Just what I needed after a busy week. “So, how was your day?”


    Flynn stayed silent for a while. “Uhm, it was great.” He said after a moment of hesitation. “Actually… Sera came by today… at my office.”