Unexpected Reality -- Late Summer 2017

After having Phoebe home for a few weeks with me, Serenity was dying to come over and meet my little girl.  I was not expecting Ren to even begin to think about having a relationship with my daughter... but we did come as a pair, especially now that she was solely mine.  I was not really sure what I was expecting to happen once Serenity met Phoebe, but I was really kind of dreading the worst.  

I had my daughter dressed in a cute little dress and her sandals... and that bear she refused to put down.  Gwumpy was its name.  I was just in casual wear.  It was nothing formal about any of this except that I had made us all some lunch to sit outside to enjoy.

I was really acutally nervous about meeting Graham's daughter.  I mean, she was barely two.  I was sure that it was not a big deal.  It was just that... well, it made things kind of official.  I was okay with that; Graham was awesome.  I had my hair pulled back into a some up, some down pony tail.  Just enough was pulled back ot keep it out of my face.  I had on a pair of jean capris with a cute, but kind of loose tank top.  With strappy sandals on my feet, I walked up to the house Graham was leasing.  I bit my lip and I knocked.  Why was I freaking out about this?

I heard the knock and my daughter in my arms.  I opened the door and grinned at Serenity; she looked lovely as always.  "Get in here," I said to her, putting an arm around my little red haired wonder's shoulders.  "This here is Phoebe," I added, when we closed the door.  My daughter squirmed in my arms to get put down so she could go up to Ren.  "Pheebs, that's Serenity -- or Ren."

I grinned at Graham adn then looked at his little girl.  Bending down so I was down on her level, I smiled at her.  "So your Miss Phoebe?" I said softly.  She was very outgoing and came up to me right away since Graham put her down.  "I think we can cause your daddy a lot of trouble."

Phoebe giggled and looked at me as if to see if it was okay to speak or react in any other way.  I nodded at her and smiled at Ren.  Pheebs had nodded at her but kept her mouth shut.  I bent down with them and looked at my daughter.  "It's okay, Pheebs," I said to her.  "Ren is super nice."  My daughter was outgoing enough to approach her, but she was not speaking yet.  And my daughter could babble.  She learned to talk at an early age from what I could tell and being three, she loved using her words.

I grinned atGraham when he said I was nice.  "Why don't we have some lunch?  She'll warm up to me," I said, giving my boyfriend a kiss.  I had been more interested in Phoebe at first, but I still wanted Graham to know I really did love him.  I could not stop smiling because he actually felt comfortable enough to introduce me to his daughter.

I smiled at her.  "Renny," I said, giggling and going back to my daddy.

I lifted Phoebe up and grinned at her.  "That's right, baby girl," I said to her, kissing her forehead.  I pointed towards the backyard where I had the picnic set up.  "Right out there is lunch," I added to Serenity, following her down the corridor towards the glass door we would walk through to the back yard area.

I went in the direction that Graham pointed and we all sat down, Phoebe getting more comfortable with me and sitting right next to me.  She had to be between me and her dad, though.  Probably for comfort reasons.  "Oooh, this looks good," I said, smiling at my boyfriend.

"Yummies!" I squealed, sitting between Renny and Daddy.  "Mine?" I poitned at the chocolate.

I chuckled and shook my head.  "Not until after you eat the fruit and sandwich," I informed my daughter, easily looking past her pout.  I looked over at Ren to see how she was doing and she seemed perfectly at ease.  I was so relieved that she was being completely normal.

I laughed a bit at Phoebe's face.  "How can you ignore that?" I questioned, popping some fruit into mmy mouth.

I grabbed some fruit and put it into my mouth the way Renny did. "Enough?" I tried, wanting chocolate.