chapter 3

Alex pulled up in front of Jamie’s school. He waited a solid 10 minutes before the bell rang and a ton of little children came flooding out of the school doors.

Jamie came flying out into Alex’s arms. “Hey how was school today little chipmunk?” Alex asked picking Jamie up. “It was amazing, I drew a picture, look it’s me, you, mummy and daddy.”

“Wow this looks amazing; I bet you’ll be an amazing artist when you grow up.” Alex said placing her in the backseat of his car. “NO, I’m gonna be a pretty ballerina.” Alex just chuckled “My bad, I bet you’ll be the prettiest ballerina ever. Alex Turned the radio on and the two sang to the songs that they knew.

“We’re home.” Alex said as he parked the car on the driveway. Jamie jumped out of the car and burst through the front door. “We’re home!” She then rushed into her mums arms that we’re wide open “Welcome home.” Her mm said chuckling as Jamie kissed her on the cheek.

“Hey mum.” Alex said as he walked through the door. All of a sudden Alex felt someone tackle him from behind “Daddy!” Jamie quickly ran into the arms of her father while Alex was still trying to process what was going on. “How are my little bean sprouts doing.” He said as he ruffled Alex’s hair.

“What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at work?” Alex said still very confused. “Well today we were let out early and I thought I would spend some time with my family.”

Even though Alex didn’t want to admit it, he was really happy because he could barely spend time with his dad that was always too busy with work.

He set Jamie down and gave his wife a very passionate kiss which made Alex cringe. “Ewww that’s so disgusting.” Jamie said as she covered her eyes with her tiny hands. They all just laughed as the she pretended to throw up.

“Everyone get ready, we’re gonna buy some ice cream. Jamie was beaming with excitement as she jumped up and down. She then grabbed  Alex’s arm “Help me get ready; I want to look super pretty.”

“So what do you want to wear?” Alex said as he sat on the pink coverers that were on the small bed. Jamie was just picking random clothes and throwing them onto the floor.

Alex then picked up a cute pink skirt and a unicorn shirt with a sleeveless jean jacket and leather boots.

Jamie did not look pleased with the outfit “I wanna look like a ballerina.” She said with her arms crossed over her chest. Alex went down on one knee and took her hand.

“It doesn’t matter what you wear, you always look like a beautiful ballerina.” Alex said “Now let’s go brush your hair.”

Alex got the brush and started brushing the blonde locks. “What style do you want to make?” Alex said still trying to untangle the hair.

“Anything” she said in a soft voice. Alex proceeded to tie a ponytail then add colorful pins on her hair. “Ok we’re ready let’s go down stairs I bet mum and dad are waiting for us.” Alex said.

They both went downstairs and met with their parents that were waiting by the door. They all went into the car and drove to the nearest pizza place. “Wait I thought we were getting Ice cream.” Alex asked as they stopped in front of the restaurant.

“We can get Ice cream after, plus I was craving pizza.” His father said. Alex just smiled at his father’s immature nature.

They all got out of the car and went into the restaurant where they ordered pizza. They all had an amazing night that was filled with laughs and stories of old times. Alex felt really happy and wanted to pause time; rare moments like this barely ever happened.

After a trip to go get some ice cream, they all went home and reality hit Alex in the face; his father had to go to work the next day.

They all got into the house and went straight to his room. He plumped onto his bed and stared out the window. Then all of a sudden he heard a knock at his door. He just kept quiet then after a while his dad came in.

Alex then sat up and his dad sat next to him. “You seem a bit bummed, is everything alright?” his father asked as he placed his hand on Alex’s shoulder.

Alex didn’t say anything; he just looked down at his hands feeling ashamed that he was being so selfish.

His father worked super hard to put food on the table and here he was acting childish.

“It seems that you're still a little kid. Alex its ok to feel what you feel and I really do want to spend more time with you…”

“No dad its ok, I get it; I’m really happy that you came today. I’m just feeling a bit bummed that you got to leave.” Even though Alex didn’t want to say it, he knew he had to let his dad know how he felt.

He was then pulled into a hug that threw him off at start but he eventually caved in. He really didn’t want his dad to worry because he already did so much for them.

They eventually let go “Well I promised your mum I'd help clean the kitchen, you better get started on your homework. ” his dad said as he got up. Alex just chuckled at his dad’s way of showing affection.

“Oh and Alex, don’t forget that I love you.” He said before he left Alex. “Love you to dad.” he quietly said to himself.

*Hello I'm sorry this chapter was a bit boring, Xavier wasn't even mentioned once T^T. I promise the next chapter will be more about the two. Hope you enjoyed the chapter ;)

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