Crazy In Love

CIL - Chapter Twelve - You're Serious?

Flashback

"L.A.?"

"Exactly."

"You're serious? You want to take my daughter to L.A. with you for 2 weeks?" Phil stares back at me looking completely outraged yet confused.

This isn't going to plan.

"Yes, I have a few interviews there but otherwise I'll be free and Rose told me that she's never been out of New York before. And my daughter will be with me, and Thomas, you know how close they are, don't you?" I direct straight at said person who suddenly looks interested in the conversation.

"Of course, and I have no doubts that you'll be able to take care of my sister but you have to convince the rents." He whispers the last part, but his mother, Julianne, hears anyway and slaps the back of his head. "Ow! Mom!"

"Don't you shout at me." She says threatening him, before turning to me with a polite smile on her face. "Damien, if you're sure you'll be able to take care of her and bring her back in one piece, then we have no problems with it."

"What?! What do you mean no-" Catching the glare that was sent his way from his wife, Phil immediately changes his words. "No, no problems at all. But where is she anyway?"

I give them a sheepish smile, "she doesn't know about the trip, neither does Lily. They're both at home, I left them playing video games in the living room. I'm going to surprise them both when I get home.

End Flashback

"Wow! Look! It looks like white cotton candy, right Wosie?" Lily says looking out of the window of the airplane.

Rose was looking out of the window, too. I was sitting next to her with my head against her shoulder on the normal seats of our private jet. Lily was sitting on the "spinny sofa" as she calls it, and watching the clouds instead of the TV.

"It's beautiful," that's all that was needed to make Lily completely bored of the sky she sees everyday and turn her attention back to Dora the Explorer.

"I know you are, baby." I say, feeling quite smug about how I slid that in there. I place a kiss to the base of her neck and notice how it was getting red. "Are you blushing?"

"Damy! Shh! You're not funny." She says , really quickly before pushing my head off her shoulder.

"Hey! I was quite comfortable." She pouts then buries her head in my chest getting comfy.

"Now, I'm comfortable. And you're not!"

"I'm always comfortable with you in my arms, Angel." Smugness level: 101.

"Shh! Daddy, Wosie! I can't hear Dorwa!"

And that was it for the rest of the plane ride.

"Thank you, everything was great." I said to the two air hostesses as we left the plane. One of them had been genuinely helpful, whilst the other was always trying to get my attention. Something my Angel wasn't too happy about.

"Thank you, Lizzie. " Rose says towards the nice air hostess, glaring at the other.

"Rose! That wasn't nice, was it?" I told her as we walked through the tunnel towards the collection area.

"But Damy, she wasn't nice to me. She asked if you wanted to go to the bedroom, but she didn't ask me. What if I was tired too? And she said you could even have vanilla ice cream but she didn't give me and I was feeling really hot. I wanted ice cream too, Damy." Oh, my sweet Angel. She is so completely innocent.

"Me too! I eat ice cream, too Daddy." Lily interjected from my arms. Using my free arm, I wrap it around Rose's waist and pull her closer to me.

"How about, we find Mark and before we go to the hotel, we go to an ice cream shop?" To which they both started cheering together.

We reach the end of the tunnel, and around us are people. People. And more people. There were posters being waved around, my name, Rose's name and even Lily's name being shouted out. Flashes of cameras, the whole lot of it.

"Welcome to LA, girls." I say in a low voice to my favourite girls in the world. Then again, there's also my mother.

Looking around, I see a flash of blue hair trying to get through the crowd. I smile brightly and with my arm still around Rose, I make my way to him.

I hand over Lily to Rose for a second, she happily takes her, and they begin talking about God knows what.

"Yo! Damien, it's been too long." He says, slapping my back.

"It's been two weeks you dic- doctor. Hah. Yeah. Doctor." I change my words before any of my girls heard. Not that they were concentrating on us anyway. Lily was rambling on to Rose and she was smiling at her and making small comments too, all whilst the people around us continue to take pictures.

"Let's get you guys to the car, then I want to see Lily and meet your girl." He says with a wink at the end. He may act like a playboy, but he was just as whipped as me with his girlfriend Emily.

"Rose, let's go." Hearing her name she turns her head towards me and nods.

Be prepared for the best vacation in your life, Angel.

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