I held onto Aliyah's hand as we approached the FBO that was connected to the main airport. It's been a week since August and I's conversation and the barbeque. That was the last time that we actually had a real conversation. He calls everyday, but only to speak to Aliyah, so she won't get suspicious about anything.

"You ready to see daddy??" I asked, trying to put excitement in my voice. "Yeah, are you??" I laughed and nodded, even though I was lying. "I am." I pulled her close to me as e waited for the plane door to come down. I looked down at Aliyah, who was more than exicted. I picked her up early from school today just so she could come along with me to pick up August.

"Is he coming out yet?" She asked, bouncing up and down. I chuckled. "Just wait a minute, Im sure he'll be coming out any second." She sighed and leaned up agaisnt me, with her eyes glued to the plane. I took a deep breath and released it slowly, not ready for any of this at all. I was trying to put on my best face for Aliyah, since that's what August and I agreed too, but it was really hard.

As soon as the plane door lifted down, Aliyah got excited. "He's here! He's coming!!" She said with a huge smile. I smiled, trying to hide my pain. To see her so excited to see her father, made me happy, but it also made me sad since we weren't in a good space. I cleared my head of all thoughts and looked up to see August making his way down the steps of the plane, holding his carry on bag.

"Daddy!!" Aliyah shouted. She wiggled herself out of my grasp and ran over to the plane. She almost got stopped by security, but August made sure they let her through. I watched him scoop her up in his arms and walk over to me. "Hey ma." He leaned in and pecked my lips, trying to make things less awkward for Aliyah.

"Hey.." I said lowly. I smiled a little at him. "Im happy your home daddy, I missed you." August chuckled. "And I miss you too princess, how's school going?" She nodded her head. "Good, I got two gold stars on my math and pattern test."

"That wassup, give me some." He held up his hand, waiting for her to give him a high five. "You ready to go?" I asked, turning to him. "Yeah, we can leave." He looked back at Aliyah, and continued his conversation with her.

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"Okay mommy it's your turn!!" I held my hand of cards close to my face and looked down at them. "Do you have a starfish?" Aliyah shook her head no. "No, go fish!!" I smirked and picked a card from the deck. August turned to me and looked down at his cards.

Since we got home a few hours ago, Aliyah's been wanting to play games with August and I and right now we were playing our fifth game of the night. Even though I didn't want to be around August right now, I had to suck it up for Aliyah's sake.

"Do you have a goldfish?" I sighed and picked out the three cards that had goldfishes on them and handed it to him. "Thank you." He said, semi-snatching them out of my hand. Aliyah laughed and shook her head. "Come on mommy, you can't let a boy beat you." I chuckled.

"I know, I know." I looked down at my cards and waited for August to go again. "Do you have a shark?" He asked, turning to Aliyah." She sighed and handed him her last card. August chuckled. "Your out Li-Li." She huffed.

He turned back to me and cleared his throat. "Do you have a sunfish??" I nodded and handed him the rest of the cards I had in my hand. "And daddy wins again." He said with a smile.

"Let's play again!!" Aliyah grabbed all the cards and started to shuffle them. "That's enough for tonight baby." I took the cards away from her and put them back in there box. "Okay, let's play Guess Who." She got up from the floor and raced over to her closet, using all her strength to crack the door open.

"We can play tommorow, you need to get some rest." I stood up from her bedroom floor and walked over to her. "Can we play just one more game, please??" She poked her bottom lip out and held her hands together. "Not tonight, it's way past your bedtime." She sighed and turned to August.

"Can we just play one more game, we never play together anymore." August and I looked at one another and sighed. "Mommy said no Li-Li, tommorow we can play some more alright?" She nodded. "...Okay fine."

He stood up from the floor and opened up her pajama drawer. "You want me to help you get dressed for bed?" She smiled and nodded. I bent over and kissed her on her forehead. "Night night little rascal." I walked out of her bedroom and made my way down the far end of the hall, to August and I's room.

I left the door open as I changed into my pajamas. I walked into our closet and pulled a blanket off the shelf and tossed it on the bed. I grabbed Augusts' pillow and sat it beside the blanket. We had made a agreement that whenever he would come home, he would sleep on the couch.

We made sure that Aliyah was put to bed first, so she wouldn't witness him actually being on the couch, and before the sun comes up, he needs to be in the bed, so Aliyah won't get suspicious.

I tied my hair up in a high bun and took a seat on my side of the bed. "Alright, Aliyah's in bed." I turned around once I heard his voice. "Is she sleep?" He nodded and pulled his shirt over his head. "Yeah, she knocked out like a light." I looked down at his abs and crossed my legs, trying to fight the feeling I was getting in between them.

"Alright good, I got you out a blanket, if you need another, they're some extra one's on the closet shelf." He shook his head. "Nah, Im good." He undid his jeans and walked over to his drawer to change. I took one good look at him and looked away. I slid my body under the covers and turned my back towards him.

"Make sure you turn off the light before you leave." "Yeah." He mumbled. I closed my eyes and waited for the light to turn off and the door to close. Once it did, I rolled over onto my back and took a deep breath. "Relax Simone."

I shifted, trying to get comfortable in bed, but my body wouldn't let me. I been way to tense lately and my body was screaming for a release. It had been a little over a month since Augutst and I had sex, and I don't know about him, but I was finally feening for some.

I rolled over and placed my pillow in between my legs, trying to get comfortable. "Just breath through it." I mumbled. I took a deep breath and tried to relax again, but it was no use, all the stress I've been under with August is probably what's making me want it more than ever right now.

I rolled over and decided on getting the job done myself. I reached over and placed my hand on my drawer handle.

I was just about to pull it open, when there was a slight knock at the door. "Mommy." I sighed and switched on my lamp. "Come in." I looked over at the door that was slowly opening. I sat up in bed once I seen Aliyah step inside.

"...I had a bad dream....can I sleep in here with you and daddy?" I chuckled. "You had a bad dream that fast?" She nodded her head. I folded my arms across my chest and lifted a brow. "Are you telling the truth?" She looked down at the ground and then sighed.

"Daddy's never here, and we never do fun things anymore, I miss all of us being together." She looked back up at me, waiting for me to speak. "Get in the bed munchkin." She smiled and climbed up in our bed and scooted close to me.

"Where's daddy?" I paused, forgetting he was downstairs on the couch. "Oh, he went downstairs to the kitchen, i'll go get him." She nodded. "Okay." I got out of bed and made my way downstairs into the living room.

I switched on the light and walked over to the couch. "August." I said lowly. I tapped him on his shoulder, trying to wake him up. "August." I said again. He rolled over and looked up at me through squinted eyes. "Aliyah wants to sleep with us tonight, can you come back upstairs please?"

He grunted and nodded his head. He got up from the couch and followed me back upstairs to our bedroom. "Daddy's back." I said with a small smile. She patted the seat beside her and motioned for him to get in bed.

I climbed back on my side of the bed and got under the covers. Once August got in, he wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes. I switched off my lap, and tried to relax my tense body.

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This was a filler chapter y'all.

Aliyah in the Multimedia.

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