Ch 13

Spencer’s POV

"Bye Kyla" I waved to Kyla as I passed her in the kitchen. I stopped, turned on my heal, and saw her smile confusedly at me. "Actually, I need to talk to you about something"

"Ok" Kyla laughed and I smiled

"Tomorrow Ashley is having a free day. I will be entertaining her after school. Ok, I am actually just going to beg her to take me car shopping but the point is that… You have to leave work early so that you can pick Anna up at four. Then you will have to feed Anna" I smiled and she chuckled in reply

"Wow, so I have to mother my child tomorrow? I feel so grown up" she joked and I smiled again

"I’m trying to get Ashley to loosen up a little. She seems to think you are inexperienced, but I know you can handle it" I explained further and she nodded sadly

"She’s probably right though. Ashley has been helping me since before Anna was even born. What if I just can’t do it on my own?" she asked and I smiled then pulled her into a tight hug

"I have no idea, but you are mommy, so you will have to figure that one out" she laughed and I released her "Anna only required food and love. You got this" I stated and Kyla rolled her eyes.

"Why do I feel like you are asking me to baby sit my own daughter so that you can take my sister out on a date?" whoa, that caught me off guard

"Um, huh?" I asked confused and Kyla laughed again.

"You just want some alone time with Ashley" she stated and I shrugged

"No, not really I just… Well, yeah, I guess so" I scratched the back of my heck with the confused look still in place. Is that what I’m doing?

"It’s ok. I can handle it. I’m playing the mommy role from now on. I have to learn some time"

"Yeah" I nodded encouragingly and she smiled

"Goodbye Spence, be careful" she called as I started to walk towards the door

"Never" I retorted then left after I heard her laughter. I walked home thinking about a million different things at once. I decided to take a detour and go through the park. Am I just trying to spend alone time with Ashley? No. I just want Kyla to have the chance to be a mother. She can do that. Maybe I am expecting too much out of Ashley though. What exactly am I expecting? I would never pressure Ashley into anything. I’m supposed to be scoping out the area for potential dealers. She’s too much of a distraction. I sat on a bench by the play set for older kids. Mothers seem to trust the older children more and focus on the toddlers waddling around the sandbox.