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Harry Styles
I wake up randomly when I roll to my side and try finding my fiancé. I sit up in a panic and rush out of the room and down the hall to Scarlett's nursery. Once I make sure she is in there I go downstairs and into the kitchen to find Ara sitting on the island eating ice cream.
"Babe?" She turns around and gives me a tired smile. "Why are you up?" I question with a small frown.
"Couldn't sleep." She shrugs while putting the spoon in her mouth.
"Want to talk about it?" She shakes her head and motions towards the pint of ice cream in her hand.
"Already talked to the ice cream about it." I chuckle tiredly and open my mouth, she gives me a bite and the taste of mint chip Ice cream dances on my taste buds.
"Why are you up, mister?" She raises a brow and gives me a playful scowl.
"Couldn't sleep without you by my side." She smiles at me and leans in for a kiss and I happily oblige. Our kiss is short and sweet, one of my favorite kinds. It goes silent for a minutes before she speaks up.
"Tomorrow is the day." She whispers. I nod and look down.
"I can't wait to beat the damn ass. We will probably take Vickery and his, um, wife, back to base and you can imagine what happens then." She nods and grimaces.
"I don't like violence but when it comes to them I don't care." She glares at her ice cream while talking and I can see her eyes get glossy. She sniffles and takes a deep breath while looking up.
"Baby," I start but she cuts me off.
"No, I'm fine. It just hurts. If my dad was here I wonder if this would have happened. I wonder if one day she would've up and left instead of doing what she did. I wonder if my dad would be happy to have a granddaughter. It pains me he can't be here to see her grow. It pains me he can't walk me down the aisle." Her voice turns into a whisper and she frowns.
"He is always with you though, Arabella. He is watching over you." She nods and I bring my hand up to her cheek and wipe her tears away with my thumb. Her blue glossy eyes meet mine making my heart hurt.
I hate seeing her cry.
"I love you so much, you know that right?" She nods and leans more into my touch.
"And I love you so much, you know that right?" I chuckle lightly and lean into connect our lips.
We end up staying up since the sun was rising and Scarlett would be up soon. We spent the morning outside after we cleaned up breakfast. Scarlett can almost stand on her own now and it makes me happy and sad. Happy because I am so proud of how much she can do for her age and because of how much she has grown. Sad because of how big she is.
