Worth the Wait

Shreddies

I was awoken very abruptly by a small child throwing themselves at me. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her, not letting her move.

"Mummy," she laughed, "Mummy let me go."

"Sorry, Mummy is asleep and can't hear you," I smiled with my eyes still closed.

"Mummyyyy," she giggled, poking my eyelid.

"Oh, hi Natasha," I smirked.

"Mummy I'm hungry," she complained, moving off me and laying in between Lizzie and me.

I saw Lizzie smile when she realised where she was and slowly opened her eyes, wrapping her arms around our daughter, "good morning baby."

"Good morning Mommy," Natasha smiled, relaxing in her arms.

"Natasha baby, we have some news for you," I said softly, looking at Lizzie who nodded with a big smile.

"Your Mum has asked me to move back in with you two," Lizzie said slowly.

"What?!" she exclaimed, sitting up to look at the both of us, "really?" she asked.

We both nodded, our smiles growing. I expected Nat to have a huge smile on her face but instead, she burst into tears. I quickly shot a look at Lizzie and then back at our daughter who was having a full-on meltdown in the middle of our bed. Both of our smiles dropped, and we sat up, our full attention on our baby. I picked her up and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Hey hey hey," I said calmly, running my hand through her hair.

Lizzie placed her hand on Natasha's back and rubbed it up and down slowly, looking at me with a sad look in her eyes, "baby, what's wrong?" she asked.

Nat pulled away from my hold and sat on my lap, wiping her eyes, "I'm so happy," she cried.

"Oh baby," I smiled, relieved she wasn't upset.

"You love each other again," she whispered.

I laughed and pulled Lizzie closer to me and kissed her head. She smiled and looked at me lovingly before turning to look back at Natasha.

"I never stopped loving her," Lizzie smiled.

"Does this mean you're going to get married?" she asked.

I laughed out loud, and Lizzie shot me a look, "what was that?" she asked.

"Sorry, no, um- shit," I said quickly.

"Shit," Nat repeated.

"Um no, that word is not for you Little Miss," I told her.

"Y/N what was that laugh?" Lizzie asked again, still looking directly into my eyes.

"Baby, can we have this conversation later?" I mumbled.

She hummed and stuck her tongue to her cheek. She looked a little too hot to be angry. It took me a few seconds to realise that I had really put my fucking foot in it after we had such an amazing night together.

"Can we have breakfast?" Natasha asked.

I nodded and kissed her head, "why don't you go and brush your teeth and make your bed so I can talk to your Mom," I smiled, giving her a small wink.

She nodded and climbed off the bed, running towards her bedroom. Once she was out of earshot, I turned to look at Lizzie who was biting her cheek and nodding slowly, trying to keep her calm.

"Lizzie," I said and got no response, "baby please look at me."

She turned her head to look at me, "what?" she asked bluntly.