Warning! Warning! It’s the wife! Warning! Warning! It’s the wife! Really? He had to call now. I roll over, and grab my phone off of the nightstand. “Hello.” I grumble.

“Hey can we get together to discuss some last minute flight stuff?” Darin asks.

“No!” I exclaim. “I have shit to do today, and you woke me up at six thirty in the fucking morning.”

“Is this more important than your job?” He threatens.

“Ugh yeah, it’s a family thing.” I climb out of bed so Ashley can go back to sleep.

“I’m sure your family will understand.”

“I’m sure they will, but we’ve already been over the flights.” I say as I pull my pants on. I am not missing a day with April for this prick.

“But we need to go over these things again.”

“Fine, meet me in Starbucks in ten.” I growl.

“Se you th-” I hang up, and slam my head against the wall.

“I.” Hit. “Hate.” Hit. “Him.” Hit.

I feel a hand on my forehead just before I hit the wall again. “Now now lets not make it look like I hit you.” He wraps an arm around my shoulders, and guides me to the couch. “Do you want some coffee?” I nod. “Okay, I’ll be right back.” He kisses my head, and walks out to the kitchen.

Darin just adds so much unnecessary stress to my life. I fall sideways, and lay on the couch. I hear footsteps, and my head is lifted up, then placed on Ashley’s lap. “What did he do this time?”

“We’re going over flights. Again. At six thirty in the morning.” I scoff. “Do you know what happens every time we go over something? He says I’m wrong, and we argue over the best way to do it, and after three hours, he finally figured out that my way is the best way.”

“We’ve gotta get you a new rep. “

“Tell me about it.” I sigh. The coffee pot goes off. “I should probably get dressed.”

“Okay, I love you.”

“I love you too.” I kiss him before I walk up to our room. I walk over to my dresser, and pull out some pants, and a shirt. Yeah, I’m not even going to bother with make up. ugh where is my laptop? I grab my combat boots, and scan the room for the computer. Nope, not in here. I walk back downstairs, scanning as I go.

“For you.” Ashley hands me a travel mug, and my laptop.

“You’re a life saver.” I tell him.

“Glad I could help.” He pecks my lips, and grabs my shoes. “Alright, sit down Cinderella.” I sit on the couch arm, and he put my shoes on my feet. “There, have fun.”

“I won’t.” I sigh as I walk out the door.

(Time skip one hour)


“We can’t do that, it’s not how this works!” I exclaim.

“What do you mean? Why can’t we do it?”

“We have to go through the company that they always go through so they can get more miles, and be cheaper in the long run.” God I want to kill him.

“Oh, that makes sense.” He nods. I am going to kill him.

(Ashley pov 8:45ish)

I see Christine and April walking up the sidewalk, and I decide to meet them at the door. “Hello.”

“Hi Ashley!” April exclaims, “Is Laci here?”

“Ugh no, but she should be coming back any minute okay?”

“Okay.” She nods.

“Thank you so much for doing this.” Christine says gratefully.

“It’s no trouble, we love having April here.” I smile.

She gives me a weak smile. Something is up with her. “Okay, mommy has to go to work now.”

“Bye mommy!” April wraps her small arms around Christine’s neck, and kisses her cheek. “I love you.”

“I love you too, now go have fun, I’ll be back at seven, thanks again.”

“It really is no trouble.” I assure her.

“Okay, bye sweetie.” She stands up, and walks back down the sidewalk.

“Let me just text Laci to see when she’s going to be back.” April is here!!!!! WHAT DO I DO????? April looks around the house with wonder, and my phone goes off, thank god! Just show her around, I’ll be right there! “Hey April, do you want me to show you around?” She nods so fast that I’m afraid that she will give herself whiplash. “Okay then, let’s go.” I smile, and she takes my hand, making my heart warm.

(Laci pov)

April is here!!!! WHAT DO I DO????? I chuckle and start pacing up my papers. “Sorry, but I really have to go.” I tell Darin.

“But we’re not finished!”

“I’m sure you can figure it out on your own, you’re an intelligent human being.” I smirk. Just show her around, I’ll be right home. I put the papers and my laptop into the bag, and walk out of Starbucks.

It takes about fifteen minutes to walk home, and when I walk through the door I see my make up bag on the floor, and April applying bright pink lipstick to Ashley’s nose. “Why hello there.” I chuckle.

April’s head snaps around, and her eyes light up. “Laci!!!” She springs up, and sprints over to me.

“Hi April.” I smile as I pick her up. “How are you?”

“Good.” She smiles.

“That’s good, what did you do while I was gone?”

“I did Ashley’s make up!”

I look at Ashley, and can’t help but laugh. He has black eyeshadow for blush, hot pink and purple eyeshadow, red lipstick, and a line of hot pink lipstick down the center of his forehead to the tip of his nose. “I can see that.” I take out my phone, and snap a picture of the newest Picasso's work.

“That going to end up on twitter?” He asks.

“You know it.” I smile.

“Thought so.” He sighs.

“April do you like Frozen?”

“Yes!!!!” She yells into my ear.

“Well then why don’t we make a fort, and watch it.”

“A fort?”

“You don’t know what a fort is?!?” I am shocked. She shakes her head no. “Well then let me show you.” I set her, and my laptop bag down, and walk upstairs. I grab as many sheets, blankets, and pillows that I can, and the yarn and thumb tacks off of my desk.

“Woah hey, I know how well you do stairs.” Ashley says. I hear footsteps, and then I can see Ashley’s face instead of a pile of plush things.

“Thanks love.” I smile.

“No problem Rose.” He leans in and softly pecks my lips.

“Ew cooties!!!” April exclaims. We look at each other, and burst out laughing. She is so cute!!! We make our way downstairs, and we drop our piles of fluff in the middle of the living room. “What’s that for?”

“We make forts out of them.” I tell her.

“Wait, don’t tell me you’ve never made a fort before?” Ashley gasps. April shakes her head no. “What?!?!? Forts are a part of childhood, why haven’t you made one before?!?!?”

He is so cute when he’s like this!!! “I don’t know.” She looks like she is trying to solve a difficult math question.

“Well then let’s make one right now.” I grin. “Will you hand me that ball of yarn?” I ask while I drag a chair over to the wall. She hands me the hot pink yarn, and i step up onto the chair.

“What are you doing?” She asks.

“I’m putting yarn across the room so the blankets have something to sit on.” I explain. I tie a knot around the thumbtack, and jump off the chair. I then walk across the room, and do the same to the other wall.

“You make really sophisticated forts.” Ashley states.

“I know.” I put another string of yarn across the room, about three feet lower than the first one, and then I do it again on the other side, so there is a triangle. “Now since Ashley is the only one tall enough to reach the top string, he can put the sheets up while we pick out a movie.”

“Okay!” She runs to my side, and clings to my legs.

“What if I mess it up?”

“Then your super awesome fiance will fix it.” I smile. I love the sound of that; fiance. “Okay so the movies are in here.” I open up the cabinet beside the TV, “We have Frozen,” I hold the movie in my hand, “Brave, Tangled, The little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Hercules, Cinderella, Snow white, and a bunch of others.”

“Can we watch all of them?” She looks at me with eyes aglow.

“How ‘bout you pick three.”

“Okay… Frozen…. Um…. Cinderella, and um.. Tangled!” I pull the movies down, “Which one do you want to watch first?”

“Frozen!!!!”

“Okay then.” I chuckle, and put the movie in.

“Ashley you’re really slow.”

“I’m going as fast as I can.” He defends.

“Then let me help you.” She walks over to him, and hands him a purple sheet.

“Thank ya darlin.” He smiles.

“Why do you have long hair?”

“Because I like my hair long.”

“Okay.” She shrugs. “Are you and Laci married?”

“Not yet.” His eyes flick to mine, and my cheeks heat up. “Aw look who’s blushing.” He teases.

“Shut up.” I look at the floor, and cover my face.

“Your face is getting a bit… rosie.”

“Oh my God.” I laugh.

“I can’t tell where your face ends, and your hair begins.”

“Shut up!” I whine.

“Stop being mean to Laci!” April scolds.

“Yeah!” i interject.

“Okay.” Ashley sniffs.

“Ashley what’s wrong?” April asks.

“You… you didn’t h-have to yell at me.” He cries.

“I’m sorry.” She places a hand on his shoulder, “But you shouldn’t have been mean to Laci.”

“Okay, I’m sorry.” he has a puffed out bottom lip. I pull out my phone, and snap a picture. “Can I have a hug?” She nods, and wraps her tiny arms around his neck. UGH THIS IS SO CUTE!!!!!!! I take like five thousand pictures before they pull away. “More pictures?”

“I’m sorry!” I giggle. “You’re just so cute!!!!”

“I know.” April smirks. EEPODJTAETJEJOE!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER!!!!!!! “Can we watch Frozen now?”

“Of course.” I hit play on the DVD player, and walk into the fort.

“Who’s your favorite princess?” She asks.

“Rapunzel, or Merida.” I tell her.

“I think Princess Annalyse is my favorite.” Ashley winks.

I push my face into the pillow to hide the blushing. “Who’s that?”

“You don’t know who princess Annalyse is?” He gasps. “She’s the best princess ever! She’s from Ireland, and she’s a rock princess.”

“A rock princess?” She says in awe.

I can feel my eyes get heavy. “Yeah, and she’s got this amazing voice, and she’s the most beautiful princess of them all.” I set my head on the pillow, and everything goes back.

(Ashley pov)

I watch laci’s eyes droop, and her head hits the pillow. “Tell me more about princess Annalyse!” April exclaims.

“Okay, but we have to be really quiet so we don’t wake up Laci.” I whisper.

“She’s asleep?” April whisper yells.

“yeah, she had to wake up really early before you got here so she could go to work.”

“Why?”

“Because she needed to set up some last minute things.” I walk over to her beautiful, sleeping form, and take her shoes off. “Now April, I only have one rule okay?”

“What is it?”

“We can never wake Laci up, do you think you can do that?” She smiles, and gives me a big nod. “Okay good.” I smile.

“Ashley, are you and Laci going to live happily ever after?” April asks.

“I hope so kiddo, I hope so.”

(Laci pov a few hours later)

“Draw me as a mermaid!” I hear April exclaim.

“Okay.” Ashley chuckles, “Do you want straight or curly hair?”

“Curly!” I smile, and slowly stand up. The main menu for Cinderella is up on the TV screen, and they are nowhere in sight.

“What color tail?”

“Pink!” They must be up in his office. “Can I have pink hair too?”

“Of course!” I ascend the stairs, and trip on like the fifth one. “She’s awake.” Ashley sings. I pick myself up as he appears in the doorway. “Want some help princess?”

“Nah I got it.” I assure him.

April appears at his waist. “Laci, Ashley is drawing me as a mermaid!”

“He is?” I yawn.

“With pink hair!”

“Wow, I can’t wait to see it.” I smile. “What time is it?”

Ashley pulls out his phone, “1:13”

“Oh my God!” I gasp. “That late? Did you eat?”

“We had peanut butter sandwiches!” April beams, “They were delicious!”

“I can only imagine.” I smile.

“You and your peanut butter.” Ashley smirks.

“Oh shut up, and draw April.” I smile.

“Ashley you should draw Laci!”

“I always draw Laci.” He smiles.

“You do?” I ask in a low voice.

“Yeah, you’re my favorite thing to draw.” He replies.

“I’m a thing?”

“You know what I mean.” He wraps his arm around my waist, and kisses me softly.

“Ew!” I look down and see April with her hands over her eyes, and her small body facing the wall.

“Oh April.” I laugh, and scoop her up into my arms.

“Laci!!” She giggles. “Put me down!”

“Okay, if that’s what you really want…” I pretend to drop her, and she screams. “I thought you said you wanted me to put you down?”

“I meant on my feet!” She delivers sassily.

“Ooh someone’s a little spit fire.” Ashley drawls. Have I mentioned how much I love his accent.

“What’s that?”

“It mean’s you’re sassy like Laci.” He smirks.

“I’m like Laci?” She grins.

“Yeah, we should get you a wig so your hair matches your personality.” he smiles.

“Yeah!” She exclaims. “What’s that room?” She points to the studio door.

“It’s our music studio.” I explain.

“What’s that?”

“It’s where we record music.” Ashley tells her.

“Can I see?”

“Of course!!”I exclaim, and take her hand. I open the door to our studio, and I smile. Studios are where I feel at home. I mean don’t get me wrong, i love living with Ashley, it’s just studios are my element.

“Wow.” She says in awe. “It’s like a spaceship!” She runs over to the switchboard, and points to a key. “What does this do?”

I walk up behind her to see what she’s pointing at. “That’s the blend shift, it makes the music sound better.”

“Oh.” She looks to the left. “What’s that?”

I follow her finger, “That’s a violin.” I tell her.

“What does it do?”

“Here, let me show you.” I take the violin out of its rack, and pick up the bow. “Ash what should I play?”

“I don’t know, what ever you want I guess.” He shrugs.

“Well you’re super helpful.” Let’s see what would April like? Aha! I got it! I start playing “Part of Your World”, and fall into the magical world of music.

Notes

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