Emrys Belle:

I wasn't working today since Damon got me out of working even when I told him I wanted to work. He said he was taking me out of a date and he had a surprise for me.

I felt like a teenager again getting all dolled up to go out for a date. Our first date was more of me just being tired and taking a bath with a make-out session.

I slipped on a pair of 'mom jeans' tucking a striped white and blue shirt that you tie in a knot a the bottom and slipped on a pair of white converses and let my hair straight. I applied a little makeup, a thing I never do.

The weather was nice and bright, it was getting warmer so I only slipped on a cream cardigan that was quite long and reached just below my bum. I was getting my bag ready and all that when Damon came knocking at the door.

"Hey." I breathed holding the door open for him to come in.

"Hello my Sunshine." he walked in and kissed my lips tenderly cupping my cheek.

When we pulled away I was smiling foolishly and blushing like mad.

"You look really nice today." Damon complimented drawing my hips closer to him.

"Thank you." I blushed again at his words.

I heard him chuckle deeply and kiss my nose. He loves doing that.

"Let's go, we have reservations." he intertwined our hands and led me out of the door.

The drive to the restaurant wasn't that long and the music playing through the speakers put me at ease.

Damon walked over to my side of the car and opened the door for me helping me out. I blushed again and took his hand loving the warmth coming from it.

We started eating and I was trying so hard not to moan as I placed a piece of steak in my mouth.

"This is the best thing in the world." I took another piece in my mouth and rolled my eyes at how good it was.

"You are really enjoying that aren't you," Damon smirked as he cut his steak and popped a piece in his mouth.

"I want to marry this steak it's so good." this time I moaned.

"Don't moan," he spoke sharply.

I swallowed my mouth full and put my fork down.

"Why?" I asked tilting my head to the side.

"Fuck," he mumbled under his breath and ran a hand through his hair.

"Only I should be able to hear that sound come out of your mouth and I don't want you moaning from a steak, I want to have that effect on you baby girl," he growled out.

Air getting stuck in my throat at his words, I could see the hunger in his eyes as he looked at me with determination.

I felt so flustered that I didn't say anything else and continued eating crossing my legs and trying to ignore the burning feeling that started in me.

He kept a smug look on his face as we continued to eat, clearly seeing that I was uncomfortable in my seat.

"You ok there Sunshine?" he teased.

"Uh huh." I nodded and sipped on my drink.

Damon paid for our food even when I told him it was my treat he took my card but still paid with his making me frown at him.

"Don't pout baby girl." Damon kissed my lips hard and pulled away biting my bottom lip.

Man, he was very tactile today, always making me hot at each thing he was doing.

He smirked again when he saw how flustered I was and pulled me out of the restaurant slipping his hand in my back jean pocket so that I was nestled into his side.

"You are very touchy today." I mused aloud.

"You are just too beautiful and I get to have you all to myself today so I'm making the most of it." he leaned down and kissed my nose.

"Where to next?" I smiled up at him.

"To your surprise."

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"You have got to be kidding me," I spoke mouth agape.

"Nope." Damon smiled dangling the keys of a brand new grey Audi.

I walked around the car after snatching the keys from his hand.

"She's beautiful," I spoke in amazement and opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat running my fingers over the steering wheel.

"And she is all yours," he spoke in my ear leaning into the car so that his lips were gracing my ear.

"What now? You bought me a car?" I shook my head and pushed him out of the way getting out of the car.

"I can't accept this Damon, it's too much." I threw the keys in his direction, crossing my arms over my chest.

"I can't get you flowers." he reasoned.

"So you go me a car instead?" I scoffed.

"Aj said you prefer cars, so I just followed his advice." he shrugged.

"Since when do you take advice from a three-year-old?" I wanted to yell in his face but there were a lot of people around.

"Why can't I just get my girlfriend a car and call it a day?" he sighed.

Girlfriend?

GIRLFRIEND?

"Girlfriend?" I whispered.

"Yeah, you're my girlfriend." he shrugged again as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"You can't just go labelling things like that Damon." I sighed, running a hand in my hair.

I saw him make his way towards me, grabbing my hands in his big ones and kissing them looking directly in my eyes.

"Emrys, will you do me the honour of being my girlfriend?" he asked sweetly making my heart beat a little bit faster.

"Well, since you are asking so nicely." I teased trying not to laugh.

I didn't have time to understand what was going on, all I knew is that Damon had literally swept me off my feet and twirled mine around in his arms. I was laughing so much by his childlike behaviour.

Once my feet touched the ground his lips immediately crashed on mine, my hands making their way into his luscious brown locks taking a handful inciting a groan from his lips as I did so.

"So does that mean you are taking the car?" he cheekily asked placing a quick kiss on my nose.

I was trying to suppress my smile and played with the collar of his shirt.

"I can't really say no. It's a beautiful car... and I love cars." I confessed.

I did secretly want the car but I don't want to be greedy. Damon has done so much for me, I feel like I'm using him in some way and I do not like the feeling.

"It's time to pick Aj up," Damon spoke up, taking my hand in his once more and walking me out of the dealerships.

"What about the car?" I questioned, looking over my shoulder leaving my new baby behind.

"Before we head to the daycare, we have to pick up one of my guys, get Aj and then come back here so that you can drive your new car back home," Damon explained starting his car up.

"What am I going to do with the car I currently have?"

"Sell it." was his short reply.

We picked up Pablo and drove silently to get Aj.

The three of us made our way into the daycare and signed ourselves in. I didn't really want Pablo to follow us in but Damon insisted for extra protection.

"Ms Belle? Could I speak with you for a moment?" Aj's teacher came out of the classroom into the parent waiting room and called me over.

She never usually does this so my nerves were skyrocketing.

"Yes, Mrs Tilly." I smiled politely stepping away from the boys to talk to her.

"I wanted to discuss what Aj brought into class today." she started and pulled out of her pocket a wrench.

"He seems to have brought this in with him and threatened other students to hit them with it if they didn't leave him alone. He got very upset when I took it away from him and had a big tantrum so he is not in the best of moods," she explained calmly to me.

All I could think about was where the hell did he get a wrench from?

"Thank you for telling me this, I will deal with it and make sure something like this doesn't happen again," I reassured the teacher.

I walked back to Damon and Pablo, wrench in hand when all the kids came running out of the classroom screaming. I stood by Damon not uttering a word and waited for my son to come out.

He, of course, was the last one to step out, arms cross and a deep frown etched onto his face with his lips in a pout. He reluctantly made his way over to me and just stood there.

"Hello my baba, can mummy have a kiss?" I questioned opening my arms for him.

Even on a bad day, he would always go for a hug or a kiss, it's the routine. Buy this time he didn't. He just stood there mad, glaring into the distance.

"What about me little lad? Don't I get a hello?" Damon crouched down next to me to ease the tension and to see if that would shift Aj's mood.

In hearing Damon's voice Aj immediately turned around and launched himself into Damon's arms screaming the words I never thought would come out of his mouth.

"DADDY!"

Damon made an 'ouf' sound but still wrapped his arms around Aj and brought him up with him, hooking Aj to his hip and balancing him with his left hand under his leg.

I stood up straight, the words sinking in.

He just called Damon daddy.

"Daddy! I missed you! When are we going cars again! I wanna go!" Aj babbled on.

I felt a pang of jealousy and hurt curse through me seeing my son have such a relationship with Damon. I wasn't jealous of Aj, I was jealous of Damon. I wanted to make my son happy, I wanted the big hug and get his smiles, but I got none of it.

I clenched my jaw but realised that I should not be feeling this way, yet, I could not stop myself.

Damon must have sensed how I was feeling because he shot me a concerned look.

"You ok my Sunshine." he took my hand in his but his touch was not what I wanted.

I shrugged his hand off and gave a short 'fine' and walked off to sign us out.

We all got outside and I wait by the car for Damon to open it.

"Pablo, can you put Aj in the car and strap him in?" Damon ordered Pablo and placed Aj down.

"But I don't know how–" Pablo started but got cut off my Damon's glare.

"Fine, I'll do it." he sighed dramatically and opened the door of Aj to climb in.

I was about to open my door by Damon took my wrist and pulled me aside.

"What's the matter?" he asked softly.

"Since when does my son has been calling you 'daddy'?" I cut straight to the point.

"What?" he asked confused letting go of my arm.

"You heard me, Damon. How come my Aj is calling you dad?" I gritted out.

I don't know why I am so mad.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked hurt.

"I didn't know how you would take it, I didn't want you to get hurt or offended by it," he explained.

"Well, it's a little too late for that now." I suppressed rolling my eyes and swiftly turned around to go back to the car but was stopped once again by Damon.

"Why are you taking it so badly? I don't mind him calling me that, he doesn't mind he is happy. What more could you ask for as a mother?" he shot back getting riled up just as much I was.

"You don't get it do you? It's not that simple Damon. You can't just be ok with this. You are taking it way to lightly." I spoke, my tone gentle.

"Then tell me." he took a step forward and cupped my right cheek.

"Being a dad is much more than just Aj giving you that title. You have to be there for him, be a role model, teach him things, love him unconditionally, help him, taking care of him, do everything in your power for him and protect him with all you have." I started.

"I can do that." he nodded, determination filling in his features. I shook my head and gave a sad smile.

"You didn't let me finish." I paused before starting again.

"You can say that now while everything is going ok. But what if we don't work out? What if Aj gets too attached to you and if you leave – it will break him, I know it will. It will break me to see him like that and I do not want to see my son hurt because I know he will blame me if you leave and idolise you because he already does. I can't live with that fear Damon. I love my son more than life itself and I do not want to hurt him. This is all going too fast and I'm scared." I finished keeping the tears at bay.

Damon wrapped me up in his strong arms and just held me.

"I'm not going anywhere Sunshine, not now, not ever do you hear me? And I certainly wouldn't do anything to jeopardise what I have with you and the bond I have with Aj. I didn't ask you to be my girlfriend just for the kicks and giggles, I want you and that little man in my life Rhys and I'm not letting you go."

His words made my heart beat a little faster, I felt safe with Damon, secure and perhaps loved?

"Take me home?" I pouted up to him.

He kissed my lips lightly and led me back to the car where the two other boys were waiting.

"You guys took your sweet time." Pablo rolled his eyes and crossed his arms dramatically making Aj laugh at his behaviour.

"Put a sock in it, Pablo, I'll bring you back to your girlfriend soon enough, jeesh." Damon sassed him back which made a small chuckle escape my lips.

This should be an interesting ride home.

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Second dates huh!

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Emrys' reaction to Aj calling Damon 'daddy' is finally here!

do you think she was right in the way she reacted?

are her fears legitimate?

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