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“Yeah, I was scared,” she said, sitting up onto her elbows, “but I had a lot of fun. I need someone who will push me from time to time.”
“Really?”
“I’m not a huge risk taker, but I want to be better about it. I need someone like you to push me.”
“Oh, I’ll push you alright,” I said as I pushed her back onto the bed and climbed on top of her.
I had no idea how normal parents ever found time to be intimate with their partners, but I felt very fortunate to have a nanny who could occupy Laila and Cora for days if I needed her to.
An hour later,Skye and I joined the girls and Beth in the kitchen for breakfast, a sight I hoped I would see many more times in my life. The girls chatted away and munched on their toast. Beth sipped her coffee and read the news on her phone. Skye poured way too much syrup on her waffles. And I sat and admired the life I had created for myself.
I still wasn’t certain that this wasn’t a dream I would wake up from at any moment. Surely, life could not be this simple or incredible. Everything in that moment made perfect sense. I knew going back to New York meant working and dealing with reality, but for some reason, it didn’t sound so terrible anymore.
I wanted Skye to be part of that every day life, even the mundane or frustrating parts. It was amazing living in our little snow globe, but a life with her sounded even more desirable.
“Skye,” I said suddenly, before I had even given it much thought.
She looked over at me with a smile on her face and a bit of syrup on her chin. I laughed and handed her a napkin, which she took with a sheepish grin.
“Laila? Cora?” I asked.
The girls turned their heads to me, each of their mouths full of food. I took a deep breath, realizing that maybe I should have discussed this in private with Skye beforehand. But I didn’t want to wait any longer to ask my question.
“What would the two of you think if Skye came to live in our house with us in New York?”
I noticed Beth grin out of the corner of my eye, but she kept her head down, trying not to get too involved.
“Yeah!” shouted Cora.
“We could watchFrozenevery day!” Laila said.
“Well, I don’t know about that, but we could definitely have some fun.”
“We could build a fort!”
“We could go to the park”
“We could play Barbies!”
“You guys already do all of that all the time.”
“Yeah, but now we could do it withher!” Laila said, pointing her fork in Skye’s direction.
“Well, what do you think about that, Skye?” I asked, turning my attention to her.
She was quiet for a moment, chewing a bite of food. She took her sweet time as she swallowed, took a sip of her coffee, and then turned away from me to face the girls.
“Do you guys want me to live in your house with you?”
“Yes yes yes!” they shouted in unison, bouncing up and down in their seats.
“I guess that settles it, then,” she said turning back to me with a smile on her face.
“You mean it?”
“Owen, of course I want to live with you. But I don’t know if you know what you’re getting into. I’m not easy to live with.”
“I think I can handle it.’
