That's My Baby: Season Three

Divorce

"Is this your favourite cup?" Daniel quickly
spins around as I try to wipe off my dried lip stick from the cup

"Kind of" He shrugs, turning back around to inspect his guitars

"This is what he broke" Daniel spins back around, taking the cup from my hand, examining it

"He was scared because he chipped a random cup?"

"He heard you and Jack fighting and he thought it was because he broke your favourite cup"

"I don't care about the cup" Daniel drops the cup into the trash bin beside his desk

"Go tell him that, he's scared"

Daniel sighs before handing me Harper and leaving his studio. I sway her around with a soft hum as I walk out, heading towards the living room. Jack's in the fridge, grabbing out the milk for Hunter while Daniels crouched down in front of Theo, talking to him in a light tone.

I walk to the kitchen, still humming before stopping beside Jack.

"How much does he get?" Jack smiles brightly pouring milk into the bottle in front of him

"8" I grab the bottle with my free hand so Jack doesn't dump any as he holds Hunter.
I watch as Jack sticks out his tongue, trying to focus on not dumping milk all over the counter. I smile as his eyes make contact with mine. Jack licks his lips before smiling back at me with a sparkle in his eye.

"Seriously?" Daniel scoffs and both our attention falls on him staring at us. "Get out of my house"

"Daddy" Theo pulls on his black jeans

"Daniel, don't" I warn, watching the worry in Theo's eyes

"Come on, Daniel. Lighten up" I roll my eyes at this childish behaviour between them

"If you two don't smarten up, the four of us are leaving" I threaten, I'm not dealing with this. This was supposed to be a nice day to hang out at catch up with everyone but it turned into, whatever this is

"Where do you plan on going?" Daniel's words bring a déjà vu feeling from the other day

"Try me" I cock an eyebrow, ready for him to test my patience

"You're really gonna run away again, huh? I'm not surprised" Daniel laughs, shaking his head

"I was actually going to take them out for ice cream until you relaxed, but I'm glad you think so low of me"

"Come on Theo, I have kitties at my house" Jack whispers taking ahold of Theo's hand.

Jack leaves with Theo and Hunter while I still have Harper in my grasp. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Everything with Daniel always ends in a fight, I'm sick of fighting.

"I think we should get a divorce"

"What?" Daniel walks over to the kitchen, coming to stand up a few feet away from me, while I lean with my back pressed hard against the fridge

"I- I think we should get a divorce" Tears finally begin to leave my eyes as the realization hits of what I said. After months of pain of watching Daniel happier with someone else, I give up.

"No, no, I don't want a divorce" Daniel shakes his head, stepping closer

"This jealously you have with Jack is too much. I thought you'd be over it after not letting him be around for six months but it's still there. You'll still be a father to Theo and Jack can be a father to the twins, but I just can't keep going with this anymore, Daniel, I can't" I shake my head, wanting to fall to the floor and cry but knowing I have to be strong for the little girl wrapped in my arms

"I can, um, I can set up a meeting with my lawyer and Jack's and we can talk about a custody agreement with Jack and the twins. Just give me at least a month to prove to you this marriage will work, I'm not losing you again"

My head fights my entire body to say no and to give up this hopeless marriage but my head nods yes.

At this point, I can't be mad at Daniel for doing all these things because I'm the one letting him. I keep letting him walk all over me, hoping he'll change.

"I want you to do one thing for me, okay?" Daniel places a hand on my shoulder, lightly rubbing his thumb

"What?" I wipe the tears that are falling with the back of my hand, clearing up the view of Daniel.

"Go out and cheat on me. I'm not talking about sleep with the guy, but just kiss someone else. The thought of me with Sky is eating me alive" My eye brows squish together and my jaw lightly falls open.

He's not serious, is he?

"What? You can't live with the fact that you slept with Skylar for 4 months-"

"5"

"You were with her longer than what you told me?" My heart feels like it drops into my stomach thinking of him with Skylar longer than he said.

"Might as well get it out all there" Daniel mumbles as he slides a hand down his face.
"I had been with her for the month before I told you I was going to start dating again. We weren't dating at the time though, just fooling around"

I want to be mad, but I want my revenge.

"Okay, I'll make out with someone else"

"Whoa, just like that?" Daniel takes a step forward with his hands up, clearly not expecting that answer

"Yeah, you got to sleep with her for five months, I get to make out with some guy for a few minutes" I shrug, walking out of the kitchen

"We at least need some ground rules!" Daniel follows me to the living room, where I sit down

"Okay, what are the rules?" I raise an eye brow

"1. We can't know the guy, gotta be a stranger. 2. No contact after, you can't give him your number or anything. 3. No touchy feely, just make out and walk away"

"I can do that"